Section: Partnerships and Cooperations

European Initiatives

The ITN-project Neural Engineering Transformative Technologies (NETT) (http://www.neural-engineering.eu/ ) (2012-2016) is a Europe-wide consortium of 18 universities, research institutes and private companies which together hosts 17 PhD students and 3 postdoctoral researchers over the next 4 years. Neural Engineering brings together engineering, physics, neuroscience and mathematics to design and develop brain-computer interface systems, cognitive computers and neural prosthetics. Neurosys organized a NETTworkshop about Neural Engineering in Medicine and related fields in Nancy, 2-3 July 2015. Neurosys hosted a PhD-student, Maciej Jedynak, from Pompeu Fabra university (Spain) for one month in fall 2015. Contact is Axel Hutt.

• Program: ERC Starting Grant

• Project acronym: MATHANA

• Project title: Mathematical Modeling of Anaesthesia

• Duration: January 2011 – October 2015

• Coordinator: Axel Hutt

• Abstract: MATHANA aims to study mathematically spatially extended neural systems and reveal their spatio-temporal dynamics during general anaesthesia.

• Lifestyle Research Association (LIRA): Philips (Netherlands), Fraunhofer (Germany), Inria

• Sleep is an essential part of a healthy life, but many people have trouble getting enough uninterrupted sleep. Special sensors installed in a mobile phone or bed can analyze activities, stress patterns and sleep sequences and provide ideas for new strategies and, eventually, products that support a healthier night’s sleep. NEUROSYS has a Post-doc project running merging all sensor signals in a single data analysis technique to improve existing sleep monitors.