October 30th, 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm in DCH 3092
Speaker: Behnaam Aazhang (ELEC)
Please indicate interest, especially if you want lunch, here.
Abstract:
A fundamental research objective in neuro-engineering is to understand the ways in which functionalities of the brain emerge from the organization of neurons into highly connected circuits. This goal is one of the most critical scientific challenges in medicine of our generation. It is also critical in our understanding of how these functionalities are disrupted because of trauma and diseases like depression, Alzheimer’s, or Epilepsy. In this presentation, I will discuss how signal processing techniques and graph- and information-theoretic tools can unravel brain’s circuit connection that underlie the onset of a seizure in epileptic patients. These tools can also provide features to predict the onset and possibly prevent seizures.