UNIQUE Excellence Scholarships
2022-2023 Competiton
UNIQUE Excellence Scholarships (MSc, PhD and Postdocs) [Competition closed]
This program aims to promote interdisciplinary research between the fields of artificial intelligence and neuroscience and support training opportunities for master's, doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. The amount awarded to successful candidates is $10,000 for the master students, $15,000 for Ph.D. students and $20,000 for the postdoctoral fellows, for a one-year non-renewable term. This program is made possible thanks to the FRQNT Research Clusters program and generous support from UNIQUE's institutional and CFREF partners (see list).
For more information on the eligibility criteria (for applicants and their supervisors), the application and evaluation procedures, please refer to the program description and application form above.
List of awardees
2022-2023 Competition
Masters excellence scholarships
Frédéric Beaupré, Faculté des sciences et de génie, Université Laval
Deep Learning for the detection of synaptic anomalies in super-resolution microscopy
Supervisors: Christian Gagné & Flavie Lavoie-Cardinal
Léo Choinière, Département de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal
Apprentissage machine pour l'optimisation de neuroprothèses évoquants des mouvements complexes
Supervisors: Numa Dancause & Guillaume Lajoie
Nanda Harishankar Krishna, Département d'informatique et de recherche opérationnelle, Université de Montréal
Probing learning dynamics in recurrent neural networks and the brain
Supervisors: Guillaume Lajoie & Blake Richards
Nizar Islah, Département d'informatique et de recherche opérationnelle, Université de Montréal
Computational Modeling of Neocortical mechanisms for Continual Learning
Supervisors: Eilif Muller & Irina Rish
Poune Mirzazadeh, Département de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal
Computational modeling of the distributed brain circuits of decision-making
Supervisors: Paul Cisek & Andrea Green
Diganta Misra, Département d'informatique et de recherche opérationnelle, Université de Montréal
Distillation and Reprogramming in unbalanced long sequences under anytime learning regime
Supervisors: Irina Rish & Pouya Bashivan
Motahareh Pour Ahimi, Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University
Developing a Generalized Computational Model of Attention in Primates
Supervisors: Pouya Bashivan & Guillaume Lajoie
Enning Yang, Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University
Linking AI's understanding with naturalistic stimuli with human brain activity
Supervisors: Danilo Bzdok & Bratislav Misic
Doctoral excellence scholarships
Muni Venkata Naga Karthik Enamundram, Génie biomédical, Polytechnique Montréal
A Probabilistic Continual Learning Framework for Multiple Sclerosis Lesion Segmentation
Supervisors: Julien Cohen-Adad & Farida Cheriet
Simon Faghel-Soubeyrand, Département de psychologie, Université de Montréal
Decoding real-world perceptual ability variations in humans using brain imaging and machine learning
Supervisors: Frédéric Gosselin & Ian Charest
Busra Tugce Gurbuz, Quantitative Life Sciences, McGill University
A Neuroscience Inspired Approach To Continual Few-Shot Learning
Supervisors: Christopher Pack & Eilif Muller
Catherine Landry, Département de psychologie, Université de Montréal
Différences individuelles dans la perception et l’imagerie mentale de scènes visuelles étudiées avec la neuroimagerie et l'apprentissage machine
Supervisors: Ian Charest & Frédéric Gosselin
Charlotte Maschke, Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University
Classifying current and future states of consciousness using dynamic EEG responses to anesthesia
Supervisors: Stefanie Blain-Moraes & Karim Jerbi
Postdoctoral research funding
Quentin Moreau, Département de psychiatrie, Université de Montréal
CLONE: CLOsed-loop NEuromodulation: EEG-tES combination in human-machine social interactions
Supervisors: Guillaume Dumas & Karim Jerbi
Melanie Segado, Département de mathématiques et de statistique, Université de Montréal
Transmodality of Co-Adaptive Algorithms In Neural Interfacing
Supervisors: Guillaume Lajoie & Blake Richards
Hao-Ting Wang, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Université de Montréal
Impact of age and sex on transdiagnostic brain biomarkers amongst neurodegenerative conditions
Supervisors: Pierre Bellec & Jean-Baptiste Poline