Gail Carpenter
Gail Alexandra Carpenter | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Colorado-Boulder |
| Known for | Adaptive Resonance Theory (ART), neural network models and applications |
| Spouse(s) | Stephen Grossberg (m. 1979–) |
| Awards | IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer (2008) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics, Neuroscience |
| Institutions | Boston University, Northeastern University, MIT |
| Thesis | Traveling wave solutions of nerve impulse equations |
| Academic advisors | Charles C. Conley |
Gail Alexandra Carpenter is an American cognitive scientist, neuroscientist and mathematician, known for her work with Stephen Grossberg developing adaptive resonance theory, a theory of how the human brain processes information, and for her work on the Hodgkin–Huxley model of how neurons operate.[1]
She is a professor emerita of mathematics and statistics at Boston University,[2] where she was also a professor of cognitive and neural systems.[1]
Education and career
Carpenter attended the International School of Geneva[2] then went to the University of Colorado.[1] She completed her Ph.D. in mathematics in 1975 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with the dissertation Traveling Wave Solutions of Nerve Impulse Equations supervised by Charles C. Conley.[3]
Carpenter was a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at Northeastern University before joining Boston University.[4]
Recognition
Carpenter was the first woman to receive the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Neural Networks Pioneer Award in 2008.[5][4] She received the International Neural Network Society (INNS) Gabor Award in 1999.[6]
She is a Fellow of the INNS,[7] and was named as an IEEE Fellow in 2013.[1]
Personal life
Carpenter married Stephen Grossberg in 1979.[8]
Selected publications
- Carpenter, G. A. (2019). Looking to the future: Learning from experience, averting catastrophe. Neural Networks.
- Carpenter, G. A., & Grossberg, S. (1987). A massively parallel architecture for a self-organizing neural pattern recognition machine. Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing, 37(1), 54–115. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0734-189X(87)80014-2
- Carpenter, G. A., Grossberg, S., Markuzon, N., Reynolds, J. H., & Rosen, D. B. (1992). Fuzzy ARTMAP: A Neural Network Architecture for Incremental Supervised Learning of Analog Multidimensional Maps. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 3(5), 698–713. https://doi.org/10.1109/72.159059
- Carpenter, G. A., Grossberg, S., & Reynolds, J. H. (1991). ARTMAP: Supervised real-time learning and classification of nonstationary data by a self-organizing neural network. Neural Networks, 4(5), 565–588. https://doi.org/10.1016/0893-6080(91)90012-T
- Carpenter, G. A., Grossberg, S., & Rosen, D. B. (1991). Fuzzy ART: Fast stable learning and categorization of analog patterns by an adaptive resonance system. Neural Networks, 4(6), 759–771. https://doi.org/10.1016/0893-6080(91)90056-B
References
- ^ a b c d Laskowski, Amy (January 29, 2013). "Gail Carpenter Named IEEE Fellow". BU Today. Boston University. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ^ a b "Les Scientifiques". Echo magazine. International School of Geneva. Summer 2022. Retrieved 2025-06-21 – via Issuu.
- ^ Gail Carpenter at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ a b Rusipini, Enrique (February 2008). "Society Briefs: 2008 CIS Awards". IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine. p. 4.
- ^ "Past recipients: Neural Networks Pioneer Award". IEEE. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ^ "INNS Award Recipients". International Neural Network Society. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ^ "Fellows and senior members". International Neural Network Society. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ^ "Carpenter wed". The Jackson Hole Guide. June 21, 1979. Retrieved 2025-06-21 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- Gail Carpenter publications indexed by Google Scholar
- INNS You Tube video interview with Gail Carpenter, Recorded January 14, 2021.
- Boston University Staff web page for Professor Gail Carpenter.