He received his BS and PhD degree in Computer Science from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (FEECS), University of Maribor (UM), Slovenia, in 2000 and 2004, respectively. In 1997, he joined the System Software Laboratory (SSL) at FEECS, where he was employed as a researcher and teaching assistant. From 2005 to 2009, he was with Laboratory of Engineering of Neuromuscular System and Motor Rehabilitation at Politechnico di Torino, Italy, with support provided by Cassa di Risparmio di Torino and Institute for Scientific Interchange Foundations (from 2005 to 2006), and by a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship within the 6th European Community Framework Programme (from 2006 to 2009). In 2009 he returned to FEECS, University of Maribor, where he currently holds the position of full professor.  He is the head of the System Software Laboratory and the head of the Institute of Computer.

Practical workshops on measurement and calculation of HD-EMG signals

The practical session will illustrate the theoretical knowledge and concepts presented by Prof. Aleš Holobar. It will therefore be dedicated to the acquisition of surface electromyographic (sEMG) signals by means of a high-density multichannel EMG sensor (HD-EMG) and to the blind source separation analysis. In order to understand the problem posed by the sEMG acquisition and its analysis, a brief presentation on the structure and function of the neuromuscular system will be provided. Learners will then be able to apply decomposition algorithms to identify elementary motor unit activities.

> Several laptops will be available for the data processing part allowing a work in small groups.