A primary aim of the Institute is providing new opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students in areas of computational science as well as developing new curricular, mentoring and collaborative learning opportunities.

Current opportunities include:

Undergraduate Internships

• Coordinating with the Women In Science Program (WISP), the Institute hosts multiple first year internships encompassing studies from linguistics to evolution to robotics.
• Academic Year Interns continue with projects begun during the summer or in WISP studies, usually for two to ten hours per week. Sophomore and upper class students currently continue research in brain simulation, robotics, and visual perception as well as assisting with publishing academic studies.  In some instances academic research credit can be applied for.
• Summer interns work from 20 to 40 hours per week depending on their class schedules, working in concert with faculty on laboratory projects and research.
• Directed study in multidisciplinary topics in computational science ranging across multiple fields, from economics to engineering, from cognitive sciences to neuroscience to genetics to education.

Interested? Want to get involved?
Those interested in the WISP program should contact the WISP office directly.

Graduate Fellowships
Neukom Institute fellowships in interdisciplinary topics are available to graduate students in multiple disciplines. if you’re a graduate student interested in a fellowship or a faculty member seeking to support a student in an area of interdisciplinary computational science.

Multidisciplinary Classes
Introduction to Computational Neuroscience is an introductory-level class with no prerequisites.  We examine the brain from biological, cognitive, and computational perspectives, introducing the tools needed to understand and analyze its organization and operation in normal, everyday perception and thought.  The class is truly multidisciplinary and has been successfully taken by students from seven different departments.

More classes in progress. Check the college course catalog for schedules.  Feel free to for further information.

Special Majors
The first Special Major to be sponsored by the Neukom Institute was initiated by Travis Green, ‘08, and was approved by the Interdisciplinary Divisional Council.

The special major incorporates aspects of computation, cognition, neuroscience, and underlying formalisms, tapping a select set of classes from eight departments: computer science, psychological and brain sciences, mathematics, philosophy, biology, linguistics and cognitive sciences, chemistry, and engineering. Other students are exploring related special majors. 

Feel free to if you’re interested in this possibility.