Gail Carpenter
Gail Alexandra Carpenter | |
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| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Colorado-Boulder |
| Known for | Adaptive Resonance Theory (ART), neural network models and applications |
| Spouse(s) | Stephen Grossberg (m. 1979–) |
| Awards | IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer (2008) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics, Neuroscience |
| Institutions | Boston University, Northeastern University, MIT |
| Thesis | Traveling wave solutions of nerve impulse equations |
| Academic advisors | Charles C. Conley |
Gail Alexandra Carpenter is an American cognitive scientist, neuroscientist and mathematician, known for her work with Stephen Grossberg developing adaptive resonance theory, a theory of how the human brain processes information, and for her work on the Hodgkin–Huxley model of how neurons operate.
She is a professor emerita of mathematics and statistics at Boston University, where she was also a professor of cognitive and neural systems.