UHD REU Program > Project Description 1. Security-Aware Routing Algorithms Mentor: Dr. Shengli Yuan 2.
Parallel Brain Waves Analysis
Mentor: Hong Lin
The objective of this project is to create a program for brain states analysis, in particular, the comparison of meditative states to other brain states. Applications on iPad and Android and a website for information sharing will be included in the project. Mental discipline and meditative practice can change the workings of the brain and allow people to achieve different levels of awareness. The brain is an electrochemical organ using electromagnetic energy to function. Electrical activity emanating from the brain is displayed in the form of brainwaves. The objective of this project is to create a program that is able to analyze these brainwaves when a person is in various states. In particular, we are interested in comparing the brain state of persons in meditative state to brain states of a person during exercise, sleep, study, etc. The program can display the brainwaves in a graph and do a peer-to-peer comparison between different states. Currently, we are collaborating with researchers in the University of Canberra, Australia, in brain waves data collection and analysis. 3.
Driver’s Buddy: Designing a real-time facial physiology-based feedback system to improve driver’s performance
Mentor: Dvijesh Shastri
Many attempts were made in the past to monitor a driver’s visual and cognitive distractions. Yet, most of the techniques did not become a practical application due to their contact-based nature of monitoring. Among others, biomarkers and physiology sensors were proposed for the monitoring . The disadvantage of these technologies is that they require close contact with the driver, which not only offers an uncomfortable driving environment but also introduces significant amount of motion error in the measurements. In our previous study, we demonstrated the correlation of increased blood perfusion in the supraorbital muscles and machine operator’s mental overloading [4]. The proposed work aims at extending this research by developing a real-time feedback system to alert the operator about his/her psychological status based on the facial thermal signature. UHD REU site is
sponsored by National Science Foundation and Scholar Academy. |