Mr. KARTHIK SIVA received his B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2013 and his M.E. in Applied Electronics in 2015, both from Anna University, Chennai. During his final year of his M.E., he developed a strong interest in brain signal analysis, leading to research training from November 2014 to October 2015 at the National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, under Dr. Rose Dawn Bharath and Dr. Jammuna Rajeshwaran. His master's thesis, "Modeling of Brain Activity for Cognitive State Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging," was supervised by Dr. Ganne Chaitanya. In 2016, he joined a DST-SERB project as a Senior Research Fellow at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, focusing on the analysis of functional connectivity networks in drug-resistant epilepsy using EEG-fMRI co-registration, under Dr. Ashalatha and Dr. C. Kesavadas. His research includes graph theory connectivity analysis for EEG and fMRI data, particularly in movement disorders. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Neuro Image Analysis at the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, under Dr. Palanisamy Ponnusamy, funded by the Visvesvaraya PhD Fellowship, Government of India. His research interests include neuro image analysis, fMRI, brain network modeling, graph theory, Parkinson's disease, information theory, and artificial intelligence. He has presented posters at the BRAINMODES 2017 and 2019 conferences.

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Vishal Chavda graduated from B. J. Medical College (Ahmedabad, India) in 2013. He received his M.Sc. in Neuropharmacology (2015) from Gujarat Forensic Sciences University and his Ph.D. in Neuropharmacology (2021) from Nirma University. He is now a post-doctoral researcher in Neuropathology and Neurology at Stanford University Medical Center, USA. He is a member of the American Stroke Association and the American Heart Association. His research interests include neurology, neurosurgery, neuropathology, stroke and cognitive decline, brain cancers, ALS, neurodegeneration, and neurological disorders.

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