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Fundamentals of neuroengineering

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Fundamentals of neuroengineering

BIOENG-448

Lecturer(s) :

Micera Silvestro

Language:

English

Summary

Neuroengineering is at the frontier between neuroscience and engineering: understanding how the brain works allows developing engineering applications and therapies of high impact, while design of new measurement and data analysis techniques contributes to advance our knowledge about the brain.

Content

1. How the Brain Works

2. Recording and Analysis of Brain Activity

3. Peripheral Neurprostheses

4. Brain-Machine Interfaces

5. Sensory Neuroprostheses

6. Plasticity

7. Neurorehabilitation

Learning Prerequisites

Recommended courses

Background in neuroscience, signal processing, and machine learning (e.g., EE-516).

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

Formalize basic building blocks of neuroengineering.
Develop critical thinking
Assess / Evaluate the potential and current limitations of neuroengineering

Teaching methods

Lectures, exercises.

Expected student activities

Students will have to carry out weekly exercises (mostly critical review of papers) and provide a written report.

Assessment methods

Written exam. Final grade: 60% Exam, 40% Exercises.

Resources

Moodle Link

http://moodle.epfl.ch/enrol/index.php?id=12691

In the programs

Bioengineering, 2019-2020, Master semester 2
- Semester
  Spring
- Exam form
  Written
- Credits
  4
- Subject examined
  Fundamentals of neuroengineering
- Lecture
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
Bioengineering, 2019-2020, Master semester 4
- Semester
  Spring
- Exam form
  Written
- Credits
  4
- Subject examined
  Fundamentals of neuroengineering
- Lecture
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2019-2020, Master semester 2
- Semester
  Spring
- Exam form
  Written
- Credits
  4
- Subject examined
  Fundamentals of neuroengineering
- Lecture
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2019-2020, Master semester 4
- Semester
  Spring
- Exam form
  Written
- Credits
  4
- Subject examined
  Fundamentals of neuroengineering
- Lecture
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
Life Sciences Engineering, 2019-2020, Master semester 2
- Semester
  Spring
- Exam form
  Written
- Credits
  4
- Subject examined
  Fundamentals of neuroengineering
- Lecture
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
Life Sciences Engineering, 2019-2020, Master semester 4
- Semester
  Spring
- Exam form
  Written
- Credits
  4
- Subject examined
  Fundamentals of neuroengineering
- Lecture
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
Life Sciences and Technologies - master program, 2019-2020, Master semester 2
- Semester
  Spring
- Exam form
  Written
- Credits
  4
- Subject examined
  Fundamentals of neuroengineering
- Lecture
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
Life Sciences and Technologies - master program, 2019-2020, Master semester 4
- Semester
  Spring
- Exam form
  Written
- Credits
  4
- Subject examined
  Fundamentals of neuroengineering
- Lecture
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
Robotics, 2019-2020, Master semester 2
- Semester
  Spring
- Exam form
  Written
- Credits
  4
- Subject examined
  Fundamentals of neuroengineering
- Lecture
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
Robotics, 2019-2020, Master semester 4
- Semester
  Spring
- Exam form
  Written
- Credits
  4
- Subject examined
  Fundamentals of neuroengineering
- Lecture
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
Computational Neurosciences minor, 2019-2020, Spring semester
- Semester
  Spring
- Exam form
  Written
- Credits
  4
- Subject examined
  Fundamentals of neuroengineering
- Lecture
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
Neuroprosthetics minor, 2019-2020, Spring semester
- Semester
  Spring
- Exam form
  Written
- Credits
  4
- Subject examined
  Fundamentals of neuroengineering
- Lecture
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
Neuroscience (edoc), 2019-2020
- Semester
  Spring
- Exam form
  Written
- Credits
  4
- Subject examined
  Fundamentals of neuroengineering
- Lecture
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises
  2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks

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