News & Events

2023

• 🎉 New Paper! Our paper has been published in eLife!!

• 🎉 New Paper! Paper accepted in Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience - preprint here!!

• Dr. Hyojin Park served as an external examiner on Patrick Reisinger’s PhD defence at the Universität Salzburg!!

• 🔔 We are hiring! Please apply!! Competition Funded PhD Studentship (Deadline: 5th June)

• Dr. Hyojin Park attended OSL-Dynamics Workshop at the Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity (OHBA) group at the University of Oxford. 24-25 Apr 2023.

• Talk, ULB Hospital Erasme Brussels, Belgium. “Brain rhythms and Natural Language Processing (NLP)”. 27 Mar 2023.

• Talk, National Epilepsy Care Center, Seoul, South Korea. 13 Mar 2023.

• Talk, National Epilepsy Care Center, Seoul, South Korea. 27 Feb 2023.

• Talk, Auditory Research Society, Seoul, South Korea. 10 Jan 2023.

• Talk, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. 5 Jan 2023.

2022

• Talk, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, South Korea. 30 Dec 2022.

• BIOMAG (The 22nd International Conference on Biomagnetism). 28 Aug-1 Sep 2022, Birmingham, UK
  • Symposium Chair. Symposium title: “Rhythms in Auditory, Visual, and Audiovisual Speech Processing: Multisensory representations in unisensory cortices and beyond” (Chair: Dr. Hyojin Park, Speakers: Hyojin Park, Nicola Molinaro, Nina Suess, Emmanuel Biau, Anne Keitel)
  • Talk at Symposium “The temporal relationship between auditory and visual speech signals in naturalistic speech and their interactive spatial representations in the brain”
  • Talk at European MEG Society Satellite Workshop (28 Aug) titled “Investigation of human language with MEG: from research to clinical applications”. “Top-down and bottom-up processing in cortical entrainment to continuous speech”

• Talk, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), Daejeon, South Korea, Daejeon, South Korea. 12 Aug 2022.

• Talk, School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Handong Global University, Pohang, South Korea. 9 Aug 2022.

• Talk, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea. 29 Jul 2022.

• Talk, Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, South Korea. 27 Jul 2022.

• Talk, UST (University of Science & Technology) Global Mentoring Conference. Seoul, South Korea. “Brain rhythms and Natural Language Processing (NLP)”. 28 Jun 2022.

• Talk, BACN (British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience). Birmingham, UK. 25 May 2022. “Spatio-Temporal Neural Map of Representation of Topic Keywords during Natural Auditory Speech Perception”

• Brain Awareness Week (BAW) Mar 14-20 2022. Gabe (Gabriel Byczynski, MSc student in the group) talking about audiovisual speech integration! 👈 Check out his YouTube video! 🎬

• Talk, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (MRC CBU) Chaucer Club Seminar, University of Cambridge. 3 Feb 2022. “Neural dynamics of natural speech perception via Natural Language Processing (NLP) models”

2021

• BBSRC funded Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP) approved! PhD Funding available: Please apply here! (1 Nov 2021 - 9 Jan 2022) Project details can be found on the FindAPhD website.

• Co-PI of the Grant “Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Biomarker Study, a prospective cohort biomarker study of military and civilian participants with mTBI: mTBI-Predict” funded by Ministry of Defence (MOD), UK. Postdoc Position available: We are hiring a postdoctoral researcher. Please apply here!

• BIOMAG 2022 (The 22nd International Conference on Biomagnetism) Symposium proposal accepted! Symposium title: “Rhythms in Auditory, Visual, and Audiovisual Speech Processing: Multisensory representations in unisensory cortices and beyond” (Chair: Dr. Hyojin Park, Speakers: Hyojin Park, Nicola Molinaro, Nina Suess, Emmanuel Biau, Anne Keitel).

• Talk, Hallym University Medical Center, Anyang, South Korea. 7 Jul 2021.

• Talk, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, South Korea. 5 Jul 2021.

• Hosting a School Seminar: Prof. Soo-Eun Chang at the University of Michigan will give a talk titled “Rhythm and timing investigations in developmental stuttering” at the School of Psychology Seminar Series, 5 May 2021.

• Hosting a School Seminar: Prof. Edmund Lalor at the University of Rochester will give a talk titled “Modelling the electrophysiology of hierarchical speech and language processing” at the School of Psychology Seminar Series, 24 Feb 2021.

2020

• Hosting a CHBH Seminar: Prof. Nathan Weisz at the University of Salzburg will give a talk titled “Predictive listening as double-edged sword” at the CHBH seminar series, 25 Jun 2020.

• Hosting a School Seminar: Prof. Riikka Mottonen at the University of Nottingham will give a talk titled “Stimulating the talking and listening brain” at the School of Psychology Seminar Series, 12 Feb 2020.

2019

• Talk, School of Psychology, University of Nottingham. 6 Nov 2019.

• Talk, Nanosymposium, SfN (Society for Neuroscience) in Chicago, IL. 19-23 October 2019 (Session title: Integration Across Sensory Modalities (23 Oct 13:00-17:00). Talk title: “Rhythmic modulations in representational interactions between audiovisual speech features”

• Hosting a CHBH Seminar: Dr. Robin Ince at the University of Glasgow will give a talk titled “Information theoretic analysis of neuroimaging signals: Hands-on tutorial” at the CHBH Seminar Series, 10 Oct 2019.

• Talk, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences (KIRAMS). Seoul, South Korea. 17 Sep 2019.

• Talk, Department of Psychology, Kyungpook National University. Daegu, South Korea. 10 Sep 2019.

• Talk, Centre for Neuroscience-Inspired AI, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Daejeon, South Korea. 14 Aug 2019.

• Talk, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS). Daejeon, South Korea. 13 Aug 2019.

• Invited to be an opponent at the Corona (PhD defence) of Linda Drijvers. Thesis title: “On the oscillatory dynamics underlying speech-gesture integration in clear and adverse listening conditions” Congratulate her on Cum Laude! 13 May 2019.

• Talk, MEG UK, Cardiff, UK. 15-17 Apr 2019. Title: “Multivariate information theory analysis reveals spatiotemporal properties of audiovisual speech integration”.

• Brain Awareness Week (BAW) Mar 11-17 2019. Centre for Human Brain Health (CHBH), University of Birmingham. Dr. Hyojin Park will guide the tour to the MEG and give a quick presentation about MEG facility.

2018

• 🏆 Selected to participate in the Rising Stars Programme, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham. 2018-2019.

• Member of Local Organising Committee & Award Committee of the BIOMAG 2022 (The 22nd International Conference on Biomagnetism), Birmingham, UK. 2018-2022.

• Talk, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (Department of Neuroscience, Invited by Director Prof. David Poeppel and Prof. Lucia Melloni), Frankfurt, Germany, 24 Sep 2018. Title: “Neural oscillatory mechanisms in dynamic information representation during natural audiovisual speech perception”

• Talk, BACN (British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience) in Glasgow, UK. 7 Sep 2018. Symposium title: “Neuroscientific investigations of natural language processing” (chaired by Prof. Olaf Hauk).

• Interview with the Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences (in Korean). 1 Sep 2018.

• Joined the Editorial Board as a Review Editor in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Since 1 Sep 2018.

• Talk, BIOMAG 2018 (The 21st International Conference on Biomagnetism) Symposium titled “Thinking Outside The Brain Box: Using MEG To Assess Oscillatory Coupling Between The Brain And The Body” (chaired by Dr. Karim Jerbi and Dr. Sarang Dalal), Philadelphia, 30 Aug 2018.

• Joined the Editorial Board as an Academic Editor in PLoS One, Since 1 Jun 2018.

• Talk, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University Medical School, 24 May 2018. “Neural oscillatory mechanisms in dynamic information representation during natural audiovisual speech perception” (invited by Prof. Christopher Petkov).

• Inaugural MEG (Magnetoencephalography) Symposium at the CHBH, 11 May 2018. Dr. Hyojin Park organizes (with Prof. Ole Jensen) the Inaugural MEG Symposium at the CHBH.

2017

• Talk, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus. 6 Nov 2017. Title: “Application of MEG in cognitive neuroscience research”. Lecture for the Postgraduate Program MSc Brain & Cognitive Science at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Cyprus University of Technology (invited by Prof. Maria Kambanaros).

• Talk, BCBL (Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language), San Sebastian, Spain. 18 May 2017 (invited by Director Prof. Manuel Carreiras). Title: “Dynamic information in audiovisual speech entrainment through neural oscillatory communication”.

• Talk, CNS (Cognitive Neuroscience Society), San Francisco, CA, USA. 25-28 Mar 2017. Title: “Neural decomposition of synergistic and redundant information in interaction between audiovisual speech rhythms and brain oscillations”.

• Talk, MEG UK 2017, Oxford, UK. Mar 2017. Title: “Analysis of neuronal oscillatory communication: entrainment, coupling and directionality in cognitive paradigm” https://www.ohba.ox.ac.uk/files/news/meguk_program.pdf

2016

• 🏆 Selected to participate in the Nature Masterclass! 13-14 Oct 2016, University of Glasgow.

• 🏆 Young Investigator Award (YIA) from the BIOMAG (The 20th International Conference on Biomagnetism). 1-6 Oct 2016. Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Hyojin Park received the prestigious YIA!

• 🏆 Merit Award from the OHBM (Organization for Human Brain Mapping). 26-30 Jun 2016. Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Hyojin Park received the Merit Award!

2015

• 🏆 Merit Award from the OHBM (Organization for Human Brain Mapping). 14-18 Jun 2015. Honolulu, Hawaii. Dr. Hyojin Park received the Merit Award!

Talks: Only invited talks and invited spoken conference presentations since 2017