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SUMMARY:Hand to Brain: Sensation\, Perception and Cognition in Neuroprosth
 esis
DTSTART:20190416T121500
DTEND:20190416T131500
DTSTAMP:20260919T212744Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof Nitish V. Thakor\, Johns Hopkins University\, USA & Singa
 pore Institute for Neurotechnology\, SG.\nRestoration of upper limb functi
 on has been an exciting recent research frontier with outstanding demonstr
 ation of brain control of prosthetic limbs\, thus providing a degree of mo
 tor control. More recent action has been in giving sensations to the amput
 ees.  So\, the current questions are centered around how the sensory sign
 als get relayed to the brain of the amputee\, or more specifically\, how t
 o capture sensations\, code for perception and understand the cognition of
  this sensory information? I will give a 3-part talk: 1) present the curre
 nt state of the art of tactile sensors\, as well as our work on biomimetic
  sensors for tactile sensation\, 2) encoding the tactile information and h
 ow it can be used for neuromorphic pattern recognition and eliciting perce
 ption\, and 3) how the encoded information can be received by the brain an
 d some source localization and graph theory models for analyzing the brain
  signals. I will conclude with my thought on the future work in this field
  to improve the sensor technologies with flexible/stretchable materials\, 
 develop devices for nerve interface and algorithms for neural encoding\, a
 nd advance our understanding of the brain sources and networks involved in
  sensory perception and cognition.\n\nBio\nNitish V. Thakor is a Professor
  of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at John
 s Hopkins University since 1983.  He has also been the Professor of Biome
 dical Engineering and served as the Director of Singapore Institute for Ne
 urotechnology at the National University of Singapore since 2012.  Prof. 
 Thakor’s technical expertise is in the field of Neuroengineering\, where
  he has pioneered many technologies for brain monitoring to prosthetic arm
 s and neuroprosthesis. He has published over 390 refereed journal papers (
 Google H-Index 73\, >25\,000 citations). He has also more than 20 patents 
 issued or pending and co-founded 3 active companies. He is currently the E
 ditor in Chief of Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing\, and w
 as the Editor in Chief of IEEE TNSRE from 2005-2011. He has chaired many w
 orkshops\, technical activities and significant IEEE conferences such as t
 he first IEEE Grand Challenges in Life Sciences (2012) and IEEE BIOROB (20
 16).  Prof. Thakor is a recipient of a Research Career Development Award 
 from the National Institutes of Health and a Presidential Young Investigat
 or Award from the National Science Foundation\, and is a Fellow of the Ame
 rican Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering\, Life Fellow of IEE
 E\, Founding Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society\, and Fellow of 
 International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering.  He is a 
 recipient of the award of the Academic Career Award and Technical Excellen
 ce in Neuroengineering from IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Socie
 ty\, Distinguished Alumnus Award from Indian Institute of Technology\, Bom
 bay\, India\, and a Centennial Medal from the University of Wisconsin Scho
 ol of Engineering.
LOCATION:Campus Biotech\, H8 Auditorium D https://plan.epfl.ch/?room=H8114
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