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Researchers explored how infants act purposefully by attaching a colorful mobile to their foot and tracking movements with a Vicon 3D motion capture system.

Recent advances in computing and artificial intelligence, along with insights into infant learning, suggest that machine and deep learning techniques can help us study how infants transition from random exploratory movements to purposeful actions.

Jennifer Giordano, a second year Ph.D. student in the Graduate Neuroscience Training Program and Center for Complex Systems, greatly relies on the Rubin and Cindy Gruber Sandbox’s transformative technology. As a student researcher, Jennifer is using AI to study neurodegeneration and other topics in neuroscience. She is interested in drawing inspiration from concepts in neuroscience and thinking about how they can be applied to artificial systems.

Congratulations to Gianna Cannestro, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation entitled "Investigation of Neuronal Activity Dynamics from Human iPSC-derived Neuronal Cultures in Huntingdon's Disease Using Microelectrode Arrays'' on Friday, October 16th, 2026. Gianna will graduate at the December Commencement Ceremony at FAU having successfully earned a Ph.D. in Complex Systems and Brain Sciences from the Center for Complex Systems at ³Ô¹ÏÍø. Gianna’s dissertation was completed under the guidance of Dr.  Jianning Wei (Biomedical Sciences & CCS) with committee members Drs. Wen Shen (Biomedical Sciences & CCS) and Tanya Godenschwege (Biological Sciences). Gianna was admitted to the CCSBS PhD program through the Graduate Neuroscience Training Program administered by FAU's Stiles-Nicolson Brain Institute.