Kenneth Hayworth has a B.S. in Computer Science and
Engineering from UCLA as well as a B.S. in Mathematics also from UCLA. During
college, he worked in one of UCLA’s robotics laboratories, and as a research
engineer for Ennex Fabrication Technologies designing and constructing
prototype 3D object fabrication machines. He is currently on that company’s
board of directors. After graduating from UCLA, Mr. Hayworth worked for over
five years at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a research engineer
developing MEMS gyroscopes for microspacecraft
applications, as well as
developing analog neural and evolvable electronic hardware. Mr. Hayworth is
currently enrolled full time in the Neuroscience Graduate Program at USC
pursuing a PhD in Neuroscience. He has authored several papers in topics
ranging from automated fabrication and robotics, evolvable hardware, VLSI
neural hardware, artificial intelligence, and MEMS gyroscope development. He
has been issued two US patents and has several other patent applications
currently being processed.
Mr. Hayworth’s main research interest is the mapping of
high-level cognitive theories onto the circuits and systems of the brain.
Specifically, he is interested in the cognitive psychology and computational
neuroscience of human object recognition as supported by neural circuits in
the ventral and dorsal visual streams. His interest in developing new
neuroanatomical mapping instruments stems from his frustration with the lack
of neuroanatomical knowledge currently available on the circuits and systems
of the higher-level visual system in mammals.
ken@extremeneuroanatomy.com
Amy Hayworth has a B.S. in Management Information Systems
from California State University, Northridge. After graduation, Amy
worked at Arthur Andersen as a Business Consultant for 6 years,
specializing in the implementation of business information systems at Fortune
500 companies. She is now working at BearingPoint Inc. as a manager.
amy@extremeneuroanatomy.com
