Alumni

Alumni 2019

Выпускница нашей программы опубликовала научно-популярную книгу о мозге

Книга "Мозг материален" через день после выхода стала бестселлером книжного магазина "Москва".

Alumni 2018
the list of alumni 2018

Alumni 2017
the list of alumni 2017

Alumni 2016
the list of alumni 2016

The first alumni meeting took place on September 8 2018 at the new building Armynskiy 4.

The interview with Roman Vahrushev - a graduate of the program, now a PhD student at
University of Göttingen, European neuroscience Institute. Graduate school of neurosciences, Biophysics and Molecular Biosciences. Group: "Systems Neuroscience”. Göttingen, Germany.

Our graduate Ekaterina Gordienko enrolled in postgraduate study at the University of Trento.

University science center Mind/Brain Sciences in Trento is probably the most up-to-date an dynamic research center in Italy.

- How did the program “Cognitive sciences and technologies: from neuron to cognition” help you to enter PhD program at University of Trento? What was your research about, what was your thesis topic?

I enrolled in PhD program Cognitive and Brain Sciences at University of Trento. The program “Cognitive sciences and technologies: from neuron to cognition” at HSE gave me strong theoretical base in cognitive science. My background is applied physics and mathematics; I got my bachelor’s degree at Moscow State University. I also got a great research experience at HSE which is even more important than theory. I conducted two studies under Joe MacInnes’s supervising. One research was about saccadic suppression and the other about visual search modelling. The latter is my thesis topic.

Our “Cognitive sciences and technologies: from neuron to cognition” program graduate Lisa Okorokova enrolled in PhD program “Computational Neuroscience” at University of Chicago.

- Lisa, in your opinion, how do you think “Cognitive sciences and technologies: from neuron to cognition” program affected your success?

Certainly I owe my success to “Cognitive sciences and technologies: from neuron to cognition” program which was my second home. In HSE I met the right people who created the right environment for comfort learning and growth. Being a student I understood that a lot depends on me.

At master course program I got the chance to study efficiently and meaningfully and to investigate the topic which I really enjoy.

My supervisor Alex Ossadtchi helped me to find my feet and find my field of interest. He taught me everything I can do now. A good supervisor is a person who not only forces you to study and work but also who encourages and motivates you. It is a person you want to be like both in scientific terms and in terms of human qualities. Alex supported me all the way during the application process and I am really grateful to him for his genuine sympathy, patience and helpful advice.

I also would like to thank all the professors and staff of the Centre for Cognition & Decision Making who have done the impossible within two years and created a truly perfect environment for studying neuroscience at Higher School of Economics.

Our “Cognitive sciences and technologies: from neuron to cognition” program graduateJon Rawski enrolled in PhD programat the Department of Linguistics Stony Brook University, New York USA.

- Did two years at Higher School of Economics National Research University help you to enter PhD programme?

At Master’s programme 'Cognitive Sciences and Technologies: From Neuron to Cognition'

I found a very willing and open environment, with enthusiastic professors and classmates who really wanted to commit to science and research, not just class. Everyone was willing to discuss, debate, and start new research whenever possible. I was able to take an extremely varied set of classes, and I had two invaluable internships, one in the HSE Center for Language and Brain, and the other in Paris at Ecole Normale Superieure. None of this would have been possible without the extreme care brought to the HSE program by everyone in it.

Master’s Programme 'Cognitive Sciences and Technologies: From Neuron to Cognition'

Our labs in HSE:

Alumni

Выпускница нашей программы опубликовала научно-популярную книгу о мозге