The Center of Excellence for Learning in Education, Science, and Technology (CELEST) is an NSF-funded Science of Learning Center. CELEST was founded in 2004 and is comprised of neuroscientists, educators, and engineers at several Boston-area universities.
CELEST’s central vision is to understand brain mechanisms of learning, with particular emphasis on the role of dynamical interactions with and between brain regions. CELEST also strives to build computational models of these mechanisms and then use these models to build applications ready to use to solve real world problems.
I have been part of CELEST since it began, first as a graduate student and now as a postdoc. Along with my research activities and technology outreach activities, I co-founded the CELEST student and postdoc organization and served as its president for two years. Currently I serve as a member of the advisory board to this organization. I organized several important activities within the center including coordinating career day events, hosting distinguished lecturers, chairing workshops, and facilitating communication between the faculty and students and postdocs within the center. I am also co-PI and general chair for the 2010 inter-Science of Learning Center (iSLC) meeting to be held in Boston in May.
For more information about CELEST, visit the CELEST website