Ulrich G. Hofmann
Former Research Associate
Research Interests
HUMAN-MACHINE-INTERFACING
NEURO-ENGINEERING
Goal: Bridging the gap between experimental and simulation approaches for the neuro- and medical sciences.
• Novel high-performance and realtime data acquisition systems for many channels (and neurons).
• Realtime visualization, analysis and data mining in huge neuronal data volumes.
• Modelling of big realistic neuron networks.
CV
2008 Professor, University of Lübeck
2008 Call for a professorate in Biomedical Engineering/Neural Engineering, Reykjavik University, Iceland
2007 Co-Founder of "pro-MedTec GmbH", Lübeck, medical robotics
2005/06 Co-Author "Graduate School Lübeck", DFG-Exzellenzinitiative
2003 Habilitation in Computer Science
1999-2000 Member of the Board of Directors of BioTuL AG, München, Germany
since 1999 Research Associate, University of Lübeck
1997-1998 Postdoctoral Scholar, Feodor-Lynen-Fellow, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. "Technology for multisite neuronal recordings"
1996 Research Associate, HCM-Fellow, Institutionen för Fysikalisk Kemi, Åbo Akademi, Turku, Finland. "Ultra-microscopy and surface functionalization of semiconducors"
1993-1996 Research Assistant; Physics Department, Technische Universität München.
Biosensors, ultra-microscopy, ultra-thin films, bio-functionalization, cell culture
1993-1994 Co-founder and part-time manager of the scientific services company MiNT, München
1992-1993 Graduation in Physics, Diploma. Technische Universität München.
Thesis: " Polymerizable diacetylene lipids on the air/water interface"
1987-1992 Undergraduate studies in Technical Physics, Technische Universität München. Specializing in medical electronics and medical radiological physics.
1985-1987 Officer track in the German Army medical service
1985 High School Graduation
2015
Novel near infrared sensors for hybrid BCI applications, in Proceedings of SPIE , 2015.
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Bibtex: | ![]() @INPROCEEDINGS{Almajidy2015, author = {Rand K. Almajidy and Khang S. Led and Ulrich G. Hofmann}, title = {Novel near infrared sensors for hybrid BCI applications}, booktitle = {Proceedings of SPIE}, year = {2015}, volume = {9536}, timestamp = {2015.08.24} } |
2014
Estimating the Spatial Resolution of fNIRS Sensors for BCI Purposes, in Design and Performance Validation of Phantoms Used in Conjunction with Optical Measurement of Tissue VI , Robert J. Nordstrom and Jean-Pierre Bouchard and David W. Allen, Eds. San Francisco, California, United States: SPIE, Feb.2014.
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Bibtex: | ![]() @INPROCEEDINGS{Almajidy2014, author = {Rand Kasim Almajidy and Robert D. Kirch and Olaf Christ and Ulrich G. Hofmann}, title = {Estimating the Spatial Resolution of fNIRS Sensors for BCI Purposes}, booktitle = {Design and Performance Validation of Phantoms Used in Conjunction with Optical Measurement of Tissue VI}, year = {2014}, editor = {Robert J. Nordstrom and Jean-Pierre Bouchard and David W. Allen}, volume = {8945}, series = {Proc. of SPIE}, address = {San Francisco, California, United States}, month = {February}, publisher = {SPIE}, timestamp = {2014.04.07} } |
2013
On the design of a multi-channel NIR system to monitor functional brain activity, in Proceedings NIR 2013 16th International Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy , La Grande-Motte, France: IRSTEA – France Institut National de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l’environnement et l’agriculture, Jun.2013. pp. 335-338.
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Bibtex: | ![]() @INPROCEEDINGS{Almajidy2013, author = {R. K. Almajidy and U. G. Hofmann}, title = {On the design of a multi-channel NIR system to monitor functional brain activity}, booktitle = {Proceedings NIR 2013 16th International Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy}, year = {2013}, pages = {335-338}, address = {La Grande-Motte, France}, month = {Jun 2-7}, publisher = {IRSTEA – France Institut National de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l’environnement et l’agriculture}} |
2012
Automated drill-stop by SVM classified audible signals, in 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society , San Diego CA, USA , Sep.2012.
Preliminary design of a tendon-based anthropomorphic robotic hand, in DGBMT , Jena, Germany , Sep.2012.
Reduction of periodic noise in Fourier domain optical coherence tomography images by frequency domain filtering, in Proceedings of Biemed Tech 2012; 57 (Suppl. 1), the 46th DGBMT Annual Meeting in Jena , 2012.
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Bibtex: | ![]() @INPROCEEDINGS{chen-20121, author = {Yijing Xie and Lei Chen and Ulrich G. Hofmann}, title = {Reduction of periodic noise in Fourier domain optical coherence tomography images by frequency domain filtering}, booktitle = {Proceedings of Biemed Tech 2012; 57 (Suppl. 1), the 46th DGBMT Annual Meeting in Jena}, year = {2012} } |
2011
Shuttle supported insertion of polyimid microprobes - Targeting precision in a translucent brain model,, in DGBMT , Freiburg, Deutschland , Oct.2011.
Towards an automated, minimal invasive, precision craniotomy on small animals, in IEEE EMBS 5th Conference on Neural Engineering , Cancun, Mexico , Apr.2011.
A Four-Class Brain Computer Interface for Robot Control, in ISSNIP Biosignals and Biorobotic Conference , Vitoria, Brazil , Jan.2011.
Textile Capacitive Electrocardiography for Automotive Environment, in BIODEVICES 2011 - Interntl. Conf. on Biomedical Electronics and Devices , Rome , 2011.
2010
Physical and FEM Simulation of Microprobe Insertion into Rat Brain, in European Comsol Conference , Paris, France , Nov.2010.
Niotrode Array for Rodent Brain Recording, in DGBMT , Rostock, Deutschland , Oct.2010.
A miniaturized regional cerebral oximeter based on a smartphone processor, in Biosignal 2010 , Berlin , 2010.
Extracted fractal components from electroencephalogram signal as features In brain computer interface, in EURASIP Conference Biosignal 2010 , Brno, Czech Republic , 2010.
Fiber spectral domain optical coherence tomography for in-vivo rat brain imaging, in SPIE's Photonics Europe (EPE10) , O. Dössel, Eds. Brussels , 2010.
2009
Microstimulation in The Brain – Does microdialysis influence the activated tissue volume?, in Proceedings of the European Comsol Conference , Milano. Italy , Oct.2009.
Quantification of uterine peristalis in cine-MR images by block matching and optical flow , in 11th International Congress of the IUPESM - Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering World Congress , München , Sep.2009.
OMAP3 based signal processing for biomedical engineering teaching, in EUSIPCO 2009 , Glasgow, Scotland , Aug.2009.
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Bibtex: | ![]() @INPROCEEDINGS{KlostermannEUSIPCO2009, author = {M. Klostermann and O. Christ and K. Mankodiya and S. Vogt and U. G. Hofmann}, title = {OMAP3 based signal processing for biomedical engineering teaching}, booktitle = {EUSIPCO 2009}, year = {2009}, address = {Glasgow, Scotland}, month = {Aug 24-28} } |
Development of Real-Time EEG Application on an Ultra-Low-Power DSP, in International Symposium on Code Generation and Optimization (CGO) -ODES: Workshop on Optimizations for DSP and Embedded Systems , Seattle , Jul.2009. pp. 1-6.
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Bibtex: | ![]() @INPROCEEDINGS{EEG_DWT, author = {S. Cirit and J. Penders and M. Ashouei and J. Hulzink and M. de Nil and J. Huisken and U. G. Hofmann}, title = {Development of Real-Time EEG Application on an Ultra-Low-Power DSP}, booktitle = {International Symposium on Code Generation and Optimization (CGO) -ODES: Workshop on Optimizations for DSP and Embedded Systems}, year = {2009}, address = {Seattle} } |
Portable electrophysiologic monitoring based on the OMAP-family processors from a beginners prospective, in IEEE-DSP 2009 , Santorini, Greece , Jul.2009.
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Bibtex: | ![]() @INPROCEEDINGS{MankodiyaDSP2009, author = {K. Mankodiya and S. Vogt and A. Kundu and M. Klostermann and J. Pohl and A. Ayoub and H. Gehring and U. G. Hofmann}, title = {Portable electrophysiologic monitoring based on the OMAP-family processors from a beginners prospective}, booktitle = {IEEE-DSP 2009}, year = {2009}, address = {Santorini, Greece}, month = {July 5-7} } |
A Sensor for the Non-invasive Determination of Hemoglobin in Sampling Tubes, in IFMBE Proceedings of the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering , Springer, 2009.
A simplified production method for multimode multisite neuroprobes, in Intern‘l Conference on Neural Engineering 2009 , Antalya, Turkey , 2009.
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Bibtex: | ![]() @INPROCEEDINGS{MankodiyaNER2009, author = {K. Mankodiya and D. Krapohl and S. Hammad and Y. Xie and M. Klinger and U. G. Hofmann}, title = {A simplified production method for multimode multisite neuroprobes}, booktitle = {Intern‘l Conference on Neural Engineering 2009}, year = {2009}, address = {Antalya, Turkey}, organization = {IEEE} } |
Personalized Pain Diary on a Handheld Device, in IFMBE Proceedings of the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering , Springer, 2009.
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Bibtex: | ![]() @INPROCEEDINGS{WC2009Hofmann, author = {U. G. Hofmann and T. Michalski and V. Tronnier and M. M. Bonsanto}, title = {Personalized Pain Diary on a Handheld Device}, booktitle = {IFMBE Proceedings of the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering}, year = {2009}, volume = {25}, number = {I-XIII}, publisher = {Springer} } |
Robot-Assisted Electrophysiological Brain Mapping: A feasibility study, Biomedizinische Technik / Biomedical Engineering , vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 8-13, Jan. 2009.
Touch- and marker-free interaction with medical software, in IFMBE Proceedings of the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering , Springer, 2009.
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Bibtex: | ![]() @INPROCEEDINGS{WC2009Graw, author = {T. Kipshagen and M. Graw and V. Tronnier and M. Bonsanto and U. G. Hofmann}, title = {Touch- and marker-free interaction with medical software}, booktitle = {IFMBE Proceedings of the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering}, year = {2009}, volume = {25}, number = {I-XIII}, publisher = {Springer} } |