Bridging the Gap between Mind and Machine Exploring the Future of Human-AI-Neurotechnology Integration

Ramana Vinjamuri is an Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). He is the Principal Investigator of the Sensorimotor Control Laboratory/ Vinjamuri Lab at UMBC. He serves as the center director for NSF IUCRC called BRAIN at UMBC. Supported by National Science Foundation (NSF CAREER award, NSF I-Corps and NSF IUCRC), NIDILRR (SBIR), New Jersey Health Foundation (Research and Innovation grants), United States-India Science and Technology Endowment Fund (Rehab Robotics), and several other internal grants he specializes in Sensorimotor Control, Brain Machine Interfaces, Exoskeletons, human-robot interaction and collaboration, and neurotechnologies for mental health. He received Mary E. Switzer Merit Fellowship from NIDILRR in 2010, IEEE Senior Membership in 2011, Harvey N Davis Distinguished Teaching Award in 2018 from Stevens Institute of Technology and NSF CAREER Award in 2019.  He is a visiting scientist at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of National Institutes of Health (NIH). He has a visiting appointment at IIT-Hyderabad, and Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India, and he teaches fractal credit courses there in summer and intersessions.