The UTCS Neural Networks Research Group was founded in 1992 by Prof. Risto Miikkulainen. The group is part of the Artificial Intelligence Lab in the Computer Science Department at the University of Texas at Austin. Our research concentrates on cognitive science, computational neuroscience, and evolutionary computation, including natural language processing, episodic memory, concept and schema learning, the visual cortex, and evolving neural networks in sequential decision tasks such as robotics, game playing, and resource optimization.

To learn more about us, use the links at the top of the page. All of the information in the website is interconnected. Browsing the website is a great way to learn about us. Here are the places to start:

• The areas section gives an overview of our research areas. Select one to see publications, people, software and projects in that area.
• The projects section lists all the projects we are working on, plus all of our past projects. Clicking on a project name will display the project description, list the people on the project, and list any related software or publications.
• The people link will list the researchers, collaborators, alumni and visitors of the Neural Networks Research Group. Click on a person's name to see their publications, projects, software and areas of interest.
• The publications link will list the many publications that have come from the Neural Networks Research Group. Clicking on an entry will give you an abstract and a reference, as well as a link to a PDF or Postscript version of the publication.
• The software section contains all of the software that we have made available to the research community. Clicking on a software link will give you a list of authors, a description, and a link to download.

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