Keynote Speaker
Dr. Ueli Rutishauser
Professor Neurology & Neurosurgery
Director of the Center for Neural Science and Medicine
Cedars Sinai
Bio
Dr. Ueli Rutishauser is a Professor and Board of Governors Chair in Neurosciences in the Department of Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where he directs the Center for Neural Science and Medicine and holds a joint appointment in the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering at the California Institute of Technology. He completed his PhD in Computational and Neural Systems at the California Institute of Technology and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt, Germany. Dr. Rutishauser’s lab has pioneered the study of single neuron and population neural activity in humans, investigating the neural mechanisms underlying learning, memory, and decision-making via the development of advanced tools, computational methods, and surgical techniques. His work has provided new insights into the mechanisms of decision-making, revealed how sensory inputs and memories guide goal-directed choices, and uncovered how humans develop abstract representations in the hippocampus when performing inference behavior. In addition to leading studies which have appeared in Nature, Science, Nature Neuroscience, and a number of high impact journals, he continues to develop new methods and tools in support of Open Science Initiatives like the open-source spike sorting toolbox OSort and actively engaging in initiatives like the Neural Data without Borders. His work has been recognized with a number of awards and achievements including the NSF CAREER Award, The NIMH Director BRAINs Award, the Torland Award from the National Academy of Sciences.