Bernardo Lab

Pediatric Computational Neuroscience Research 

Welcome to the Bernardo Lab. Our lab focuses on computational neuroscience, employing computational modeling, neural simulations, and AI/ML to understand pediatric brain dynamics, language, and epilepsy. 👶🧠

Research Interests 

🌀 Developmental neural dynamics and simulations
⚡ Neonatal Seizure forecasting
🗣️ Language decoding, both neurotypical and neurodivergent
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Recent Papers 

Kim J, et al. Short-horizon neonatal seizure prediction using EEG-based deep learning. PLOS DH 2025. 
Bernardo D, et al. Machine learning for forecasting initial seizure onset in neonatal hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy. Epilepsia 2025
Bernardo D, et al. Simulation-based inference of developmental EEG maturation with the spectral graph model. Communications Physics 2024.
Kim J, et al. Limitations of Large Language Models in Clinical Problem-Solving Arising from Inflexible Reasoning. Preprint. 2025.
Kim J et al. EEG-GPT: Exploring Capabilities of Large Language Models for EEG Classification and Interpretation. Preprint. 2025.
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Resources and Tools 

Check out the Bernardo Lab github repo for code and documentation used in our research projects. 🛠️

Contact 

For further inquiries, contact blabucsf \[at] gmail \[dot] com. 📧