Dr. Eliasmith Joins Royal Society's New Scholars

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.