Designing Intelligent Neuroprosthetics

John West john.west@ieee.org (727) 743-2267	Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 6:30PM
	Meeting Description Date: February 23, 2012 Time: Reception starts at 6.30 PM, Talk starts at 7:00 PM Designing "Intelligent" Neuroprosthetics: Harnessing Multiscale Activity from Systems of Neurons Presenter: Justin C. Sanchez, Ph.D., Director of the Neuroprosthetics Research Group (NRG) at the University of Miami. Location: USF Morsani Center Conference Room 1013A and 1013B 13330 USF Laurel Drive, Tampa, FL 33612 Parking: Morsani Parking lot 2nd floor patient parking The meeting is Free. Donations accepted to help offset the food costs. Questions: John West, 727-743-2267 or John.West@ieee.org
	Additional Information Abstract: Closed-loop neural interfaces have the great potential for treating neurological disorders and restoring communication/control in disabled individuals. The transformative aspect of closed-loop neural interfaces is that they can be designed as “intelligent tools” that have the capability to assist and evolve with the user. Unlike many other devices, neural interfaces exist in a shared space that seamlessly spans the user’s internal, adaptive neural representation of the world and the physical environment. Recent advancements in the neuroscience and engineering of neural interfaces are providing a blueprint for determining therapeutic strategies from systems of cortical and subcortical neurons. This talk covers recent advances in the science and technology supporting the development of intelligent neural interfaces from the bench to bedside. Biographical Sketch: Dr. Sanchez is the Director of the Neuroprosthetics Research Group (NRG) at the University of Miami. His mission is to develop state-of-the-art neural interface medical treatments via innovating neurotechnology for treating paralysis, stroke, DBS for movement disorders, Tourettes, and OCD. He has developed new methods for signal analysis and processing techniques for studying the unknown aspects of neural coding and functional neurophysiology. He directs an in vivo electrophysiology lab for brain machine interface (BMI) design in animals and humans studying the activity of single neurons, local field potentials, and electrocorticogram in the cerebral cortex and from deep brain structures of the motor and limbic system. Working in both basic science and clinical departments, he has special expertise in the transitioning of technology from the bench to the patient bedside. His neural engineering laboratory is currently developing direct neural interfaces for use in the research and clinical settings and he has authored a book on Brain-Machine Interface design. He is a reviewer for the NIH Neurotechnology Study Section, DOD SCIRP, Wellcome Trust, and Associate Editor/reviewer of multiple journals of biomedical engineering and neurophysiology. Questions: John West, 727-743-2267 or John.West@ieee.org Best Regards, John West EMBS Chair, FWCS IEEE
	Meeting Location USF Morsani Center 13330 USF Laurel Drive, Tampa Driving Directions USF Morsani Center Conference Room 1013A and 1013B 13330 USF Laurel Drive, Tampa, FL 33612 (See the Yahoo Map link and the links below) http://health.usf.edu/nocms/medicine/advancedhealthcare/CAHC_morsani.htm http://health.usf.edu/NR/rdonlyres/A65E5930-B49A-441E-97CC-02F00953B478/0/map_morsani.pdf
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