Dr. Scott K. Arfin, Ph.D.
Bio
Hello, my name is Scott Arfin. I am currently a Postdoctoral Associate in the Synthetic Neurobiolgy Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology developing electronic circuits and sytems for large-scale neural recording interfaces. I was previously a member of the Analog VLSI and Biological Systems Group where I conducted research for my doctoral dissertaion. In 2004, I received my B.S. degree from Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science. In 2006 and 2011, I received my S.M. and Ph.D. degrees from MIT. My research focuses on low-power systems for electrical stimulation with applications in experimental neuroscience and neural prosthetics. I am also a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Society for Neuroscience.
My cv.
Journal Publications
- S. K. Arfin and R. Sarpeshkar, "An Energy-Efficient, Adiabatic Electrode Stimulator with Inductive Energy Recycling and Feedback Current Regulation." IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 1-14, February 2012.
- S. K. Arfin, M. A. Long, M. S. Fee, and R. Sarpeshkar, "Wireless Neural Stimulation in Freely Behaving Small Animals," Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol. 102, No. 1, pp. 598-605, July 2009. [supplementary material]
Theses
Other Publications and Writings
- S. K. Arfin, S. Mandal, and R. Sarpeshkar, "Dynamic-Range Analysis and Maximization of Micropower Gm-C Bandpass Filters by Adaptive Biasing," ISCAS 2009 [poster]
- S. Mandal, S. K. Arfin, and R. Sarpeshkar, "Sub-uHz MOSFET 1/f noise measurements," Electronics Letters, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 81-82, January 1 2009.
- S. K. Arfin, M. A. Long, M. S. Fee, and R. Sarpeshkar, "Wireless Neural Stimulation in Freely-Behaving Small Animals," Neuroscience 2008, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C., 15-19 November 2008.
- R. Sarpeshkar, W. Wattanapanitch, S. K. Arfin, B. I. Rapoport,
S. Mandal, M. W. Baker, M. S. Fee, S. Musallam, and R. A. Andersen,"Low-Power Circuits for Brain-Machine Interfaces," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 173-183, 2008.
- R. Sarpeshkar, W. Wattanapanitch, B. Rapoport, S. K. Arfin, M. W. Baker, S. Mandal, M. Fee, S. Musallam, and R. Andersen, "Low-Power Circuits for Brain-Machine Interfaces," Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2007), pp. 2068-2071, May 2007.
- S. Mandal, S. K. Arfin and R. Sarpeshkar, Fast Start-up CMOS Current References, IEEE International Conference on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Kos, Greece, May 2006
- CSEE 4840 Final Project
Patents Filed
Courses I Have Taken at MIT
- 6.302 - Feedback Systems
- 6.334 - Power Electronics
- 6.376 - Low Power Analog VLSI
- 6.555 - Biomedical Signal and Image Processing
- 6.775 - Design of Analog MOS LSI
- 6.776 - High Speed Communication Circuits
- 21M.301 - Harmony and Counterpoint I
- 21M.302 - Harmony and Counterpoint II
- 21M.566 - Audio Processing by People and Machines
Courses I Have TA'd at MIT
- 6.376 - Low-Power Analog VLSI (Fall 2005, Fall 2008)
- 6.003 - Signals and Systems (Fall 2006)
- 6.301 - Solid-State Circuits (Fall 2007)
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Activities
Contact
MIT Office: E15-473C
MIT Phone: 617-715-4736
Mailing address:
20 Ames Street
E15-473C
Cambridge, MA 02139
skarfin at mit
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