employer tomaso poggio
France , officially the French Republic , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea , and from the Rhine to ___MASK31___ Ocean . Overseas France include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in ___MASK31___ , Pacific and Indian oceans . France spans and had a total population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017 . It is a unitary semi - presidential republic with the ___MASK66___ in Paris , the country ' s largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban centres include Marseille , Lyon , Lille , Nice , Toulouse and Bordeaux . Tomaso Armando Poggio ( born September 11 , 1947 in Genoa , Italy ) , is the Eugene McDermott professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences , an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research , a member of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory ( CSAIL ) and director of both the Center for Biological and Computational Learning at MIT and the Center for Brains , Minds , and Machines , a multi - institutional collaboration headquartered at the McGovern Institute since 2013 . Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia ( Slovene : , abbr .: " RS "), is a nation state in southern Central Europe , located at the crossroads of main European cultural and trade routes . It is bordered by Italy to the west , Austria to the north , Hungary to the northeast , Croatia to the south and southeast , and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest . It covers and has a population of 2 . 06 million . It is a parliamentary republic and a member of the ___MASK89___ , European Union , and NATO . The ___MASK66___ and largest city is Ljubljana . The Mediterranean Sea ( pronounced ) is a sea connected to ___MASK31___ Ocean , surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land : on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia , on the south by North Africa , and on the east by the Levant . The sea is sometimes considered a part of ___MASK31___ Ocean , although it is usually identified as a separate body of water . The McGovern Institute for Brain Research is a research institute within ___MASK22___ . Its mission is to understand how the brain works and to discover new ways to prevent or treat brain disorders . The institute was founded in 2000 by Patrick McGovern and Lore Harp McGovern with a gift to MIT that is expected to total $ 350M over 20 years . San Marino , officially the Republic of San Marino , also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino , is an enclaved microstate surrounded by Italy , situated on the Italian Peninsula on the northeastern side of the Apennine Mountains . Its size is just over , with a population of 33 , 562 . Its ___MASK66___ is the City of San Marino and its largest city is Dogana . San Marino has the smallest population of all the members of the Council of Europe . Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe . Located in the ___MASK25___ of the Mediterranean Sea , Italy shares open land borders with France , Switzerland , Austria , Slovenia , San Marino and Vatican City . Italy covers an area of and has a largely temperate seasonal climate and Mediterranean climate ; due to its shape , it is often referred to in Italy as " lo Stivale " ( the Boot ). With 61 million inhabitants , it is the fourth most populous EU member state . A mediterranean climate or dry summer climate is the climate typical of the lands in the Mediterranean Basin . The lands around the Mediterranean Sea form the largest area where this climate type is found , but it also is found in most of coastal California , in parts of Western and South Australia , in southwestern South Africa , sections of Central Asia , and in central ___MASK88___ . Massachusetts ; officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States . It is bordered by ___MASK31___ Ocean to the east , the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south , New Hampshire and Vermont to the north , and ___MASK94___ to the west . The state is named for the Massachusett tribe , which once inhabited the area . The ___MASK66___ of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New England is Boston . Over 80 % of Massachusetts ' population lives in the Greater Boston metropolitan area , a region influential upon American history , academia , and industry . Originally dependent on agriculture , fishing and trade , Massachusetts was transformed into a manufacturing center during the Industrial Revolution . During the 20th century , Massachusetts ' economy shifted from manufacturing to services . Modern Massachusetts is a global leader in biotechnology , engineering , higher education , finance , and maritime trade . The ___MASK22___ ( MIT ) is a private research university in Cambridge , Massachusetts . Founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States , MIT adopted a European polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering . Researchers worked on computers , radar , and inertial guidance during World War II and the Cold War . Post - war defense research contributed to the rapid expansion of the faculty and campus under James Killian . The current campus opened in 1916 and extends over along the northern bank of the Charles River basin . MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory ( CSAIL ) is a research institute at the ___MASK22___ formed by the 2003 merger of the Laboratory for Computer Science and the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory . Housed within the Stata Center , CSAIL is the largest on - campus laboratory as measured by research scope and membership .