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.
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. Clique topology software in Python:
PyCliqueTop_2023,
written by Nicole Sanderson.
5. Clique topology software in Matlab (older, slower version):
CliqueTop,
written by Chad Giusti.
6. 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Outdated lab page: Mathematical Neuroscience Lab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 November 17, 2024.