Eduardo Iáñez

Eduardo Iáñez is a scientific researcher in the Brain-Machine Interface Systems Lab at Miguel Hernández University of Elche (Spain). He holds an M.Sc in Telecommunication Engineering from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche in 2007 and a Ph.D. in Communication and Industrial Technologies by the Miguel Hernández University of Elche in 2012.

Current research interests of Eduardo Iáñez are Human-Robot and Human-Computer Interfaces. He is focused on Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) (non-invasive brain interfaces) and Multimodal Human-Robot Interfaces (integrating brain, ocular and haptic information).

ACADEMIC STUDIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

March 2012: PhD on Industrial and Telecommunications Technologies: Summa Cum Laude. Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Spain
September 2008: MSc on Telecommunications Engineering. Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Spain

WORK EXPERIENCE

Oct. 2021 to date: Associate Professor of the Industrial Systems Engineering Department at Miguel Hernández University of Elche.
Feb. 2014 to 2021: Scientific Researcher at Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Spain.
Oct. 2011 to 2021: Assistant Professor of the Industrial Systems Engineering Department at Miguel Hernández University of Elche.
Jul. 2013 – Sep. 2013: Visiting Scientist in the BSI-TOYOTA Collaboration Center, Intelligent Behaviour Control UNIT, RIKEN (Nagoya, Japan).
May. 2013 – Feb. 2014: Scientific Researcher at Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Spain.
Nov. 2012 – Mar. 2013: Scientific Researcher at Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Spain.
Mar. 2009 – Dec. 2012: Scientific Researcher at Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Spain.
Jun. 2008 – Feb. 2009: Scientific Researcher at Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Spain.

CURRENT PROJECTS

Oct. 2013 – Sept. 2016: BioMot – Smart Wearable Robots with Bioinspired Sensory-Motor Skills. Role: Researcher. Funding agency: European Union under Grant Agreement number FP7-ICT-2013-10-611695.
Jan. 2015 – Dec. 2018: ASSOCIATE – Decodificación y estimulación de actividad cerebral sensorial y motora para permitir potenciación a largo plazo mediante estimulación Hebbiana y estimulación asociativa pareada durante la rehabilitación de la marcha. Role: Researcher. Funding agency: Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Spain) under Grant Agreement number DPI2014-58431-C4-2-R.
Jan. 2012 – Dec. 2015: Iberoamerican network for the study and development of ICT applications based on interfaces adapted to people with disabilities. Role: Researcher. Funding agency: Iberoamerican Program of Science and Technology for the Development (CYTED).

SELECTED PREVIOUS PROJECTS

Jan. 2012 – Dec. 2014: Development of a Multimodal Brain-Neural Interface to Control an Exoskeletal – Neuroprosthesis Hybrid Robotic System for the Upper Limb. Role: Researcher. Funding agency: Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Spain).
Feb. 2013 – Feb. 2014: Communication system of basic needs based on EEG signals for people with severe brain damage. Role: Researcher. Funding agency: MAPFRE Foundation (Spain).

Jan. 2009 – Dec. 2011: Control of Telerobotic Systems by Advanced Interfaces for Disabled People. Role: Researcher. Funding agency: Ministry of Science and Innovation (Spain).
March 2010 – March 2011: Internet Browsing System based on Electrooculography for Disabled People. Role: Researcher. Funding agency: MAPFRE Foundation (Spain).
Jan. 2008 – March 2009: Non-invasive Brain Interface for Disabled People to Control a Domotic System. Role: Researcher. Funding agency: MAPFRE Foundation (Spain).

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CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

His current research interests are Human-Robot and Human-Computer Interfaces. He is focused on Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) (non-invasive brain interfaces) and Multimodal Human-Robot Interfaces (integrating brain, ocular and haptic information).

AWARDS

First award to the best paper on the conference “2013 IEEE International Systems Conference” held in Orlando (Florida), United States. Paper title: Mental Tasks Selection Method for a SVM-Based BCI System. Authors: Eduardo Iáñez, Andrés Úbeda, Enrique Hortal, José María Azorín.
Second award to the best Doctoral Thesis about Robotics of 2012 granted by the Automatic Spanish Committee in the XXXIV Jornadas de Automática held in Terrassa, Barcelona (2013). “Interfaces no invasivas basadas en señales EEG y EOG para control de robots” Author: Eduardo Iáñez, Director: José M. Azorín

ORGANIZING COMMITTEES

Brain on Art 2017. Organizer and scientific committe of the 2017 2017 International Conference of Mobile Brain-Body Imaging (MoBI) and the Neuroscience of Art, Innovation and Creativity. September 10 – 13, 2017, Valencia, Spain.
SysCon 2013 – Tutorial. Organizer of the Tutorial on “Brain-Machine Interface (BMI) Systems” in conjunction with the IEEE Systems Conference, April 15 – 18, 2013, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Bioengineering Simposium 2009. Member of the Organizing Committee of the Spanish CEA Bioengineering Simposium, June 1-2, 2009, Elche, Alicante, Spain.
EURON-UMH Winter School. Member of the Organizing Committee of the Third International EURON-UMH Winter School on Rehabilitation Robotics, March 30 to April 4, 2008, Elche, Alicante, Spain.