Dr Aldo Faisal in his campaign to promote Big Data appears on two BBC World Service broadcasts and will be a forum member in the House of Lords.
Dr Aldo Faisal is a Lecturer in Neurotechnology and runs the Computational and Translational Neuro-technology lab in the Departments of Computing and Bioengineering. His lab combines cross-disciplinary computational and experimental approaches to investigate how the brain and its neural circuits are designed to learn and control goal-directed movements. The neuroscientific findings enable the targeted development of novel technology for clinical and research applications (Neurotechnology) for a variety of neurological/motor disorders and amputees. Key techinques include on the computational side machine learning & stochastic modelling techniques and experimentall use of psychophysics, eyetracking and kinematics, non-invasive electrophysiolog, robotic (with Brain-Computer Interfaces) and funcational imaging.
One of his long term aims is to find better ways to use the genius of nature in technology and is keen to promote the use of Big Data for diagnostics and monitonring in neurodegenerative diseases.
He has been featured regularly across global media (such as BBC Today Show, CNN, WIRED, TED, TEDx, New Scientist, Guardian, Times of India, etc.).
Two of his most recent BBC "World Service" appearances can be found at:
Humans and Big Data: Who is in charge?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p011p87y
Neurotechnologist Aldo Faisal on brain power
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p010n7v4
On the 28th of February 2014 Aldo will be attending the House of Lords as a forum member to this topic.
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