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.

脑部计算机界面研究直接从大脑信号中探索了控制设备的途径。 因此，BCI技术是神经肢体四肢的强大控制选择，也是严重运动障碍或疾病的人的潜在沟通选择，例如肌营养性侧面硬化症（ALS），脑干中风，脑瘫和脊髓损伤，以及可能没有肌肉控制的肌肉控制，也没有与外部的沟通的沟通。 国际大脑计算机界面（IBCI）会议是该领域的旗舰会议，其中第六次会议将于2016年5月30日至6月3日在加利福尼亚州的阿西洛马尔举行。 有效的BCI研究需要涉及神经科学，心理学，工程，数学，计算机科学和临床康复的跨学科互动，而IBCI会议则是技术传播，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）。 这项NSF资金将使包括本科生和研究生以及博士后研究员在内的另外20名学生参加并参加会议。这二十个将是少数族裔学生中的五个，他们将获得全部奖学金，而剩余的15个奖学金中有一半将是给女性的学生。 所有NSF资金都将用于学生旅行，注册和仅学生活动费用。 学生参加以前的五次IBCI会议非常富有成果；这些学生中有许多学生现在已经毕业，并且是BCI领域的著名研究人员。 《大脑计算机界面杂志》已同意在特刊中作为一系列同行评审的论文发布会议记录，该论文将进一步传播会议的结果。组织者正在积极招募传统代表性不足的团体的学生与会者。 有关会议的更多信息，请参见http://bcisociety.org/meetings/bci-meeting-2016-welcome/。 由于BCI研究领域的增长，预计300名或更多参与者将参加这次会议，其中包括至少100个BCI研究小组的研究人员。所有与会者都致力于整个会议，从5月30日星期一晚上的开幕式和晚餐到6月3日（星期五）早餐的最终摘要讨论。会议的主要目的是为学生在BCI领域提供丰富的教育和专业经验，并为他们提供在特定利益领域获得深度的机会。会议将从专业的学生座谈会开始，然后在整个会议开始之前，这将为BCI领域的著名专家提供讲座。这将为学生一个理解会议其余部分的稳固基础。 每天结束时，还将举办一场学生海报会议和奖品，并为学生提供与研究负责人的非正式问答环节会议的访问。学生们也将完全参加主要会议。 BCI领域的著名研究人员的接触将使学生能够在工作中获得宝贵的反馈，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的导师，委员会成员和专家的访问权，以审查其未来工作。 可以在会议网站上找到完整而详细的计划会议和活动以及任何更新的时间表。 随着所有参与者在现场安置的所有参与者和所有与会者一起在现场摄制的所有餐点，将有足够的机会进行非正式的讨论。这为学生和学员提供了一个独特的机会，可以与知名研究人员联系并学习。