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Email

aburkitt@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Chair of Bio Signals and Bio-Systems
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Education
Bachelors Degree
The Australian National University
PhD
The University of Edinburgh
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
The Australian National University
ORCID

0000-0001-5672-2772

Prof Anthony Burkitt

Chair of Bio Signals and Bio-Systems
Department of Biomedical Engineering

284 Scholarly works
48 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2019

    Journal article

    Global activity shaping strategies for a retinal implant
    DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/aaf071
  • 2019

    Research Grant

    Neuro-Autonomy: Perception, Navigation and Spatial Awareness for Autonomous Robots
  • 2018

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Arc Training Centre in Cognitive Computing for Medical Technologies (Arc - Central Operating)
  • 2018

    Research Grant

    Arc Training Centre in Cognitive Computing for Medical Technologies (Arc - Stream 1 & 2)
  • 2018

    Journal article

    Electrical receptive fields of retinal ganglion cells: Influence of presynaptic neurons
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005997
  • 2017

    Journal article

    Prediction of cortical responses to simultaneous electrical stimulation of the retina
    DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/14/1/016006
  • 2017

    Journal article

    Diamond Devices for High Acuity Prosthetic Vision
    DOI: 10.1002/adbi.201600003
Anthony Burkitt

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2019
Victoria Prize for Science & Innovation in the Physical Sciences Victorian State Government
2019
University of Melbourne Award for Excellence in Team-Based Research (as a member of the team that has pioneered the new field of endovascular bionics The University of Melbourne
2018
Royal Society of Victoria Medal for Excellence in Scientific Research Royal Society of Victoria
2015
Nominated as a "Knowledge Nation 100" top innovator by the Office of the Chief Scientist and Knowledge Society Knowledge Society

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Emergence of sparse coding, balance and decorrelation from a biologically-grounded spiking neural network model of learning in the primary visual cortex
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013644
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Decoding saccadic eye movements from brain signals using an endovascular neural interface
    DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ae0f52
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Towards a closed loop retinal prosthesis: measuring electrically evoked retinal responses using large electrodes
    DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/adfc9b
  • 2025

    Journal article

    POC-CSP: a novel parameterised and orthogonally-constrained neural network layer for learning common spatial patterns (CSP) in EEG signals
    DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/add8bc
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Relating sparse and predictive coding to divisive normalization
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013059
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Balancing prior knowledge and sensory data in a predictive coding model of coherent motion detection
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013116
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Cycles in seizure duration and their underlying dynamics in the tetanus toxin rat model
    DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcaf364
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Dynamic multiday seizure cycles and evolving rhythms in a tetanus toxin rat model of epilepsy
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-87929-1

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