One Small Step For A Mouse: Using Information Science to Understand the Brain

in *NEWS, *Research, BME - Biomedical Imaging, BME - Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Engineering, BME - Nanotechnology and Sensing, BME Biomechanics and Mechanobiology, BME Computational Modeling and Data Science, BME Neural Engineering, BME Systems and Synthetic Bioengineering, Bobak Nazer, ECE - Bio-ECE and Digital Health, ECE - Data Science and Intelligent Systems, ECE Faculty, Electrical and Computer Engineering, SE Research, Systems Engineering, Venkatesh Saligrama

How does learning a new skill or process change the physical structure of the brain? Using techniques from data science and high-dimensional statistics, Professors Bobak Nazer (ECE), Venkatesh Saligrama (ECE, SE), and Xue Han (BME), aim to find out. Their project, titled “Discovering Changes in Networks: Fundamental Limits, Efficient Algorithms, and Large-Scale Neuroscience,” has won the support of a $1.2M National Science Foundation (NSF) Award.

The College of Engineering Announces Three Distinguished Faculty Fellows

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Associate Professor James C. Bird (ME, MSE) will be the inaugural holder of the Theo de Winter Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor Ahmad ‘Mo’ Khalil (BME) will be the next holder of the Dorf-Ebner Distinguished Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor Bobak Nazer (ECE, SE) will be the next holder of the College of Engineering Distinguished Faculty Fellow.