TDLC Acting Director Andrea Chiba represents TDLC at an International Convention on the Science of Learning in Shanghai, China (March 1-4, 2014)

TDLC's Andrea Chiba was invited to an international event that was organized by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, National Science Foundation (NSF), UNESCO, ECNU, Shanghai Normal University, and the University of Hong Kong. The meeting, held in Shanghai, China, was titled "Science of Learning: How Can It Make a Difference?" Andrea presented a talk on Synaptic Plasticity, and then participated in World Policy Meetings centered around the Science of Learning.

Salk Scientist Fred Gage named to National Academy of Inventors (Dec. 12, 2013)

NAI Fellows are nominated by their peers, and "are honored for having demonstrated 'a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions and innovations that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.'"  More 

TDLC Post Docs Transition to New Academic Posts!

TDLC, with its diverse and cutting-edge research, has a history of attracting talented, highly motivated trainees to join its labs. An example of the Center's progress in supporting graduate research and training is the transition of two recent TDLC Post Docs, Beth Rogowski and Gabriella Musacchia.

Dr. Rogowsky came to TDLC as a Post Doctoral Associate in Paula Tallal's lab at Rutgers University-Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience. There, she focused on a neuroplasticity-based cognitive and linguistic skills training program. She has moved on to her current position as Assistant Professor at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Musacchia worked with April Benasich at the Infancy Studies lab at TDLC, also located at Rutgers University. She focused on how infants form the neural building blocks of language. She continues her research in her new position as Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders, at Montclair State University in New Jersey.

Both scientists share their views on being part of a TDLC lab - the benefits of being part of a multi-disciplinary group with shared scientific knowledge, diversity of views, inter-connections, and resources.

Convergence Music Symposium:
A Multidisciplinary Dialogue on Music
Sunday, May 18, 2014, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
at the Conrad Prebys Music Center, 127

TDLC and the Department of Music at UC San Diego, in collaboration with Mozart and the Mind present Convergence, a multidisciplinary dialogue on music. The symposium brings together academic researchers, composers, educators and clinicians in a series of panels examining interdisciplinary crossroads between music, composition, education, health and cognitive neuroscience.

TDLC investigator Alex Khalil is helping to organize the event, and explains that "Convergence is not only a platform for dialogue between disciplines but also an opportunity for collaboration."
More about the event

Upcoming Event:
"Approaching Twenty Years of Knowledge Tracing" Workshop 

TDLC principal investigator Mike Mozer is co-organizing an International workshop in conjunction with The 7th International Conference on Educational Data Mining
Dates: July 4, 2014 - July 7, 2014
Location: Institute of Education, London, UK

8th Annual TDLC
All-Hands Meeting (AHM)

This annual gathering of TDLC members and invited guests occurred on February 7 and 8, 2014.

Watch the talks on The Science Network!

Paula Tallal - Full-Time in San Diego!

As of February 1, 2014, Paula Tallal became a Research Scientist at UC San Diego.  Her appointment is in the Center for Human Development. Paula has also been appointed as an Adjunct Professor at the Salk Institute. She will continue to be one of TDLC's Co-Directors, but now TDLC will have the advantage of having her full-time in San Diego.  

Brain Awareness Week Presentation

The Educator Network (TEN) organized a Brain Awareness Week Presentation on March 13, 2014, to celebrate Brain Awareness Week.

The event included a Live Presentation/Webinar and Panel Discussion, featuring speaker Dr. David Daniel, professor of Psychology at James Madison Univesrsity. Dr. Daniel, who studies teaching and the translation of scientific research to educational practice, spoke about Making Your Brain Mind: An Owner’s Manual. Demos were then featured by students from area schools and UC San Diego.

TDLC PIs Javier Movellan and Marni Stewart Bartlett In The News!

Computers Spot False Faces Better Than People (UC San Diego News Center, March 20, 2014)

UC San Diego Start-Up Emotient Shows the Face of New Technology (UC San Diego News Center, March 12, 2014)

This Google Glass App Will Detect Your Emotions, Then Relay Them Back To Retailers (March 6, 2014)

 Facial-Recognition Tech Can Read Your Emotions 
(LiveScience, 1/30/14)

The future of shopping: When psychology and emotion meet analytics  (ZDNet, Jan. 15, 2014)

Emotient Receives Most Innovative New Product Award From CONNECT (Emotient press release, Dec. 9, 2013)

New Publication by TDLC's Mike Mozer, Doctoral candidate Rob Lindsey, and DEAP member and middle-school teacher Jeff Shroyer:

According to a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder, computer-based individualized study schedules can help students remember what they have studied. TDLC's Mike Mozer is senior author of the study, published in the journal Psychological Science. Another related article about their study: Students remember more with personalized review, even after classes end (Jan. 21, 2014).