Peter Dayan(1965)
Peter Dayan is a recipient of the Fellow of the Royal Society (2018) from United Kingdom. They have received 2 major awards in total. They were educated at University of Edinburgh. They have been affiliated with Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics.
United Kingdom
2
Major Awards
976
Publications
88,209
Citations
117
h-index
384
i10-index
90.4
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
Apex Elite Prestigious
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
DH
Demis Hassabis
Fellow of the Royal Society (2018)
AJ
Andrew J. King
Fellow of the Royal Society (2018)
DK
Dimitri Kullmann
Fellow of the Royal Society (2018)
JB
Jay Bernard
Fellow of the Royal Society (2018)
GD
Gregory D. Edgecombe
Fellow of the Royal Society (2018)
RA
Richard A. Dixon
Fellow of the Royal Society (2018)
PM
Peter M. Visscher
Fellow of the Royal Society (2018)
JP
John P. Smol
Fellow of the Royal Society (2018)
MS
Michelle Simmons
Fellow of the Royal Society (2018)
CM
Cathie Martin
Fellow of the Royal Society (2018)
IC
Iain Colin Prentice
Fellow of the Royal Society (2018)
NB
Neil Brockdorff
Fellow of the Royal Society (2018)
Education
University of Edinburgh
Doctoral Advisors
David WillshawYael NivSzabolcs KáliSham KakadeArthur GuezSimon Osindero
Career Timeline
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics?–present
Massachusetts Institute of Technology?–present
University College London?–present
Uber?–present
Top Publications
RETRACTED: A mathematical model explains saturating axon guidance responses to molecular gradients
eLife20161,115 citations
Foraging for foundations in decision neuroscience: insights from ethology
Nature Reviews Neuroscience2018220 citations
The algorithmic anatomy of model-based evaluation
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences2014166 citations
Altered learning under uncertainty in unmedicated mood and anxiety disorders
Nature Human Behaviour2019143 citations
Moral transgressions corrupt neural representations of value
Nature Neuroscience2017142 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
YS
Yang Shi
Fellow of the Royal Society (2024)

James Dyson
Fellow of the Royal Society (2015)
FW
Francis Wollaston
Fellow of the Royal Society (1786)

John Arbuthnot
Fellow of the Royal Society (1704)

Gilles Brassard
Turing Award (2025)

John Michael Jumper
Fellow of the Royal Society (2025)
SR
Stuart Russell
Fellow of the Royal Society (2025)
JT
Jacob Tsimerman
Fellow of the Royal Society (2025)
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