Garrison Cottrell
Garrison Cottrell | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Computer Scientist, academic, author and researcher |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.S., Mathematics and Sociology M.A.T., Mathematics Education M.S., Computer Science Ph.D., Computer Science |
| Alma mater | Cornell University University of Rochester |
| Academic advisors | James F. Allen David Rumelhart |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of California, San Diego |
| Notable students | Christopher Kanan |
Garrison W. Cottrell is an American cognitive scientist and computer scientist who serves as a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego). His research focuses on computational neuroscience, machine learning, and cognitive modeling, with particular emphasis on how the brain processes visual information and language. Cottrell was the founding director and principal investigator of the Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center (TDLC), an interdisciplinary consortium funded by the National Science Foundation to investigate how learning unfolds over time. In 2017, he was named a Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society for his contributions to the field.