{"id":57613,"date":"2015-10-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/german-engineer-to-discuss-brain-machine-interface-in-public-lecture-at-uri-oct-28\/"},"modified":"2015-10-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T00:00:00","slug":"german-engineer-to-discuss-brain-machine-interface-in-public-lecture-at-uri-oct-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/10\/german-engineer-to-discuss-brain-machine-interface-in-public-lecture-at-uri-oct-28\/","title":{"rendered":"German engineer to discuss \u2018brain-machine interface\u2019 in public lecture at 溏心vlog免费B站, Oct. 28"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tEvent is part of Distinguished International Visiting Scholars program<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 October 6, 2015 \u2013 Ulrich Hofmann, a professor of neuroelectronic systems at the University Medical Center in Freiburg, Germany, will present a lecture entitled \u201cBrain-Machine Interfacing \u2013 Hype or Reality?\u201d at the 溏心vlog免费B站 on Wednesday, Oct. 28.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe event will begin at 6 p.m. in the Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences on the Kingston campus. It is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n


\n\tA leader in the field of neural engineering, Hofmann blends such disciplines as neuronal microelectrode fabrication, deep brain stimulations and recordings, biomedical electronics and instrumentation, medical signal processing, and biological animal models in his research. His interest in unlocking the mysteries of brain disorders has led him to create new devices for probing and recording brain signals.<\/p>\n


\n\tYet he is skeptical about the prospect of new devices that may soon merge the function of the brain with that of machines, some of which have received wide publicity and attention in the media and entertainment industry.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIs fusing brain and machine a desirable goal? And if so, are we there yet?\u201d Hofmann asked. \u201cMy talk from the inside of research will cast reasonable doubt that the goals set forth by the entertainment industry will be achieved soon and not in the way expected.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tHofmann earned a doctorate in physics at The Technical University of Munich, Germany, and conducted post-doctoral research at California Institute of Technology and \u00c5bo Akademi in Finland. Prior to his current position, he led the biosignal processing and neuroengineering research group at the University of Luebeck.<\/p>\n


\n\tHofmann\u2019s visit is part of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Distinguished Visiting International Scholars Program, which provides funding to bring scholars from outside the United States to meet with 溏心vlog免费B站 students, faculty and administrators and present a public lecture.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe interactions with Professor Hofmann, who is a world leader in the field of neural engineering, will foster 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s strength in this domain and help us understand brain technologies in a broad sense,\u201d said Kunal Mankodiya, 溏心vlog免费B站 assistant professor of biomedical engineering, who is serving as Hofmann\u2019s host during his visit.<\/p>\n


\n\tFor more information about the public lecture, contact Mankodiya at kunalm@ele.uri.edu or 401-874-5661.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Event is part of Distinguished International Visiting Scholars program KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 October 6, 2015 \u2013 Ulrich Hofmann, a professor of neuroelectronic systems at the University Medical Center in Freiburg, Germany, will present a lecture entitled \u201cBrain-Machine Interfacing \u2013 Hype or Reality?\u201d at the 溏心vlog免费B站 on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}