Dr A. Aldo Faisal
Senior Lecturer
Department of Bioengineering
Imperial College
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr Faisal is a Senior Lecturer in Neurotechnology (US equivalent: Associate Professor, tenured) jointly at the Dept. of Bioengineering and the Dept. of Computing at Imperial College London. He is also Associate Group Head at the MRC Clinical Sciences Center (Hammersmith Hosptial) and is affiliated faculty at the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit (University College London). Dr Faisal's 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 experimentally we use psychophysics, eyetracking & kinematics, non-invasive electrophysiolog, robotic (with Brain-Computer Interfaces) and funcational imaging. We have featured regularly across global media (such as BBC Today Show, CNN, WIRED, TED, TEDx, New Scientist, Guardian, Times of India, etc.). In the acemic year 2013/2014 the lab comprised 15 Post-Docs and PhD students (see www.FaisalLab.com for more).
Research Interest
Neurotechnology,machine learning & stochastic modelling techniques ,Computer Interfaces,
Publications
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Tavares G, Faisal A, Tavares G, et al., 2013, Scaling-laws of human broadcast communication enable distinction between human, corporate and robot Twitter users., PLOS One, Vol:8, ISSN:1932-6203, Pages:e65774-e65774
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Bothe MK, Dickens L, Reichel K, et al., 2013, The use of reinforcement learning algorithms to meet the challenges of an artificial pancreas, Expert Review of Medical Devices, Vol:10, ISSN:1743-4440, Pages:661-673
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Neishabouri A, Faisal AA, Neishabouri A, et al., 2014, Axonal Noise as a Source of Synaptic Variability, PLOS Computational Biology, Vol:10, ISSN:1553-734X, Pages:e1003615-e1003615
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Hecht EE, Gutman DA, Khreisheh N, et al., 2014, Acquisition of Paleolithic toolmaking abilities involves structural remodeling to inferior frontoparietal regions, Brain Structure & Function, Vol:220, ISSN:1863-2653, Pages:1-17
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Kotti M, Duffell LD, Faisal AA, et al., 2014, The Complexity of Human Walking: A Knee Osteoarthritis Study, PLOS One, Vol:9, ISSN:1932-6203, Pages:e107325-e107325
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Neishabouri A, Faisal AA, Neishabouri A, et al., 2014, Saltatory conduction in unrnyelinated axons: clustering of Na+ channels on lipid rafts enables micro-saltatory conduction in C-fibers, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, Vol:8, ISSN:1662-5129
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Belic JJ, Faisal AA, Belic JJ, et al., 2015, Decoding of human hand actions to handle missing limbs in neuroprosthetics, Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, Vol:9, ISSN:1662-5188, Pages:27-11
