These are some of the researchers whose work inspires me (by no means a conclusive list):

• Kwabena Boahen
  • http://www.stanford.edu/group/brainsinsilicon/index.html

• Todd Coleman
  •  http://coleman.ucsd.edu/

• Ilya Nemenman
  • http://www.menem.com/~ilya/wiki/index.php/Ilya_Nemenman

• Anthony Ricci
  • http://med.stanford.edu/ohns/research/labs_ricci.html

• Krishna V. Shenoy
  • http://www.stanford.edu/%7eshenoy/Group.htm

• Lena Ting
  • https://neurolab.gatech.edu/labs/ting/lena-ting

• Adam de la Zerda
  • http://delazerda.stanford.edu