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Nataliya Kosmyna

Nataliya Kosmyna

Research Scientist @MIT Media Lab

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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Nataliya is a research scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)'s Media Lab.

She is passionate about an idea of creating a partnership between AI and human intelligence, fusion of a machine and a human brain. She obtained her Ph.D in 2015 in the domain of non-invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) as a part of EHCI team of Université Grenoble-Alpes, France. Most of her projects are focused around EEG-based BCIs in the context of consumer grade applications. Before joining MIT Media Lab - Fluid Interfaces group in 2017, she was a post-doc at Hybrid team (VR/AR), Inria Rennes, France. Nataliya has published and served as a program committee member in conferences and journals such as Nature Scientific Reports, CHI, ACM IDC, Ubicomp, INTERACT, TOCHI, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Plos ONE, IEEE EMBC and ACM AutomotiveUI. She gave 2 TEDx talks. Nataliya worked for the past 15 years on designing solutions to control drones, rolling robots, home appliances using brain activity. These projects were presented to general public and were tested by more than 15000 people in 2015-2024. Nataliya won multiple awards for her work, among which is L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science award she received in 2016. Nataliya was also named as one of 10 Top French Talent 2017 from MIT Innovators Under 35.

Since 2016 Nataliya is also interested in closed-loop systems using real-time biofeedback to enhance and augment human performance, particularly attention and focus. In 2016 Nataliya also created her first start-up called Braini, for consulting in the domains of Artificial Intelligence for Cognitive Enhancement as well as Neuroscience.

At Fluid Interfaces group @MIT Media Lab, Nataliya works on designing and testing novel hardware solutions and paradigms for different applications (such as learning, driving) and user groups (adults, ADD/ADHD kids). Her work was covered in more than 100 TV appearances, radio and other news outlets all around the world including but not limited to: ARTE 28 Minutes, France Culture, France Inter, E=M6, iTELE, Futuremag ARTE, Le Parisien, Le Figaro, Le Point, Paris Match, Sciences et Avenir, Nouvel Observateur, 20 Minutes, Capital, Dauphiné Libéré, Boston Globe, Le Quotidien, CNN, The Economist, MIT Tech Review and more.

Area of Expertise

  • Government, Social Sector & Education
  • Health & Medical
  • Information & Communications Technology
  • Physical & Life Sciences

Topics

  • Brain Sensing
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • XR
  • Brain Computer Interfaces
  • Wearables
  • Cognitive Enhancement
  • Cognitive Science

Designing Next Gen of Brain Computer Interfaces at MIT Media Lab: from Hospitals to Deep Space

While everyone marvels over ChatGPT, a much more important technology is about to be developed and introduced to the general public - brain sensing. Reading one’s mind was a human dream documented as early as 300 BC. Now, thousands of years later, we are finally about to make a brain computer interface an everyday reality. This talk will give an outline how the MIT Media Lab team uses Figma to design full-stack brain sensing systems to help fully paralyzed patients communicate, astronauts to stay attentive and productive as well as keeping thousands of kids around the globe - inspired by what comes next.

Nataliya Kosmyna

Research Scientist @MIT Media Lab

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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