Isaac Jordan

Email: ns21330@bristol.ac.uk

PhD supervisors: Dan Withey, Virginia Ruiz Garate, Benjamin Metcalfe

PhD title: EEG brain-computer interfaces for the application of assistive robotics

Biography

I graduated in 2021 from Oxford Brookes University with a degree in Computing for Robotic Systems, learning the core values of what makes a good robot. In my spare time from my course, I worked for Oxford Brookes Racing Autonomous (OBRA), researching and developing various areas of their SLAM and path planning for the autonomous race car that competed at Silverstone. Through this I developed a passion for the research and development of technology, ultimately leading me to take on a Masters in Robotics at the University of Bristol. During my MSc I developed an interest in the use of robotics to help people in their daily life, especially for those with assistive needs.

The specific area I wanted to target was that of improvements to prosthetics, spurred by the phenomenon of phantom limb syndrome and the realisation that if the brain can feel something from a missing limb, perhaps it can communicate back to it. From this intrigue, I focused my dissertation on the application of deep learning classification on brain signals for the application of a neuroprosthetic controller, which is my focus as present.

Outside of my studies and professional work, I still have a passion for autonomous driving/racing and am the President/Founder of the Bristol-AI society. My hobbies include playing lacrosse (which I have played for 12 years at 5 different teams), climbing, video gaming, and pretending I can read.