Mentors: Doing science with Alan Hodgkin

Doing science making art

It is a challenge to balance doing both science and art, but I attempt both because each provides unique insight into perception and cognition, often to mutual benefit. The techniques I use in visual neuroscience (psychophysics, fMRI, microelectrode recording) are different from those I use in visual art (etching, watercolor and oil paint, glass and silk), but the process is always empirical, t...

Alan Turing - Einstein of Computer Science

Achievements of Alan Mathison Turing (AMT) in computer science and informatics resemble those of Albert Einstein in physics. Turing’s contributions are presented through most important events and achievements, and in particular through the concept of hypercomputers. Several AI and human-intelligence related concepts are analyzed. A short text is devoted to Donald Michie, Turing's co-worker and ...

Doing Science in Uncertain Times

A scientist living in Russia is often asked two questions: “Why haven’t you left?” and “Is it still possible to work there?” The best response to the fi rst question is, “Why should I?”—which either terminates the conversation or leads to a stimulating discussion about the fate of the world. The second question, however, deserves a serious answer. In fact, this is the question that every one of...

Eight personal rules for doing science.

Mentors.

SAMPLE DISSERTATION TOPICS  New York State’s Principal Evaluation System: Perceptions of Principals & Evaluators...  Teacher Beliefs about Literacy Learning and Classroom Practices  Career & Technical Education (CTE) Alignment with 21 Century Skills  Comparative Case Analysis of the Innovation in 5 STEM schools based on Zhao’s framework for 21 Century World Class Leaders  A Multi-Year Stud...