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Reardon is a highly regarded neuroscientist and entrepreneur who founded CTRL-labs which was acquired by Meta (Facebook) in 2019. He currently leads a team of computational neuroscientists and biotech engineers working to connect neurons to machines via a novel non-invasive neural interface technology. Reardon\u2019s talk topic for this year\u2019s annual Industry Innovation Day was \u201cConsumer Neural Interfaces: View from Meta Reality Labs.\u201d In addition to providing an informative lecture about neural technology, he briefly displayed some of the capabilities of his Meta team\u2019s wrist-mounted, non-invasive device that was able to translate neuro hand activity into its corresponding robotic hand movements.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur undergraduate degree in neuroscience is one of the Institute\u2019s most popular degrees,\u201d said Julia Kubanek, vice president for interdisciplinary research at Georgia Tech, who gave several introductory remarks. \u201cThe neuroscience area integrates many disciplines across campus such as the arts, humanities, social science, computer science, engineering, business, design, and the basic sciences and is a great example of the true integration of interdisciplinary research in many forms across Georgia Tech. We are particularly grateful for the participation today of companies and other organizations that collaborate with the Georgia Tech community of researchers.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELeigh McCook, interim executive director of IPaT, emphasized the need to have dialogue and conversations between industry partners and community partners with Georgia Tech researchers to develop supportive research projects and create greater impact in the area of the human technology frontier.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe neuro space and the IPaT space are natural partners for each other,\u201d said Chris Rozell, professor and Julian T. Hightower Chair in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. \u201cThis is a perfect day to come together and talk about what the human frontier looks like. Georgia Tech hired its first neuro engineer more than 30 years ago long before it was cool to be an engineer studying neuro. Today, we have more than a 100 faculty spanning six colleges studying neuro-related topics with the additional involvement of Emory University and Georgia State University. We\u2019ve had an incredible trajectory over the last decade and we\u2019ve fostered a growing and active community.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFollowing Reardon\u2019s keynote were two interactive panel sessions. The first panel was focused on \u201cbrain computer input and output\u201d was led by moderator Michelle LaPlaca, professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. Her research interests are in neurotrauma, injury biomechanics, and neuroengineering as they relate to traumatic brain injury.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe panelists were:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMelody Moore Jackson, professor in the School of Interactive Computing\u003Cbr\u003EOmer Inan, professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003Cbr\u003ECarlos Bremer, president North America Division - Global VP of Knowledge at brain4care\u003Cbr\u003EIsaac Clements, CTO and co-founder of BioCircuit Technologies\u003Cbr\u003EThe second panel was focused on the \u201cfuture of cognitive and psychological aids\u201d and was moderated by Maribeth Gandy Coleman, director of research at the Institute for People and Technology where her work has been focused on the intersection of technology for mobile\/wearable computing, augmented reality, AI, human computer interaction, healthcare, assistive technology, and gaming.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe panelists were:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJennifer R. DuBose, director of the SimTigrate Design Lab\u003Cbr\u003ETansu Celikel, chair of the School of Psychology\u003Cbr\u003EDeborah Backus, vice president of research and innovation, Shepherd Center\u003Cbr\u003EBarbara Olasov Rothbaum, director of the Emory Healthcare veterans program and chair in neuropsychopharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cI am really pleased with the connections we were able to foster today,\u201d said Clint Zeagler, co-director of strategic partnerships for IPaT and principal research scientist. \u201cKey to translational and impactful research outcomes are transdisciplinary collaboration across campus and with industry and corporate partners. Events like this with both academic and industry experts allow for deep conversations and spark interesting and innovative projects.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMore than 150 people attended Industry Innovation Day and the GVU Spring Research Showcase on April 19 held at the Technology Square Research Building conference center on the Georgia Tech campus.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"More than 150 people attended Industry Innovation Day and the GVU Spring Research Showcase on April 19 held at the Technology Square Research Building conference center on the Georgia Tech campus."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2024-08-27 14:48:16","changed_gmt":"2024-08-27 14:49:04","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-04-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-04-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674730":{"id":"674730","type":"image","title":"Meta Lab\u0027s Thomas Reardon (pictured on screen) and Chris Rozell, professor and Julian T. 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