Cognitive Function

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Professor Ian Robertson, Principal Investigator, Cognitive Function

Ian Robertson is Professor of Psychology at Trinity College Dublin and was the founding director of Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, where he leads a large team of researchers studying the links between brain and behaviour and how brain function can be enhanced in age and disease. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy. Previously a senior scientist at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge, where he was also a fellow at Hughes Hall, Ian Robertson continues to be a Visiting Professor at University College London, University of Wales at Bangor and is a Visiting Scientist at the Rotman Research Institute, University of Toronto. A graduate of Glasgow University, he gained his Masters and Doctoral degrees at the University of London. His research focuses on the neuropsychology of brain rehabilitation, attention and brain plasticity: he has more than 180 published books and articles in this field. A former science writer for the London Times, his multiply-translated popular science books are Mind Sculpture and the Mind’s Eye.

Professor Richard Reilly, Principal Investigator, Cognitive Function

Professor Richard Reilly’s established research focus is biomedical engineering, specifically neural engineering and multimodal signal processing, both at a theoretical and applied level. The principal research areas of his Multimodal Signal Processing Group (http://ee.ucd.ie/mmsp) include; neural engineering focusing on modelling of human multisensory integration process and the human visual attention system using high density electrophysiological analysis, Diffusion Tensor Imaging and multimodal fusion (EEG, ECG, EMG, EGG and EOG) for neurological diagnosis. His neural engineering research is targeted a better understanding of the underlying physiology, identifying non-invasive electrophysical cognitive biomarkers for schizophrenia and the detection of seizure in neonatal infants.

Professor Reilly has extensive experience in the implementation of digital signal processing algorithms on embedded processors, FPGAs and dedicated cores and has 18 years practical experience in biomedical and rehabilitation engineering. He is currently one of the two Directors of the Biomedical Engineering Laboratory at the Irish National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) and scientific advisor to the Central Remedial Clinic.

Muki Hansteen Izora, Principal Investigator, Cognitive Function

Muki Hansteen Izora is a Senior Design Researcher and Strategist with the Product Research and Incubation division of Intel’s Digital Health Group. He is also the Intel lead and co-PI for the TRIL Centre’s Cognitive Function research strand. Muki’s research interests are quite diverse, ranging from investigating the ways in which emerging economies might harness digital tools to improve health and well being, to more recently exploring technologies to support cognition in elderly populations and experimenting with how interactive media and gaming technologies might improve both cognitive and physical health. A primary emphasis of his work is on understanding the needs of individuals and the dynamics of health eco-systems that surround them: the network of cultural practices, social relationships, and institutions linked to wellness. Insights gathered from this research inform his efforts to conceptualise, design, prototype, and pilot novel interactive technologies that define Intel’s future applications in the health space.

Prior to joining Intel, Muki served as a lead researcher at Philips Research Labs focused on the development of prototype mobile devices and software applications for emerging markets. He holds a degree in Cultural Anthropology from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and completed his graduate training in Learning, Design, and Technology at Stanford University.

Margaret Morris, co-Principal Investigator (Intel), Cognitive Function 
Intel Digital Health Group

Margaret (“Margie”) Morris is a Senior Researcher in Intel’s Digital Health Group. Margie is a clinical psychologist who studies the ways that emerging technologies can enhance mental and physical wellbeing. She conducts ethnographic research to identify needs and works with engineers to develop and evaluate exploratory prototypes. Margie is currently leading a study on mobile technologies for emotional and cardiovascular health, and recently completed a study of technologies for social engagement among the elderly. Prior to joining Intel in 2002, she studied technology adoption in Sapient’s Experience Modelling group. Margie completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a minor in Behavioural Neuroscience at the University of New Mexico, her clinical internship at the San Francisco VA Medical Centre, and her postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University. She has a B.A. in English from Haverford College.