BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Date iCal//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.2// METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Eventi DIAG BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Paris BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20151025T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20160327T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar.7207.field_data.0@glad.uniroma1.it DTSTAMP:20260403T194312Z CREATED:20151127T213100Z DESCRIPTION:Laura Astolfi\, vincitrice della procedura selettiva di chiamat a per un posto di ricercatore a tempo determinato di tipologia B nel SSD I NG-INF/06\, terra' presso questo dipartimento un seminario sulle attivita'  di ricerca da lei svolte e in corso di svolgimento. Il seminario avra' l uogo martedì 1 dicembre 2015 alle 10:30 in aula A2 (Sede DIAG - via Ariost o 25).  *Abstract* Understanding the brain organization that underlies hum an complex functions is a central problem both for basic research and for clinical applications. The description of brain circuits active during spe cific tasks (or even at rest)\, can provide important insights into the ne ural mechanisms at the basis of motor and cognitive functions\, their reor ganization resulting from different pathological conditions and their reco very\, whether spontaneous or due to a specific treatment (brain plasticit y). Electroencephalography (EEG) is a non-invasive\, low-cost\, portable t echnique for the investigation of brain activity\, that provides the time resolution (milliseconds) necessary to follow the brain dynamics and to pe rform an effective estimation of brain functional connectivity. In this se minar\, the methods at the basis of the estimation of brain connectivity i n the time\, frequency and time-frequency domains will be introduced\, tog ether with the most recent advancements in this field. The lecture will di scuss the advantages of performing such analysis in the EEG source space\, and how a graph theory approach can be adopted to summarize and quantify brain networks properties. The importance and role of the statistical asse ssment of connectivity patterns will be also illustrated. Finally\, some a pplications will be shown\, ranging from the study of cortical reorganizat ion following motor or cognitive rehabilitation to the description of soci al cognitive functions (empathy\, cooperation\, individualistic behavior). To this last purpose\, the novel technique of Hyperscanning\, or simultan eous multi-subjects EEG recordings\, will be introduced. In conclusion\, f uture directions of these studies and possible interactions with other fie lds of research will be critically discussed.*Bio Sketch*Laura Astolfi rec eived her Master Degree in Electronics Engineering from Sapienza Universit y of Rome in 2003 and her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from University of Bologna in 2007. Currently\, she is an Assistant Professor at the Departm ent of Computer\, Control\, and Management Engineering  at Sapienza Univer sity of Rome. In February 2014 she got the National Scientific Qualificati on for the position of Associate Professor in Bioengineering. In December 2014 she got the National Scientific Qualification for the position of Ful l Professor in Bioengineering. She authored 102 papers in International Pe er-reviewed Journals (Scopus)\, 2 books and more than 100 contributions to International Schools and Conferences. Her h-index is 23 (source: Scopus\ , 29: Google Scholar)\, her total number of citations is 1478 (Scopus\; 27 60 Scholar). Her total Impact Factor is 166.669. She has served as Guest E ditor for International Journals like the Journal of Physiology-Paris\, Br ain Topography and Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience and she is currently an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Bioelectrom agnetism. She has been elected Chair of the IEEE EMBS Technical Committee on Biomedical Signal Processing (2016-2018). She received several national and international awards for her scientific activity\, among which the Be st Under-40 Researcher Award at Sapienza University in 2010\, the Trainee Travel Award by the Human Brain Mapping Society in 2011\, the Young Invest igator Competition by the ISBET Society in 2009\, the Best PhD Thesis Awar d by the Italian Society for Biomedical Engineering in 2008\, the Young In vestigator Award by the Brain Connectivity Society in 2006\, the Young Inv estigator Award by the International Society for Functional Source Imaging in 2005. She participated in several national (Ministry of Health\, Minis try of Education\, Private Foundations)\, European (7th FP) and US (NSF an d NIH) funded research projects. She has been National Representative to t wo EU COST Actions. She is currently the PI of a MIUR funded project FIRB 'Brain-to-brain connectivity from simultaneous neuroelectric and autonomic multi-subjects recordings as a new tool to study human social interaction '. Her research activity include brain connectivity\, high resolution EEG source reconstruction\, EEG applications to neurorehabilitation\, simultan eous recordings from multiple subjects (hyperscanning)\, consciousness\, c ognition and social Neuroscience.  DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20151201T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20151201T103000 LAST-MODIFIED:20151130T100826Z LOCATION:Aula A2 - Via Ariosto\, 25 SUMMARY:From finger tapping to the social brain: advanced methods for the e stimation of brain activity and connectivity in humans - Laura Astolfi URL;TYPE=URI:http://glad.uniroma1.it/node/7207 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR