Carina Curto
Professor of Applied Mathematics and Brain Science
Division of Applied Mathematics and the Carney Institute for Brain Science
Brown University, Providence, RI
email: carina_curto@brown.edu
A.B. Harvard University 2000
Ph.D. Duke University 2005
CV
Here is a brief bio.
Research Interests
Mathematics applied to and arising from theoretical and computational neuroscience.
Neural network theory and neural coding. Applied algebra, topology, and geometry.
Neural network theory seminar: NNT
Mathematical Neuroscience Lab
Publications
Software
1. Basic TLN/CTLN software in Matlab:
CTLN Basic 2.0,
written by Carina Curto and Katie Morrison.
2. Network songs software in Matlab:
Network-songs,
written by Carina Curto.
3. Classification of CTLNs on n=5 nodes:
n5-graphs-package,
written by Carina Curto and Katie Morrison with contributions from others.
4. TLN neuromodulation chirotope code:
TLN3-package,
written by Carina Curto.
5. Clique topology software in Python:
PyCliqueTop_2023,
written by Nicole Sanderson.
6. Clique topology software in Matlab (older, slower version):
CliqueTop,
written by Chad Giusti.
7. Neural ring software in Matlab:
Neural-ideal,
written by Nora Youngs.
Additional software can be found on my Github,
and nebneuron.
Outdated lab page: Mathematical Neuroscience Lab
at Penn State.
Listen to our network songs!!
My call for more beautiful models in neuroscience.
Fall 2023 ICERM Semester Program
Math + Neuroscience: Strengthening the Interplay Between Theory and Mathematics
Sep 6 - Dec 8, 2023
ICERM is an NSF math research institute located at Brown University.
Just for fun
My advice to young people.
A little poem about mathematicians showing off.
Take my midlife personality quiz.
My favorite physics poem.
A 25-word poem about how (not?) to deal with
academic culture wars.
Miscellanea
Feynman's 1974 Caltech Commencement Address: Cargo Cult Science.
Fighting windmills:
My email to Politico about Quillette's (lack of) fact-checking on Hill's article.
Argentina on two steaks a day.
(pdf version)
Two Simons Foundation articles following my 2018 Cosyne talk:
simple networks and
cross-pollination.
The March 2018 AMS Notices issue for
Women's History Month.
A nice article in
Forbes about my 2015 PNAS paper. (pdf version)
An article on why mathematical biology is good for mathematics.
A brief history of the Math Revolution!
The case for blind
math.
Want to know more about neuroscience? Check out
BrainFacts.org.
Random math questions: mathoverflow.net
Find research articles on PubMed and arXiv.org.
"Still the rain can't confuse the thoughts that come, come in rhythm." -- Tori Amos
Page last updated on December 7, 2024.