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Wulfram Gerstner is a professor and the Director of the Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). His research focuses on computational neuroscience, particularly modeling spiking neurons and studying neuronal dynamics and learning rules. Gerstner is well-known for his work on spike-timing dependent plasticity and has written extensively on how spiking neurons can encode information and how this relates to learning. He teaches various courses at EPFL, bridging theoretical physics and computational neuroscience, contributing to the education of future physicists, computer scientists, and life scientists. He has earned a significant reputation in his field with numerous publications and has served on editorial boards for key neuroscience journals. Furthermore, Gerstner's professional journey includes an educational background in Physics from Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, culminating in a doctorate from the Technical University of Munich, with postdoctoral experiences at prestigious institutions such as Brandeis University. He joined EPFL in 1996, advancing from assistant professor to full professor. His contributions have been recognized with several awards, including the Valentino Braitenberg Award for Computational Neuroscience.
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne • Lausanne, Switzerland
Joined as assistant professor and promoted to associate professor in 2001, and full professor in 2006, with a dual appointment.
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