Pradeep Shenoy

486 Paul Allen Center,
Box 352350,University of Washington,
Seattle WA 98195
(206) 616 1853

I work with Rajesh Rao and am affiliated with the Neural Systems Laboratory. I recently passed the final exam for my PhD! My dissertation is titled Brain-Computer Interfaces for Control and Computation.

I am currently working on a new idea called Human-aided Computing, in collaboration with Desney Tan at Microsoft Research. Over summer 2006, I worked on a Brain-Controlled Humanoid Robot. In Spring 2006, I helped run CSE599e: Brain-Computer Interfaces.

Research

I am interested in machine learning, cognitive neuroscience, sensorimotor learning and brain-computer interfaces (among other things).

I'm currently working with Rajesh Rao on the topic of Brain-computer interfaces. The goal is to use the tiny electrical signals generated by the brain (measured via a variety of invasive and noninvasive methods) to directly communicate with the external world.

I investigate various aspects of the brain-computer interface scenario: (1) the interpretation problem, consisting of signal processing, feature selection, classification and tracking to extract information from the brain, (2) the interface problem, where we consider a variety of ways to translate this information into an effective user interface, and (3) the behavior modelling aspect, where we examine and exploit models describing the user's behavior (including learning and adaptation).

Some Recent Papers

Control of a Humanoid Robot by a Noninvasive Brain-Computer Interface in Humans (link)

C.J. Bell, P. Shenoy, R. Chalodhorn, R. Rao. J Neural Eng 5 (2008), 214-220.

Combining Brain-computer Interfaces With Vision for Object Categorization (link)

Ashish Kapoor, Pradeep Shenoy, Desney Tan. CVPR 2008.

Human-aided Computing: Utilizing Implicit Human Processing to Classify Images (link)

Pradeep Shenoy, Desney Tan. CHI 2008.

Feasibility and Pragmatics of Classifying Working Memory Load with an Electroencephalograph (link)

D. Grimes, D. Tan, S. Hudson, P. Shenoy, R. Rao. CHI 2008.

Finger Movement Classification for an Electrocorticographic BCI (link)

P. Shenoy, K.J. Miller, J. Ojemann, R. Rao. IEEE EMBS Conf. Neur Engg 2007.

Generalized Features for Electrocorticographic BCIs (link)

P. Shenoy, K.J. Miller, J. Ojemann, R. Rao. IEEE Trans Biomed Engg 55(1), 273-280, 2008.

Online Electromyographic Control of a Robotic Prosthesis (link)

P. Shenoy, K.J. Miller, B. Crawford, R. Rao . IEEE Trans. Biomed Engg 55(3), 1128-1135, 2008.

Real-time Functional Brain Mapping using Electrocorticography

K.J. Miller, M. denNijs, P. Shenoy, R. Rao, J. Ojemann. NeuroImage 37(2) 504-507, 2007.

Beyond the Gamma Band: The Role of High Frequency Features in Movement Classification

K.J. Miller, P. Shenoy, M. den Nijs, L.B. Sorensen, R. Rao, J. Ojemann. IEEE Trans. Biomed Engg 55(5) 1634-1637, 2008.

Towards Adaptive Classification for BCI (link)

P. Shenoy, M. Krauledat, B. Blankertz, R. Rao, K.-R. Mueller. J Neur Eng. 3 (2006).

Personal

I come from Bangalore, India. I graduated in 1999 with a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. In my copious spare time, I sing with the University Chorale Recital Choir.

What's New

• May 16, 2008 Come to the CSE Band TGIF! We have new songs, it'll be great.
• May 2008 Traveling to Saarbrucken to visit the Max Planck Institute.
• Apr 2008 Spent some time in Florence for CHI, and in Bangalore for fun.
• Mar 2008 The CSE Band has been resurrected! Our premiere performance was at the prospective student visit day.
• Mar 13, 2008 I successfully defended my thesis! I shall henceforth be known as Herr Doktor.