Bio
Cédric Cannard is a computational neuroscientist and researcher whose work integrates neuroscience, neuropsychology, biosignal analysis, robust statistics, software development, and machine/deep learning.
He holds a Bachelor's degree in Sports Science, a Master's in Neuropsychology and Clinical Neuroscience, and a PhD in Neuroscience. As an undergraduate, he contributed to research on brain atrophy in schizophrenia (with Dr Dollfus at the ISTCT Laboratory, CEA, Caen) and on brain oscillations underlying visual perception, color vision, and attention (with Dr. VanRullen at the CerCo Laboratory, CNRS, Toulouse). During his PhD with Dr. Arnaud Delorme (2018–2021), he developed open-source tools for low- and high-density EEG analysis, collected and processed large-scale EEG datasets using wearable technologies (>500 participants), analyzed multimodal biosignals (EEG, ECG, PPG, GSR/EDA, EGG, voice), developed several EEGLAB plugins, and identified EEG and HRV correlates of well-being using low-cost hardware.
As a Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (2021–2024), he investigated transformation, meditation, altered states of consciousness, predictive processes, quantum wave-collapse experiments, and developed the BrainBeats toolbox for facilitating the study of brain-heart interactions and the Ascent toolbox for computing brain entropy/complexity/aperiodic measures.
He then served as Director of Research at Evolve, Inc. (2024–2025), a neurotechnology startup developing transformational VR-based, multimodal biofeedback programs (EEG, HRV, EDA) for nervous system regulation, cognitive training, and wellness. In this role, he collaborated closely with hardware, software, and product teams on data collection, hardware validation, algorithm development, optimization, and validation, statistical analyses, program and study design, IP research, and scientific communication.
Cédric is currently working as an inpendent contractor for the Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience at UC San Diego and the the Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies (IACS). He is also a Research Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, a reviewer for scientific journals (e.g., Scientific Reports, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation , PLOS ONE, and Frontiers in Neuroscience), a moderator of the EEGLAB discussion list, and a member/advisor for The Global Consciousness Project , Valis Corporation, and Coalition Neurotech.
