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- Our Team participated in the different outreach programs namely annual RI Brain Waves held in Pawtucket RI and West Warwick High School visit to our lab.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- NeuralPC Lab presented neural engineering in URI day at the Rhode Island’s state capitol.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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- Congrats to Alex Cerullo, Behtom Adeli, and Cassandra Naughton, HearHere team members, for winning the second prize ($2,000) in Yconic’s URI Hackathon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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- NeuralPC Lab represented Biomedical Engineering at URI’s Welcome Day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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- Neural PC Lab presented their work at the EEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP<\/a>) 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- Congratulations to Alexander Cerullo for receiving the T32 First Year PhD Trainee Fellowship<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Congratulations to Hannah Smith for successfully completing her Summer Research Undergraduate Fellowship<\/a> (SURF) project at NeuralPC Lab!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- Neural PC Lab presented their work at the 3rd Neuroscience of the Every Day World Conference<\/a> (N.E.W.) (Boston, MA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Congratulations to John McLinden for earning a 2025 travel award to the 3rd N.E.W. Conference<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- Neural PC Lab presented their work at the 11th International BCI Conference (Alberta, Canada)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Congratulations to Behtom Adeli for receiving the NSF INTERN Program supplemental funding award.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Congratulations to John McLInden for earning a 2025 travel award to the 11th International BCI Conference<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Congratulations to Alex Cerullo for earning a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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- NeuralPC Lab members presented their recent work at the 2025 ECBE Graduate Research Showcase.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- Our lab hosted an outreach event for a local middle school. Thank you to the students and their science teachers for their insightful questions!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- Congratulations to Dr. John McLinden for successfully defending his PhD dissertation!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- Our lab presented its latest research at the Rhode Island State house’s URI Day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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- Our lab presented a demonstration of a BCI-controlled robot at the Pawtucket Brain Fair. This outreach event provided an opportunity to present BCI technology to the general public at an event with hundreds of attendees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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- Our lab presented a demonstration of a BCI-controlled robot at the North Stonington Elementary School’s STEAM night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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February 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Dr. Shahriari gave a lecture at the BCI & Neurotechnology Masterclass EEG & fNIRS, and was recognized for her outstanding contribution as a keynote speaker. This Masterclass served over 300 participants. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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October 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- We attended Society for Neuroscience (SfN) conference in Chicago.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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September 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Our paper entitled “fNIRSNET: A Multi-view Spatio-Temporal Convolutional Neural Network Fusion for Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy-based Auditory Event Classification<\/a>” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Congratulations to John McLinden for being the NSF INTERN Program supplemental funding recipient.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
August 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Our proposal entitled “Graph-Centric Exploration of Nonlinear Neural Dynamics in Visuospatial-Motor Functions during Immersive Human-Computer Interactions<\/a>” has been funded (read more<\/a>). Thanks to the National Science Foundation (NSF)<\/strong>, Human-Centered Computing (HCC) for supporting our research! <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- John McLinden, presented at the second Neuroscience of the Everyday World Conference<\/a><\/strong> held in Boston MA. His research “EEG-fNIRS Causal Interactions during Auditory Processing” was selected for oral presentation and granted travel award.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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- Our proposal entitled \u201cIntegrated Framework for Recording and Decoding Multimodal Neural Associations of Visual Hallucinations and Motor Functions in Parkinson’s Disease<\/a>\u201d has been funded (read more<\/a>). Thanks to the National Science Foundation (NSF)<\/strong>, Disability & Rehab Engineering program for supporting our research! <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
July 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Dr. Shahriari presented one of the latest research of the lab at the 5th international Neuroergonomics conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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- Members of the NeuralPC Lab presented their work at the 2024 Graduate Research Showcase.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- Congratulations to John for winning the award for Outstanding Graduate Researcher at URI ECBE Graduate Research Showcase (2024)!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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March 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Dr. Shahriari gave a webinar presentation on Modality Fusion: EEG-fNIRS Convergence for a Deeper Dive into Auditory Processing<\/a> for the NIRx webinar series that included over 30 participants. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Our lab members presented a demonstration of a BCI-controlled robot at the Pawtucket Brain Fair. This outreach event provided an opportunity to present BCI technology to the general public at an event with hundreds of attendees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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February 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Our paper entitled \u201cInvestigation of electro-vascular phase-amplitude coupling during an auditory task<\/a>\u201d has been published in the Computers in Biology and Medicine Journal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
January 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Our paper entitled \u201cMultimodal Pre-screening Can Predict BCI Performance Variability: A Novel Subject-specific Experimental Scheme<\/a>\u201d has been published in the Computers in Biology and Medicine Journal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
June 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- We are excited to announce that we are awarded a new project entitled \u201cAn Adaptive Closed-Loop Robotic Exoskeleton for Upper Extremity Motor Rehabilitation<\/a>\u201d by NSF. This is a collaborative project between Dr. Shahriari with Dr. Abiri who is the lead PI on this project, and Dr. Furmanek.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Dr. Shahriari organized and conducted the Multimodal Neuroimaging Workshop<\/a> at the 10th International Brain Computer Interface Meeting. This workshop featured a panel of four other experts in multimodal neuroimaging and was presented to an audience of over 40 attendees. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- Our paper entitled \u201cA dynamical graph-based feature extraction approach to enhance mental task classification in brain\u2013computer interfaces<\/a>\u201d has been published in the Computers in Biology and Medicine Journal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
September 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Congratulations to John McLinden for being the NSF INTERN Program supplemental funding recipient.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
August 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Our paper entitled “Individual-Specific Characterization of Event-Related Hemodynamic Responses during an Auditory Task: An Exploratory Study<\/a>” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Behavioral Brain Research.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Congratulations to James Mcintyre for successfully finishing his master’s project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
July 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- The NeuralPC Lab hosted the Multimodal Neuroimaging Day<\/a>, a workshop on multimodal neuroimaging techniques. Over 50 participants registered for this event featuring four invited speakers at the forefront of multimodal neuroimaging research.
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<\/li>\n\n\n\n- Our paper entitled “A Graph-Based Nonlinear Dynamic Characterization of Motor Imagery Toward an Enhanced Hybrid BCI<\/a>” has been accepted for publication in the Neuroinformatics Journal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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June 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Dr. Shahriari is invited to give a talk at BCI & Neurotech Masterclass Massachusetts and Rhode Island and IEEE SMC 2022.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
April 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Congratulations to Dr. Borgheai for successfully defending his PhD thesis!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
December 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Our paper entitled ” Improving Longitudinal P300-BCI Performance for People with ALS Using a Data Augmentation and Jitter Correction Approach<\/a>” has been accepted for publication in the Brain-Computer Interface Journal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Hosni for successfully defending her PhD thesis!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Dr. Shahriari is invited to participate in two NSF panels as a reviewer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
August 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- We are excited to announce that we are awarded a new project entitled “EAGER: Towards a multimodal smart textile medical monitoring system for Neonatal ICUs\u201d by NSF. This is a collaborative project between Dr. Shahriari, Dr. Mankodiya who is leading this project, and Dr. Venkatasubramanian.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
July 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Dr. Shahriari is invited to participate as an NSF panel reviewer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
May 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Dr. Shahriari is invited to give a talk on A Graph-based Dynamical Characterization and Inference in Hybrid BCIs <\/em>at 2021 IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Congratulations to Sarah for winning the prestigious 2021 URI Graduate Student Research and Scholarship Excellence Award in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Engineering!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
April 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Congratulations to Dr. Roohollah Jafari for successfully defending his PhD thesis!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Congratulations to Dr. Alyssa Zisk for successfully defending their PhD thesis!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Dr. Shahriari is invited to give a lecture on Fundamentals of fNIRS and its Applications in Neurotechnology <\/em>at Focus summer course at National Center for Adaptive Neuroethologies (NCAN).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
March 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Dr. Shahriari is invited to give a talk on An fNIRS-based Minimum Spanning Tree Approach to Analyze Brain Functional Network Dynamics <\/em>at the Northeastern Bioengineering Conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
February 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Our paper entitled “Multimodal fusion of EEG-fNIRS: A mutual information-based hybrid classification framework<\/a>” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Biomedical Optics Express.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Our paper entitled “Disruptions of Cortico-Kinematic Interactions in Parkinson\u2019s Disease<\/a>” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Behavioral Brain Research.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Congratulations to Sarah and Alyssa for winning Outstanding Graduate Research Award at the department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Congratulations to Sarah and Alyssa for winning Graduate Poster Award at the department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Congratulations to John for winning Outstanding TA award at the department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
December 2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Our paper entitled “Frontal Functional Network Disruptions Associated with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: An fNIRS-based Minimum Spanning Tree Analysis<\/a>” has been accepted for publication in Frontiers in Neuroscience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Our paper entitled “An fNIRS-Based Motor Imagery BCI for ALS: A Subject-Specific Data-Driven Approach<\/a>” has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
October 2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Our paper entitled “ <\/strong>Latency Jitter and its Correlates in People with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis<\/a>” has been accepted for publication in Clinical Neurophysiology Journal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
September 2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Our proposal entitled \u201cNCS-FO: SOUND: Understanding the Functional Neural Dynamics Underpinning Auditory Processing Dysfunctions through a Multiscale Recording-Stimulation Framework<\/a>\u201d has been funded. Thanks to the National Science Foundation (NSF)<\/strong> for supporting our research! This is a collaborative research between URI, Harvard and UMassD. Thanks to the NSF for supporting our research!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Our proposal entitled \u201cCHS: Small: Collaborative Research: A Graph-Based Data Fusion Framework Towards Guiding A Hybrid Brain-Computer Interface<\/a>\u201d has been funded. Thanks to the
- Our proposal entitled \u201cNCS-FO: SOUND: Understanding the Functional Neural Dynamics Underpinning Auditory Processing Dysfunctions through a Multiscale Recording-Stimulation Framework<\/a>\u201d has been funded. Thanks to the National Science Foundation (NSF)<\/strong> for supporting our research! This is a collaborative research between URI, Harvard and UMassD. Thanks to the NSF for supporting our research!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Our paper entitled “An fNIRS-Based Motor Imagery BCI for ALS: A Subject-Specific Data-Driven Approach<\/a>” has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Our paper entitled “Disruptions of Cortico-Kinematic Interactions in Parkinson\u2019s Disease<\/a>” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Behavioral Brain Research.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Our paper entitled “Multimodal fusion of EEG-fNIRS: A mutual information-based hybrid classification framework<\/a>” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Biomedical Optics Express.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Dr. Shahriari is invited to give a talk on An fNIRS-based Minimum Spanning Tree Approach to Analyze Brain Functional Network Dynamics <\/em>at the Northeastern Bioengineering Conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Congratulations to Sarah for winning the prestigious 2021 URI Graduate Student Research and Scholarship Excellence Award in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Engineering!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Dr. Shahriari is invited to give a talk on A Graph-based Dynamical Characterization and Inference in Hybrid BCIs <\/em>at 2021 IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Dr. Shahriari is invited to participate as an NSF panel reviewer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Our paper entitled ” Improving Longitudinal P300-BCI Performance for People with ALS Using a Data Augmentation and Jitter Correction Approach<\/a>” has been accepted for publication in the Brain-Computer Interface Journal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Congratulations to Dr. Borgheai for successfully defending his PhD thesis!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Our paper entitled “A Graph-Based Nonlinear Dynamic Characterization of Motor Imagery Toward an Enhanced Hybrid BCI<\/a>” has been accepted for publication in the Neuroinformatics Journal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Congratulations to James Mcintyre for successfully finishing his master’s project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Our paper entitled “Individual-Specific Characterization of Event-Related Hemodynamic Responses during an Auditory Task: An Exploratory Study<\/a>” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Behavioral Brain Research.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Congratulations to John McLinden for being the NSF INTERN Program supplemental funding recipient.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Dr. Shahriari organized and conducted the Multimodal Neuroimaging Workshop<\/a> at the 10th International Brain Computer Interface Meeting. This workshop featured a panel of four other experts in multimodal neuroimaging and was presented to an audience of over 40 attendees. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- We are excited to announce that we are awarded a new project entitled \u201cAn Adaptive Closed-Loop Robotic Exoskeleton for Upper Extremity Motor Rehabilitation<\/a>\u201d by NSF. This is a collaborative project between Dr. Shahriari with Dr. Abiri who is the lead PI on this project, and Dr. Furmanek.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Our paper entitled \u201cMultimodal Pre-screening Can Predict BCI Performance Variability: A Novel Subject-specific Experimental Scheme<\/a>\u201d has been published in the Computers in Biology and Medicine Journal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Our lab members presented a demonstration of a BCI-controlled robot at the Pawtucket Brain Fair. This outreach event provided an opportunity to present BCI technology to the general public at an event with hundreds of attendees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Dr. Shahriari gave a webinar presentation on Modality Fusion: EEG-fNIRS Convergence for a Deeper Dive into Auditory Processing<\/a> for the NIRx webinar series that included over 30 participants. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Congratulations to John for winning the award for Outstanding Graduate Researcher at URI ECBE Graduate Research Showcase (2024)!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Members of the NeuralPC Lab presented their work at the 2024 Graduate Research Showcase.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Dr. Shahriari presented one of the latest research of the lab at the 5th international Neuroergonomics conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Our proposal entitled \u201cIntegrated Framework for Recording and Decoding Multimodal Neural Associations of Visual Hallucinations and Motor Functions in Parkinson’s Disease<\/a>\u201d has been funded (read more<\/a>). Thanks to the National Science Foundation (NSF)<\/strong>, Disability & Rehab Engineering program for supporting our research! <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- John McLinden, presented at the second Neuroscience of the Everyday World Conference<\/a><\/strong> held in Boston MA. His research “EEG-fNIRS Causal Interactions during Auditory Processing” was selected for oral presentation and granted travel award.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Congratulations to John McLinden for being the NSF INTERN Program supplemental funding recipient.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Our paper entitled “fNIRSNET: A Multi-view Spatio-Temporal Convolutional Neural Network Fusion for Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy-based Auditory Event Classification<\/a>” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- We attended Society for Neuroscience (SfN) conference in Chicago.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
- Dr. Shahriari gave a lecture at the BCI & Neurotechnology Masterclass EEG & fNIRS, and was recognized for her outstanding contribution as a keynote speaker. This Masterclass served over 300 participants. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Our lab presented a demonstration of a BCI-controlled robot at the North Stonington Elementary School’s STEAM night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Our lab presented a demonstration of a BCI-controlled robot at the Pawtucket Brain Fair. This outreach event provided an opportunity to present BCI technology to the general public at an event with hundreds of attendees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Our lab presented its latest research at the Rhode Island State house’s URI Day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Congratulations to Dr. John McLinden for successfully defending his PhD dissertation!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Our lab hosted an outreach event for a local middle school. Thank you to the students and their science teachers for their insightful questions!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- NeuralPC Lab members presented their recent work at the 2025 ECBE Graduate Research Showcase.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Congratulations to John McLinden for earning a 2025 travel award to the 3rd N.E.W. Conference<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Neural PC Lab presented their work at the 3rd Neuroscience of the Every Day World Conference<\/a> (N.E.W.) (Boston, MA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Neural PC Lab presented their work at the EEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP<\/a>) 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- NeuralPC Lab represented Biomedical Engineering at URI’s Welcome Day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Congrats to Alex Cerullo, Behtom Adeli, and Cassandra Naughton, HearHere team members, for winning the second prize ($2,000) in Yconic’s URI Hackathon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- NeuralPC Lab presented neural engineering in URI day at the Rhode Island’s state capitol.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n