Rufin VanRullen

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We are hiring!

  • Check out our ERC Advanced GLoW page on the left for the latest information on available positions.


Who we are

  • Our group works at the interface between AI and Neuroscience.
  • We are part of the neuro.AI team at CerCo (Toulouse, France).
  • We are also affiliated with ANITI, the Artificial and Natural Intelligence Toulouse Institute.
  • We are strongly involved in the TIdDLe initiative, the Toulouse Interdisciplinary Deep Learning group.
  • For a list of group members, see People on the left.


What we do

Our research aims are to:

  • Design novel state-of-the-art AI systems and deep learning algorithms, by drawing on knowledge from cognitive neuroscience.
  • Understand brain function, by developing large-scale computational models and neural networks.
  • More generally, bridge the gap between biological and machine intelligence.

For more details, see Research questions on the left.