Stronger scientific, historical, social and cultural understanding of intelligence
Our cross-faculty initiative offers a distinctive interdisciplinary approach integrating neuroscience, physics, engineering, humanities, and arts to explore human and artificial intelligence and creativity.
Drawing on the latest research in biology and computing, we hope to bring about economic, educational and societal advances through technological, cultural and therapeutic endeavours. We use neuroscientific discourses and practices to help improve understanding of human creativity and inspire engineering energy-efficient and reliable computing platforms.
We were established in September 2024 to bring together expertise to help address complex global challenges.
Our institute is led by Professor Federico Turkheimer, of the Institute for Psychology, Psychiatry & Neuroscience, along with co-directors Dr Mark Cote, of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Professor Sandrine Thuret, of the Institute for Psychology, Psychiatry & Neuroscience, Professor Bipin Rajendran and Professor Anatoly Zayats, of the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences.
Our aims
- To build a scientifically valid but also historically, socially and culturally informed/accepted understanding of human intelligence drawing on the latest research in biology and computing.
- To use the understanding in technological, cultural and therapeutic endeavours for tangible advances in economy, education and society.
- To use mathematics as a unifying language accompanied with story telling and AI cinematic aids to communicate complex concepts.
Our tools and methodology
- Languages
- In vitro neurocellular models, brain organoids and multiple arrays
- Nanoelectronics and nanophotonics
- Neuromorphic adaptive computations
- Preclinical models with optogenetics manipulation
- Clinical imaging and neurophysiology
- Neurodiversity
- Identity, art and neuroaesthetics
- Creativity
