Animals must learn from past experiences, to adapt their behavior to an ever-changing environment. Students will learn about the neuronal circuit mechanisms of reward-based learning, and of aversively
Surprise, Reward, and Curiosity are drives of human, animal, and robot behavior. The class links theories of reinforcement learning with human behavior beyond standard notions of reward.
This applied course engages teaching assistants in coordinating interdisciplinary projects. This role of coordinating an industry like project will on one hand, inherently develop leadership and trans
