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Biomedical Simulation Resourse
Dept of Biomedical Engineering
University of Southern California
A few words about me:
I was born in Drama, Greece, in 1980. I received my undergrad degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in Electrical & Computer Engineering in 2004, with a major in Electronics and Computer Engineering. I received my PhD in Biomedical Engineering in 2008, at the University of Southern California, under my advisors, Professor Vasilis Marmarelis and Professor Theodore Berger. My PhD research focused on the Computational Neuroscience field, and specifically in System Modeling and Identification methods. The title of my PhD Thesis is "Nonlinear Modeling of Causal Interrelationships in Neuronal Ensembles: An Application to the Rat Hippocampus".
Research Interests:
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Modeling of Neural Systems
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Neuroprosthetic Technology
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Signal & Image Processing
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Computational Neuroscience
I'm currently working as a researcher at the Biomedical Simulations Resource Lab. I also work on the Cortical Prosthesis Testbed research program of the USC Biomimetic MicroElectronic Systems Center. My current work involves computing predictive models of multi-input multi-output systems using multi-unit neuronal data, assessing functional connectivity among neuronal ensembles using nonlinear non-stationary techniques, reducing complexity in nonlinear descriptive neuronal system models and also studying the relationship between local field potentials and spiking activity in the human temporal cortex. I'm also in the process of completing the LYSIS Matlab toolbox, a series of functions based on the LYSIS software of my lab. For more details, you can download my CV. In the past I've also worked on developing software for the analysis of event-related potentials in EEG experiments and source localization studies from EEG data using FEM methods and smart optimization algorithms.
Contact Info:
email: zanos at usc dot edu
office: DRB 367 (BMSR)
tel: (001) 213-675-5807
fax: (001) 213-740-0343
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