Mark Gasson

Mark Gasson
Gasson in May 2009
Born
Mark N. Gasson

West Sussex, England[citation needed]
Alma materUniversity of Reading (BSc, PhD)
Scientific career
Fields
ThesisExtending human interaction via invasive neural implants (2005)
Doctoral advisorKevin Warwick[1]

Mark N. Gasson[2] is a British scientist and visiting research fellow at the Cybernetics Research Group,[3] University of Reading, UK. He pioneered developments in direct neural interfaces between computer systems and the human nervous system,[4] has developed brain–computer interfaces[5] and is active in the research fields of human microchip implants, medical devices and digital identity. He is known for his experiments transmitting a computer virus into a human implant, and is credited with being the first human infected with a computer virus.[6]

Gasson has featured on television documentaries including Through the wormhole with Morgan Freeman,[7] international television and radio news programs,[8] and has delivered public lectures discussing his work including at TEDx.[9] In 2010 Gasson was the General chair[10] for the IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society 2010 (ISTAS'10)[11] and in 2014 he was entered into the Guinness Book of Records for his experimental work on implantable microchips.

He is currently based in Los Angeles, California.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Mark Gasson at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ "University of Reading". University of Reading.
  3. ^ "University of Reading". University of Reading.
  4. ^ Gasson, M.; Hutt, B.; Goodhew, I.; Kyberd, P.; Warwick, K. (2004). "Invasive neural prosthesis for neural signal detection and nerve stimulation". International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing. doi:10.1002/acs.854. S2CID 108963531.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference MASP2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cellan-Jones, Rory (27 May 2010). "First human 'infected with computer virus'". BBC News online. BBC. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  7. ^ Dr Mark Gasson - Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman, retrieved 15 December 2022
  8. ^ "7.30 Report - 15-Jun-2010". www.abc.net.au.
  9. ^ Human implants: from invasive to pervasive: Mark Gasson at TEDxGoodenoughCollege on YouTube
  10. ^ "General (conference) chair duties - Admin Wiki". aclweb.org.
  11. ^ "Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society". June 2010: i–lv. doi:10.1109/ISTAS.2010.5514657. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)