Carl Gold
I am currently a Senior Research Associate at MSCI Barra Inc..
For communication regarding my Neuroscience and Machine Learning
research please contact me at my Koch Lab email, carl
klab.com, which I still check regularly.
Education
| California Institute of Technology | June, 2007
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- PhD, Computation and Neural Systems
- Thesis: Modeling Extracellular Action Potentials: Waveforms, Detectability and Sampling Bias
- Advisor: Christof Koch
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| King's College London | August, 2000
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- MSc, Neural Networks & Information Processing
- With Distinction
- MSc Thesis: Bayesian Methods for Support Vector Machines
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| New York University | August, 1999
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| Stanford University | June, 1995
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- BS, Electrical Engineering
- BA, History
- ΤΒΠ Engineering Honor Society
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Publications
- C
Gold, D A Henze, C Koch, Using Extracellular Action Potential
Recordings to Tune Compartmental Models, Journal of Computational
Neuroscience. (2007) 23 (1): 39-58
- C
Gold, D A Henze, C Koch, G Buzsáki. On the Origin of the
Extracellular Action Potential Waveform: A Modeling Study. Journal
of Neurophysiology. 95: 3113-3128 (2006)
- C Gold, P Sollich. Bayesian Approach to Feature Selection and
Parameter Tuning for Support Vector Machines. Neural Networks. (2005)
18 (5): 693-701
- C Gold, P Sollich Model Selection for Support Vector
Machines. Neurocomputing (2003) 55: 221-249
- C
Gold. FX Trading via Recurrent Reinforcement Learning. IEEE
International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Financial
Engineering 2003. Proceedings, 363-370
- L Itti , C Gold, C Koch. Visual attention and target
detection. Optical Engineering (2001) 40: 1784-1793
Conferences/Workshops
- Computational Neuroscience (CNS) 2006. Poster + Tutorial: Using Extracellular Action
Potential Recordings to Tune Compartmental Models. (July 19th, Afternoon session)
- Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne), 2006. Poster:
Extracellular Electrode Detection Range and Sampling Bias for Cat
Visual Cortex
- International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, 2005. Talk: Fast
Bayesian Support Vector Machine Parameter Tuning with the Nyström
Method
- Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne), 2005. Poster: Model
of Single Unit Extracellular Potentials Describes Waveforms of CA1
Neurons Recorded In Vivo
- Society for Neuroscience, 2004. Poster: Model of Extracellular
Potential Illustrates Factors Contributing to the Waveform of Single
Unit Recordings In Vivo
- IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence in
Financial Engineering 2003. Talk: FX Trading via Recurrent
Reinforcement Learning
- Society For Neuroscience, 2003. Poster: Line Source Approximation
Predicts Extracellular Voltage For CA1 Neurons Recorded In Vivo
Fellowships
Ruth L Kirchstein NRSA Individual Fellowship, 2004-2006. (MH070144-01A1)
Other
My wife, Anna
Hsieh Gold Lac., practices acupunture at the Earth and Sky Oasis Day
Spa, in San Francisco