Sebastian Seung
Professor at Princeton University
New Jersey, United States
Summary
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SeniorSebastian Seung is a pioneering professor at Princeton who bridges computer science and neuroscience, best known for founding the connectomics field and building EyeWire, a citizen-science platform that mobilized 200,000 players worldwide to map neural circuits. He combines deep theoretical roots from Bell Labs and MIT with industry leadership as President of Samsung Research, overseeing global AI and R&D centers. His work translates complex neural wiring into computational tools and public-facing narratives—his TED talk and bestselling book have broadened neuroscience’s reach. A recipient of international honors and an External Member of the Max Planck Society, he uniquely pairs rigorous research with large-scale program building and science communication.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (46)
sliding-window7
julia6
codeblocks6
clustering5
guile5
image-registration5
segmentation5
org-babel5
visualization4
astronomy4
graphical-models4
multicore4
loops4
emacs4
maildir4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
cos495/cos495.github.io
Feb 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:89 commits, 1 PR, 73 pushes in 3 months
web-site
ZettaAI/zettaai.github.io
Jul 2019 - Jan 2024
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 6 months
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