Steven Hillyard, an expert on visual and auditory attention from the University of California San Diego (UCSD), visited SNNU from September 29 to October 6, 2023. During his visit, he worked on collaborating projects in the field of selective auditory
SNNU@EMBC2023
We recently attended the 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, in Sydney, Australia. We look back on insightful presentations and a great exchange with the biomedical engineering community.
Saarland University Virtual Open Doors Day 2020
In the course of the Saarland University’s Virtual Open Doors Day 2020, the SNNU gives a brief overview of our latest research projects on remote monitoring of physiological parameters for applications in neuroscience, healthcare and neuroergonomics: Link to the video
Remote detection of COVID-19
A few weeks ago, we started a new study on the corona virus at the testing center in Saarbrücken (Messegelände Saarbrücken). In cooperation with the ZF AG, the Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Saarland (KV) and the Bundeswehr we are investigating whether symptoms
Visitor: Lars Thomsen (future matters)
Futurologist and founder of the Swiss think tank ‘future matters’, Lars Thomsen, visited SNNU for an exchange about current research on the future of human machine interaction. A small report about his visit and our driving simulator based research projects
Visiting Professors: José Luis Urrusti and Jorge Martínez
Profs. José Luis Urrusti and Jorge Martínez, Universidad Iberoamericana, MX, visited SNNU from September 30 to October 6, 2019, see https://ibero.mx/about-ibero
Visiting Professor: Malcolm Slaney, Alphabet Inc.
Prof. Malcolm Slaney, Machine Hearing Group at Google Research and Stanford CCRMA, CA, gave a talk about “Signal Processing and Machine Learning for Attention” at SNNU on Septebmber 19th, 2019, see https://ai.google/research/people/105191/
ZF – SNNU joint research on motion sickness
Video clip of the global technology company ZF documents the joint research with SNNU on motion sickness, see https://www.zf.com/site/magazine/de/articles_20160.html
Invited talk
“The Systems Neuroscience of Spatial Auditory Attention”: Prof. Strauss talks about the neuroscience of auditory attention at the University of Hawaii, 18 July 2019, Room: Sakamaki c204b, Manoa Campus
Visiting Professor: Alexander L. Francis
Prof. Alexander L. Francis, Purdue University, IN, visited SNNU from June 13 to June 18, 2019, see https://www.purdue.edu/hhs/slhs/directory/faculty/francis_alexander.html