Dr. Ivan Tashev of Microsoft Research, Redmond

Brain-computer interface (BCI) is a direct link between the human brain and the computer. It involves registering the activity of the central nervous system and interpreting it to determine the state of the human brain or to decode a certain number of commands. In this talk we will discuss ways to detect and interpret brain activity, and some interesting achievements in various research labs. Also, we will look at the BCI market a show some of the devices and algorithms designed by Microsoft Research.

Biography:

Dr. Ivan Tashev is a Partner Software Architect in Microsoft Research (MSR), Redmond, WA, USA, where he leads the Audio and Acoustics Group. His interests include multichannel signal processing using machine learning and AI approaches. Ivan Tashev also coordinates the Brain-Computer Interfaces project in MSR. Dr. Tashev is affiliate professor in the Department for Electrical and Computer Engineering of University of Washington in Seattle, USA, and honorary professor at Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. Technologies created by Ivan Tashev are incorporated in many Microsoft products, he served as the audio architect for Kinect and for HoloLens. He is an IEEE Fellow, member of AES and ASA. More details about him can be found in his web page https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/ivantash/.

Address:Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA, USA, , United States