The Center for Research and Education in Navigation (CRaNE) is an interdisciplinary community for scholars interested in spatial processing, design, and navigation. CRaNE member research and training foci span basic and applied science in human and animal models, architecture, robotics, and artificial agents.
As part of its research mission, CRaNE aims to promote inter-lab grants and projects, through mechanisms including providing seed funds to members, and through working groups collaborating on research projects directly as well as large-scale funding applications
As part of its training mission, CRaNE aims to promote education at the frontiers of spatial cognition, computation, design, and navigation problems through workshops, educational outreach activities (e.g., K-12 STEM work) and pursuing sustained graduate training funds and establishing graduate trainee exchange programs between member institutions
CRaNE will also host an annual Conference for Research and Education in Navigation – with the first being May 14th, 2024 in Atlanta GA (see registration page accessed from the drop-down menu above!). Each conference hosts a Special Emphasis panel discussion which addresses a major issue bridging our fields and will also support a partnered journal Special Issue and publication mechanism for participants on the same topic. 2024’s Special Emphasis panel and Special Issue will be on “How do we define cognitive maps”, with a Special Issue on this topic to be run through Neuropsychologia. Stay tuned for the call for papers!