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Dissertation Defense – Byron Galbraith
Notice of Dissertation Defense
Byron Galbraith
Candidate for the degree of Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience
Title: A BRAIN-MACHINE INTERFACE FOR ASSISTIVE ROBOTIC CONTROL
Monday, August 31, 2016
3pm
CompNet Building Rm B02
Boston University
Graduate Program for Neuroscience
677 Beacon Street.
(Advisor: Professor Frank Guenther)
Professor Guenther’s book is published by MIT Press!
Professor Frank Guenther's book, Neural Control of Speech, has been published and ready to order by MIT Press. Check it out.
WGBH lecture series presentation of Professor Guenther, November 2015
Frank Guenther was recently featured on WGBH discussing his work with people suffering from locked-in syndrome as well as the complexities of both normal speech and disordered speech.
http://forum-network.org/lectures/how-brain-produces-language-and-what-can-go-wrong/
Dissertation Defense – Emily Stephen
Notice of Dissertation Defense
Emily Stephen
Candidate for the degree of Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience
Title: CHARACTERIZING DYNAMICALLY EVOLVING FUNCTIONAL NETWORKS IN HUMANS WITH APPLICATION TO SPEECH.
Monday, August 3, 2015
10am
CompNet Building Rm B02
Boston University
Graduate Program for Neuroscience
677 Beacon Street.
(Advisor: Professor Frank Guenther)
Scott Kuzdeba Wins IARPA’s INSTINCT Challenge!
NPL lab member, Scott Kuzdeba, along with collaborator Troy Lau of BAE Systems’ Adaptive Reasoning Technologies Group in Burlington, MA, won the INSTINCT (Investigating Novel Statistical Techniques to Identify Neurophysiological Correlates of Trustworthiness) challenge, which was the first public challenge issued by the The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).
Kuzdeba and Lau's winning solution, JEDI MIND (Joint Estimation of Deception Intent via Multisource Integration of Neuropsychological Discriminators), "used a combination of innovative statistical techniques to improve predictions approximately 15% over the baseline analysis", stated the press release from the INSTINCT Challenge.
To read the press release in full, click here.
Dissertation Defense – Mikhail Panko
Notice of Dissertation Defense
Mikhail Panko
Candidate for the degree of Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience
Title: DEVELOPING IMPLANT TECHNOLOGIES AND EVALUATING BRAIN-MACHINE USING INFORMATION THEORY
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
2pm
CompNet Building Rm B02
Boston University
Graduate Program for Neuroscience
677 Beacon Street.
(Advisor: Professor Frank Guenther)
Panko Abstract
Frank Guenther Speaks at the Coolidge Corner Theatre’s Science on Screen Series
Dr. Frank Guenther was the guest speaker at the Coolidge Corner Theatre’s Science on Screen program, which presents feature films and documentaries paired with science and technology experts. Dr. Guenther spoke about locked-In syndrome before a screening of Julian Schnabel’s 2007 film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, based on the memoir of Jean-Dominique Bauby.
Unlock Project BMI research featured in NSF Report to Congress
Brain-machine interface research from the Unlock Project is featured in the NSF’s 2013 report to Congress entitled “Bringing People Into Focus: How Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research Address National Challenges”
WGBH Forum – A Science for the Public visit to the Neural Prosthesis Lab of Frank Guenther at Boston University
Dr. Guenther, Co-Director Jon Brumberg, and other members explain the significance of their research on speech production processes and the great advances underway in making communication possible for people who are unable to speak: victims of stroke, ALS and locked-in syndrome, for example.
Science Nation video
Science Nation video featuring research from the Boston University Neural Prosthesis Lab that will be developed and delivered to patients through the Unlock Project.
Watch video here