{"id":566,"date":"2020-05-28T18:19:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T18:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/neuroscience\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=566"},"modified":"2025-08-14T13:40:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:40:30","slug":"chantal-shaib","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/neuroscience\/people\/chantal-shaib\/","title":{"rendered":"Chantal Shaib"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"biography\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After completing my undergraduate degree in Carleton Neuroscience, I pursued the MSc in Applied Computing at the University of Toronto. My\u00a0research focus is\u00a0Artificial Intelligence, specifically in looking at\u00a0various brain-inspired algorithms and their usefulness in computation. I also explored how AI can help create tools in the healthcare field!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What stood out most to me about Carleton Neuroscience will echo the same&nbsp;sentiment as most other graduates from this program \u2013 the amazing faculty&nbsp;really make this department stand out.&nbsp;They are very approachable, and incredibly&nbsp;supportive! The department is small enough that you can create great&nbsp;connections with&nbsp;professors, and easily learn about the research that they\u2019re&nbsp;doing. In my experience, if you have research ideas that bridge the field of&nbsp;neuroscience&nbsp;with other disciplines, they will help you get in contact with the right&nbsp;people, or simply just listen to your ideas and add&nbsp;their own perspectives. I\u2019ve&nbsp;found this to be invaluable for deciding my path after this program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"advice-for-current-students\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advice for Current Students<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Try taking many classes outside of NEUR and PSYC,&nbsp;as it could lead you to different viewpoints of the material you\u2019re learning. I&nbsp;had the chance to take computer science classes, and was able to look at how different&nbsp;mathematical\/computational tools and theories&nbsp;are being used to investigate how&nbsp;the nervous system processes information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in learning about AI from&nbsp;a biology perspective, take some computer science classes but be patient with&nbsp;the&nbsp;process! There is a lot to learn before you can jump into things like&nbsp;spiking neural networks. Don\u2019t be afraid of carving your own path&nbsp;either. 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