THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2026 | 9:00 am - 6:00 pm | KCBD 1103
9:00 - 9:10 am | Welcome and Introduction | Nicholas Hatsopoulos, PhD (University of Chicago)
9:10 - 9:55 am | Frank Willett, PhD (Stanford University)
"Speech brain-computer interfaces: Challenges & opportunities"
9:55 - 10:40 am | Emily Graczyk, PhD (Case Western Reserve University)
"Cortical and peripheral neurostimulation for sensory restoration after spinal cord injury"
10:40 - 11:00 am | Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:20 am | Yudai Tanaka, PhD (Lopes Lab, University of Chicago)
"Human-computer symbiosis through the nervous system"
11:20 - 11:40 am | Tao Xie, PhD (University of Chicago)
"Optimizing deep brain stimulation for challenging movement disorder symptoms"
11:45 - 1:30 pm | Lunch
1:30 - 2:15 pm | Helen Mayberg, MD (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
"Tracking brain dynamics to optimize deep brain stimulation for depression"
2:15 - 2:35 pm | Arantzazu San Agustin, PhD (Voss Lab, University of Chicago)
"Hippocampal modulation via indirectly targeted noninvasive stimulation in humans with intracranial EEG"
2:35 - 2:50 pm | Coffee Break
2:50 - 3:10 pm | Marta Silva, PhD (Jacobs Lab, University of Chicago)
"Hippocampal and cortical oscillations support the encoding of event memories during movie watching"
3:10 - 3:30 pm | Sihong Wang, PhD (University of Chicago)
"Biomimetic polymer electronics for interfacing with the human body"
3:30 - 4:15 pm | Bozhi Tian, PhD (University of Chicago)
"New synthetic materials and devices as bioelectronic and biophotonic interfaces"
4:15 - 5:00 pm | John Rogers, PhD (Northwestern University)
"Implantable optoelectronic systems as neural interfaces"
5:00 - 6:00 pm | Reception
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