Demi Gao

Unifying information theory and machine learning in a model of electrode discrimination in cochlear implants

Xiao Gao, David Grayden, Mark McDonnell

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLOS ONE

Despite the development and success of cochlear implants over several decades, wide inter-subject variability in speech perception..

Relationships between lognormal distributions of neural properties, activity, criticality, and connectivity.

PA Robinson, Xiao Gao, Y Han

Journal article  |  2021  |  Biol Cybern

Relationships between convergence of inputs onto neurons, divergence of outputs from them, synaptic strengths, nonlinear firing re..

Importance of self-connections for brain connectivity and spectral connectomics

Xiao Gao, PA Robinson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Biological Cybernetics

Spectral analysis and neural field theory are used to investigate the role of local connections in brain connectivity matrices (CM..

Evoked response activity eigenmode analysis in a convoluted cortex via neural field theory.

KN Mukta, PA Robinson, JC Pagès, NC Gabay, Xiao Gao

Journal article  |  2020  |  Phys Rev E

Neural field theory of the corticothalamic system is used to explore evoked response potentials (ERPs) caused by spatially localiz..

Voltage- and temperature-dependent electrical behavior of gap-type Ag–Ag2S–Pt atomic switch

Mir Massoud Aghili Yajadda, Xiao Gao

Journal article  |  2019  |  Applied Physics A

The voltage- and the temperature-dependent electrical behavior of a gap-type Ag–Ag2S–Pt atomic switch is theoretically investigate..

Neural field theory of evoked response potentials in a spherical brain geometry

KN Mukta, Xiao Gao, PA Robinson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Physical Review E

Evoked response potentials (ERPs) are calculated in spherical and planar geometries using neural field theory of the corticothalam..

Effect of Coulomb blockade on the switching time of Ag–Ag2S–Pt atomic switches

MMA Yajadda, X Gao

Journal article  |  2018  |  Physics Letters A

A theoretical model based on the single electron tunneling phenomenon is employed to calculate the time-dependent electrical resis..

Adaptive recursive algorithm for optimal weighted suprathreshold stochastic resonance

Liyan Xu, Fabing Duan, Xiao Gao, Derek Abbott, Mark D McDonnell

Journal article  |  2017  |  Royal Society Open Science

Suprathreshold stochastic resonance (SSR) is a distinct form of stochastic resonance, which occurs in multilevel parallel threshol..

Modeling Electrode Place Discrimination in Cochlear Implant Stimulation

Xiao Gao, David B Grayden, Mark D McDonnell

Journal article  |  2017  |  IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

OBJECTIVE: By modeling the cochlear implant (CI) electrode-to-nerve interface and quantifying electrode discriminability in the mo..

M-ary suprathreshold stochastic resonance in multilevel threshold systems with signal-dependent noise

Chaojun Cheng, Bingchang Zhou, Xiao Gao, Mark D McDonnell

Journal article  |  2017  |  Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

We investigate multilevel threshold systems with signal-dependent noise that transmit a common random input signal. We demonstrate..