Workshop Agenda
Brain Behavior Quantification and Synchronization: Sensor Technologies to Capture the Complexity of Behavior
NIH Campus, Natcher Auditorium, Bethesda, Maryland
May 2-3, 2023
Day 1
8:45 a.m. ET Coffee and Registration
10:00 a.m. ET Welcome and Introductions: Yvonne Bennett, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health, and Sarah “Holly” Lisanby, M.D., Director, Division of Translational Research, National Institute of Mental Health
Session I. Sensors Introduction
10:05 a.m. ET Part A. Co-Chairs, John Rogers, Ph.D., Northwestern University; and Jungchih “J-C” Chiao, Ph.D., Southern Methodist University
Moderator: Dr. J-C Chiao, Southern Methodist University
Speakers:
Deblina Sarkar, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Novel Bioelectronic Interfaces: From Physics to Device Engineering
John Rogers, Ph.D., Northwestern University – Bioelectronic Technologies for Studies of the Brain
Ravinder Dahiya, Ph.D. Northeastern University – Sensors with Learning Capability
Wei Gao, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology – Skin-Interfaced Wearable Biosensors
10:55 a.m. ET Discussants: Omer Inan, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology; Walter Besio, Ph.D., University of Rhode Island; and R. Chris Roberts, Ph.D., University of Texas at El Paso
11:25 a.m. ET Break
11:40 a.m. ET Part B. Sensors, Continued
Moderator: Svetlana Tatic-Lucic, Ph.D., National Science Foundation, and Lehigh University
Speakers:
Reza Ghodssi, Ph.D., University of Maryland – Serotonin Sensing Technologies to Promote Understanding of the Gut-Brain Axis
Zhenan Bao, Ph.D., Stanford University – Skin-Inspired Soft Sensors
Andrei Shkel, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine – MEMS Inertial Sensors as an Analytical Tool: Technology, Applications, and Challenges in a Nutshell
12:20 p.m. ET Discussants: Omer Inan, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology; Walter Besio, Ph.D., University of Rhode Island; R. Chris Roberts, Ph.D., University of Texas at El Paso; and Satrajit Ghosh, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12:50 p.m. ET Break for Lunch
1:40 p.m. ET Introductions: Dana Greene-Schloesser, Ph.D., Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Session II Multi-sensor Integration for Tracking Movement; Considerations for Comparative and Developmental Studies
Moderator: Yuan Luo, Ph.D., National Institute on Aging
Speakers:
Beth A. Smith, D.P.T., Ph.D., Children’s Hospital Los Angeles/University of Southern California – Wearable Sensor Measurement of Infant Motor Behavior Across Full Days: Scalability/Potential to Improve Assessment and Intervention
Ulkuhan Guler, Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute – Adverse Effects of Hypoxia on Cognitive Development in Early Childhood: Can Noninvasive Blood Gas Wearables Help to Quantify it?
Ashkan Vaziri, Ph.D., Biosensics.com – Wearable Sensor Technologies for Tracking Disease Progression in Neurological Disorders
Thurmon Lockhart, Ph.D., Arizona State University – Towards Actionable Neurorehabilitation Using Nonlinear Computational Methods and Wearable Sensors
Jeffrey Kaye, M.D., Oregon Health Sciences University – Ecologically Valid Sensing Methods to Capture Movement & Behavior
2:40 p.m. ET Discussants: Andrei Shkel, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine and Laura Cabrera, Ph.D., Penn State University
3:15 p.m. ET Break
3:30 p.m. ET Session III. Sensor Networks, Signal Processing and Considerations for Artificial Intelligence
Moderator: Dr. Svetlana Tatic-Lucic, NSF
Speakers:
Veena Misra, Ph.D., North Carolina State University and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency – Multimodal Wearable Sensing for Continuous Psychophysiological Assessments
Honggang Wang, Ph.D., UMass Dartmouth – IoT for Wireless Health
4:00 p.m. ET Discussants: Edwin Kan, Ph.D., Cornell University, and Raji Baskaran, Ph.D., SuperBloomStudios
4:30 p.m. ET Day I Closing Comments: Dr. J-C Chiao and Dr. John Rogers
4:40 p.m. ET Announcements: Dr. Yvonne Bennett
Adjourn
Day 2
8:45 a.m. ET Coffee and Networking
10:00 a.m. ET Welcome to Day 2 Introductions: Dr. Yvonne Bennett, National Institute of Mental Health
Opening Comments: Dr. Holly Lisanby, National Institute of Mental Health
10:05 a.m. ET Session III. Sensor Networks, Signal Processing and Considerations for Artificial Intelligence, Continued
Moderator: Kari Ashmont, Ph.D., National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Speakers:
Changzhi Li, Ph.D., Texas Tech University - Portable Radar Systems for Non-contact Continuous Measurement of Naturalistic Behaviors and Physiological Signals
Roozbeh Jafari, Ph.D., Texas A&M University - Digital Medicine for Cardiovascular Health
10:25 a.m. ET Discussants: Same as Day 1, Drs. Kan and Baskaran
10:45 a.m. ET Break
10:55 a.m. ET Session IV. Considerations for Sensor Data Standardization and Archiving, Security and Privacy
Moderator: Ming Zhan, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health
Speakers:
Maria Palombini, M.B.A., IEEE Healthcare and Life Sciences Practices and Bruce Hecht, M.A.Sc., IEEE and CEO, VG2PLAY – Identifying and Assessing Where Brain Sensor Standards Deliver Optimal Value
Satrajit Ghosh, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology – The Transformative Potential and Challenges of Open Data and Computation in Neuroscience
Oliver Rübel, Ph.D., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – Challenges and Opportunities in Behavior Data Standardization: Driving Collaboration in Neuroscience
11: 40 a.m. ET Discussant: Gregory Farber, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health
12:00 p.m. ET Break for Lunch
12:50 p.m. ET Session V. Featured Experiments and Development of Computational Models
Moderator: Holly Moore, Ph.D., National Institute on Drug Abuse
Speakers:
Nicholas Hatsopoulos, Ph.D., University of Chicago – Natural Neuroscience: Studying Sensor-Motor Cortical Processing During Complex Natural Movements
Avniel Ghuman, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh – A Week, And A Moment, In the Life of the Human Brain: Paradigms and Models for Uncovering the Neurocognitive Basis of Real-World Behavior
Vikram Singh, Ph.D., University of California at San Diego – CEREBRO: Head-Mounted Eye Tracking Embedded-System to Study Vision in Freely Behaving Primates
Bashima Islam, Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute – Understanding Behavioral Development from Multi-Modal Ubiquitous Systems
1:40 p.m. ET Discussion
Discussants: Maryam Shanechi, Ph.D., University of Southern California, Silvia Lopez-Guzman, M.D., Ph.D., Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, and Laura Cabrera, Ph.D. Penn State University
2:10 p.m. ET Break
2:20 p.m. ET Closing Panel Discussion: Synthesis and Future Directions
Moderators: Dr. Holly Moore, National Institute on Drug Abuse and Lizzy Ankudowich, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health
Panelists:
Kirk Brown, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University and Virginia Commonwealth University
Jeffrey Cohn, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Aysegul "Ayse" Gunduz, Ph.D., University of Florida
Katherine Scangos, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
3:10 p.m. ET Workshop Summary and Closing Remarks by Co-Chairs: Dr. John Rogers and Dr. J-C Chiao
3:25 p.m. ET Final Remarks: Dr. John Ngai
3:30 p.m. ET “Meetup”- Drs. Holly Moore, Yvonne Bennett, and “BBQS Staff” - for those who can stay- engineers connect with neuroscientists, data scientists and computational modelers etc.
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