Chris
Eliasmith
has
just
been
named
an
inaugural
member
of
the
Royal
Society
of
Canada’s
College
of
New
Scholars.
Chris
is
a
pioneering
figure
in
the
rapidly
developing
field
of
theoretical
neuroscience.
His
most
visible
contribution
has
been
in
the
development
of
Spaun,
the
world’s
largest
functional
model
of
the
brain.
Spaun
has
garnered
wide
acclaim,
both
in
the
academy
and
in
the
popular
press.
Behind
Spaun’s
success
is
a
deeply
influential
body
of
work
implementing
an
innovative
approach
to
the
problem
of
how
brains
encode
meaning.
Official press release - Sept. 16, 2014
Chris is a professor in the Philosophy department and Systems Design Engineering. He is also the director of the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience and a Canada Research Chair in Theoretical Neuroscience.