DiCarlo Lab-People

		Principal Investigator
			James DiCarlo, MD, PhD Named Investigator at the M.I.T. McGovern Institute for Brain Research and Assistant Professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences in 2002. He received an M.D. and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 1998 and did postdoctoral work at Baylor College of Medicine. His research group is focused on understanding the neuronal representations and algorithms that underlie visual object recognition in primates. Curriculum Vitae
		Postdoctoral Researchers
			Nicole Rust, PhD Nicole obtained a PhD from New York University where she focused on computation and motion processing in visual areas V1 and area MT. The focus of her current work is to determine how selectivity, tolerance and sparseness interact and change along the object recognition pathway. http://www.mit.edu/~rust
			Najib Majaj, PhD Najib is a new addition to the lab from NYU. He is particularly thrilled with the Red Sox' recent World Series win.
			Elias Issa, PhD. Elias enjoys walking to work, eating from the trucks, and having long discussions about what makes object recognition hard.
		Graduate Students
			Nuo Li Nuo is from St. Louis, MO. Nuo's long-term goal is to become a neurophysiologist, but right now he is a hard-working third year PhD student. http://www.mit.edu/~linuo
			Paul Aparicio
			Nicolas Pinto Coming from a loving and supportive portuguese family, Nicolas was born in France where he graduated with two M.Sc. in computer science (Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence). Attracted by multicultural experiences and highly motivated by exploring intellectual opportunities abroad, he studied in Brazil, Korea and Switzerland before coming to MIT to complete his degrees in Jim DiCarlo's Lab. Nicolas is now very excited to be joining the BCS PhD program and working in its collaborative multidisciplinary environment. His current interests are in high-throughput computational neuroscience and biology-inspired silicon intelligence with emphasis on vision. Nicolas divides his spare time between sports, traveling and managing the music association he co-founded. http://web.mit.edu/pinto/
		Visiting Students
			Youssef Barhomi Youssef is a Masters student from Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France. He is interested in human-machine interfaces. He is currently working with Nicolas Pinto on object recognition algorithms.
		Undergraduates

		Technical Staff
			Jennie Deutsch Super Tech BS, BA Brandeis University 2003 (Neuroscience and Psychology)
			Marie Maloof Technical Assistant/Manager of BCS Teaching Lab Marie splits her time between the lab and the BCS Teaching Lab (see the Courses section).

		Lab Alumni
			Patrick Mayo Lab Technician Patrick is happily working on his PhD in Neuroscience in Marc Sommer's lab at the University of Pittsburgh. He is researching neural representations of time their relation to visual and oculomotor function. He deeply misses Jim's whimsical stories about AJ Foyt.
			Yihvan Vuong Master of Engineering in Biological Engineering 2004. Yihvan is currently working near Washington, DC.
			Paul Jankunas Lab Technician/Programmer
			Hans Op de Beeck, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher Hans received his PhD at the University of Leuven (Belgium) where he studied the processes underlying visual shape categorization in monkeys and human subjects through single-unit physiology and psychophysics (see http://www.psy.kuleuven.ac.be/~odbeeckh). He has been investigating the effect of learning on object recognition in monkeys and humans using fMRI in a collaboration between Jim DiCarlo and Nancy Kanwisher, and is currently home in Belgium.
			Chou Hung, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher Chou comes from a background of optical imaging and single-unit physiology in areas V1 and V2, exploring the functional modules and circuits underlying early stages of form vision. Chou's most recent work has been investigating the role of IT in visual form perception. He is currently starting up his own lab at the National Yang Ming University in Taiwan. http://www.geocities.com/chouhung
			Daniel Oreper Masters Student Dan is working on a system for X-ray localization of electrodes in the brain, in pursuit of a Master of Engineering degree in Computer Science. Dan is currently working in Burlington, MA.
			Alexander Papanastassiou, MD Alex comes from a background of neurosurgery, and has completed his project with Hans Op de Beeck studying learning effects with fMRI. He is currently back in the world of human neurosurgery.
			Laura Mariano Laura was an AMGEN summer UROP and worked with Ben Kennedy on x-ray image processing.
			Benoit Corda Benoit is a masters student from the University of Technology of Compiègne in France. He is currently doing his M.Sc thesis (Computer Science / Artificial Intelligence) working on computational neuroscience inspired by recent neuronal and behavioral research in the lab. His project in the lab was organized around trying to apply different models to perform motion tracking. Benoit is currently home in France.
			David Doukhan David is a masters student from the EPITA (France), where he majored in Artificial Intelligence and got involved in pattern recognition projects applied to music. His main project in the lab involved working on computational neuroscience projects as a Cell Be programmer using the PlayStation 3, among other projects. David is currently home in France.
			David Cox, PhD Dave obtained his PhD in April , 2007, from the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. His current work is organized around understanding the computational role of visual experience in shaping object recognition processes in primates. Dave is currently running his own lab at the Rowland Institute at Harvard. http://web.mit.edu/davidcox http://www.rowland.org/rjf/cox/index.php
			Nadja Oertelt Nadja first joined the lab as a UROP, and stayed to complete a variety of projects. She is currently working at the Rowland Institute with Dave Cox.
			Basma Radwan Basma was a Masters student in BU's department of Biomedical Engineering. She conducted research on vision in rats, with Davide Zoccolan and Dave Cox.
			Marino Pagan Marino was a visiting student from Pisa, Italy. He worked with Nicole Rust and Najib Majaj.
			Davide Zoccolan, PhD Davide obtained his PhD at the International School for Advanced Studies of Trieste (Italy) with a thesis on the neural coding of sensory motor responses in the medicinal leech. The aim of his current project is to investigate the computational properties of inferotemporal neurons underlying object recognition in cluttered visual scenes. He is currently working with Dave Cox at the Rowland Institute. http://www.mit.edu/~zoccolan
			Sabrina Tsang Sabrina worked with Davide Zoccolan, conducting research on vision in rats.
			Ben Kennedy Software Engineer/Programmer Ben is from an electrical engineering background, and is interested in developing tools to further research in science. The lab's server misses him deeply.