Prof. Dr. Rodney Douglas

Institute of Neuroinformatics University of Zurich / ETH Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zurich Tel. +41 44 635 3051 Fax +41 44 635 3053 rjd@ini.phys.ethz.ch

Previous and Current Research

Current research interests include; experimental anatomy and physiology of visual cerebral cortex; theoretical analysis and simulation of cortical circuits; design and fabrication of neuromorphic systems; use of analog Very Large Scale Integration methods to construct electronic circuits that perform analogous signal processing and computational functions to biological neuronal networks; the development of neuromorphic robots that use analog VLSI chips for sensory, motor, and higher order processing; self-constructing simple behaving organisms; and self-constructing neural networks.

Currently Teaching

• Kolloquium in Neuroinformatik
• Neuromorphic Engineering II

Active Projects

• DAISY Project - Rodney Douglas
• Behavior and Cognition
• Computation in Neural Circuits
• Neurotechnologies

Completed Projects

• Neuronal Architectures and Computation
• Neuromorphic Chips and Systems
• Behavior and Learning in Intelligent Autonomous Systems
• Representation and Sensory Motor Integration

Selected Publications

• Muir, D.R., Douglas, R.J. From Neural Arbors to Daisies. Cereb Cortex. Sep 30 (2010).
  
• Zubler, F., Douglas, R. A framework for modeling the growth and development of neurons and networks Front Comput Neurosci.; 3: 25 (2009). Epub 2009 Nov 20.
• Indiveri, G., Chicca, E., Douglas, R. Artificial cognitive systems: From VLSI networks of spiking neurons to neuromorphic cognition. Cognitive Computation 1:(1), Mar. (2009).

URL

http://www.ini.uzh.ch/public/person.php?uname=rjd