The latest in the SAL U series will look at technologies that could help repair a person’s cognitive or sensory-motor functions. “” is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, in Kane Hall room 110.
The speaker is , a UW professor of computer science and engineering and director of the . Rao’s research involves聽understanding聽computational principles in the brain’s ability to learn, process and store information, then applying this to building adaptive robotic systems and brain-computer interfaces.
Rao and colleagues in psychology and the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences recently in the journal that showed successful direct brain-to-brain communication between pairs of people. The paper, along with the team’s a year ago, received widespread attention in the research community and news media.
This talk is co-presented by the UW Alumni Association and the graduate program in neuroscience. Tickets are $20 and available . Students can buy聽tickets for $5 at the box office the evening of the event. Bring your student ID.
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