Joint CMSP-QLS Seminar by Jorge V. José, 15 October, 11:00-12:00

[CMSP Seminars Secretariat]

Dear All,

You are cordially invited to the seminar by *Jorge V. José* (Indiana 
University, USA) jointly organised by CMSP and QLS Sections:

*Tuesday 15 October 2024, 11:00-12:00hrs, Luigi Stasi Seminar Room (ICTP 
Leonardo Building, first floor).
*

*Title:* Human movements are random. From a Deep Learning and 
Statistical analysis of millisecond fluctuations found in the motor 
kinematic variables, we unravel diagnostics and biomarkers that quantify 
cognitive abilities.

*Abstract: *Movement is an essential part of the sequential dance of 
behaviors that comprise fluid social communications. The simple act of 
reaching an object — an act accomplished easily many times per 
day—demands an incredible amount of coordination between the visual 
field to locate the object to initiate the reach movement toward the 
object. Daily movements considered separately or in an aggregate, can 
reveal a great deal about neuromotor control and cognitive abilities. It 
has been recognized that atypical movements may interfere with the 
development of adaptive skills, in particular for children with 
neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD). We measured several kinematic 
variables using millisecond motor sensors, away from naked eye 
detection, when NDD individuals performed a reaching paradigm. Doing 
first a Deep Learning analyses of the electronic noisy signal being able 
to diagnose NDD conditions of new individuals with close to 90% 
accuracy, that allowed to introduce statistical metrics that quantify 
the degree of severity of each NDD participant. In this lecture I will 
discuss the relation between our personal movement DNA and cognitive 
abilities [1-3].

[1] E. B. Torres, J. V. José et al. , Autism: the micro-movement 
perspective. Frontiers in integrative neuroscience 7, 32 (2013).
[2] D. Wu, J. V. José, J. I. Nurnberger, E. B. Torres, A biomarker 
characterizing neurodevelopment with applications in autism. Scientific 
reports (Nature) 8, 1–14 (2018).
[3] K. P. Doctor, J. V. José et al. “AI Screening plus Statistical 
Severity Biometric Studies of Neurodivergent Disorders” (under review at 
PNAS Nexus).

*Indico webpage: *https://indico.ictp.it/event/10791/ *Zoom registration 
link:* https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMpfuuqqTktHNWt1p62xEs2txtmukid5oTY

You are all most welcome to attend!