Publications

Refereed Journal Papers

1. Silva J., Tortolero-Baena X., and Mihailidis A., “Single-Switch, Asynchronous Control of a Multidimensional, Dynamic System,” Journal of Neural Engineering and Rehabilitation. (submitted)
2. Silva J., Torres-Solís J., Chau T., and Mihailidis A., “A novel asynchronous access method with binary interfaces,” Journal of Neural Engineering and Rehabilitation. Vol. 5, No. 24, October 2008
3. Silva J., Heim W., and Chau T., “A Self-Contained, Mechanomyography-Driven Externally Powered Prosthesis,” Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Vol. 86, No. 10, pp. 2066–2070, October 2005.
4. Silva J., and Chau T., “A Mathematical Model for Source Separation of MMG Signals Recorded with a Coupled Microphone-Accelerometer Sensor Pair,” Transactions in Biomedical Engineering. Vol. 52, No. 9, pp. 1493–1501, September 2005.
5. Silva J., and Chau T., “Coupled Microphone-Accelerometer Sensor Pair for Dynamic Noise Reduction in MMG Signal Recording,” Electronics Letters, Vol. 39, No. 21, pp. 1496–1498, October 2003.
6. Silva J., Chau T., Naumann S., and Heim W., “Systematic Characterization of Silicon-Embedded Accelerometers for Mechanomyography,” Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 290–295, May 2003.

Refereed Conference Papers

1. Silva J., Dzura M., Mihailidis A., and Chau T., “Single-Switch Navigation of Virtual 3-D Spaces,” in Proceedings of the 30th Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Toronto ON, Canada, June 2007.
2. Silva J., Chau T., and Mihailidis A., “Automatic Activity Detection for In-Place Care,” in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Technology and Aging, Toronto ON, Canada, June 2007.
3. Chung J., Silva J., and Chau T., “A mediated-reality device based on the autistic sensory experience.” Engineering Science Research Day, University of Toronto, August 21, 2006 (winner of the best poster award).
4. Silva J., Heim W., and Chau T., “MMG-Based Classification of Muscle Activity for Prosthesis Control,” 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, San Francisco, CA, USA, Vol. 1, pp. 968–971, September 2004.
5. Grossman A., Silva J., and Chau T., “Mapping of Multiple Mechanomyographic Signals to Hand Kinematics,” in Proceedings of the Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, Vol. 1, pp. 493–496, May 2004.
6. Silva J., Chau T., and Goldenberg A., “MMG-Based Multisensor Data Fusion for Prosthesis Control,” in Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Cancun QR, Mexico, Vol. 3, pp. 2909–2912, September 2003.
7. Silva J., Chau T., Naumann S., Heim W., and Goldenberg A. “Optimization of the Signal-to-Noise Ratio of Silicon-Embedded Microphones for MMG Signal Recording,” in Proceedings of the Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Montreal QB, Canada, Vol. 3, pp. 1493–1496, May 2003.
8. Silva J., Chau T., and Naumann S., “Quantifying the Signal-to-Noise Ratio of Silicon-Embedded Sensors for Mechanomyography,” in Proceedings of the 27th Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Ottawa ON, Canada, November 2002.
9. Silva J., Tena J. R., and Zolliker X., “Diseño e Instrumentación de un Programa Computacional para Aumentar la Comunicación en Personas con Padecimientos Motores Severos,” en Memorias del XXIII Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Biomédica, Acapulco Gro., México, Noviembre 2000, pp. 44–45.

Refereed Conference Abstracts

1. Silva J., Dzura M., Mihailidis A., and Chau T., “A Theory of Asynchronous Control with Low Information Capacity Interfaces,” in Proceedings of the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Seoul, Korea, Part 17, August 2006.
2. Silva J., McKeever P., Mihailidis A., Chau T., “The ‘MOR-PLAY’ Project: Designing a Robotic Play Tool with Young Power Wheelchair Users,” in Proceedings of the Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth International Conference, Sheffield, UK, July 2006.

Non-Refereed Abstracts

1. Silva J., “Whispers of health: A wearable vibration biosensor,” Clinical Engineering Society of Ontario Spring Conference, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto ON., Canada, April 29 – 30, 2004.
2. Chau T., Silva J., and Heim W., “Recent advances in children’s upper limb prostheses: soft sockets and muscle sounds,” Ontario Association of Children’s Rehabilitation Services Annual Conference, October 19–21, 2003.

Invited Lectures

1. Silva J., “The Autism Emulation Project and the New Social Studies of Childhood and Disability,” Child Life Program, McMaster Children’s Hospital, Hamilton ON., Canada, March 10, 2006.
2. Biddiss E., Silva J., “Important Design Considerations in Rehabilitation Engineering,” Introduction to Design, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON., Canada, June 3, 2005.

Web

1. Silva J., “Moving beyond market dysfunctions: Towards community-based AT development ,” Health Innovations in Context

Patents & Copyrights

1. 03–2000–121513312300–01, Mexico. A virtual keyboard (software system) to enhance the communication of severe motor disease patients. CODI 2.0 © 2000 Jorge Silva Arce.

Media Coverage

1. N. Young, “Spark 82: Teen texting tales, accessible technology, and viral culture,” CBC, Spark, June 17 & 20, 2009 (5 minutes)
2. T. Kirk, “Interview with Jorge Silva, AIBICOM developer,” Gamecritics.com, March 31, 2009
3. C. Bahatter, “Muscle Sounds Power Prosthetics,” Daily Planet, Discovery Channel, October 5, 2004 (5 minutes).
4. L. Green, “Researchers put Muscles to Work Like Never Before,” O&P Business News, Vol. 13, No. 18, pp. 42–46, September 15, 2004.
5. L. Eisen, “Groundbreaking Rehabilitation Engineering,” Studio 2, TVO, May 3, 2004 (14 minutes).
6. E. Carey, “How to build a better hand,” Toronto Star & The Hamilton Spectator, May 3, 2004.