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SUMMARY:The Neuropixels Platform: Visualizing the Electrophysiological Rhy
 thms of the Whole Brain
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DESCRIPTION:Barun Dutta\nAbstract\nRecent advances in CMOS integrated MEMS
 \, has enabled and increased routine extracellular electrophysiology recor
 ding capability and capacity from dozens to thousands of neurons. Applying
  “a scaling platform approach”\, the Neuropixels platforms\, will enab
 le next generation of systems to visualize 10’s to 100’s of thousand n
 eurons.\nI will review our work to develop very high channel count electro
 physiology device: “the Neuropixels probe”\, and the prospects for ano
 ther 10-50X capacity increase\, and address progress towards “recording 
 form the whole brain”.\nIn addition\, to the technology\, I will illustr
 ate a few transformational neuroscience experiments that this technology i
 s enabling\, and its power to co-integrate different modalities.\nI will a
 lso discuss\, some of the challenges the Neuropixels data volume has creat
 ed\, with  bottlenecks in analysis\, using frequently used technique\, as
 piring to produce single neuron activity records\, called spike sorting. I
  will compare different algorithms\, show their frequent alarmingly diverg
 ent results\, and discuss what fraction of this new data volume seems reli
 able.\nI will discuss\, initial work and the potential for single neuron b
 ased neuro-electronic medicine.\nIf time permits\, I will also highlight h
 ow for a technology platform to impact and accelerate an inter-disciplinar
 y science\, of semiconductor engineers\, neurotechnologists\, neuroscienti
 sts\, and neurosurgeons\, you need the power of a global eco-system.\nFurt
 hermore\, I will close by opening a discussion of the limits of electrophy
 siology recording\, how many neurons are enough number of neurons?\n\n\nBi
 ography of Barun Dutta\n\nBarun Dutta has been the Chief Scientist of IMEC
 \, since 2010\, leading multiple R&D programs in Silicon Technology System
 s\, with an emphasis on wafer scale manufacturable patterning  and proces
 s integration of novel materials and device technologies.  In additional 
 pathfinding programs in CMOS scaling\, he most recently initiated and has 
 led device programs in GaN LED’s\, Power/RF Devices\, ultra-high perform
 ance imaging\, integrated photonics\, wafer scale technologies for life sc
 iences applications in neurotech and genomics.\nFrom 1998-2010 as a Ventur
 e Capitalist and General Partner at Sevin Rosen Funds-Alta Berkeley (A Sev
 in Rosen  Semiconductor Systems Incubation Fund) and Entrepreneur\, he wo
 rked as a Board Member and/or CXO\, incubating and mentoring 15 founding t
 eams/companies\, which included\, Iobox(acquired by Telefonica)\, Synad(ac
 quired by ST-Micro)\, Native Networks(acquired by Alcatel)\, Siliquent (ac
 quired by Broadcom)\, BeInSync(acquired by Phoenix Tech)\, Teradici(acquir
 ed by HP)\, Castify(acquired by Harmonic)\, Xtellus(merged w/Oclaro)\, PA 
 Semi(acquired by Apple)\, Touch Clarity(acquired by Omniture/Adobe)\, Aman
 tsys(acquired by Fidelity)\, Javelin Semiconductor (acquired by Avago) and
  Dune Networks (acquired by Broadcom).\nHe spent the first decade of his c
 areer\, from 1988-1998\, as a Member of Technical Staff and Program manage
 r at Bellcore/Bell Labs doing research in various areas of semiconductor m
 aterials and process technology and was also an assignee at IMEC from Bell
  Labs/TI.\nHe was educated and received his undergraduate and graduate deg
 rees\, from Middlebury College\, Middlebury\, VT\, and the Massachusetts I
 nstitute of Technology\, Cambridge\, MA respectively.\n\n 
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