Meet Aravinthan Samuel: Indian-origin Harvard professor building a ‘smart microscope’ to map the brain’s wiring faster than before
An Indian-origin Harvard professor, Aravinthan Samuel, is revolutionizing brain mapping with SmartEM, an AI-powered system. This innovation significantly speeds up and reduces the cost of creating detailed brain wiring diagrams. By intelligently guiding electron microscopes, SmartEM promises to make advanced connectomics research more accessible, accelerating discoveries about brain function and disorders for a wider scientific community.
An Indian-origin Harvard professor, Aravinthan Samuel, is revolutionizing brain mapping with SmartEM, an AI-powered system. This innovation significantly speeds up and reduces the cost of creating detailed brain wiring diagrams. By intelligently guiding electron microscopes, SmartEM promises to make advanced connectomics research more accessible, accelerating discoveries about brain function and disorders for a wider scientific community.
