Student Support for the Sixth International Brain-Computer Interface Meeting

第六届国际脑机接口会议学生支持

• 批准号: 1636691
• 负责人: Melody Jackson
• 金额: $ 2.98万
• 依托单位: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-05-01 至 2017-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1636691&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Student; Support; Sixth; International; Brain

Brain-computer interface research explores avenues of controlling devices directly from brain signals. Thus, BCI technology is a powerful control option for neuro-prosthetic limbs, as well as a potential communication option for people with severe motor disabilities or disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), brainstem stroke, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injury, who may have little or even no muscle control and therefore no means of communication with the external world. The International Brain-Computer Interface (IBCI) meeting is the flagship conference for the field, the sixth of which will be held May 30-June 3, 2016, in Asilomar, California. Effective BCI research requires interdisciplinary interactions involving neuroscience, psychology, engineering, mathematics, computer science, and clinical rehabilitation, and the IBCI meeting serves as a critical catalyst for technology dissemination, new collaborations, and educational opportunities for students. The primary source of funding for the meeting is the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This NSF funding will enable another 20 students, including undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, to attend and participate in the conference. Five of these twenty will be minority students who will receive full scholarships, while half of the remaining fifteen scholarships will be given to students who are women. All of the NSF funding will be used for student travel, registration, and student-only event costs. Student participation in the five previous IBCI meetings has been very fruitful; a large number of those students have now graduated and are prominent researchers in the BCI field. The Brain-Computer Interface Journal has agreed to publish the conference proceedings as a series of peer reviewed papers in a special issue, which will further disseminate the results of the meeting. The organizers are actively recruiting student attendees from traditionally underrepresented groups. More information about the conference may be found online at http://bcisociety.org/meetings/bci-meeting-2016-welcome/. Because of the growth in the field of BCI research, 300 or more participants are expected to attend this meeting, including investigators from at least 100 BCI research groups. All attendees commit to the entire meeting, from the opening reception and dinner on the evening of Monday, May 30 through the final summary discussion at breakfast the morning of Friday, June 3. A main objective of the conference is to give students a significant educational and professional experience in the BCI field, and to provide opportunities for them to gain depth in their specific interest areas. The conference will begin with a specialized student colloquium on the afternoon before the full conference starts, which will provide lectures from prominent experts in the BCI field. This will give the students a solid foundation for understanding the rest of the conference. There will also be a student poster session and prizes for the best student research projects, as well as giving students access to research leaders for informal question-and-answer sessions at the end of each day. The students will participate fully in the main conference as well. Exposure to prominent researchers in the BCI field will allow students to receive invaluable feedback on their work, and to make connections that may result in new research directions; it will also provide students with access to potential mentors, committee members, and experts to review their future work. A full and detailed schedule of planned conference sessions and events, along with any updates, can be found on the conference website. With all participants housed on site and all meals for all attendees taken together on site, there will be ample opportunity for informal discussions. This creates a unique opportunity for students and trainees to mingle with and learn from established researchers.

脑机接口研究探索了直接从大脑信号控制设备的途径。 因此，BCI技术是神经假肢的强大控制选项，也是患有严重运动障碍或疾病（如肌萎缩性侧索硬化症（ALS），脑干中风，脑瘫和脊髓损伤）的人的潜在通信选项，这些人可能很少甚至没有肌肉控制，因此没有与外部世界通信的手段。 国际脑机接口（IBCI）会议是该领域的旗舰会议，其中第六届会议将于2016年5月30日至6月3日在加州阿西洛马举行。 有效的BCI研究需要涉及神经科学、心理学、工程学、数学、计算机科学和临床康复的跨学科互动，IBCI会议是技术传播、新合作和学生教育机会的关键催化剂。 会议的主要资金来源是美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）。 NSF的这笔资金将使另外20名学生，包括本科生、研究生和博士后研究员，能够出席并参加会议。这20名学生中有5名是少数民族学生，他们将获得全额奖学金，而其余15名奖学金中的一半将提供给女生。 所有的NSF资金将用于学生的旅行，注册和学生专用活动的费用。 学生参与了前五届IBCI会议，取得了丰硕的成果;这些学生中有很大一部分现在已经毕业，是BCI领域的杰出研究人员。 《脑机接口杂志》已同意将会议记录作为一系列同行评审论文在特刊上发表，这将进一步传播会议的成果。组织者正在积极从传统上代表性不足的群体中招募学生与会者。 有关会议的更多信息可在http://bcisociety.org/meetings/bci-meeting-2016-welcome/上找到。 由于BCI研究领域的增长，预计将有300名或更多的与会者参加这次会议，其中包括来自至少100个BCI研究小组的研究人员。所有与会者承诺参加整个会议，从5月30日星期一晚上的开幕招待会和晚餐到6月3日星期五早上早餐时的最后总结讨论。 会议的一个主要目标是为学生提供BCI领域的重要教育和专业经验，并为他们提供深入了解其特定兴趣领域的机会。会议将开始与专门的学生座谈会在下午之前，整个会议开始，这将提供讲座，从著名的专家在脑机接口领域。这将为学生理解会议的其余部分奠定坚实的基础。 也将有一个学生海报会议和最好的学生研究项目的奖品，以及让学生获得研究领导人在每天结束时的非正式问答环节。学生们也将充分参与主要会议。 接触BCI领域的杰出研究人员将使学生能够获得有关其工作的宝贵反馈，并建立可能导致新研究方向的联系;它还将为学生提供潜在导师，委员会成员和专家的访问权限，以审查他们未来的工作。 一个完整和详细的计划会议和活动的时间表，沿着任何更新，可以在会议网站上找到。 由于所有与会者都住在现场，所有与会者的所有膳食都在现场提供，因此将有充分的机会进行非正式讨论。这为学生和学员创造了一个独特的机会，与知名研究人员交流和学习。