Seminars

The training program, with co-sponsorship from the Neuroscience Institute, is organizing a biweekly Neural Engineering seminar series. For the Spring 2026 semester, the seminars are held virtually on Wednesday, 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern Time through Zoom.

Seminar speakers and topics in Spring 2026

View full seminar schedule from Google Calendar.

• Jan 28, 2026

  • Approaches to standardize SEEG: from a standardized terminology to simple quantitative approaches

  • Birgit Frauscher
    Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Director of the Duke Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
    Duke University
• Feb 4, 2026

  • Brain Mechanisms for Motor Recovery after Stroke

  • George Wittenberg

    Professor of Neurology

    University of Pittsburgh

• Feb 11, 2026

  • Brain-computer interface control with artificial intelligence copilots

  • Jonathan Kao

    Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

    UCLA

• March 11, 2026

  • Interfacing and Decoding Spinal Motor Neuron Activity

  • Dario Farina

    Professor and Chair of Neurorehabilitation Engineering

    Imperial College London

• March 18, 2026

  • Advances and pitfalls in Machine Learning/Deep Learning for EEG-based Brain-Computer Interfaces

  • Fabien Lotte
    Research Director at the Inria Center
    University of Bordeaux

• March 25, 2026

  • Precision Neuromodulation with Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound: Targeting, Dosimetry, and Clinical Promise

  • Wynn Legon
    Assistant Professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the School of Neuroscience
    Virginia Tech
    

• April 1, 2026
  • Non-invasive Wearable Ultrasound for Vision Restoration 
  • Qifa Zhou
    Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Ophthalmology
    University of Southern California
    

• April 8, 2026

  • Personalized DBS for pain - challenges of closing the loop

  • Prasad Shirvalkar
    Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurology, and Neurological Surgery
    UCSF
    

• April 15, 2026
  • The Biology of Brain-Machine Interface Failure
    
  • Takashi Kozai
    Ernest E. Roth Professor of Bioengineering
    University of Pittsburgh