Special Event - S. Small: Language and Motor Functions of the Human Brain: Integrating Systems, Computational, and Translational Neuroscience

Presenter:
Steven Small, MD, PhD
The University of Chicago
Professor of Neurology and Psychology

Location:
Pending


Steven Small received his A.B. magna cum laude in Mathematics from Dartmouth College in 1976, his Ph.D. in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science) from the University of Maryland in 1980. His thesis was on "Word Expert Parsing: A Distributed Model of Natural Language Understanding." Following one year as a Fulbright Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence at the Université de Paris VIII, he joined the faculty of the University of Rochester, where he served as Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Psychology. Professor Small became a member of the adjunct faculty to attend the University of Rochester School of Medicine, receiving his M.D. in 1987, and then trained in Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where he finished his training as Chief Resident in 1991. He joined the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh, serving as Assistant Professor of Neurology, Intelligent Systems, Psychology, and Communication Sciences and Disorders until 1996, when he became Associate Professor of Neurology and Physiology at the University of Maryland. In 1999, Dr. Small joined the faculty of The University of Chicago to create a functional brain imaging facility, the Brain Research Imaging Center, which began operation in early 2001. He now serves as Professor of Neurology, Psychology, and the College, Member of the Committees on Neurobiology and Computational Neuroscience, and Senior Fellow of the Computation Institute. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Brain and Language.