Neural Decoding & Control

Session Chair(s)

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  Sumientra Rampersad, MS PhD (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  University of Massachusetts Boston
  Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Track Chair(s)

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  Alan Dorval, PhD

  Associate Professor
  University of Utah Biomedical Engineering
  Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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  Aysegul Gunduz, PhD

  Professor
  University of Florida, United States
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  Maribel Vazquez, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  Piscataway, New Jersey, United States

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM EST

  Combined Cognitive and Sensorimotor Assessment Enhances Detection of Cognitive Declines
  

  Presenting Author: Wei Yin, PhD (he/him/his) – New Jersey Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Giovanni Oppizzi – University of Maryland, College Park

  Co-Author: Mei Zhen Huang, PhD (he/him/his) – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Co-Author: Kyung Koh – University of Maryland, College Park

  Co-Author: Soh-hyun Hur – University of Maryland School of Medicine

  Last Author: Li-Qun Zhang – University of Maryland School of Medicine
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EST

  Development and initial testing of a multimodal wearable to detect compulsions from electromyography (EMG)
  

  Presenting Author: Juan F. Lopez Luna, MS (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Vivian Dinh – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Xilin Liu, PhD – University of Toronto

  Co-Author: Lily Brown, PhD – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Andrew G. Richardson, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania

  Last Author: Bijan Pesaran, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania

  Primary Investigator: Flavia Vitale, PhD – University of Pennsylvania
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EST

  Encoding directional firing patterns in tissue-engineered neural networks by modulating endogenous plasticity pathways through optogenetic stimulation.
  

  Presenting Author: Onur Aydin – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Gelson J. Pagan-Diaz – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Evin Kilicarslan – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Matthew Wester, MS (he/him/his) – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Saeedur Rahman – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Lauren Gapinske – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Yongdeok Kim – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Daniel Buoros – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: M. Taher A. Saif – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Primary Investigator: Rashid Bashir, PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EST

  Experimental Verification of Neuromuscular Dynamics in Neurodegenerative Disease Modeling
  

  Presenting Author: Colton Babcock – Boise State University

  Co-Author: Landon D. Hamilton, PhD – Medical Center of the Rockies

  Co-Author: Anastasios Lykidis, PhDc (he/him/his) – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

  Co-Author: Ioannis Amiridis – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

  Co-Author: Roger Enoka – University of Colorado

  Primary Investigator: Clare Fitzpatrick, PhD – Boise State University
• 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM EST

  Multichannel, Battery-less, and Wireless Recorder for Neuronal Activity Monitoring in Swine
  

  Presenting Author: Melany Gutierrez Hernandez – Florida International University

  Co-Author: Daniel Parrado – Florida International University

  Co-Author: Sally P. Duarte – Florida International University

  Co-Author: Satheesh Bojja-Venkatakrishnan – Florida International University

  Primary Investigator: John L. Volakis – Florida International University

  Last Author: Jorge Riera (he/him/his) – Florida International University
• 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM EST

  Temporal Characteristics of Speech in Cortical and Subcortical Recordings
  

  Presenting Author: Diego A. Perez (he/him/his) – University of Utah Biomedical Engineering

  Co-Author: Tyler Davis, MD, Ph.D. – University of Utah Neurosurgery

  Primary Investigator: Shervin Rahimpour, MD – University of Utah Neurosurgery

  Last Author: Alan D. Dorval, PhD – University of Utah Biomedical Engineering

  Co-Author: Giuliana Rezende – University of Utah Biomedical Engineering