Ben Alexander
@benjineer21.bsky.social
Neural Engineering PhD student working on BMIs and FES
Laboratory for Intelligent Machine-Brain Systems (LIMBS)
Case Western Reserve University
Laboratory for Intelligent Machine-Brain Systems (LIMBS)
Case Western Reserve University
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
Two years ago, Dustin Tyler shared with me and Rachel Jakes his idea of using the strength-duration curve to efficiently calibrate neurostimulation parameters. Yesterday, our first paper validating this methodology and exploring its applications was published in the Journal of Neural Engineering!
A methodological framework for the efficient characterization of peripheral nerve stimulation parameters - IOPscience
A methodological framework for the efficient characterization of peripheral nerve stimulation parameters, Jakes, Rachel S, Alexander, Benjamin J, Marcu, Vlad, Ajiboye, A Bolu, Tyler, Dustin J
doi.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Two years ago, Dustin Tyler shared with me and Rachel Jakes his idea of using the strength-duration curve to efficiently calibrate neurostimulation parameters. Yesterday, our first paper validating this methodology and exploring its applications was published in the Journal of Neural Engineering!
This text based PhD simulator that Mianzhi Wang created is a really fun and scarily accurate representation of what it's like to do a PhD. research.wmz.ninja/projects/phd...
PhD Simulator
A completely random event based text game. Simply make your choice at the beginning of each month and see if you can graduate in time. All outcomes are determined by the random number generator and do...
research.wmz.ninja
October 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This text based PhD simulator that Mianzhi Wang created is a really fun and scarily accurate representation of what it's like to do a PhD. research.wmz.ninja/projects/phd...
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Human Fusions researcher Dr. Emily Graczyk was interviewed by WKYC Studios to discuss the $9.9 million Department of Defense funding awarded to Case Western Reserve University and the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center to study sensory-enabled upper limb prosthetics.
Watch here: bit.ly/3IBviN4
Watch here: bit.ly/3IBviN4
Case Western Reserve University researchers receive $9.9 million to test touch-enabled prosthetic hands
Revolutionary technology could transform how amputees experience artificial limbs through restored sense of touch.
www.wkyc.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Human Fusions researcher Dr. Emily Graczyk was interviewed by WKYC Studios to discuss the $9.9 million Department of Defense funding awarded to Case Western Reserve University and the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center to study sensory-enabled upper limb prosthetics.
Watch here: bit.ly/3IBviN4
Watch here: bit.ly/3IBviN4
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It's critical to find places to refine, reduce, and replace animals in research. I am also optimistic about AI accelerating science. But we need to be realistic and guided by data. Right now, the scope of scientific questions where we know enough to replace biology with AI wholesale is miniscule.
April 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It's critical to find places to refine, reduce, and replace animals in research. I am also optimistic about AI accelerating science. But we need to be realistic and guided by data. Right now, the scope of scientific questions where we know enough to replace biology with AI wholesale is miniscule.
Reposted by Ben Alexander
Announcing the "Emerging Techniques and Applications of Neural Stimulation" session at IFESS 2025 @ RehabWeek Chicago rehabweek.org
March 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Announcing the "Emerging Techniques and Applications of Neural Stimulation" session at IFESS 2025 @ RehabWeek Chicago rehabweek.org