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Babak Mahmoudi

  • Department of Biomedical Informatics
    Associate Professor
  • b.mahmoudi@emory.edu
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Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics, Emory University

Education

Degrees

  • PhD from University of Florida

Research

Publications

  • A novel compartmental approach for modeling stomach motility and gastric emptying.
    Comput Biol Med Volume: 181 Page(s): 109035
    10/01/2024 Authors: Fernandes SQ; Kothare MV; Mahmoudi B
  • Effects of acute hippocampal stimulation in the nonhuman primate penicillin model of temporal lobe seizures.
    Heliyon Volume: 10 Page(s): e34257
    07/30/2024 Authors: Connolly MJ; Piallat B; Sendi M; Mahmoudi B; Higgins MK; Gutekunst C-A; Devergnas A; Gross RE
  • Reinforcement learning for closed-loop regulation of cardiovascular system with vagus nerve stimulation: a computational study.
    J Neural Eng Volume: 21
    06/03/2024 Authors: Sarikhani P; Hsu H-L; Zeydabadinezhad M; Yao Y; Kothare M; Mahmoudi B
  • A personalized earbud for non-invasive long-term EEG monitoring.
    J Neural Eng Volume: 21
    04/04/2024 Authors: Zeydabadinezhad M; Jowers J; Buhl D; Cabaniss B; Mahmoudi B
  • Quantifying the effects of vagus nerve stimulation on gastric myoelectric activity in ferrets using an interpretable machine learning approach.
    PLoS One Volume: 18 Page(s): e0295297
    01/01/2023 Authors: Zeydabadinezhad M; Horn CC; Mahmoudi B
  • Automated deep brain stimulation programming with safety constraints for tremor suppression in patients with Parkinson's disease and essential tremor.
    J Neural Eng Volume: 19
    08/18/2022 Authors: Sarikhani P; Ferleger B; Mitchell K; Ostrem J; Herron J; Mahmoudi B; Miocinovic S
  • Automated Tuning of Closed-loop Neuromodulation Control Systems using Bayesian Optimization.
    Volume: 2022 Page(s): 1734 - 1737
    07/01/2022 Authors: Sarikhani P; Hsu H-L; Mahmoudi B
  • CONTROL-CORE: A Framework for Simulation and Design of Closed-Loop Peripheral Neuromodulation Control Systems.
    IEEE Access Volume: 10 Page(s): 36268 - 36285
    01/01/2022 Authors: Kathiravelu P; Arnold M; Fleischer J; Yao Y; Awasthi S; Goel AK; Branen A; Sarikhani P; Kumar G; Kothare MV
  • Data Driven Control of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for the Cardiovascular System: An in Silico Computational Study.
    Front Physiol Volume: 13 Page(s): 798157
    01/01/2022 Authors: Branen A; Yao Y; Kothare MV; Mahmoudi B; Kumar G
  • Yin-Yang: Programming Abstractions for Cross-Domain Multi-Acceleration.
    IEEE Micro Volume: 42 Page(s): 89 - 98
    01/01/2022 Authors: Kim JK; Ahn BH; Kinzer S; Ghodrati S; Mahapatra R; Yatham B; Wang S-T; Kim D; Sarikhani P; Mahmoudi B
  • Intraoperative neural signals predict rapid antidepressant effects of deep brain stimulation.
    Transl Psychiatry Volume: 11 Page(s): 551
    11/03/2021 Authors: Sendi MSE; Waters AC; Tiruvadi V; Riva-Posse P; Crowell A; Isbaine F; Gale JT; Choi KS; Gross RE; S Mayberg H
  • Mapping Vagus Nerve Stimulation Parameters to Cardiac Physiology using Long Short-term Memory Network.
    Volume: 2021 Page(s): 5477 - 5480
    11/01/2021 Authors: Branen A; Yao Y; Kothare MV; Mahmoudi B; Kumar G
  • Identifying the neurophysiological effects of memory-enhancing amygdala stimulation using interpretable machine learning.
    Brain Stimul Volume: 14 Page(s): 1511 - 1519
    01/01/2021 Authors: Sendi MSE; Inman CS; Bijanki KR; Blanpain L; Park JK; Hamann S; Gross RE; Willie JT; Mahmoudi B
  • Software-Defined Workflows for Distributed Interoperable Closed-Loop Neuromodulation Control Systems.
    IEEE Access Volume: 9 Page(s): 131733 - 131745
    01/01/2021 Authors: Kathiravelu P; Sarikhani P; Gu P; Mahmoudi B
  • Amygdala Stimulation Leads to Functional Network Connectivity State Transitions in the Hippocampus.
    Volume: 2020 Page(s): 3625 - 3628
    07/01/2020 Authors: Sendi MSE; Kanta V; Inman CS; Manns JR; Hamann S; Gross RE; Willie JT; Mahmoudi B
  • Erratum to "A Software-Defined Radio Receiver for Wireless Recording From Freely Behaving Animals".
    IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst Volume: 14 Page(s): 631
    06/01/2020 Authors: Jia Y; Lee B; Kong F; Zeng Z; Connolly M; Mahmoudi B; Ghovanloo M
  • A Machine Learning Approach to Characterize the Modulation of the Hippocampal Rhythms Via Optogenetic Stimulation of the Medial Septum.
    Int J Neural Syst Volume: 29 Page(s): 1950020
    12/01/2019 Authors: Park S-E; Laxpati NG; Gutekunst C-A; Connolly MJ; Tung J; Berglund K; Mahmoudi B; Gross RE
  • A Software-Defined Radio Receiver for Wireless Recording From Freely Behaving Animals.
    IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst Volume: 13 Page(s): 1645 - 1654
    12/01/2019 Authors: Jia Y; Lee B; Kong F; Zeng Z; Connolly M; Mahmoudi B; Ghovanloo M
  • Machine Learning Classification of Parkinson's Disease with Neuromelanin-Sensitive MRI and Clinical Features
    Volume: 86 Page(s): S179 - S179
    10/01/2019 Authors: Huddleston D; Mahmoudi B; Langley J; Ellis C; Tripathi R; Lane M; Wood-Siverio C; Factor S; Hu X; Crosson B
  • MRI Signatures of Iron Pathology in Parkinson's Disease and Multiple System Atrophy
    Volume: 86 Page(s): S266 - S267
    10/01/2019 Authors: Huddleston D; Mahmoudi B; Langley J; Ellis CA; Factor S; Hu X; Crosson B
  • Towards automated patient-specific optimization of deep brain stimulation for movement disorders.
    Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc Volume: 2019 Page(s): 6159 - 6162
    07/01/2019 Authors: Sarikhani P; Miocinovic S; Mahmoudi B
  • A Cloud-based Framework for Implementing Portable Machine Learning Pipelines for Neural Data Analysis.
    Volume: 2019 Page(s): 4466 - 4469
    07/01/2019 Authors: Ellis CA; Gu P; Sendi MSE; Huddleston D; Sharma A; Mahmoudi B
  • An Inductively-Powered Wireless Neural Recording and Stimulation System for Freely-Behaving Animals.
    IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst Volume: 13 Page(s): 413 - 424
    04/01/2019 Authors: Lee B; Jia Y; Mirbozorgi SA; Connolly M; Tong X; Zeng Z; Mahmoudi B; Ghovanloo M
  • A Spark-based Analytic Pipeline for Seizure Detection in EEG Big Data Streams.
    Volume: 2018 Page(s): 4003 - 4006
    07/01/2018 Authors: Sendi MSE; Heydarzadeh M; Mahmoudi B
  • Bayesian Optimization of Asynchronous Distributed Microelectrode Theta Stimulation and Spatial Memory.
    Volume: 2018 Page(s): 2683 - 2686
    07/01/2018 Authors: Ashmaig O; Connolly M; Gross RE; Mahmoudi B
  • Seizure Reduction using Model Predictive Control.
    Volume: 2018 Page(s): 3152 - 3155
    07/01/2018 Authors: Brar HK; Exarchos I; Pan Y; Theodorou E; Mahmoudi B
  • Predicting the stimulation effectiveness using pre-stimulation neural states via optogenetic activation of the medial septum glutamatergic neurons modulating the hippocampal neural activity.
    Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc Volume: 2017 Page(s): 2105 - 2108
    07/01/2017 Authors: Sang-Eon Park; Laxpati NG; Connolly MJ; Mahmoudi B; Gross RE
  • A machine learning approach to characterizing the effect of asynchronous distributed electrical stimulation on hippocampal neural dynamics in vivo.
    Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc Volume: 2017 Page(s): 2122 - 2125
    07/01/2017 Authors: Connolly MJ; Park S-E; Gross RE; Mahmoudi B
  • Cross-entropy optimization for neuromodulation.
    Volume: 2016 Page(s): 6357 - 6360
    08/01/2016 Authors: Brar HK; Yunpeng Pan; Mahmoudi B; Theodorou EA
  • The influence of the pre-stimulation neural state on the post-stimulation neural dynamics via distributed microstimulation of the hippocampus.
    Volume: 2016 Page(s): 1810 - 1813
    08/01/2016 Authors: Connolly MJ; Gross RE; Mahmoudi B
  • An Inductively-Powered Wireless Neural Recording System with a Charge Sampling Analog Front-End.
    IEEE Sens J Volume: 16 Page(s): 475 - 484
    01/15/2016 Authors: Lee SB; Lee B; Kiani M; Mahmoudi B; Gross R; Ghovanloo M
  • Less is more: novel less-invasive surgical techniques for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy that minimize cognitive impairment.
    Curr Opin Neurol Volume: 28 Page(s): 182 - 191
    04/01/2015 Authors: Gross RE; Mahmoudi B; Riley JP
  • Using reinforcement learning to provide stable brain-machine interface control despite neural input reorganization.
    PLoS One Volume: 9 Page(s): e87253
    01/01/2014 Authors: Pohlmeyer EA; Mahmoudi B; Geng S; Prins NW; Sanchez JC
  • Real-time in vivo optogenetic neuromodulation and multielectrode electrophysiologic recording with NeuroRighter.
    Front Neuroeng Volume: 7 Page(s): 40
    01/01/2014 Authors: Laxpati NG; Mahmoudi B; Gutekunst C-A; Newman JP; Zeller-Townson R; Gross RE
  • Towards autonomous neuroprosthetic control using Hebbian reinforcement learning.
    J Neural Eng Volume: 10 Page(s): 066005
    12/01/2013 Authors: Mahmoudi B; Pohlmeyer EA; Prins NW; Geng S; Sanchez JC
  • Brain-Machine Interface control of a robot arm using actor-critic rainforcement learning.
    Volume: 2012 Page(s): 4108 - 4111
    01/01/2012 Authors: Pohlmeyer EA; Mahmoudi B; Geng S; Prins N; Sanchez JC
  • A symbiotic brain-machine interface through value-based decision making.
    PLoS One Volume: 6 Page(s): e14760
    03/14/2011 Authors: Mahmoudi B; Sanchez JC
  • Model development, testing and experimentation in a CyberWorkstation for Brain-Machine Interface research.
    Volume: 2010 Page(s): 4339 - 4342
    01/01/2010 Authors: Rattanatamrong P; Matsunaga A; Raiturkar P; Mesa D; Zhao M; Mahmoudi B; Digiovanna J; Principe J; Figueiredo R; Sanchez J
  • Spatio-temporal clustering of firing rates for neural state estimation.
    Volume: 2010 Page(s): 6023 - 6026
    01/01/2010 Authors: Brockmeier AJ; Park I; Mahmoudi B; Sanchez JC; Principe JC
  • Extracting an evaluative feedback from the brain for adaptation of motor neuroprosthetic decoders.
    Volume: 2010 Page(s): 1682 - 1685
    01/01/2010 Authors: Mahmoudi B; Principe JC; Sanchez JC
  • Exploiting co-adaptation for the design of symbiotic neuroprosthetic assistants.
    Neural Netw Volume: 22 Page(s): 305 - 315
    04/01/2009 Authors: Sanchez JC; Mahmoudi B; DiGiovanna J; Principe JC
  • Coadaptive brain-machine interface via reinforcement learning.
    IEEE Trans Biomed Eng Volume: 56 Page(s): 54 - 64
    01/01/2009 Authors: DiGiovanna J; Mahmoudi B; Fortes J; Principe JC; Sanchez JC
  • An Actor-Critic architecture and simulator for goal-directed Brain-Machine Interfaces.
    Volume: 2009 Page(s): 3365 - 3368
    01/01/2009 Authors: Mahmoudi B; Principe JC; Sanchez JC
  • Quantifying Neuronal Importance in Value-based Brain-Machine Interfaces
    Page(s): 300 - +
    01/01/2009 Authors: DiGiovanna J; Mahmoudi B; Principe J; Sanchez J
  • Neuronal tuning in a brain-machine interface during Reinforcement Learning.
    Volume: 2008 Page(s): 4491 - 4494
    01/01/2008 Authors: Mahmoudi B; Digiovanna J; Principe JC; Sanchez JC
  • BMI cyberworkstation: enabling dynamic data-driven brain-machine interface research through cyberinfrastructure.
    Volume: 2008 Page(s): 646 - 649
    01/01/2008 Authors: Zhao M; Rattanatamrong P; DiGiovanna J; Mahmoudi B; Figueiredo RJ; Sanchez JC; Prncipe JC; Fortes JAB
  • Electro-encephalogram based brain-computer interface: improved performance by mental practice and concentration skills.
    Med Biol Eng Comput Volume: 44 Page(s): 959 - 969
    11/01/2006 Authors: Mahmoudi B; Erfanian A
  • Real-time ocular artifact suppression using recurrent neural network for electro-encephalogram based brain-computer interface.
    Med Biol Eng Comput Volume: 43 Page(s): 296 - 305
    03/01/2005 Authors: Erfanian A; Mahmoudi B
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