Jihye Bae

Jihye Bae is an Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky within the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering, leading the Neural Interfaces and Signal Processing (NISP) Laboratory. Her research focuses on developing systems and methods to assist patients with neuromuscular disabilities and neurological disorders using signal processing, machine learning, and neural decoder techniques.

• Education:
  • Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida (2013)
  • M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida (2009)
  • B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kyungpook National University, South Korea (2007)

Her research spans brain-machine interfaces, EEG signal processing, and source imaging for epilepsy and prosthetic development. Recent publications explore fNIRS semantic reconstruction, EEG-fMRI artifact removal, and reinforcement learning in neural decoders. She has also contributed to metric learning and correntropy kernel methods for brain-computer interfaces.

Jihye Bae supervises active researchers including PhD students Bhoj Raj Thapa and Santiago Posso Murillo, as well as Master's and undergraduate students. Her lab has received recognition through Lighthouse Beacon Foundation Graduate Fellowships for trainees. She teaches courses like EE 421G Signals and Systems and EE 599/699 Neural Signal Processing and Interfaces.