Dr Hannes Saal
School of Psychology
Senior Lecturer
+44 114 222 6504
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School of Psychology
F05
Pam Liversidge Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
- Profile
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I am a Cognitive Scientist and run the . I studied Cognitive Science at the 海角社区 of Osnabr眉ck, Germany and then obtained my MSc and PhD in Neuroinformatics at the 海角社区 of Edinburgh. I was then a postdoctoral scholar in Sliman Bensmaia鈥檚 lab at the 海角社区 of Chicago, before joining the 海角社区 of Sheffield to set up my own lab. For most of my career I have worked on the sense of touch, using methods from computational neuroscience, robotics, and machine learning.
- Qualifications
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- BSc Cognitive Science (Osnabrueck, Germany)
- MSc Neuroinformatics (Edinburgh)
- PhD Neuroinformatics (Edinburgh)
- Research interests
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I work on mathematical models of sensory coding and perception; my main research area is the sense of touch, where I use human psychophysics, computational modelling, and applied machine learning in order to elucidate the fundamental computations allowing us to make sense of our environment through touch.
- Publications
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- Research group
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Neuroscience and Cognition
- Grants
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- Innovate UK (2023-24): PathStance - Transforming a simple, prescribed NHS wearable, into a sensor-rich, at-home rehabilitation device. Smart Grant. With Matt Carre and Claire Brockett (Mechanical Engineering).
- Leverhulme Trust (2022-2025): The computational origins of the cortical homunculus. Research project grant. Principal Investigator.
- EU Horizon 2020 (2019-2023): NeuTouch - Understanding neural coding of touch as enabling technology for prosthethics and robotics. Innovative Training Network. With Tony Prescott (Computer Science) and EU-wide consortium.
- Teaching activities
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I am the course director for our MSc programmes in Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience, as well as Cognitive Neuroscience and Human Neuroimaging.
I currently teach PSY6308 - Computational Neuroscience 2 and PSY6309 - Mathematical Modelling and Research Skills.
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- PhD Opportunities
I am happy to receive applications for PhD study in my area of research.
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