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Edward K. Blum

Professor

Biomedical Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science
Viterbi School of Engineering
College of Letters Arts & Sciences

Send E-mail to:   blum@pollux.usc.eduWebpage: http://math.usc.edu/people/Blum/
Telephone: 213-740-2391Fax: 213-740-2424
Office: DRB 155Mail Code: 1113 UPC

Education:
PhD 1952- Mathematics- Columbia University, New York, NY

Research Topics: Learning & Memory

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Research Description

Mathematical neuroscience and numerical analysis.

Analysis, modeling and computer simulation of neural networks. Neuro-musculo-skeletal models for neural prosthesis and orthoses for paraplegics.

Publications

Blum, E.K., Leung,P.,Thompson,R.F.,Lavond,D.,Tracy,J.,Khademi,P.,Timing the ISI in eyeblink conditioning,in Computational Neural Systems 93, Ed.F.Eeckman,Kluwer Pub.Co.

Blum,E.K.,Wang,X.&Li,,Quingnan,Consistency of Local Dynamics and Bifurcation of Continuous-time Dynamical Systems and their Numerical Discretizations.Proc. of 50 years of Math. Computation,A.M.S.,1994.

Blum,E.K. &Leung,,P.,A Quantitative Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal Model of a Simple Knee-Joint,Poster presented July 1994 at Conference:Neural Prosthesis IV,Ohio.

Blum,E.K.,Li,Q.,Hyland,S. An efficient and flexible integrator for biological neural network simulators,in Neurobiology of Computation, ed.J.Bower(1995) Kluwer Pub.Co.

Blum,E.K. & Leung,P.,A Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal Model,To appear in Proc. Computational Neuroscience 1995,Kluwer Pub.Co.


Selected Publications

Blum EK, Haun C, Ryan JE. - A musculo-skeletal model of rat ankle motion and its experimental test on rat. - J Biomech [ 2006 ] May 31; . PubMed


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