Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 01:04:23 GMT Server: NCSA/1.4.2 Content-type: text/html Last-modified: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 06:05:15 GMT Content-length: 2461 Barak Pearlmutter Technical Interests

Technical Interests

My primary technical interest is in systems that adapt: how to analyze them, how to under stand them, how to build them. Because the most flexible and competent adaptive systems available to us are nervous systems, I'm interested in artificial neural networks and computational neuroscience. I'm most fascinated by the construction of novel architectures and algorithms that enable us to understand and attack previously unassailable problems, and to understand previously mysterious aspects of nervous system function.

To be specific, right now I have a few research topics simmering on the front burner:

A secondary interest of mine is in programming systems, especially advanced programming language design and implementation. There are a number of deficiencies in current advanced programming languages that hinder their application to scientific computation, and I would enjoy participating in an effort to remove these stumbling blocks.


Barak Pearlmutter
bap@cs.unm.edu