Prof. Idan Segev is the David & Inez Myers Professor in Computational Neurosciences and a member of the Edmond and Lily Safra Centre for Brain Sciences (ELSC) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He published more than 100 scientific papers including in Science, Nature, Neuron and PNAS, and has supervised more than 50 Ph.D. students. His research team utilizes computational and theoretical tools to study: (i) What kind of computing devices are human neurons (obtained from fresh tissue following brain surgery at hospitals); (ii)Network structure and dynamics, as part of the EPFL’s “Blue Brain Project”, whereby a whole piece of the mammalian cortex is simulated in details in the computer; (iii) Brain and Art – Idan Segev takes a keen interest in the connection between art and the brain. He co-edited two “Artists” book: one with original brain-inspired etchings by ten top Israeli artists and the second with 10 Israeli poets (“Neuropoetry”). He recently co-edited a special research topic (open access via Frontiers journals) on “Art and Brain”. Segev serves as a Chief Editor of Frontiers in Neuroscience scientific journal where he developed the Frontiers for young minds, FYMs, a unique freely available scientific journal for 10-15 years old kids, in which top scientist, including Nobel laureates, present their state-of-the-art work and kids serve as reviewers for these articles.
