Prof. Thomas Nowotny has a background in theoretical physics. After his PhD from Leipzig University in 2001 he started working in Computational Neuroscience and bio-inspired AI at the Institute for non-linear Science at UCSD. He is now a Professor in Informatics at the University of Sussex and the head of the AI research group. His interests include olfaction, hybrid systems, spiking neural networks and their efficient simulation, bio-inspired AI and algorithms for neuromorphic computing.
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