Keynote Lecture

Rajesh P. N. Rao

Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington

Rajesh P. N. Rao is the Hwang Endowed Professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Washington (UW), Seattle. He is also the co-director of the Center for Neurotechnology, adjunct professor in the Bioengineering department, and faculty member in the Neuroscience Graduate Program at UW. He directs the Neural Systems Laboratory at UW. He is an IEEE Fellow and the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Fulbright Scholar award, an NSF CAREER award, an ONR Young Investigator Award, a Sloan Faculty Fellowship, and a David and Lucile Packard Fellowship. His research interests span computational neuroscience, brain-computer interfaces, and artificial intelligence. He spends his not-so-copious spare time on studying and collecting classical Indian paintings, and on trying to understand the 4000-year-old Indus script, a topic on which he has given a TED talk.

Website: https://www.rajeshpnrao.com/