Education

PhD. in Computational Neuroscience (*013), GPA 3.7, University of Southern California.

Diploma in Innovation (2013), University of Southern California.

MS in Computer Science (2006), GPA 3.7, University of Houston.

! BS in Computer Science (2003), GPA 3.7, University of Western Sydney, Australia.

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FARHAN Experience

BALUCH Research Assistant,

Bottjer Lab, University of Southern California, May 2013-Present

• Real time brain signal analysis using signal processing and machine learning techniques

including genetic algorithms and clustering approaches to identify acoustic characteristics

of the auditory nervous system of songbirds that have never been discovered before.

R & D Software engineer,

AIO Robotics, May 2013-October 2013

• Developing software for the prototype of AIO’s flagship product, the world’s first all in one

address

3D scanner and printer.

2288 Grand Ave.

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Long Beach, CA, 90815

Research Assistant,

Itti Lab, University of Southern California, August 2007-April 2013

tel: 574-***-****

aca9dc@r.postjobfree.com

• Computational modeling of human attention and first ever demonstration of probing

attentional signals from the brains of humans using electrophysiology and eye tracking.

www.farhanbaluch.com

• First demonstration of a device that can record brain activity from locust brains outdoors

and stream over USB and use brain signal from a biological system to drive a robot.

Consultant, Oxbridge Biotech Roundtable (OBR), April 2013-July 2013

• Providing technical and marketing insight into improving business processes for clients of

OBR.

Engineering Intern, Qualcomm, May 2012-August 2012

• Research and development of neuromorphic systems and bio-inspired algorithms.

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Skills

Technical skills:

Main: C/C++, Matlab

Exposure: Perl, Python, Java, bash, USB 2.0 drivers, linux system programming, Solid

works, PCB design and layout, CNC machining, Adobe flash, Illustrator.

Research skills:

Neuromorphic algorithms, visual attention modeling, data analysis, machine learning,

human user behavioral quantification, experiment design, A/B testing, eye tracking, EEG,

computer vision algorithm development and research, signal processing, applied statistics.

Soft skills include:

Highly developed communication skills both written and spoken, technical research,

documentation, presentation, team management and administrative roles.

Patents

• Baluch F. & Itti L. Portable electrophysiology device. Provisional Patent US Provisional

Application 61/619,266, US patent office (2012).

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Referrals

• Laurent Itti (Ph.D advisor)- Professor of Computer Science and Psychology, USC, aca9dc@r.postjobfree.com

• Bosco Tjan - Professor of Psychology, USC, aca9dc@r.postjobfree.com

• Irving Biederman - Professor of Computer Science and Psychology, USC, aca9dc@r.postjobfree.com

• Sarah Bottjer - Chair and Professor of Biological Sciences, USC, aca9dc@r.postjobfree.com

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Journal Publications

• Baluch F. & Itti. L, Neural correlate of top-down attentional gain in human visual cortex

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• Baluch F. & Itti. L, Mechanisms of top-down attention. Trends in Neurosciences, 34(4):

FARHAN 210-24, April 2011 (Cover Article & TINS top download for 2011).

BALUCH • F. D. E. V. Fallani, F. Baluch, L. Astofli, D. Subramanian, G. Zouridakis, F.

Babiloni, Functional networks From EEG signals during motor learning tasks. International

Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 2010.

• Baluch F. & Itti.L, Training top-down attention improves performance on a triple-

conjunction search task. PLoS One, 2010.

• Zouridakis, G., Diaz, J., Baluch, F. The Role of Brain Mapping in Functional Neurosurgery

Book Chapter in : HandBook of Research On Informatics in Healthcare and Biomedicine,

Athina A. Lazakidou (Ed.), Idea Group Reference, 2006.

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Conference P roceedings

• Zhao J, Baluch F., Borji A. & Itti. L, Sparse representations for dynamic saliency. (CVPR

2014 under review).

• Files B.T., Baluch F., Bao P., Purington C., Tjan B.S., SSVEP intermodulation as a marker

of interaction within collocated visual representations in an schismatic subject. SFN 2013.

• Baluch F. & Itti. L, A portable system for recording neural activity in indoor and outdoor

environments. Proc. 34th Annual International Conference IEEE EMBS, San Diego, 2012.

• Baluch F., Itti L, The effects of 2nd-order feature interactions in predicting human gaze, In:

Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS10), May 2010.

• Baluch F., L. Itti, Learning in an attentionally-demanding triple-conjunction search task, In:

Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS09), May 2009.

• Baluch F., L. Itti, Effects of training on perceptual salience, In: Proc. Vision Science

Society Annual Meeting (VSS08), May 2008.

• Zouridakis G, Baluch F., Stevenson I, Diaz J, and Subramanian D. Spatiotemporal Profiles

of Brain Activation During Learning and Strategy Formulation (2007). The 6th Int'l Conf. on

Functional Biomedical Imaging.

• Zouridakis G, Baluch F., Stevenson I, Diaz J, and Subramanian D. Long-Range Gamma-

Band Synchronization During Learning of a Complex Visuomotor Task (2007) 3rd

International IEEE/EMBS CNE'07.

• Baluch F., Zouridakis G, Stevenson I, and Subramanian D. Human Learning and the

Neural Correlates of Strategy Formulation (2007) Conf Proc IEEE SMC 2007, San Antonio,

TX.

• Baluch F., Subramanian, D., Zouridakis, G, Human learning and the neural correlates of

strategy formulation, 23rd Annual Houston Conf. on Biomedical Engineering Research

2006.

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