The presentations will be in Rooms 1116-1118 in the Marcus Nanotechnology Building
Wednesday October 25, 2023
4:00 pm
Keynote Address
Rui Costa (Allen Institute)
“Discovering, Reinforcing, and Refining Actions”
5:15 pm Closing Remarks
Chaouki Abdallah, Executive Vice President for Research (EVPR)
5:30 – 6:30 pm Reception
Thursday October 26, 2023
8:30 am – Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 am
Welcome and Presentation
Chris Rozell, Jennifer Singh, Simon Sponberg (Neuro Next Executive Committee)
Introduction to the Neuro Next Initiative
9:30-10:45 am
Session 1
Lightning Talks
Munmun De Choudhury (Interactive Computing)
“Employing Social Media to Improve Mental Health: Harnessing the Potentials and Avoiding the Pitfalls”
Alan Doolittle (Electrical & Computer Engineering)
“Harnessing Solid-State Ion Temporal Dynamics for Enhanced and More Realistic Biomimetic Neural Computation”
Liang Han (Biological Sciences)
“Sensory Neurons Controlling Airway Diseases”
Bilal Haider (Biomedical Engineering)
“Neural Circuits for Visual Perception”
Margaret Kosal (International Affairs)
“International Security and Governance of Neurotechnology”
Emily Maw (GTRI)
“Neuroergonomics in Human Factors Engineering”
Vince Calhoun (Electrical & Computer Engineering)
“Evidence for a Neuroimaging-Based Mental Health Signature”
Audrey Sederberg (Psychology / Physics)
“Quantitative Theory for Large-Scale Neural Data”
Sam Sober (Biomedical Engineering/Emory Biology)
“Next-Generation Technology for Measuring and Manipulating Motor Activity”
Raquel Lieberman (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
“Structures of Parkinson-relevant states of acid-b-glucosidase”
Presentation
Lewis Wheaton (Biological Sciences)
The Future of Graduate Education in Neuroscience and Neurotechnology at Georgia Tech: Our Opportunity for the Next Generation
10:45 – 11:00 am
Break
11:00 – 12:15 am
Session 2
Lightning Talks
Courtney Crooks (GTRI and School of Cybersecurity & Privacy)
“Promoting Cognitive Security through Human-Centered Design of AI”
Minoru Shinohara (Biological Sciences)
“Movement-Associated Neurostimulation to Facilitate Motor Learning and Recovery”
Thanos Economou (Architecture)
“Shape Machine: Shape-based search (⌘-F) and shape-based replace (⌘-R) in CAD/CAM”
Francesco Fedele (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
“Brainwave Art, EEG-assisted Teaching and Statistical Mechanics of Creativity”
Aaron Levine (Public Policy)
“Toward the Responsible Translation of Neurotechnologies: Lessons from Stem Cell Science”
Aditi Das (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
“Endocannabinoids and cannabinoids: Vital yet Enigmatic”
Jeff Markowitz (Biomedical Engineering)
“New Optical and Molecular Tools for Understanding the Neural Control of Action Selection”
Jennifer Singh (History & Sociology)
“Unequal Scientific Structures in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Research: Diagnosis, Causes, and Care”
Garrett Stanley (Biomedical Engineering)
“Controlling Neural Circuits Underlying Perception, Decision Making, and Learning”
Farzaneh Najafi (Biological Sciences)
“Predictive Processing in Cortico-Cerebellar Circuits”
Presentation
Jennifer Singh (History & Sociology) and Kinsey Herrin (Mechanical Engineering)
Collaborative Communities: Where Lived Experience Meets Innovation
12:15 – 2:00 pm
Lunch and Poster Session
2:00 – 3:15 pm
Session 3
Lightning Talks
Simon Sponberg (Physics / Biological Sciences)
“Parsing Complex Sensory Scenes for Decisive Action”
Jaydev Desai (Biomedical Engineering)
“Micro-and-Meso-Scale Robotics for Neurosurgical Procedures”
Matthew Gombolay (Interactive Computing)
“Deep Reinforcement Learning in Deep Brain Stimulation: From Robots to Therapeutics”
DeBrae Kennedy-Mayo (Business)
“Neuro Rights, AI, and Privacy-Enhancing Technologies”
Aaron Young (Mechanical Engineering)
“Data-driven Estimation of Neuromechanical Human States to Enable Wearable Robotic Assistive Systems”
Irina Beloozerova (Biological Sciences)
“Cortical Control of Locomotion. Neuronal Mechanisms in Cats”
Chris Rozell (Electrical & Computer Engineering)
“Beyond deep learning: AI for Understanding Complex Dynamics in the Brain and Behavior in Health and Disease”
Eunhwa Yang (Building Construction)
“Functional Independence in Aging Adults Facing Cognitive Decline: The Role of the Built Environment”
Annabelle Singer (Biomedical Engineering)
“Learning from Inhibition: Role of Interneurons in Rapid Spatial Learning and Alzheimer’s Disease”
Presentation
Jaydev Desai (Biomedical Engineering)
Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) BRAIN Center
3:15 – 3:30 pm
Break
3:30 – 4:45 pm
Lightning Talks
Session 4
Sankar Alagapan (Electrical & Computer Engineering)
“Multimodal Approach to Study Brain-Body Interactions During Effort-Based Decision-Making”
Ming-fai Fong (Biomedical Engineering)
“Neural Plasticity in the Blind Brain”
Hannah Choi (Math)
“Neural Coding Shaped by Connectivity Structure”
Jennifer Hasler (Electrical & Computer Engineering)
“Exploring Neuroscience through Physical Implementation”
Edelle Field-Fote (Biological Sciences)
“Powering Up the Nervous System: Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation to Improve Function after Spinal Cord Injury”
Svjetlana Miocinovic (Biomedical Engineering)
“Electrophysiology of Motor and Cognitive Circuits in Humans”
Olga Shemyakina (Economics)
“Mental health, Armed Conflict and Big Five Personality Traits”
Michael Best (Interactive Computing / International Affairs)
“Neuro-Networking with IPaT: Human-Centered Neuro Infrastructure”
Presentation
Garrett Stanley (College of Engineering)
GT/Emory Neural Engineering Center, McCamish Parkinson’s Disease Innovation Program, and Neuroengineering Training