Jose M. Carmena

Assistant Professor

Research Areas

• Biosystems & Computational Biology (BIO)
• Control, Intelligent Systems, and Robotics (CIR)
• Brain-machine interfaces; Neuroprosthetics; Sensorimotor learning and control; Neural ensemble computation

Biography

He received his Ph.D. in Robotics, University of Edinburgh (UK), 2002, a M.S. in Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh (UK), 1998, a M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Valencia (Spain), 1997 and a B.S. Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain), 1995. His current research focuses on brain-machine interfaces and the neural basis of sensorimotor learning and control.

Selected Publications

• S. Kim, J. C. Sanchez, Y. N. Rao, D. Erdogmus, J. M. Carmena, M. A. Lebedev, M. A. L. Nicolelis, and J. C. Principe, "A comparison of optimal MIMO linear and nonlinear models for brain-machine interfaces," J. Neural Engineering, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 145-161, June 2006.
• J. M. Carmena, M. A. Lebedev, C. S. Henriquez, and M. A. L. Nicolelis, "Stable ensemble performance with single-neuron variability during reaching movements in primates," J. Neuroscience, vol. 25, no. 46, pp. 10712-716, Nov. 2005.
• J. C. Sanchez, J. M. Carmena, M. A. Lebedev, M. A. L. Nicolelis, J. G. Harris, and J. C. Principe, "Ascertaining the importance of neurons to develop better brain-machine interfaces," IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering, vol. 51, no. 6, pp. 943-953, June 2004.
• J. M. Carmena, M. A. Lebedev, R. E. Crist, J. E. O'Doherty, D. M. Santucci, D. F. Dimitrov, P. G. patil, and C. S. Henriquez, "Learning to control a brain-machine interface for reaching and grasping by primates," Public Library of Science Biology, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 193-208, Nov. 2003.
• M. A. L. Nicolelis, D. F. Dimitrov, J. M. Carmena, R. Crist, G. Lehew, J. Kralik, and S. P. Wise, "Chronic, multisite, multielectrode recordings in macaque monkeys," Proc. National Academy of Sciences of the USA, vol. 100, no. 19, pp. 11041-046, Sep. 2003.
• J. M. Carmena, N. Kampchen, D. Kim, and J. C. T. Hallam, "Artificial ears for a biomimetic sonarhead: From multiple reflectors to surfaces," Artificial Life, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 147-169, April 2001.