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SUMMARY:Brain Digital Twins for Neurological Disorders - Dr. Nitin William
 s\, Department of Neuroscience &amp\; Biomedical Engineering\, Aalto Unive
 rsity\, Finland
DTSTART:20250602T113000Z
DTEND:20250602T123000Z
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CONTACT:Dace Apšvalka
DESCRIPTION:*Speaker:* Dr. Nitin Williams\, Department of Neuroscience & B
 iomedical Engineering\, Aalto University\, Finland\n\n*Title:* Brain Digit
 al Twins for Neurological Disorders\n\n*Abstract:* Each of us knows someon
 e whose life has been devastated by a neurological disorder such as Stroke
 \, Epilepsy\, or Alzheimer’s Disease. These disorders could be diagnosed
  earlier or treated more effectively by combining brain digital twins\, i.
 e.\, neurophysiology-based computational models\, with brain imaging modal
 ities like Electroencephalography (EEG) and Magnetoencephalography (MEG). 
 However\, current brain digital twins are based on incomplete neurophysiol
 ogical knowledge\, rendering them overly simplified and limiting their cli
 nical utility. In my talk\, I will describe pioneering methodological work
  by my group\, on building improved brain digital twins by combining advan
 ced machine learning methods with MEG data. I will then briefly outline my
  future research programme based on recursively applying this framework to
  build increasingly representative brain digital twins\, which I will depl
 oy in collaboration with neurologists to improve the clinical management o
 f specific neurological disorders. In the long-term\, these brain digital 
 twins would significantly improve patient outcomes and reduce patient suff
 ering\, raising their ability to lead healthy\, productive lives.\n\n*Keyw
 ords*: Brain Digital Twins\; Neurological disorders\; Personalised medicin
 e\; Early diagnosis\; Stroke\; Epilepsy\; Alzheimer’s Disease.\n\n*Bio:*
  Dr. Nitin Williams is based in Dept. of Neuroscience & Biomedical Enginee
 ring\, Aalto University\, Finland\, where his research encompasses Neuroin
 formatics\, Computational Neuroscience and Biomedical Signal Processing. H
 e has made many contributions to these fields (h-index=17\, citations=2014
 )\, in recognition of which he was awarded the title of Adjunct Professor 
 by Dept. of Computer Science\, Helsinki University\, Finland. He has raise
 d more than €100\,000 in independent research funding\, and has further 
 earned more than €100\,000 through data science consultancy for medical 
 technology companies in Finland. He serves on the Editorial Board of Front
 iers in Computational Neuroscience\, and has research experience from Aalt
 o University and Helsinki University in Finland\, and Cambridge University
  and Reading University in UK.\n\n*Venue:* MRC CBU West Wing Seminar Room 
 and Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82385113580?pwd=RmxIUmphQW9Ud1JBby9nTDQ
 zR0NRdz09 (Meeting ID: 823 8511 3580\; Passcode: 299077)
LOCATION: MRC-CBU\, 15 Chaucer Road\, Cambridge
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