Physics alumnus to present about the brain, prosthetics Oct. 13
Released: October 12, 2006
Scott Beardsley, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater physics alumnus and a professor of biomedical engineering at Marquette University will be the keynote speaker at the physics department colloquium tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 13 at noon in Upham Hall, room 140.
Beardsley specializes in connecting signals from the brain to prosthetic devices. He will speak about advances in understanding how the brain processes information and controls movement so that patients with a prosthetic are able to control and move the device while using only their mind.
Beardsley will review the current approaches to decoding neural signals at the brain-machine interface and present a strategy capable of both reducing the computational requirements and improving the portability of next generation systems. He will also discuss some of the future challenges and approaches for decoding neural signals in next generation systems.
All are invited to attend. For more information, contact Robert Benjamin, physics professor, at (262) 472-5114 or bobbenjamin@mac.com.
- Amanda Otto,ottoae31@uww.edu
