Alexander Ororbia
Asst. Professor at The NAC Lab
City of Rochester, New York, United States
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Top SchoolAlexander Ororbia is an assistant professor of computer science at RIT and director of the Neural Adaptive Computing Laboratory, specializing in cognitive science, computational neuroscience, and statistical machine learning. With 11 years of experience bridging biomimetic intelligence and cognitive modeling, he holds affiliate professorships in Psychology and Cognitive Science, reflecting a true interdisciplinary profile. His work focuses on neural adaptive systems that draw inspiration from biological cognition to improve learning algorithms and models. Trained at Penn State and Bucknell in information sciences and computer science, he combines rigorous academic research with laboratory leadership and hands-on mentorship. Colleagues value his ability to translate theoretical insights into experimentally grounded models that inform both AI and cognitive science.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Bucknell UniversityInformation Sciences and Technology, Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (52)
computational-neuroscience10
neurons10
python10
machine-learning10
simulation-framework10
electrophysiology10
neuroscience10
predictive10
cognitive-science10
spiking-neural-networks10
gazebosim9
robotics9
webots9
robot9
gazebo-simulator9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
NACLab/ngc-sim-lib
Mar 2024 - Dec 2024
Contributions:2 releases, 15 reviews, 16 PRs in 8 months
NACLab/ngc-learn
Apr 2022 - Dec 2022
NGC-Learn: Neurobiological Learning and Biomimetic Systems Simulation in Python
Contributions:7 releases, 29 reviews, 388 commits in 8 months
spiking-neural-networksneurosciencepythonsimulation-frameworkcognitive-science
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