Lafi Alatawi is a PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering working with Professor Luis Gomez. His research improves the offline computational stage of the probabilistic matrix decomposition framework, which evaluates many coil configurations on a realistic head model and distills the results into a set of precomputed modes, so that the electric field induced in the brain by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can later be estimated almost instantly for any coil placement (see fast electric field solvers). Accurate TMS electric field simulations are computationally expensive, so cutting the cost of this stage helps make fast, patient-specific field estimation practical for treatment planning and neuronavigation.

Outside the lab. He enjoys spending time with family and friends, hiking, drawing, traveling, and exploring new things and activities.

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