Gustavo Deco | |
|---|---|
 Professor Gustavo Deco | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Awards | Siemens "Inventor of the Year" (2001) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience, Cognitive Science |
| Institutions | Pompeu Fabra University |
Gustavo Deco is an Argentinian and Italian professor and scientist. He serves as Research Professor at the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies and Full Professor (Catedratico) at the Pompeu Fabra University, where he is Director of the Center of Brain and Cognition and head of the Computational Neuroscience Group. In 2001 Deco was awarded the international prize of Siemens "Inventor of the Year" for his contributions in statistical learning, models of visual perception, and fMRI based diagnosis of neuropsychiatric diseases.[citation needed].