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Ralph Linsker, MD, PhD
Research Staff Member
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
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Biography
Within the fields of neuroscience and machine perception and
learning, Dr. Ralph Linsker works on ways to discover structure
automatically in complex sensory environments, and on relationships
between neurobiology, signal processing, and information and control
theory. He has pioneered in the use of information theory to devise
novel principles for neural network learning and for understanding
biological sensory processing.
Current and past professional service and recognition includes:
Board of Regents, National Library of Medicine, NIH (appointed by
Secretary of HHS); Technology Council (governing body) of the IBM
Academy of Technology; Institute Director of the McDonnell Foundation
Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience; founding member of
Executive Board of the journal Network: Computation in Neural Systems;
Associate Editor of Cerebral Cortex, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience,
and Neural Networks; chair of an NSF working group on links between
neural and physical sciences; Fellow, American Physical Society; and
Fellow, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery.
He is the inventor of an ultraviolet laser catheter for clearing
blood vessel blockages without thermal damage, and lead author of the
first publication in the field of ultraviolet laser angioplasty. He has
invented mathematical algorithms and hardware improvements for computer
design that have been incorporated into IBM products. He holds 11
patents and has received two IBM Outstanding Innovation Awards.
Dr. Linsker received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Columbia, and his M.D. from Cornell.
