Dr. Sébastien Hélie

Professor

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Biography

Sébastien Hélie is a Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University and serves as the Director of the Center for Brain, Behavior, and NeuroRehabilitation (CEREBBRAL). He is also the Acting Director of the Purdue Life Science MRI Facility. His research employs computational cognitive neuroscience and neuroeconomics to explore topics including automaticity, problem solving, and decision-making processes. Hélie earned a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in psychology from the Université de Montréal in 2001 and 2003, respectively, before obtaining a Ph.D. in computer science from the Université du Québec À Montréal in 2007, focusing on categorization, causality, skill acquisition, and computational modeling. He completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in cognitive science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and has worked as an Assistant Researcher in Psychological & Brain Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Hélie is a senior member of the International Neural Networks Society and received the 2012 INNS Young Investigator Award. He is also a Fellow of the Psychonomic Society, and his research is currently funded by the National Science Foundation.

Research Interests

Awards

#2019

Trailblazer Award

#2016

R. Duncan Luce Outstanding Paper Award

#2015

Max Boisot Award

#2012

Young Investigator Award

Courses

PSY 200 - Introduction to Cognitive Psychology PSY 513 - Introduction to Computational Cognitive Neuroscience PSY 629 - fMRI Design and Analysis

Requirements for Purdue University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:135
Overall
Required:135
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in CS or related field Foundational concepts of computer science Data structures Computer architecture Operating systems Mathematics through differential equations Linear and matrix algebra
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Specialization Notes

GRE is not required.