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UMass has a new Neuroscience major and we're hiring a lecturer.

Details - Lecturer - Neurobiology | Human Resources | UMass Amherst Lecturer - Neurobiology Apply now Job no: 528872 Work type: Faculty Full Time Location: UMass Amherst Department: Biology Union: MSP Categories: College of Natural Sciences, Lecturer/Non-Tenure Track About UMass Amherst The flagship of the Commonwealth, the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a n...

Details - Lecturer - Neurobiology | Human Resources | UMass Amherst Lecturer - Neurobiology Apply now Job no: 528872 Work type: Faculty Full Time Location: UMass Amherst Department: Biology Union: MSP Categories: College of Natural Sciences, Lecturer/Non-Tenure Track About UMass Amherst The flagship of the Commonwealth, the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a n...

Welcome to our first ever class of incoming Neuroscience majors! Here are some of our new majors gathered at the CNS Come Home to Your College Event, pictured with Senior Neuroscience Lecturer Dr. Lori Astheimer (center).
Learn more about the new Neuroscience major here: https://www.umass.edu/psychological-brain-sciences/undergraduate/undergraduate-requirements/bachelor-science-neuroscience

Have a great fall semester everyone!

Our first class of Neuroscience Majors!!

Welcome to our first ever class of incoming Neuroscience majors! Here are some of our new majors gathered at the CNS Come Home to Your College Event, pictured with Senior Neuroscience Lecturer Dr. Lori Astheimer (center).
Learn more about the new Neuroscience major here: https://www.umass.edu/psychological-brain-sciences/undergraduate/undergraduate-requirements/bachelor-science-neuroscience

Have a great fall semester everyone!

Andrew G. Barto, University of Massachusetts Amherst Manning College for Information and Computer Sciences professor emeritus, has been awarded the prestigious 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award for developing the conceptual and algorithmic foundations of a branch of artificial intelligence known as reinforcement learning—one of the most important approaches for creating intelligent systems.

It is the first time a faculty member has been awarded the Turing prize, named after the famous British mathematician and often called the ‘Nobel Prize of Computing.’

Barto shares the award and its $1million prize with his former Ph.D. student, Richard S. Sutton. Their work introduced the main ideas, constructed the mathematical foundations and developed the important algorithms for reinforcement learning. This award speaks to both Barto’s talent and the high caliber of faculty working at the university.

Amii - Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute, University of Alberta, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences, UMass Amherst



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Group picture of NSB students and faculty from the summer BBQ

A fantastic night at the opera followed by a lively discussion with neuroscientists Florian Engert and Liz Phelps. https://sites.google.com/umass.edu/opera/home