이정민

Research topics

• # Social communication
• # Social interactions, gossip
• # Cognitive neurosience
• # fMRI

Biosketch

• Jeungmin obtained a Bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of British Columbia in Canada. In the final semester of her undergraduate studies, she happened to take a cognitive science course and became fascinated by one particular chapter of human cognition that led her to delve deeper into the study of human cognition and social interactions. During her graduate school years at KAIST, she conducted in-depth research on behavioral motives and neural mechanisms of social information processes and social communication using fMRI and computational models. She is planning to further understand the human mind and brain in terms of social decision-making and cognitive functions.

장상진

Research topics

• # Brain-computer interface (BCI)
• # Brain-machine interface (BMI)
• # Robotic arm
• # Trajectory
• # EEG
• # Imagined movement

Biosketch

• During my undergraduate studies, I majored in Biochemistry and Cell Biology at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Towards graduation, I became interested in neuroscience and its applications to brain-computer interface (BCI), especially on the decoding of imagined hand movement. I investigated on the topic for my Master’s study at the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), under the supervision of Professor Jaeseung Jeong at Decision Brain Dynamics Lab. I continued on this topic for my PhD study as well, using both the invasive and noninvasive human neural signals and explored the possibilities of using these signals for robotic arm trajectory control. Through these explorations, ultimately, I envision designing a BCI that allows a user to control a robotic arm using only thoughts, without any movement or physical interface operation, such that the system can provide useful assistance for people with upper limb motor disabilities.