CYAN: Collaboratory at YorkU for the Arts and Neurosciences is a fully equipped, integrated suite of state-of-the-art core facility enabling collaboration and translation across human and non-human primate species, the arts and sciences, and academia and society. The facility, which is broadly available to researchers both in and beyond Connected Minds to conduct their research activities and serves multiple fields. includes an upgraded MRI scanner with Al computing capabilities, MRI-compatible and wearable EEG, and NIRS, with eye-tracking and human motion sensors, enhanced by motion capture and XR design in creating real-world conditions, prototyping for creating and enhancing wearable XR and neuroimaging, an art-science collaboration space, and an immersive performance space to communicate knowledge to the public through the arts and media.
Image Above: Refik Anadol and Maurice Benayoun, DïaloG. Part of MindSpaces at the Ars Electronica Festival, 2020, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Maastricht University. Courtesy Creative Commons
Associated Research Units and Centres at York University
Centre for Integrative and Applied Neuroscience (CIAN)
Neuroscience – the study of nervous system function — aims to explain the biological basis of human behavior in health and disease. One in three Canadians will experience a brain-related health disorder. The Centre for Integrative and Applied Neuroscience (CIAN) mobilizes research to address health, education, industry, and other applications important for the global community.
Sensorium: Centre for Digital Arts and Technology
Sensorium is a research centre for creative inquiry and experimentation at the intersection of the media arts, performance, and digital culture.
Centre for Visual Neurophysiology
The Centre for Neurophysiology at York brings together a dynamic community of researchers exploring the complexities of brain and behavior across multiple scales. Utilizing state-of-the-art neuroscience methods—including neurophysiology, neuroimaging, functional ultrasound, fNIRS, and EEG—researchers investigate fundamental and applied questions on perception, movement, navigation, memory, development, and aging.
York Centre for Vision Research
The Centre for Vision Research at York University pursues world-class, interdisciplinary research and training in visual science and its applications.
Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Society (CAIS)
The Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Society (CAIS) unites researchers who are collectively advancing state-of-the-art theory and practice of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, law, governance and public policy. The research focuses on AI systems that address societal priorities in health care, smart cities and sustainability, and are fair, explainable, reliable and trusted.
