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This course will focus on invasive neural implants that electrically interface with the peripheral or central nervous system. We will investigate the different types of recording and stimulating neural interface technologies currently in use in patients as well as coverage of the biophysics, neural coding, and hardware. We will also cover computational modeling of neurophysiology in the context of implantable devices and their neural interfaces. A final group project will be required for simulating a neural interface system. Class material assumes strong familiarity with the following topics: cell biology, physics with electromagnetics (or electrical circuits), chemistry, differential equations. Computer programming experience is required: all assignments include Matlab programming.