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Joseph Francis

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Houston
DepartmentBiomedical Engineering
Address4800 Calhoun Rd
Houston TX 77004
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    R01NS092894     (FRANCIS, JOSEPH T)May 1, 2015 - Apr 30, 2019
    NIH/NINDS
    Towards an Autonomous Brain Machine Interface: Integrating Sensorimotor Reward Modulation and Reinforcement Learning
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Choi JS, Brockmeier AJ, McNiel DB, Kraus LM, Príncipe JC, Francis JT. Eliciting naturalistic cortical responses with a sensory prosthesis via optimized microstimulation. J Neural Eng. 2016 Oct; 13(5):056007. PMID: 27518368.
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    2. McNiel DB, Choi JS, Hessburg JP, Francis JT. Reward value is encoded in primary somatosensory cortex and can be decoded from neural activity during performance of a psychophysical task. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2016 Aug; 2016:3064-3067. PMID: 28268958.
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    3. Dura-Bernal S, Li K, Neymotin SA, Francis JT, Principe JC, Lytton WW. Restoring Behavior via Inverse Neurocontroller in a Lesioned Cortical Spiking Model Driving a Virtual Arm. Front Neurosci. 2016; 10:28. PMID: 26903796; PMCID: PMC4746359.
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    4. Dura-Bernal S, Zhou X, Neymotin SA, Przekwas A, Francis JT, Lytton WW. Cortical Spiking Network Interfaced with Virtual Musculoskeletal Arm and Robotic Arm. Front Neurorobot. 2015; 9:13. PMID: 26635598; PMCID: PMC4658435.
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    5. Song W, Francis JT. Gating of tactile information through gamma band during passive arm movement in awake primates. Front Neural Circuits. 2015; 9:64. PMID: 26578892; PMCID: PMC4620629.
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    6. Marsh BT, Tarigoppula VS, Chen C, Francis JT. Toward an autonomous brain machine interface: integrating sensorimotor reward modulation and reinforcement learning. J Neurosci. 2015 May 13; 35(19):7374-87. PMID: 25972167.
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    7. Bae J, Sanchez Giraldo LG, Pohlmeyer EA, Francis JT, Sanchez JC, Príncipe JC. Kernel temporal differences for neural decoding. Comput Intell Neurosci. 2015; 2015:481375. PMID: 25866504; PMCID: PMC4381863.
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    8. Lee G, Matsunaga A, Dura-Bernal S, Zhang W, Lytton WW, Francis JT, Fortes JA. Towards real-time communication between in vivo neurophysiological data sources and simulator-based brain biomimetic models. J Comput Surg. 2014 Nov; 3(12):1-23. PMID: 26702394.
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    9. Li L, Brockmeier AJ, Choi JS, Francis JT, Sanchez JC, Príncipe JC. A tensor-product-kernel framework for multiscale neural activity decoding and control. Comput Intell Neurosci. 2014; 2014:870160. PMID: 24829569; PMCID: PMC4009155.
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    10. Chadderdon GL, Mohan A, Suter BA, Neymotin SA, Kerr CC, Francis JT, Shepherd GM, Lytton WW. Motor cortex microcircuit simulation based on brain activity mapping. Neural Comput. 2014 Jul; 26(7):1239-62. PMID: 24708371; PMCID: PMC4887269.
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    11. Brockmeier AJ, Choi JS, Kriminger EG, Francis JT, Principe JC. Neural decoding with kernel-based metric learning. Neural Comput. 2014 Jun; 26(6):1080-107. PMID: 24684447.
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    12. Dura-Bernal S, Chadderdon GL, Neymotin SA, Francis JT, Lytton WW. Towards a real-time interface between a biomimetic model of sensorimotor cortex and a robotic arm. Pattern Recognit Lett. 2014 Jan 15; 36:204-212. PMID: 26709323.
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    13. von Kraus LM, Francis JT. Electronically induced contrast enhancement in whisker S1 cortical response fields. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2014; 2014:2601-4. PMID: 25570523.
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    14. Neymotin SA, Chadderdon GL, Kerr CC, Francis JT, Lytton WW. Reinforcement learning of two-joint virtual arm reaching in a computer model of sensorimotor cortex. Neural Comput. 2013 Dec; 25(12):3263-93. PMID: 24047323; PMCID: PMC4291321.
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    15. Song W, Francis JT. Tactile information processing in primate hand somatosensory cortex (S1) during passive arm movement. J Neurophysiol. 2013 Nov; 110(9):2061-70. PMID: 23945783.
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    16. DiStasio MM, Francis JT. Use of frontal lobe hemodynamics as reinforcement signals to an adaptive controller. PLoS One. 2013; 8(7):e69541. PMID: 23894500; PMCID: PMC3718814.
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    17. Song W, Kerr CC, Lytton WW, Francis JT. Cortical plasticity induced by spike-triggered microstimulation in primate somatosensory cortex. PLoS One. 2013; 8(3):e57453. PMID: 23472086; PMCID: PMC3589388.
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    18. Chhatbar PY, Francis JT. Towards a naturalistic brain-machine interface: hybrid torque and position control allows generalization to novel dynamics. PLoS One. 2013; 8(1):e52286. PMID: 23359212; PMCID: PMC3554733.
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    19. Brockmeier AJ, Sanchez Giraldo LG, Emigh MS, Bae J, Choi JS, Francis JT, Principe JC. Information-theoretic metric learning: 2-D linear projections of neural data for visualization. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2013; 2013:5586-9. PMID: 24111003.
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    20. Li L, Park IM, Brockmeier A, Chen B, Seth S, Francis JT, Sanchez JC, Príncipe JC. Adaptive inverse control of neural spatiotemporal spike patterns with a reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) framework. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2013 Jul; 21(4):532-43. PMID: 22868633.
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    21. Tarigoppula A, Rotella N, Francis JT. Properties of a temporal difference reinforcement learning brain machine interface driven by a simulated motor cortex. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2012; 2012:3284-7. PMID: 23366627.
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    22. Brockmeier AJ, Choi JS, Emigh MS, Li L, Francis JT, Principe JC. Subspace matching thalamic microstimulation to tactile evoked potentials in rat somatosensory cortex. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2012; 2012:2957-60. PMID: 23366545.
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    23. Li L, Choi JS, Francis JT, Sanchez JC, Príncipe JC. Decoding stimuli from multi-source neural responses. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2012; 2012:1331-4. PMID: 23366144.
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    24. Choi JS, DiStasio MM, Brockmeier AJ, Francis JT. An electric field model for prediction of somatosensory (S1) cortical field potentials induced by ventral posterior lateral (VPL) thalamic microstimulation. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2012 Mar; 20(2):161-9. PMID: 22203725.
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    25. Kerr CC, Neymotin SA, Chadderdon GL, Fietkiewicz CT, Francis JT, Lytton WW. Electrostimulation as a prosthesis for repair of information flow in a computer model of neocortex. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2012 Mar; 20(2):153-60. PMID: 22180517.
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    26. Francis JT, Song W. Neuroplasticity of the sensorimotor cortex during learning. Neural Plast. 2011; 2011:310737. PMID: 21949908; PMCID: PMC3178113.
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    27. Brockmeier AJ, Choi JS, Distasio MM, Francis JT, Príncipe JC. Optimizing microstimulation using a reinforcement learning framework. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2011; 2011:1069-72. PMID: 22254498.
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    28. Bae J, Chhatbar P, Francis JT, Sanchez JC, Principe JC. Reinforcement learning via kernel temporal difference. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2011; 2011:5662-5. PMID: 22255624.
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    29. Chhatbar PY, von Kraus LM, Semework M, Francis JT. A bio-friendly and economical technique for chronic implantation of multiple microelectrode arrays. J Neurosci Methods. 2010 May 15; 188(2):187-94. PMID: 20153370.
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    30. Chhatbar PY, Francis JT. Comparison of force and power generation patterns and their predictions under different external dynamic environments. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2010; 2010:1686-90. PMID: 21096397.
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    31. Francis JT, Xu S, Chapin JK. Proprioceptive and cutaneous representations in the rat ventral posterolateral thalamus. J Neurophysiol. 2008 May; 99(5):2291-304. PMID: 18287546.
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    32. Francis JT. Error generalization as a function of velocity and duration: human reaching movements. Exp Brain Res. 2008 Mar; 186(1):23-37. PMID: 18030456.
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    33. Francis JT, Chapin JK. Neural ensemble activity from multiple brain regions predicts kinematic and dynamic variables in a multiple force field reaching task. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2006 Jun; 14(2):172-4. PMID: 16792286.
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    34. Francis JT. Influence of the inter-reach-interval on motor learning. Exp Brain Res. 2005 Nov; 167(1):128-31. PMID: 16132970.
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    35. Francis JT, Chapin JK. Force field apparatus for investigating movement control in small animals. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2004 Jun; 51(6):963-5. PMID: 15188864.
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    36. Donchin O, Francis JT, Shadmehr R. Quantifying generalization from trial-by-trial behavior of adaptive systems that learn with basis functions: theory and experiments in human motor control. J Neurosci. 2003 Oct 08; 23(27):9032-45. PMID: 14534237.
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    37. Francis JT, Gluckman BJ, Schiff SJ. Sensitivity of neurons to weak electric fields. J Neurosci. 2003 Aug 13; 23(19):7255-61. PMID: 12917358.
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