A/PROF David GRAYDEN

A/PROF David GRAYDEN

Positions

  • Bionic Ear (Speech processing)
  • Neural Modelling (Speech processing, learning)
  • Bionic Eye (Vision processing)
  • Epilepsy (Prediction of seizures, seizure control)

Overview

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  • David Grayden is an Associate Professor and Reader in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Melbourne.

    A/Prof Grayden is Deputy Head (Academic) of the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering and the Discipline Coordinator of Biomedical Engineering.

    A/Prof Grayden is part of the Neuroengineering Research Laboratory and the Centre for Neural Engineering.  His main research interests are in understanding how the brain processes information and how best to present information to the brain using medical bionics, such as the bionic ear and bionic eye. He is also conducting research in epileptic seizure prediction and electrical stimulation to prevent or stop epileptic seizures. He has research linkages in Australia with Cochlear Limited, The Bionic Ear Institute, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne and NICTA.  He also has international research linkages with Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover (Hannover Medical School), TU Illmenau (Illmenau University of Technology) and McMaster University.  He supervises a number of postdoctoral researchers and PhD and Research Masters students.

    A/Prof Grayden teaches in the Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering programs.  He teaches in the subjects: Fundamentals of Biosignals, Neural Information Processing, and Biomedical Engineering.  He also contributes to the Neuroscience Research Training course modules and the breadth subject, Seeing: The Whole Picture.

    Research interests:
    Computational Neuroscience
    Epilepsy
    Audition, Speech and Bionic Ear Design
    Vision and Bionic Eye Design

       

Affiliation

Member of

  • ASSTA - Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association, Inc. Member 1992 -
  • IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Member 1992 -
  • ARC Network in Human Communication Science (HCSNet). Member 2005 - 2010
  • ARC Communications Research Network (ACoRN). Member 2004 - 2009

Publications

Selected publications

Research

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Awards

Education and training

  • PhD, University of Melbourne 1999
  • BSc, University of Melbourne 1991
  • BEng (Hons), University of Melbourne 1990

Awards and honors

  • 2006 Editors Award, Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), 2007

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Supervision

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