Class # Date Lecturer Topics Assigned Reading (*) indicates a required review. Homework
1 26 Jan Michael
  • (*) Moran and Schwartz, Motor cortical representation of speed and direction during reaching. Review Form Note -- you may have difficulty with this form in some versions of acrobat. Be sure to back up your review before submitting it with this form until you become comfortable with how it works for you. For instance you may need to save it to a hard drive, fill it out, then email it to the TA.
  • Donoghue, Nurmikko, Friehs, and Black, Development of Neuromotor Prostheses (Now on radiator outside CIT 521)
  • Nicolelis Actions from Thoughts

2 2 Feb Frank
  • Population Vector Decoding.
  • Live Matlab Demo of Population Vector Decoding.
  • Discuss Moran & Schwartz
  • Lecture Slides
#1: Population vector test data decoding. Due 9 Feb.
3 9 Feb Michael
  • Discuss HW#1 & Reger et al
  • Linear algebra/regression review.
  • Introduction to linear filtering and linear decoding.
  • Lecture Slides
#2: Linear filter decoding. Due before class on 23 Feb.
4 16 Feb Michael
  • Discuss Serruya et al
  • Review of statistics and probability including marginalization, law of total probability, etc.
  • Review of multivariate statistical techniques, Bayesian methods, maximum likelihood principles, etc.
  • Introduction to recursive estimation.
  • Lecture Slides

5 23 Feb Frank
  • Discuss HW#2.
  • Introduction to particle filter methods.
  • Particle filter decoding.
  • Lecture Slides
#3: Particle Filter decoding. Due 16 Mar.
6 2 Mar Michael
  • Discuss Brockwell et al.
  • Introduction to the Kalman filter
  • Kalman filter decoding
  • Lecture slides
 

7 9 Mar Michael
  • Switching Kalman Filter
  • Discuss Wu et al
  • Mixture Models and EM

12 16 Mar Frank
  • Final Project Proposals Due Today
  • Kalman Filter Review
  • Spike sorting.
  • Mixture models and EM Review.
  • Automated spike sorting.
  • Lecture slides
#4: Kalman Filter decoding. Due 6 Apr.
9 23 Mar Michael
  • RoboRat
  • Jonny Ray
  • Ethics
 TBD
Spring Break 30 Mar
10 6 Apr Michael
11 13 Apr Michael
  • Mjail Serruya
Misha will talk about human prostheses and Cyberkinetics.
8 20 Apr  
  • No class
   
13 27 Apr  
  • Project Presentations


14 4 May  
  • Project Presentations. (reading week)