Conor Russomanno Explained

Conor Russomanno
Birth Date:29 October 1988
Birth Place:Livingston, New Jersey, United States
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Columbia University (BS), Parsons School of Design (MFA)
Occupation:Co-founder & CEO of OpenBCI
Website:Conorrussomanno.com

Conor Russomanno is an American entrepreneur, inventor, and public speaker, specializing in the development of advanced human-computer interfaces. He is the co-founder and CEO of OpenBCI,[1] a company dedicated to open source innovation of brain-computer interface technologies. Russomanno has also served as an adjunct professor at Parsons School of Design and NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and as a Research Affiliate at the MIT Media Lab. In 2018, he was honored on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the category of Science.[2] In April 2023, Russomanno delivered a TED Talk that featured a spectacular assistive technology BCI and AR demonstration to help a friend living with severe motor disabilities, Christian Bayerlein, fly a drone over the audience.[3]

Early life

Conor Russomanno was born in Livingston, New Jersey, but grew up in Falls Church, Virginia. After attending Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, he was recruited to Columbia to play NCAA college football.[4] After playing college football for a year, he quit and joined Columbia's rugby club, CURFC, serving as the club's president and was voted first-team all-Ivy fullback as a senior.

Career

As an undergraduate at Columbia University, Russomanno studied civil engineering & engineering mechanics while teaching computer graphics and developing Unity-based virtual environments under NSF funding. He later studied brain-computer interfacing (BCI) as a Design & Technology MFA student at Parsons School of Design. After graduating from Parsons, he led two successful Kickstarter campaigns,[5] [6] raising close to $500,000, allowing him to develop OpenBCI.

Russomanno has also worked as adjunct faculty at Parsons School of Design and NYU's Interactive Telecommunication Program (ITP), where he has taught Creative Coding,[7] Brain Hacking,[8] Designing Consciousness,[9] and a number of other courses.[10] He now teaches a course titled "Neuromachina: Man & Machine" at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

Russomanno served as a "Something In Residence" in the ITP program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.[11]

Speaking engagements and workshops

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: OpenBCI . 2022-03-25 . Openbci.com.
  2. Web site: 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30, Science. Forbes.com . 2024-02-05.
  3. Web site: TED2023: Possibility - A powerful new neurotech tool for augmenting your mind. Ted.com . 27 June 2023. 2024-02-05.
  4. Web site: Football Welcomes 31 Recruits to 2007 Squad - GoColumbiaLions.com—Official Web Site of Columbia University Athletics . Gocolumbialions.com . 11 May 2007. 2017-04-25.
  5. Web site: OpenBCI: An Open Source Brain-Computer Interface For Makers by Joel Murphy & Conor Russomanno — Kickstarter . Kickstarter.com . 2017-04-25.
  6. Web site: OpenBCI: Biosensing for Everybody by Joel Murphy & Conor Russomanno — Kickstarter . Kickstarter.com . 2017-04-25.
  7. Web site: conorrussomanno/CreativeCoding_oF_F15: Course repository for Creative Coding (openFrameworks) at MFA Design & Technology (Fall 2015) . GitHub . 2017-04-25.
  8. Web site: OpenBCI Collab - Syllabus - Google Docs . Docs.google.com . 2017-04-25.
  9. Web site: Designing Consciousness - S16 - Google Drive . Drive.google.com . 2017-04-25.
  10. Web site: Home. Conorrussomanno.com.
  11. Web site: Conor Russomanno . Tisch.nyu.edu . 2017-04-25.
  12. Web site: TECH TUESDAY: Brain Computer Interfacing & the Fashion Industry . Bkaccelerator.com . 2017-02-21 . 2017-04-25.
  13. Web site: Brain-Computer Interface . Tisch.nyu.edu . 2017-02-02 . 2017-04-25.
  14. Web site: Conor Russomanno - ARinACTION ARinACTION . Arinaction.org . 2017-01-17 . 2017-04-25.
  15. Web site: EEBM E6090 (Fall 2016) - Topics in Computational Neuroscience/Neuroengineering: Brain/Computer Interfaces | Center for Neural Engineering and Computation . Cnec.columbia.edu . 2017-04-25.
  16. Web site: Columbia Neuroscience Society . Columbia.edu . 2017-04-25.
  17. Web site: Superhuman Summit 2016 . . 2016-10-22 . 2017-04-25.
  18. Web site: NeuroTech NYC 2016 – MONITORING, BCI, NEUROFEEDBACK, STIMULATION . Neurotech.nyc . 2017-04-25.
  19. Web site: Experiential Technology Conference & Expo . Xtechexpo.com . 2017-04-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170508100000/http://www.xtechexpo.com/ . 2017-05-08 . dead .
  20. Web site: - YouTube. YouTube.
  21. Web site: Making in Science Breakout Session . MakerCon . 2017-04-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170426151643/http://makercon.com/session/making-in-science/ . 2017-04-26 . dead .
  22. Web site: Augmented Reality Experiences . . 2015-05-22 . 2017-04-25.
  23. Web site: The Digital Self: Interfacing the Body, A Workshop in OpenBCI . Eyebeam.org . 2015-04-25 . 2017-04-25.
  24. Web site: Chesla . Mickey . BrainTech 2017 | March 6-7, Tel Aviv, Israel . Conference.israelbrain.org . 2017-04-25.
  25. Web site: FT Innovate America . Event.ft-live.com . 2014-12-09 . 2017-04-25.
  26. Web site: Open BCI: Rise of the Brain-Computer Interface | Make . Makezine.com . 2014-11-19 . 2017-04-25.
  27. Web site: Neurogamingconf.Com . Neurogamingconf.Com . 2017-04-25 . 2017-11-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171111182119/http://www.neurogamingconf.com/ . dead .

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