Professor Dr. Tansu Celikel

Biography

Tansu Celikel is a Professor and Chair at the School of Psychology at Georgia Institute of Technology. His research emcompasses various aspects of neural information processing, cognitive artificial intelligence, computational modeling, and neuroplasticity. He is particularly interested in how sensory information is transformed into motor actions and how these processes change over an individual's lifespan. Celikel utilizes behavioral, neural, and computational methods to understand perceptual learning, including experiments with freely behaving animals to shed light on fundamental mechanisms of sensory processing. He has developed new techniques to quantify sensory input and its impact on brain behavior with high temporal resolution. His work hopes to bridge the gap between animal and human learning processes, contributing to the understanding of how perceptual learning develops. Celikel's findings contribute to fields like robotics, where he explores translating control architectures for robotic agents based on perceptual learning. His selected publications highlight significant advancements in understanding neural architectures and the dynamics of sensory integration and learning.

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