Pawan Sinha: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
mNo edit summary |
No edit summary Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
| Line 16: | Line 16: | ||
'''Pawan Sinha''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[scientist]] who won the [[Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers]] in 2012 .<ref>{{cite news|url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/pecase-winners-announced-0723.html|title=Five MIT researchers win presidential early career honors|publisher=[[MIT News]]|date=July 23, 2012|accessdate=January 28, 2013}}</ref> He is a Professor of Vision and Computational Neuroscience at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.<ref>[http://bcs.mit.edu/people/sinha.html ''Faculty webpage at MIT Brain and Cognitive Science Department'']</ref> His work spans experimental and computational approaches to studying human [[human eye|visual cognition]]. |
'''Pawan Sinha''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[scientist]] who won the [[Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers]] in 2012 .<ref>{{cite news|url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/pecase-winners-announced-0723.html|title=Five MIT researchers win presidential early career honors|publisher=[[MIT News]]|date=July 23, 2012|accessdate=January 28, 2013}}</ref> He is a Professor of Vision and Computational Neuroscience at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.<ref>[http://bcs.mit.edu/people/sinha.html ''Faculty webpage at MIT Brain and Cognitive Science Department'']</ref> His work spans experimental and computational approaches to studying human [[human eye|visual cognition]]. |
||
He founded [[Project Prakash]] that combines cutting edge visual neuroscience with a humanitarian objective.<ref>[http://www.prakashcenter.org/index.htm ''Project Prakash'']</ref> Project Prakash sets up eye-care camps in some of the most habitually underserved regions of India, and gives free eye-health screenings to, since 2003, more than 700 functionally blind children. The children are then treated without charge, even if they do not fit the profile that would make them eligible for Sinha's research. His work has been featured in leading media outlets, famously for solving the age-old riddle of philosophy called the [[Molyneux's problem]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/26/health/research/26blind.html|title=Study of Vision Tackles a Philosophy Riddle|publisher=[[New York Times]]|date=August 25, 2011|accessdate=January 28, 2013}}</ref> He is one of the few scientists to have been interviewed on the Charlie Rose show.<ref>[http://www.charlierose.com/guest/view/6777 ''Pawan Sinha - Charlie Rose show'']</ref> |
He founded [[Project Prakash]] that combines cutting edge visual neuroscience with a humanitarian objective.<ref>[http://www.prakashcenter.org/index.htm ''Project Prakash'']</ref> Project Prakash sets up eye-care camps in some of the most habitually underserved regions of India, and gives free eye-health screenings to, since 2003, more than 700 functionally blind children. The children are then treated without charge, even if they do not fit the profile that would make them eligible for Sinha's research. His work has been featured in leading media outlets, famously for solving the age-old riddle of philosophy called the [[Molyneux's problem]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/26/health/research/26blind.html|title=Study of Vision Tackles a Philosophy Riddle|publisher=[[New York Times]]|date=August 25, 2011|accessdate=January 28, 2013}}</ref> He is one of the few scientists to have been interviewed on the Charlie Rose show.<ref>[http://www.charlierose.com/guest/view/6777 ''Pawan Sinha - Charlie Rose show'']</ref>p |
||
==References== |
==References== |
||
Revision as of 06:20, 4 May 2015
Pawan Sinha | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, University of California, Berkeley |
| Awards | Troland Research Awards in 2007, Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2012 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cognitive Science |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Pawan Sinha is an Indian scientist who won the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2012 .[1] He is a Professor of Vision and Computational Neuroscience at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[2] His work spans experimental and computational approaches to studying human visual cognition.
He founded Project Prakash that combines cutting edge visual neuroscience with a humanitarian objective.[3] Project Prakash sets up eye-care camps in some of the most habitually underserved regions of India, and gives free eye-health screenings to, since 2003, more than 700 functionally blind children. The children are then treated without charge, even if they do not fit the profile that would make them eligible for Sinha's research. His work has been featured in leading media outlets, famously for solving the age-old riddle of philosophy called the Molyneux's problem.[4] He is one of the few scientists to have been interviewed on the Charlie Rose show.[5]p
References
- ^ "Five MIT researchers win presidential early career honors". MIT News. July 23, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ Faculty webpage at MIT Brain and Cognitive Science Department
- ^ Project Prakash
- ^ "Study of Vision Tackles a Philosophy Riddle". New York Times. August 25, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ Pawan Sinha - Charlie Rose show