Publications

[13] S. Park, et. al B. Mahmoudi, R Gross “A Machine Learning Approach to Characterize the Modulation of the Hippocampal Rhythms Via Optogenetic Stimulation of the Medial Septum”, International Journal of Neural Systems, 2019

[12]  B Lee, Y Jia, S Mirbozorgi, M Connolly, X Tong, Z Zeng, B Mahmoudi, M Ghovanloo “An Inductively-Powered Wireless Neural Recording and Stimulation System for Freely-Behaving Animals”, IEEE Transaction Biomed Circuits System. 2019

[11] S. Lee, B. Lee, M. Kiani, B. Mahmoudi, R. Gross and M.  Ghovanloo, “An Inductively-Powered Wireless Neural Recording System with a Charge Sampling Analog Front-End,” Sensors Journal, IEEE, 2016

[10] R. E. Gross, B. Mahmoudi and J. P. Riley “Less is more: Novel less invasive surgical techniques for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy that minimize cognitive impairment” Current Opinion in Neurology, 2015

[9] N. G. Laxpati, B. Mahmoudi, C. A. Gutekunst, J. P. Newman, R. Z. Townson, R. E. Gross “Real-time in vivo Optogenetic Neuromodulation and Multielectrode Electrophysiologic Recording with NeuroRighter”, Frontiers in Neuroengineering, 2014

[8] E. Pohlmeyer, B.Mahmoudi , S. Geng, N. Prins, and J. C. Sanchez “Using reinforcement learning to provide stable brain-machine interface control despite neural input reorganization” PLoS One 9(1), 2014

[7]  B.Mahmoudi , E. Pohlmeyer, N. Prins,  S. Geng and J. C. Sanchez “Towards autonomous neuroprosthetic control using Hebbian reinforcement learning “, Journal of Neural Engineering, 2013

[6]  B. Mahmoudi and J. C. Sanchez “A Symbiotic Brain-Machine Interface through Value-Based Decision Making” PLoS One 6(3), 2011

[5]  J. Digiovanna, P. Rattanatamrong, M. Zhao, B. Mahmoudi, L. Hermer-Vazquez, R. Figueiredo, J. C. Principe, J. Fortes, and J. C. Sanchez, “Cyber-Workstation Architecture for Computational Neuroscience,” Frontiers in NeuroEngineering, 2009

[4]  J. C. Sanchez, B. Mahmoudi, J. DiGiovanna, J. C. Principe, “Exploiting Co-Adaptation for the Design of Symbiotic Neuroprosthetic Assistants,” Neural Networks special issue on Goal-Directed Neural Systems, vol. 22, pp. 305-315, 2009

[3]  J. DiGiovanna, B. Mahmoudi, J. Fortes, J. C. Principe, and J. C. Sanchez, “Brain-Machine Interface via Reinforcement Learning,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering special issue on Hybrid Bionics, vol. 56, pp. 54-64, 2009

[2]  B. Mahmoudi and A. Erfanian, “An EEG-based Brain-Computer Interface for Hand Grasp Control: The Role of Mental Practice and Concentration” IEE journal of Medical and Biological Engineering & Computing, 44(11):959-69, Nov 2006

[1] A. Erfanian, B. Mahmoudi, “Real-time Ocular Artifact Suppression using Recurrent Neural Network for Electro-encephalogram based Brain-Computer Interfaces”, IEE journal of Medical and Biological Engineering & Computing, 43(2): 296-305, Mar 2005

Conference proceedings:

[38] P. Sarikhani, S. Miocinovic, B. Mahmoudi “Towards Automated Patient-Specific Optimization of Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders” Proceedings of the IEEE Engineering in Biology and Medicine Conference (EMBC) 2019 (Oral presentation)

[37] C Ellis, P Gu, M Sendi, D Huddleston, A Sharma, B Mahmoudi “A Cloud-Based Framework for Implementing Portable Machine Learning Pipelines for Neural Data Analysis” Proceedings of the IEEE Engineering in Biology and Medicine Conference (EMBC) 2019 (Oral presentation)

[36] M. Eslampanah, M. Heydarzadeh, B. Mahmoudi, “A Spark-based Analytic Pipeline for Seizure Detection in EEG Big Data Streams” Proceedings of the IEEE Engineering in Biology and Medicine Conference (EMBC) 2018

[35] O. Ashmaig, M. Connolly, R. Gross, B. Mahmoudi “Bayesian Optimization of Asynchronous Distributed Microelectrode Stimulation for Spatial Memory” Proceedings of the IEEE Engineering in Biology and Medicine Conference (EMBC) 2018 (Oral presentation)

[34] H. Brar, I. Exarchos, Y. Pan, E. Theodorou, B. Mahmoudi “Seizure Reduction using Model Predictive Control” Proceedings of the IEEE Engineering in Biology and Medicine Conference (EMBC) 2018 (Oral presentation)

[33] M. J. Connolly, Sang-Eon Park, R. E Gross, B. Mahmoudi, A Machine Learning Approach to Characterizing the Effect of Asynchronous Distributed Electrical Stimulation on Hippocampal Neural Dynamics In Vivo, Proceedings of the IEEE Engineering in Biology and Medicine Conference (EMBC) 2017

[32] Sang-Eon Park, Nealen G. Laxpati, Mark J. Connolly, R. E Gross, B. Mahmoudi, “Predicting the Stimulation Effectiveness Using Pre-stimulation Neural States via Optogenetic Activation of the Medial Septum Glutamatergic Neurons Modulating the Hippocampal Neural Activity, Proceedings of the IEEE Engineering in Biology and Medicine Conference (EMBC) 2017

[31] M. J. Connolly, R. E. Gross, B. Mahmoudi, “Closed-Loop Optimization of Neural Dynamics: Towards Linking Neural State and Behavior”, Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne), 2017

[30] S. A. Zaidi, M. J. Connolly, R. E. Gross, B. Mahmoudi, A Model-Based Analysis of the Interaction between Pre-Stimulation Neural State and Stimulation, Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne), 2017

[29] M. J. Connolly, R. E. Gross, B. Mahmoudi, Learning from interaction: Closed-loop Optimization of Neural Modulation using Interactive Machine Learning, Brains & Bits Workshop, Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) 2016

[28]  M. J. Connolly, R. E. Gross, and B. Mahmoudi, “The Influence of the Pre-Stimulation Neural State on the Post-Stimulation Neural Dynamics via Distributed Microstimulation of the Hippocampus” Proceeding of the 38th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, Orlando, FL 2016

[27] H. K. Brar, Y. Pan, B. Mahmoudi, and E. Theodorou “Cross-Entropy Optimization for Neuromodulation” Proceeding of the 38th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, Orlando, FL 2016

[26]  M. J. Connolly, R. E. Gross, and B. Mahmoudi, “Towards a Platform for Prototyping Control Systems for Optimization of Neuromodulation Therapies,” Proceeding of the IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems (BioCAS) Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2015

[25]  N. Prins, S. Geng, E. Pohlmeyer, B. Mahmoudi, J. C. Sanchez “Feature Extraction and Unsupervised Classification of Neural Population Reward Signals for Reinforcement Based BMI”, 34th Int. Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Osaka, Japan  2013

[24]  E. Pohlmeyer, B. Mahmoudi, S. Geng, N. Prins, and J. C. Sanchez, ” Brain-Machine Interface Control of a Robot Arm Using Actor-Critic Reinforcement Learning”, 33rd Int. Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, San Diego, CA, 2012

[23]  B. Mahmoudi, E. Pohlmeyer, A. Prasad and J. C. Sanchez, “Brain-Machine Interfaces in Daily Life Activities: Innovating a New Roadmap for Experimentation”, 33rd Int. Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Boston, MA, 2011

[22]  A. Prasad, E. Pohlmeyer, B. Mahmoudi and J. C. Sanchez, “Decoding Tradeoffs in Multiscale Neuronal Recording for Brain-Machine Interfaces”, 33rd International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Boston, MA, 2011

[21]  A. Brockmeier, B.Mahmoudi, J. C. Sanchez and J. C. Principe, “Towards Efficient Temporal Decomposition of  Local Field Potentials”, IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing, Beijing, China, 2011

[20]  B. Mahmoudi, J. C. Principe, J. C. Sanchez, “Symbiotic Brain-Machine Interface Decoding Using Simultaneous Motor and Reward Neural Representation”, 5th International IEEE EMBS conference on Neural Engineering, Cancun, Mexico, 2011

[19]  J. C. Sanchez, A.Tarigoppula, J. S. Choi, B. T. Marsh, P. Y. Chhatbar, B. Mahmoudi, J. T. Francis, “Control of a Center-Out Reaching Task using a Reinforcement Learning Brain-Machine Interface”, 5th International IEEE EMBS conference on Neural Engineering, Cancun, Mexico, 2011

[18]  B. Mahmoudi, J. C. Principe and J. C. Sanchez “Extracting an Evaluative Feedback from the Brain for Adaptation of Motor Neuroprosthetic Decoders” 32nd IEEE International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Argentina, 2010

[17]  P. Rattanatamrong, P. Raiturkar , M. Zhao, B. Mahmoudi, J. DiGiovanna, J. C. Principe, R. Figueiredo, J. C. Sanchez and  J. Fortes  “Model Development, Testing and Experimentation in a CyberWorkstation for Brain-Machine Interface” 32nd IEEE International Conf. of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Argentina, 2010

[16]  A. Brockmeier, Il Park, B. Mahmoudi, J. C. Sanchez and J. C. Principe “Spatio-temporal clustering of firing rates for neural state estimation” 32nd IEEE International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Argentina, 2010

[15]  B. Mahmoudi, J. C. Principe and J. C. Sanchez, “An Actor-Critic Architecture and Simulator for Goal-directed Brain-Machine Interfaces”, 31st IEEE International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Minneapolis, MN, 2009

[14]  J. DiGiovanna, B. Mahmoudi, J. C. Principe, J. C. Sanchez, “Quantifying neuronal importance in value-based Brain-Machine Interfaces”, 4th International IEEE EMBS conference on Neural Engineering, Antalya, Turkey, pp. 307-310, 2009

[13]  B. Mahmoudi, J. DiGiovanna, J. C. Principe, and J. C. Sanchez, “Extracting goal information from Nucleus Accumbens for Brain Machine Interface”, 13th International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston, MA, 2009

[12]   B. Mahmoudi, J. DiGiovanna , J. C. Principe, J. C. Sanchez, “Neuronal Tuning in a Brain-Machine Interface during Reinforcement Learning”, 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, Vancouver, Canada 2008

[11]  M. Zhao,  P. Rattanatamrong, J. DiGiovanna, B. Mahmoudi, R. Figueiredo, J. Sanchez, J. Principe, J. Fortes “BMI Cyberworkstation: Enabling Dynamic Data-Driven Brain-Machine Interface Research through Cyberinfrastructure”, 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, Vancouver, Canada 2008

[10]   B. Mahmoudi, J. DiGiovanna , J. C. Principe, J. C. Sanchez, “Co-Adaptive Learning in Brain-Machine Interfaces”, International Conference on Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems, Sao Luis, Brazil, 2008

[9]   B. Mahmoudi, J. DiGiovanna , J. C. Principe, J. C. Sanchez, “Neuronal shaping in a Co-Adaptive Brain-Machine Interface”, COSYNE 2008, Salt Lake City, Utah

[8]   J. DiGiovanna, B. Mahmoudi, J. Mitzelfelt, J. C. Sanchez, and J. C. Principe, “Brain-machine interface control via reinforcement learning,” in IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering Kohala Coast, Hawaii, 2007

[7]   J. DiGiovanna, L. Marchal, P. Rattanatamrong, M. Zhao, B. Mahmoudi, S. Darmanjian, J. Sanchez, J. Príncipe, L. Hermer-Vazquez, R. Figueiredo, and J. Fortes, “Towards Real-Time Distributed Signal Modeling for Brain Machine Interfaces,” in International Conference on Computational Science 2007

[6] B. Mahmoudi and A. Erfanian, “Wavelet Analysis of Cortical Potentials during Hand Movement Imagination,” International congress on Biological and Medical Engineering, Singapore, 2003

[5]  A. Erfanian and B. Mahmoudi, “A Natural EEG-based Brain-Computer Interface for Hand Grasp Control: the role of mental practice and concentration,” Int. Functional Electrical Stimulation Society Conference, Queensland, Australia, 2003

[4] B. Mahmoudi and A. Erfanian, “A Real-time Continous EEG Classification Scheme for Natural Hand Grasp Control by using Matlab Simulink,” Int. Functional Electrical Stimulation Society Conference, Queensland, Australia, 2003

[3] B. Mahmoudi and A. Erfanian, “EEG Pattern Recognition during Imagination of Hand Grasping using a Wavelet based Classifier”, 11th Iran Conference of Electrical Engineering, Shiraz, Iran, 2003 (in Persian)

[2] B. Mahmoudi and A. Erfanian, “Single-channel EEG-based prosthetic hand grasp control for amputee subjects,” 24th Annual Int. Conf. IEEE/EMBS, Houston, TX, 2002

[1] A. Erfanian and B. Mahmoudi, “Real-time eye blink suppression using neural adaptive filters for EEG-based Brain Computer Interfaces,” 24th Annual Int. Conf. IEEE/EMBS, Houston, TX, 2002

Published Abstracts: (Selected)

[20] O. Ashmaig, M. J. Connolly, R. E. Gross, B. Mahmoudi, Characterizing the effect of asynchronous distributed microelectrode stimulation on spatial memory, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2017

[19] J. G Malcolm, M. J Connolly, R. E Gross, M. Kahana, and B. Mahmoudi, Predictive Modelling the Effect of Neurostimulation on Memory Biomarkers in Epileptic Patients, American Epilepsy Society, Houston, TX 2016

[18] M. J. Connolly, R. E. Gross, B. Mahmoudi, Modulating the hippocampal functional connectivity using real-time optimization of distributed microstimulation, Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA 2016

[17] M. J. Connolly, R. E. Gross, B. Mahmoudi, The Effect of Synchronous and Asynchronous Microelectrode Stimulation in the Rat Hippocampus, Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Chicago, IL 2016

[16] M. J. Connolly, R. E. Gross, and B. Mahmoudi “A Computational Platform for Prototyping Intelligent Hippocampal Stimulation Control Systems”, American Epilepsy Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA 2015

[15] B. Mahmoudi, R. Gross and M. Kahana “Characterization of Neural Dynamics for Designing an Intelligent Closed-loop Control system for Memory Enhancement”, Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL 2015

[14] B. Mahmoudi and R. Gross ” An Intelligent Neuroprosthetic System for Seizure Control: Hippocampal Dynamics in a Rodent Model of Focal Epilepsy”, American Society of Stereotaxic and Functional Neurosurgery meeting, Washington DC, 2014

[13]  B. Mahmoudi, S. Desai, N. Laxpati and R. Gross ” State representation using subspace projection of CA1- CA3 local field potentials in a rat model of focal epilepsy”, 67th Annual Conference of American Epilepsy Society, Washington DC, 2013

[12]  B. Mahmoudi and R. Gross ” A control architecture for co-adaptive closed-loop neuromodulation in epilepsy”, 6th International Workshop on Seizure Prediction, San Diego, CA, 2013

[11] Scott A. Roset, Noeline W. Prins, Shijia Geng, Hernan F. Gonzalez, Babak Mahmoudi, Eric A. Pohlmeyer, Justin C. Sanchez “Using Multiple Reward Related Signals in the Adaptation of Neuoprosthetic Decoders”, 5th International BCI Meeting, Asilomar, CA, 2013

[10]  B. Mahmoudi, E. Pohlmeyer, S. Geng, N. Prins, and J. C. Sanchez, “A Hebbian reinforcement learning decoder for brain-machine interfaces”, Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, 2012

[9]  E. Pohlmeyer, B. Mahmoudi, S. Geng, N. Prins, and J. C. Sanchez, “Reinforcement learning as the basis for a brain-machine interface controller of a reaching robot arm”  Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, 2012

[8]  B. Marsh, A. Tarigoppula, P. Chhatabar, B. Mahmoudi, J. Sanchez, J.  Francis,  “Reinforcement learning brain machine interface in macaques”, Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, 2012

[7]  E. Pohlmeyer, B. Mahmoudi, S. Geng, N. Prins, and J. C. Sanchez, “Linking Motor and        Reward: The Correlation between Nucleus Accumbens and Primary Motor Cortex during Goal Directed Reaching,” Neural Control of Movement, Venice, Italy, 2012.

[6]  A. J. Brockmeier, J. C. Principe, B. Mahmoudi, and J. C. Sanchez, “Single channel      generative LFP decomposition in nucleus accumbens,” Computational and Systems       Neuroscience, Salt Lake City, UT, 2012.

[5]  B. Mahmoudi, J. C. Principe and J. C. Sanchez, “Symbiotic Neural Interface Design”, 39th Neural Interfaces Conference, Long Beach, CA, 2010

[4]  B. Mahmoudi, J. C. Principe and J. C. Sanchez, “Brain-Machine Interface Reward Learning in Multiple Environments”, 4th International BCI Meeting, Asilomar, CA, 2010

[3] B. Mahmoudi and J. C. Sanchez, “Completing the Loop: A Perception-Action Perspective on Neural Interface Design” BMES meeting, Pittsburg, PA, 2009

[2]  J. C. Sanchez, B. Mahmoudi, and J. C. Principe, and, “A Co-Adaptive Actor-Critic Architecture for Brain-Machine Interfaces,” Asilomar Conference on Signals Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, 2009.

[1]   B. Mahmoudi, J. Fortes, J. C. Principe, J. C. Sanchez, “ Co-Adaptive Brain Machine Interfaces via Reinforcement Learning”, Neural Interface Conference, Cleveland, OH, 2008.