Carlos G. Correa
Carlos G. Correa
cgcorrea@princeton.edu
Education
Princeton University
Princeton, NJPh.D. Candidate in Neuroscience
2021 - Current
M.A. in Neuroscience
2018 - 2021
Advisors: Nathaniel D. Daw, Ph.D., Thomas L. Griffiths, Ph.D.
Coursework: Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition, Probabilistic Models of Cognition, Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience Courses and Labs
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TXB.S. with Honors in Computer Science
2008 - 2012
Robstown High School
Robstown, TX
2008
PapersCorrea, C. G., Ho, M. K., Callaway, F., Daw, N. D., Griffiths, T. L. (2023). Humans decompose tasks by trading off utility and computational cost. PLOS Computational Biology.
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[code] Ho, M. K., Abel, D.,
Correa, C. G., Littman, M. L., Cohen, J. D., & Griffiths, T. L. (2022). People construct simplified mental representations to plan.
Nature.
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[preprint]Goldstein-Piekarski, A. N., Wielgosz, J., Xiao, L., Stetz, P., Correa, C. G., …, Williams, L. M. (2021). Early changes in neural circuit function engaged by negative emotion and modified by behavioural intervention are associated with depression and problem-solving outcomes: A report from the ENGAGE randomized controlled trial. EBioMedicine.
Leikauf J. E., Correa C., Bueno A. N., Sempere V. P., Williams L. M. (2021). StopWatch: Pilot study for an Apple Watch application for youth with ADHD. Digital Health.
Williams, L. M., Pines, A., Goldstein-Piekarski, A. N., Rosas, L. G., Kullar, M., Sacchet, M. D., Gevaert, O., Bailenson, J., Lavori, P. W., Dagum, P., Wandell, B., Correa, C., …, Ma, J. (2017). The ENGAGE study: Integrating neuroimaging, virtual reality and smartphone sensing to understand self-regulation for managing depression and obesity in a precision medicine model. Behaviour Research and Therapy.
Conference ProceedingsKumar, S.,
Correa, C. G., Dasgupta, I., Marjieh, R., Hu, M. Y., Hawkins, R. D., Daw, N. D., Cohen, J. D., Narasimhan, K., & Griffiths, T. L. (2022). Using Natural Language and Program Abstractions to Instill Human Inductive Biases in Machines. In
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems.
[paper]Correa, C. G.*, Ho, M. K.*, Callaway, F., Griffiths, T. L. (2020). Resource-rational Task Decomposition to Minimize Planning Costs. In
Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.
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[planning cost demo] PostersLeikauf, J. E., Bueno, A. N., Correa, C. G., Sempere, V. P., Williams, L. M. (2019, October). Apple Watch Pilot for Youth with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Chicago, Illinois.
Correa, C. G., Callaway, F., Ho, M. K., Griffiths, T. L. (2019, July). Compositional subgoal representations. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Teaching ExperienceLinear Algebra
Summer Bootcamp, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Summer 2020 - 2022Prepared and taught half-day Linear Algebra module with exercises for incoming Neuroscience Ph.D. students
NEU 502B
From Molecules to Systems to Behavior, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Spring 2020Assistantship in Instruction
NEU 301
Cellular Neurobiology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Fall 2019Assistantship in Instruction
ExperienceStanford University
Stanford, CA, Research Software Engineer
2016 - 2018
Clara Labs
San Francisco, CA, Software Engineer
2015 - 2016
OpenTable
San Francisco, CA, Software Engineer
2014 - 2015
Ness Computing
Los Altos, CA, Software Engineer, acquired by OpenTable
2012 - 2014
Facebook, Inc.
Palo Alto, CA, Software Engineering Intern
Summer 2011
Intel Corporation
Austin, TX, Software Engineering Intern
Summer 2010
Cisco Systems
Richardson, TX, Software Engineering Intern
Summer 2009
Service2020 Graduate Student Representative on the Princeton Neuroscience Institute Climate and Inclusion Committee
2020 Student Organizer for Princeton Neuroscience Institute Ph.D. Applicant Visit Day
2019 Peer Mentor for Princeton Graduate Scholars Program
Awards2018-2020 Princeton University President’s Fellowship
2008-2011 Cisco Internet Generation Scholarship
2008-2011 Turing Scholars Honors Program
2007-2008 Texas All-State 4A Symphonic Band on Bassoon
SkillsAdvanced with Python, Shell Scripting, Web Development (JavaScript, HTML, CSS)
Experience with MATLAB, R, Julia, Java, SQL, Swift/iOS, fMRI methods