Boahen founded and leadsStanford University’s Brains in Silicon lab, which makes silicon integrated circuits that emulate the way neurons compute, and computational models that link neuronal biophysics to cognitive behavior.
1964
Accra, Ghana
African American
1981-
Graduated as valedictorian of the class
1989-
He received his BSc and MSc in electrical engineering from John Hopkins University
1997-
Obtained his PhD in computation and neural systems
2016-
Become a Fellow for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
During his early learning, he developed a corn planting machine that won the national science competition.
When achieving his PhD, he worked alongside the Bioengineering Faculty in the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He is currently a Professor at Stanford University where he is also the Founding Director of the Brains in Silicon Laboratory. He has over 90 publications to his name. He received several distinguished honours, including the National Institute of Health Directors Pioneer Award. After recognition of his lab work on specialised hardware, he was elected a Fellow of the American institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
When Boahen was young his family faced poverty. Kwabena has faced prejudices about the African American culture in science fields but with support from family and peers he overcame these issues. He began to learn about computers at the age of 16 when he acquired his first computer, and he continued to find out about how they processed information. Boahen then went on to college.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwabena_Boahen
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