Iulia M. Comșa

PhD in Neurosciences | 2014 - 2018

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Thesis: Tracking brain dynamics across transitions of consciousness (link)

MRes in Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics | 2011 - 2012

University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Thesis: Brain-Computer Interfaces: Classifying real and imagined movements and effects of tDCS (pdf and video)

BSc in Computer Science | 2008 - 2011

Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Thesis: Computational intelligence for dynamic combinatorial optimization (pdf)

Grants and scholarships awarded by:

• Cambridge Trust (3-year PhD scholarship)

• MariaMarina Foundation through Lucy Cavendish College (partial PhD scholarship)

• Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca (supporting my BSc studies)

• Guarantors of Brain, Convergent Science Network, The Initiative for a Synthesis in Studies of Awareness (conferences and summer schools)

Student prizes:

• Equal first prize for the best oral presentation in the School of Clinical Medicine Research Day, University of Cambridge

• Three prizes in the UBBots 2011 robotics competition (video)

• First place in the BSc internship projects contest by the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Babeș-Bolyai University

• Multiple awards pre-university in programming, languages, creative writing, astronomy and other sciences :-)

Karate competition awards:

• The Blue distinction from Cambridge University (part of the winning Varsity team in 2018)

• 4 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze medals and one ”best overall performace” trophy in KUGB Central Region and KUGB Kyu Grade championships

• Joint best overall competitor trophy at CUKC club competition, Cambridge, 2017

Please see my Google Scholar page.

• CORTICON 2022 | Paris, France | poster

• Spiking neural networks workshop 2020 | invited talk

• ICASSP: International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing 2020 | talk

• Artificial & Biological Cognition 2019 | Cambridge | poster

• ICON: International Conference for Cognitive Neuroscience 2017 | Amsterdam | poster

• Initiative for a Synthesis in Studies of Awareness (ISSA) Summer School 2017 |  Osaka University of Japan 

• Google PhD Intern Research Conference 2016 | Mountain View, USA

• Connectome Workbench 2015 | University of Cambridge | poster

• ASSC: Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness 2015 | Paris, France | poster

• BCBT: Barcelona Cognition, Brain and Technology Summer School 2014 | University Pompeu Fabra of Barcelona

• MASAMB: Mathematical and Statistical Aspects of Molecular Biology 2013 | London | online demo

• KEPT: Knowledge Engineering: Principles and Techniques Conference 2015 | Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca | book chapter 

• AI-MAS: Artificial Intelligence and Multi-Agent Systems Winter Olympics 2010 | Politehnica University of Bucharest | video