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IEEE Life Sciences Newsletter
The IEEE Life Sciences Newsletter is a new initiative to bring forth interesting articles and informative interviews within the exciting field of life sciences every month.
An innovation at the 2013 IEEE Life Sciences Grand Challenges Conference (LSGCC 2013) was a “NeuroNight” session, where bioengineering experts working in applications of neural research and rehabilitation were invited to discuss their research projects. We are happy to bring you three articles and an …
By Cuntai Guan, Kai Keng Ang, Christopher Kuah, Effie Chew, Karen Chua
Pilot studies of Brain-computer interface (BCI) rehabilitation, combined with haptic feedback, show significant improvement in patient outcomes.
By J. d. R. Millán
Neural signals, sophisticated processing techniques, sensory feedback, and human conscious control of cognitive states can be combined in a closed control loop to more nearly simulate natural motor control.
By Nitish V. Thakor
Microfabrication techniques allow the creation of a platform where neurons and related cells can be grown. Injury, repair, and regeneration processes can thereby be studied outside the body.
Mr Christopher Kuah is a Principal Occupational Therapist currently holding the post of Allied Health Coordinator at the Centre for Advanced Rehabilitation Therapeutics at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He received his professional qualification in 1995 and attained the Master of Science in Neurorehabilitation from Brunel …
Dr Karen Sui Geok Chua, MBBS (Singapore), FRCP (Edin), FAMS, is currently senior consultant rehabilitation physician practicing at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital Rehabilitation Centre, Singapore. In 1997, she obtained her fellowship in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with special emphasis in Brain Injury Rehabilitation from …
Dr. Effie Chew is Senior Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Neurology, University Medicine Cluster, National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore. She received her MBBS from the University of Melbourne, Australia and her Membership to the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh, UK). She completed her Advanced …
Dr Kai Keng Ang received his B.A.Sc. (First Class Hons.) and his Ph.D. degrees in omputer engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is currently the Head of Brain-Computer Interface Laboratory and a Scientist with the Institute for Infocomm Research, Agency for Science, Technology and …
Dr Cuntai Guan received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Southeast University in 1993. He is currently Principal Scientist and Department Head at the Institute for Infocomm Research, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore. His current research interests include neural …
José del R. Millán the Defitech Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) where he explores the use of brain signals for multimodal interaction and, in particular, the development of non-invasive brain-controlled robots and neuroprostheses. In this multidisciplinary research effort, Dr. Millán is …
