Real-time multimodal biosignal data visualization

Company

Open Mind Neurotechnologies (Open Mind) is a 3-year old French neurotechnology startup dedicated to wellness and healthcare applications of virtual reality (VR) and quantitative neurophysiology for the general public. Its first B2C service offers a 360-degree assessment of individual mental wellbeing. It uses a combination of psychometric questionnaires with physiological and behavioral measurements taken during an immersive experience in VR to quantify several dimensions of mental health in a dynamical approach. Open Mind employs a multidisciplinary team of 20 people including 5 PhDs. The scientific team includes data scientists, experimental researchers and psychologists, as well as software engineers. The creative studio team includes game developers and programmers specialized in VR as well as graphic and sound designers. Through partnerships with clinical and academic institutions in applied research and product development, Open Mind aims at transforming the mental health framework by creating new avenues, within and beyond healthcare, to maximize the duration of a healthy, functional and meaningful living.

Work objectives

Implement real-time data visualization widgets for signals and derived data obtained during acquisition protocols.

Description

Open Mind consumer services are based on the collection and analysis of multimodal biometric data using research level measurement tools. This includes respiratory movement, heart pulse (PPG), electrocardiogram (ECG), electrodermal activity (GSR), electroencephalography (EEG), eye-tracking and others. During said collections or analyses, it is crucial for engineers, analysts or scientists to visualize the raw or processed data from physiological signals. There is a vast choice of classic visualizations and libraries that already address this problem for offline analyses, such as trace plots on the time and frequency domains (among many others). During this internship, Open Mind is looking forward to implement and adapt these tools to be used on our specific software and hardware tools. In particular, the candidate will be contributing on an open-source framework for real-time processing of biosignals (Timeflux, https://timeflux.io) by creating custom HTML and JavaScript widgets to visualize real-time data that will be provided to the candidate by a Python framework. The results of this internship will be used directly by the data science and engineering team, while providing a contribution to a growing open-source community.

Materials and skills

• The student will work with JavaScript, HTML and Python to develop data visualizations of physiological signals.
• Spoken language is French and/or English.

Masters specialization

Computer science, data visualization, signal processing, neurosciences.

Your profile

• Strong skills in JavaScript, with knowledge of modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Experience in scientific computing in Python or JavaScript and previous projects in data mining with time series.
• Interest on signal processing applied to biological signals.
• Curiosity for new technologies, IoT, self quantified, cognitive sciences, and their applications for well-being.
• Openness and ability to collaborate with various collaborators in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Versatility, hacker spirit and DiY: you know how to inform yourself, interact and think out of the box to work out new problems.

Tutors

• Raphaëlle Bertrand-Lalo, Ms, data scientist / raphaelle@omind.me
• David Ojeda, PhD, data scientist / david@omind.me

Practical info

Duration: 3 to 6 months (flexible)
Location: Caen or Paris (France)

How to apply

Send us your resume and cover letter to internship@omind.me with email subject “application internship biosignal dataviz”