PhD candidate · biomedical engineering · Georgia Tech and Emory · Systems Neural Engineering Lab
I work on machine learning for noisy biological time series: sequence models, transfer across modalities, generalizing under distribution shift, unsupervised structure discovery, and the systems that run them in a closed loop. Most of it is intracortical and surface EMG decoding, run online with people with paralysis.
intracortical signals, surface EMG, 3D depth video, one-photon imaging
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real-time handwriting decoding from intracortical signals
papers
Ali YH*, Abdal Qader A*, Bechefsky PH, Richards BA, Acosta A, Lacayo B, Williams ZM, Hochberg LR, AuYong N, Pandarinath C. Discrete spatial navigation as a complement to point-and-click in brain–computer interfaces. Journal of Neural Engineering, in revision.
Abdal Qader A, Donsante Y, Markowitz JE, Jinnah HA, Pandarinath C, Hess EJ. Behavioral signature of trihexyphenidyl in the TOR1A (DYT1) knockin mouse model of dystonia. Dystonia, 2025.preprint
conference abstracts
Abdal Qader A, Donsante Y, Markowitz JE, Jinnah HA, Pandarinath C, Hess EJ. Behavioral signature of trihexyphenidyl in the TOR1A (DYT1) knockin mouse model of dystonia. Interface Neuro, Atlanta, May 2025.poster