Sean Perkins Email & Phone Number

Oakland, Ca, Us

Oakland, California, United States

• Neural Decoder Design & Patent: Designed a high-performance, computationally efficient neural decode algorithm for prosthetic motion and licensed the IP to Blackrock Neurotech, who will use the algorithm commercially in their MoveAgain BMI system.• Closed-Loop Navigation BMI: Developed and tested closed-loop virtual navigation BMI in primates demonstrating utility of targeting high-variance and task-specific neural signals for nonlinear decoding using state-space models.• Machine Learning Collaborations: Created optimization technique for decomposing pupil responses into contributions from different information processing components in a perceptual decision-making task. Collected neural and kinematic data for a project in which collaborators developed a novel VAE architecture utilizing deep random splines.

New York, New York, United States

• Bioinstrumentation: Assisted Prof. Aaron Kyle for two semesters in teaching undergraduates via hands-on lab work about the basics of circuit analysis, circuit construction, biosignal transduction, signal conditioning, and sampling theory for digital acquisition.

New York, Ny

• Neuroscience Collaborations: Collected neural data and EMG for lab members’ experiments that uncovered general properties of motor-cortex population geometry and revealed flexible neural recruitment of motor units.• Experiment Support: Conducted exploratory analyses, programmed GUIs, built data pipelines, and engineered custom solutions for experiment setups. Trained primates to perform movement-based tasks and assisted in surgeries.

"The Last Gold" (2016).Documentary about doping at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.Advised writers on mechanisms and side effects of anabolic steroids.

Yarmouth, Me

• Computer Vision: Improved performance of image recognition software for classifying plankton images generated by particle analyzers. Explored machine learning literature and produced technical reports detailing image features, feature selection/extraction techniques, and classifiers to be incorporated into the software.

Yarmouth, Me

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Biomedical Engineering

Advisors: Mark Churchland & Qi Wang

Master Of Science - Ms, Biomedical Engineering, 4.13/4.33

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Biology, 3.91/4.00