Fast estimation algorithm aids investigations of the cortical origins of underlying neural processes
Das, Brodbeck, Simon and Babadi estimate a linear filter representation of cortical sources directly from neuroimaging data in the context of continuous speech processing.February 17, 2020
Brain and Behavior Initiative Hosts 3rd Annual Seed Grant Symposium
Researchers from across UMD convene to discuss the latest projects funded by BBI
December 11, 2019
Behtash Babadi wins Clark School teaching award for junior faculty
The Clark School annually presents the E. Robert Kent Teaching Award for Junior Faculty at its winter commencement.December 3, 2019
AESoP symposium features speakers, organizers with UMD ties
The symposium highlights research on hearing, speech and language that makes use of novel EEG or MEG signal processing.September 23, 2019
BBI Announces FY19 Seed Grant Awards
Awarded proposals feature researchers from seven colleges and schools as well as three centers and institutesMay 13, 2019
ECE Names 2018-2019 Distinguished Dissertation Fellows
Three electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. students were selected as ECE Distinguished Dissertation Fellows for 2018-19.April 18, 2019
Ghodssi gives distinguished lecture on devices for gastrointestinal health at EPFL in Switzerland
Trip also included visits to the Wyss Center and Imperial College London.March 7, 2019
UMD researchers awarded $5.3M NIH BRAIN Initiative grant
BBI-affiliated faculty instrumental to "Readout and control of spatiotemporal neuronal codes for behavior"February 5, 2019
Brain and Behavior Initiative (BBI) hosts Second Annual Seed Grant Symposium
The University’s Brain and Behavior Initiative (BBI) hosted its Second Annual Seed Grant Symposium on November 14, 2018 at Adele’s in the Stamp Student Union.November 19, 2018
Three ISR faculty receive UMD Brain and Behavior Initiative seed grants
Projects featuring Fritz, Babadi and Ghodssi are among seven chosen for FY18 funding.May 3, 2018
Maryland researchers develop computational approach to understanding brain dynamics
This paper published in PNAS develops a signal processing framework for extracting dynamic functional networks from neuronal data at unprecedented resolutions.April 10, 2018
Maryland researchers awarded $1M DARPA Lagrange program cooperative agreement
Marcus, Fu, Simon and Babadi will build a scalable, risk-sensitive and real time optimization framework tailored to noninvasive neuroimaging data from the human brain.April 10, 2018
UMD researchers find listening to sound changes how neurons interact within the brain
The brain encodes not only the acoustical properties of sounds, but also the behavioral meanings and decisions we make based on what we hear.February 2, 2018
Three ISR graduate students win new travel award
Bhaskar Ramasubramian, Hossein Salami, and Sayyed Sina Miran will receive funding to help defray the cost of presenting their research at a professional conference.September 13, 2017
Researchers part of two NSF Neural & Cognitive Systems grants worth more than $1.2 million
The NSF awards have been issued to U.S. cross-disciplinary teams to conduct innovative research focused on neural and cognitive systems.August 10, 2017
ISR researchers win additional $948K NSF Neural and Cognitive Systems grant
ISR researchers Cynthia Moss and Susanne Sterbing-D'Angelo, along with alumna Mounya Elhilali and their colleague Rajit Mittal, will conduct the research at Johns Hopkins University.August 9, 2017
ISR faculty leading bio-inspired robotics and transportation electrification REUs
NSF's REU program provides undergraduate students with hands-on exposure to scientific research.July 17, 2017
Sayyed Sina Miran to receive Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award from UMD Graduate School
Winners of the award are among the top 2 percent of GAs on campus in a given year.May 8, 2017
Babadi Wins NSF CAREER Award
Babadi is one of two ECE/ISR professors to win a 2016 NSF CAREER award in signal processing.January 13, 2016
