Prof Cuntai GUAN
Fellow of SAEng, NAI, IEEE, AIMBE
President’s Chair in Computer Science and Engineering
Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering
Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (Courtesy Appointment)
Deputy Dean, College of Computing and Data Science
Director, Centre for Brain-Computing Research (CBCR)
Co-Director, Rehabilitation Research Institute of Singapore (RRIS)
College of Computing and Data Science (CCDS)
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)
Email: ctguan@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (65) 6790 6205
Office: N4-02B-52
Current appointments and positions:
- President’s Chair in Computer Science and Engineering, NTU
- Professor, College of Computing and Data Science (CCDS), NTU
- Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (Courtesy Appointment)
- Deputy Dean, College of Computing and Data Science
- Director, Centre for Brain-Computing Research (CBCR)
- Co-Director, Rehabilitation Research Institute of Singapore (RRIS)
- Steering Committee, Cognitive Neuroimaging Centre & Cognition and Behavioural Sciences, NTU
- Fellow, SAEng (Academy of Engineering, Singapore)
- Fellow, NAI (National Academy of Inventors, USA)
- Fellow, IEEE
- Fellow, AIMBE
Research interests:
- Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI)
- Neural Signal Processing
- Medical Image Processing
- Machine Learning
- Data Analytics
- Artificial Intelligence
Highlights of research outcomes:
- Robust Brain-computer Interface algorithms for motor imagery (FBCSP, regularization, session-to-session adaptation, channel selection, deep learning, etc.)
- Asynchronous and adaptive P300 BCI and its use in wheelchair control
- fNIRS based Brain-computer interfaces
- Brain-computer Interface for stroke rehabilitation with significant clinical outcome
- Innovative system for the treatment of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD) in children with significant efficacy outcome
- Effective cognitive training for elderly with cognitive decline
- Novel use of BCI technologies in, for example, sleep, depression, anxiety
- Published 400 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers
- 26 granted patents and patent applications (licensed 17 patents/technologies to 6 Singapore and US companies)
Past Appointments, Committee Members and Editorial Board Members:
- Director, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (AI.R), 2020-2025
- Co-Director, S-Lab for Advanced Intelligence (S-Lab), 2020-2025
- Scientific Advisor (Digital Health), Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR, Singapore, 2019 - 2021
- Program Director, Strategic Collaboration, School of Computer Science and Engineering, NTU, 2019 - 2021
- Advisory Board, The NTU Institute for Health Technologies (HealthTech NTU), 2020 – 2021
- Co-Director, NTU-NNI Neurotechnology Fellowship Program, 2017 - 2019
- Founding Co-Director, Rehabilitation Research Institute of Singapore (RRIS), 2015 - 2018
- Principal Scientist II (RSE 6), Institute for Infocomm Research, A*SATR, 2012 - 2016
- Founding Department Head, Neural and Biomedical Technology, Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR, 2012-2016
- A*STAR MedTech Program Leader of Neuro-Technology, A*STAR, 2010-2016
- Founding Program Manager of AIM and INSPECH, Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR, 2007-2012
- Department Manager, Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR, 2005 - 2007
- Lab Head, NeuroInformatics (Brain-Computer Interface Lab), Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR, 2003 - 2005
- Director, Research & Development, InfoTalk Technology Pte Ltd, Singapore, 2001 - 2003
- Research Manager, Lernout & Hauspie Asia Pacific, Singapore, 1999 – 2001
- Group Leader, Institute of System Science, Kent Ridge Digital Lab, 1997-1999
- Chair, Neuro-Technology Subpanel, and Member of National Taskforce on Neurological & Sense Disorders, appointed by HBMS EXCO, 2016-2017
- Member, National Medical Research Council Open Fund IRG Review Panel, MOH, Singapore, 2016 - 2021
- Member, A*STAR Biomedical Engineering Program (BEP) Fund Review Panel, 2013 - 2015
- Member, SERC PSF Fund Technical Review Panel, 2014
- Site Miner for A*STAR Biomedical Engineering Program & Take Force for SERC e-Health Program, 2005-2012, 2015-2016
- Chairman, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Chapter, Singapore Section, 2010-2012
- President, Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence Association (PREMIA), Singapore, 2008-2010
- Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (http://tbme.embs.org/)
- Associate Editor, IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering (https://www.embs.org/rbme/)
- Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence (https://cis.ieee.org/publications/ieee-transactions-on-artificial-intelligence)
- Associate Editor, Brain Computer Interfaces (http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tbci20)
- Associate Editor, Frontiers in Neuroscience (http://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/neuroscience)
- Associate Editor, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience)
- Associate Editor, A*STAR Research Publication (http://www.research.a-star.edu.sg/)
- Advisory Board, IEEE Open Access Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB)
- Associate Editor, Pattern Recognition (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/pattern-recognition)
- Associate Editor, Neurocomputing (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/neurocomputing)
- Guest-Editor, IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 2016
- Program Co-Chair, IEEE International Winter Conference on Brain-Computer Interface, 26-28 Feb 2020
- General Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Ageless Ageing, 28-30 Jul, 2018, Singapore
- IEEE Fellow Evaluation Committee for EMBS Society, 2018, 2020-2021
- APSIPA Distinguished Lecturer, 2017-2018
- Vice-Chair, Program Committee, International Conference on Real-time Functional Imaging and Neurofeedback, 29 Nov -1 Dec 2017, Nara, Japan.
- International Program Committee, 8th IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, May 25-28, 2017, Shanghai, China
- Program Committee & Invited Speaker, IEEE International Winter Conference on Brain-Computer Interface, 2013-2017, Korea
- Conference Chair, Internet of Things (IoT) Asia 2015 Conference & Exhibition, 8-9 April 2015, Singapore
- General Chair, IEEE 10th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Application & Services, 2008
- International Program Committee, IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, 2013-2015
- International Scientific Committee, IEEE EMBS Summer School on Neural Engineering, 2013-2015
- Co-Chair, Emerging Technology, ACM SIGGRAPH ASIA, Nov 2012
- Area Chair, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2008
Awards and Honors:
- Nanyang Research Award, 2023
- Elected Fellow of NAI (National Academy of Inventors, USA), Class of 2022 (Citation: have demonstrated a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and welfare of society)
- King Salman Award for Disability Research (Technical Branch), 2022
- Elected Fellow of SAEng (Academy of Engineering, Singapore), 2022
- President’s Chair in Computer Science and Engineering, NTU, 2021
- Elected Fellow of AIMBE (American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering), Class of 2021 (Citation: for outstanding contributions to brain-computer interfaces and neural engineering)
- Elected Fellow of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), Class of 2018 (Citation: for contributions to brain-computer interfaces and applications)
- APSIPA Distinguished Lecturer, 2017-2018
- Finalist of President Technology Award, Singapore, 2014 (for contributions to BCI technologies and medical applications)
- Achiever of the Year (Research) Award, Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR, 2011
- The Annual BCI Research Award (First Prize), USA, 2010 (for contributions to BCI for stroke rehabilitation).
- IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award, 2009 (for contributions to the development of BCI technology and its applications).
- Top winner of International BCI Competition IV, 3 EEG categories, 2008
- Top winner of International BCI Competition III, Dataset IIIa, 2005
- Samsung Digital Hope Award, 2004 (to recognize the development of Brainy Communicator)
Recent keynotes and invited talks:
- Keynote speech “Research on Brain-Computer Interface and Applications” at the First China Brain-Machine Intelligence Conference, Dec 20 - 21, 2024, Hangzhou, China.
- Keynote speech “Brain-Computer Interface-based Intervention for General Anxiety” at the 2nd Brain-Computer Interface Conference, Nov 16 - 17, 2024, Wuhan, China.
- Invited talk, “Artificial Intelligence and Brain-computer Interface for Lower Limb Rehabilitation,” at the Singapore Rehabilitation Conference, 9 Nov 2024, Singapore.
- Invited talk “AI for Mental Health,” at the Inaugural Medical Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (MEDS) Seminar, LKC School of Medicine, 4 Sept 2024, Singapore
- Invited talk “Geometric deep learning for motor brain-computer interface”, at the 2024 IEEE International Winter Conference on Brain-Computer Interface, 26-28 Feb 2024, Korea
- Keynote speech “Brain-Computer Interface in Stroke Rehabilitation and Motor Decoding Algorithms”, the 1st Brain-Computer Interface and Rehabilitation Forum, 25-26 Nov, 2023, Shanghai.
- Invited talk “Decoding brain activity – pushing the technical frontiers”, RehabWeek’23, 24 Sep 2023, Singapore.
- Invited talk “What can BCI do for stroke patients”, RehabWeek’23, 26 Sep 2023, Singapore.
- Invited talk “Research and development of intelligent Brain-Computer Interfaces”, at the 12th China Intelligence Industry Summit, 18 Sep 2023 (online).
- Keynote speech “Geometric Deep Learning for Brain-Computer Interfaces”, at the 4th International Workshop on Neural Engineering and Rehabilitation, 6-8 Aug, 2023, Chengdu, China.
- Invited talk “Brain-Computer Interface-based Gait Prediction for Lower-Limb Stroke Rehabilitation”, at the 11th IEEE International Winter Conference on Brain-Computer Interface, February 20-22, 2023, Korea.
- Keynote speech “Brain-Computer Interface Facilitates the Brain Function Enhancement and Restoration”, at the 6th International Conference on Disability & Rehabilitation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 4-6 December 2022.
- Keynote Speech “Non-invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces Facilitate the Enhancement and Restoration of Brain Functions”, at the International Conference of Human Performance Modelling and Augmentation, 5-6 Nov, 2022, Beijing (Online)
- Invited talk “Brain-Computer Interface-based Gait Prediction for Lower-Limb Stroke Rehabilitation”, at the 7th Singapore Rehabilitation Conference, 8-9 October, Singapore, 2022 (Online)
- Invited talk “Non-invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces for Enhancement or Restoration of Brain Functions”, at the International Workshop on Neurotechnologies for Mass Populations, 16 Sep 2022, Shanghai (Online).
- Keynote speech “Emotion Recognition: A Piece of the Jigsaw Puzzle of a Holistic Rehabilitation System”, at the 3rd International Workshop on Neural Engineering & Rehabilitation, 9-11 May 2022 (Online)
- Invited talk “Motor Imagery Decoding & Interpretations with Deep Neural Networks”, at the Waterloo International Workshop on Neural Engineering and Rehabilitation, 10 Jul, 2021 (online)
- Invited talk “AI in Medicine and Healthcare”, at the National Health Group Eye Institute (NHGEI) Research Round, 1 July 2021 (online)
- Invited talk “MI Decoding & Interpretations with Deep Neural Networks”, University of Bath CENTAUR Webinar Series: Brain-Computer Interfaces, 21 Jun 2021 (online)
- Invited talk “Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare”, Academy of Medicine Singapore, 26 Feb, 2021 (online)
- Invited talk “Decoding & Analysis of Motor Imagery with Deep Neural Networks”, at the 2021 IEEE International Winter Conference on Brain-Computer Interface, 22-24 Feb 2021, Korea (online)
- Keynote speech “Brain-Computer Interface for Brain Function Recovery in Stroke Rehabilitation”, CYBATHLON Symposium’20, 18 September 2020, Zurich, Switzerland (Online)
- Keynote speech “Motor, Cognitive and Affective Brain-Computer Interfaces”, 2020 Frontiers in Brain-Computer Interaction Forum, 3 Jan 2020, Nanjing, China
- Invited talk “The Role of Brain-Computer Interfaces in Brain Health for Aging”, University of California – Nanyang Technological University Singapore Joint Workshop on Healthy Aging Monday, December 9, 2019, Los Angeles, USA
- Invited Talk “Artificial Intelligence for Digital Brain Health”, The First Singapore-France Joint Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Health - A Satellite Symposium of MEDINFO 27-28 August 2019, Lyon, France
- Keynote speech “A Cognitive Brain-Computer Interface and its Applications”, at the IAS Neural Engineering and Rehabilitation Workshop, 3-4 June 2019, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
- Invited Talk “AI for Brain-Computer Interactions”, NTU AI+X Symposium, 3 May 2019, Singapore
- Invited talk “Latest Updates on Brain-Computer Interface and AI Machine Learning in Rehabilitation”, at the CaREhab’19, 22 Feb 2019, Singapore
- Invited talk “Deep Learning in Brain-Computer Interfaces”, at the Deep Learning and Tensor/Matrix Decomposition for Applications in Neuroscience Workshop, 17 Nov, 2018, Singapore
- Invited talk “Brain Computer interfaces – where we are now and what it goes in the future?”, at the IEEE SPS Summer School on Internet of Things for Biomedical and Healthcare, 9-13 Jul, 2018, Xiamen, China
- Invited talk “Introduction to Brain-Computer Interfaces”, at the Second Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Brain-like Computation, CCF, 28 Jun 2018, Suzhou, China
- Invited talk “Affective Brain-Computer Interfaces and Potential Applications in Mental Health”, at the 2018 SJTU Symposium on Emotional Intelligence and Affective Brain-Computer Interaction, 23 Jun 2018, Shanghai, China
- Distinguished Lecture Series “Deep Learning for Brain-Computer Interfaces” at the Korea University, 4 Jun 2018, Seoul, Korea.
- Keynote speech “Brain-Computer Interfaces in Stroke Rehabilitation”, at the opening ceremony of the 7th International BCI Conference, 21-25 May 2018, Asilomar, USA
- Invited talk “Enhancing Cognition with Brain-Computer Interface”, at the Singapore Brain Modulation Symposium, 2 Nov, 2017, Singapore
- Invited talk “Brain-Computer Interfaces and Applications in Rehabilitation”, at the 5th Singapore Rehabilitation Conference, 7- 8 September 2017, Singapore
- Keynote speech “Brain Computer Interfaces and their Roles in Motor and Cognitive Rehabilitation”, at the 5th International Conference on Ageless Aging (ICAA 2017), July 6-9, 2017, Beijing, China
- Distinguished Lecture Series “Brain-Computer Interface: Current and Perspective Medical Applications” at the Korea University, 5 Jun 2017, Seoul, Korea
- Invited talk “Brain-Computer Interface in Medical Applications”, at the Innovating Care Asia Pacific 2016, 20-21 July 2016, Singapore
- Keynote speech “Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) for Stroke Rehabilitation”, IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR’15), 11-14 July 2015, Singapore
- Invited talk “Brain-Computer Interface – an Emerging Technology for Stroke Rehabilitation”, at the Singapore Rehabilitation Conference, 26-27 March 2015, Singapore
- Invited talk “Brain-Computer Interface and its Applications in Cognitive Training”, at the 2015 IEEE International Winter Conference on Brain-Computer Interface, 12-14 Jan 2015, Korea
- Keynote speech “Brain-computer Interface in the Application of Stroke Rehabilitation”, at the 2nd China (Shanghai) Forum on Rehabilitation Technology and Industry Development (FRTID), 20 Sept 2014, Shanghai, China
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