Academic Appointments

Program Affiliations

  • Symbolic Systems Program

Professional Education

  • Ph.D., Harvard University, Applied Mathematics (2008)

Contact

  • Academic
    yamins@stanford.edu
    University - Faculty Department: Psychology Position: Asst Professor
    University - Faculty Department: Computer Science Position: Asst Professor

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 2130
  • Other Names:
    Dan Yamins

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Current Research and Scholarly Interests

Our lab's research lies at intersection of neuroscience, artificial intelligence, psychology and large-scale data analysis. It is founded on two mutually reinforcing hypotheses:

H1. By studying how the brain solves computational challenges, we can learn to build better artificial intelligence algorithms.

H2. Through improving artificial intelligence algorithms, we'll discover better models of how the brain works.

We investigate these hypotheses using techniques from computational modeling and artificial intelligence, high-throughput neurophysiology, functional brain imaging, behavioral psychophysics, and large-scale data analysis.

2022-23 Courses

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