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    <Title>Prof. Vinjamuri receives NSF IUCRC Phase II award</Title>
    <Tagline>Supports UMBC's partnership in the BRAIN Center</Tagline>
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          <div class="html-content"><img src="https://ai.umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/734/2023/07/Conversation-Vinjamuri-lab.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><div><br></div><div><div>UMBC CSEE Professor <strong><a href="https://www.csee.umbc.edu/ramana-vinjamuri/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Ramana Vinjamuri</a></strong> received a new <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2333292" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>NSF IUCRC Phase II award</strong></a> to support participation as a partner in <a href="null" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>BRAIN</strong></a>, the Building Reliable Advances and Innovations in Neurotechnologies Industry-University Cooperative Research Center.</div><div><br></div><div>BRAIN's overall goal is to develop and validate new technologies that address the needs of physically and neurologically impaired individuals and those of the growing aging population. </div><div><br></div><div>Research in <a href="https://vinjamurilab.cs.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Dr. Vinjamuri's lab</strong></a> complements existing strengths in other BRAIN sites and expands research into new areas, including artificial intelligence, neural imaging and stimulation, cyber-human systems, human-centered computing, neural signal processing, and virtual/augmented/mixed reality.</div></div><div><br></div><div>NSF funds Industry–University Cooperative Research Centers like BRAIN to conduct joint research with innovative industry partners.</div></div>
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    <Summary>UMBC CSEE Professor Ramana Vinjamuri received a new NSF IUCRC Phase II award to support participation as a partner in BRAIN, the Building Reliable Advances and Innovations in Neurotechnologies...</Summary>
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    <PostedAt>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:28:48 -0400</PostedAt>
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