Brain Initiative

2 Credits · Level: Graduate

The original brain initiative concept “aims to develop new high-resolution tools and data science approaches to precisely quantify behaviors and synchronize them with brain activity data, build new conceptual and computational frameworks of behavioral systems, and disseminate new tools to the research community.” This seminar series will explorer various aspects of brain initiative with cutting edge emerging technology tools and key questions to manage various health and security issues using these technologies. The class is consists of guest speakers who are investigating variety of brain research technologies from advanced studies in gut and brain axis to motor neuron manipulations all the way to defense capabilities. The team of instructors have unique diversity of backgrounds from biomedical policy to neuro-ethics to engineering. Students will learn cutting-edge brain sciences while critically evaluate these technologies from ethical points of view and create policy proposals for appropriate regulations.