About IEEE Brain

As an IEEE-wide effort, the IEEE Brain Technical Community unites engineering and computing expertise across IEEE Societies and Councils relevant to neuroscience, and provides an avenue for IEEE to work with multiple constituencies in academia, industry, and government to incubate and sponsor new activities, projects, and standards that facilitate bringing neurotechnology to market in an ethical and responsible manner. Formed in 2015 as the IEEE Brain Initiative, we transitioned to the IEEE Brain Technical Community in 2021. Our goal is to facilitate cross-disciplinary collaboration and coordination to advance research, standardization, and development of engineering and technology to improve understanding of the brain in order to treat diseases and improve the human condition. IEEE Brain is a member of The BRAIN Initiative Alliance, working to further connect IEEE members with other organizations and agencies that foster global efforts to share knowledge and discoveries in neuroscience and neural engineering.

Chairs

Chair:  Tülay Adali, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Chair-Elect:  Metin Akay, University of Houston
Past Chair:  Jack Gallant, University of California, Berkeley

Steering Committee

Selin Aviyente, Michigan State University
     Signal Processing Society, term ending December 31, 2023
Paul Berger, The Ohio State University
     Electron Devices Society, term ending December 31, 2024
Vince Calhoun, Georgia Tech
     Signal Processing Society, term ending December 31, 2024
Gert Cauwenberghs, University of California, San Diego
     Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, term ending December 31, 2024
Tim Constandinou, Imperial College London, UK
     Circuits and Systems, term ending December 31, 2025
Damien Coyle, University of Ulster
     Computational Intelligence Society, term ending December 31, 2024
Ravi Hadimani, Virginia Commonwealth University
     Magnetics Society, term ending December 31, 2024
Bruce Hecht, VG2PLAY
     Computer Society, term ending December 31, 2024
Natalie Mrachacz-Kersting, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg
     Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, term ending December 31, 2025
Mike Smith, University of California, Berkeley
     Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society, term ending December 31, 2024
Ljiljana Trajkovic, Simon Fraser University
      Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society, term ending December 31, 2024
Milin Zhang, Tsinghua University, Beijing
     Solid-State Circuits Society, term ending December 31, 2023

Focus Areas

Communications and Outreach:  Natalie Mrachacz-Kersting, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg
Conferences:  Grace Rigdon, GCR Consulting; Gert Cauwenberghs, UC,
San Diego
Neuroethics and Standards:  Laura Cabrera, Penn State University; Ricardo Chavarriaga, Confederation of Laboratories for Artificial Intelligence Research in Europe (CLAIRE)
Publications:  Yiwen Wang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Ljiljana Trajkovic, Simon Fraser University

Liasons

International Neuroethics Society (INS) Liaisons: Laura Cabrera, Penn State University; Peter Reiner, University of British Columbia

Program Manager

Cynthia Weber, PhD