The Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation (ANC) is a world-leading institute dedicated to the theoretical and empirical study of adaptive processes in both artificial and biological systems. University of Edinburgh is one of the UK’s largest and most prestigious academic teams in these fields.

They foster world-class interdisciplinary and collaborative research bringing together a range of disciplines.

Their research falls into three areas:

machine learning
computational neuroscience
computational biology
In machine learning they develop probabilistic methods that find patterns and structure in data, and apply them to scientific and technological problems. Applications include areas as diverse as astronomy, health sciences and computing.

In computational neuroscience and neuroinformatics, students study how the brain processes information, and analyze and interpret data from neuroscientific experiments.