Fourth International Brain-Computer Interface Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：脑机接口（bci）允许人们与大脑信号（如脑电图）而不是肌肉进行交流。脑机接口可以使没有神经肌肉控制的人（例如肌萎缩侧索硬化症患者）移动光标，选择字母或图标，甚至操作假肢。由于对大脑功能的新认识，由于对残疾人需求和潜力的认识，以及新型强大的低成本计算机的出现，脑机接口研究在过去十年，特别是在过去四年中迅速扩大。有效的脑机接口研究需要神经科学、心理学、工程学、数学、计算机科学和临床康复之间的跨学科互动。没有一个标准的场所能把这些群体聚集在一起。为了认识到这一点以及脑机接口研究的增长，美国国立卫生研究院赞助和沃兹沃斯中心组织了三次成功的国际脑机接口会议。这些会议汇集了来自世界各地所有相关学科的研究人员。在基金会的支持下，许多研究生和博士后得以参与，共有64篇同行评议的论文发表在《IEEE康复工程翻译》和《IEEE神经信号与康复工程翻译》的专刊上。在很大程度上，由于这些会议促进了跨学科的互动，脑机接口研究继续快速发展。本提案为2010年5月31日至6月4日举行的第四届国际BCI会议寻求核心资金。第一天将提供许多脑机接口实验室的简要更新。第二天和第三天将举行平行研讨会，讨论脑机接口研究的具体领域，第三天将举行全体会议，由每个研讨会的总结报告组成。讲习班将涵盖对研究和发展至关重要的六个主题：信号和记录方法；信号处理;软件和硬件；通信和控制应用；转化研究;以及新的用户群。晚上将提供全体演讲、海报会议、脑机接口演示和辅助通信用户论坛。会议将以非正式的全体早餐会议结束。基金会的支持视此提案的成功而定，将进一步资助学生及研究员。《神经工程杂志》（Journal of Neural Engineering）对发表这一提议表现出了浓厚的兴趣。第四届国际脑机接口会议将集中讨论重要的翻译问题、最新的技术和脑机接口及其密切相关研究人员的最新思想。它将促进跨学科的互动，并涉及许多学生和博士后研究员。因此，这次会议将包含所有必要的成分，以迅速推动整个BCI领域朝着为缺乏沟通和控制选项的个人开发有用和可用的BCI设备的目标前进。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) allow people to communicate with brain signals (e.g., EEG) rather than muscles. BCIs can enable individuals without neuromuscular control (e.g., those with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) to move cursors, select letters or icons, or even operate prostheses. Facilitated and encouraged by a new understanding of brain function, by an appreciation of the needs and potentials of people with disabilities, and by the advent of new and powerful low-cost computers, BCI research has rapidly expanded over the last decade and especially over the last four years. Effective BCI research requires interdisciplinary interactions between neuroscience, psychology, engineering, mathematics, computer science, and clinical rehabilitation. No standard venue brings these groups together. In recognition of this and of the growth in BCI research, the NIH sponsored and the Wadsworth Center organized three successful international BCI meetings. These meetings brought together researchers from all relevant disciplines from all over the world. Foundation support allowed many graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to participate, and a total of 64 peer-reviewed papers were published in dedicated issues of the IEEE Trans on Rehab Eng and the IEEE Trans on Neural Signals and Rehab Eng. In large part due to the interdisciplinary interactions fostered by these meetings, BCI research continues to grow rapidly. This proposal seeks core funding for the Fourth International BCI Meeting, May 31-June 4, 2010. The first day will provide concise updates from many BCI labs. The second and third days will be devoted to parallel workshops addressing specific areas of BCI research that will culminate, on the third day, in a plenary session comprised of summary presentations from each workshop. The workshops will cover six topics critical for research and development: signals and recording methods; signal processing; software and hardware; applications for communication and control; translational research; and new user groups. Evenings will offer plenary speakers, poster sessions, BCI demonstrations, and an augmentative communication users' forum. The meeting will end with an informal breakfast plenary session. Foundation support contingent on the success of this proposal will further fund students and fellows. The Journal of Neural Engineering has indicated strong interest in publishing this proposal. The Fourth International BCI Meeting will focus on important translational issues, the most up-to-date technology, and the latest thinking from BCI and closely allied researchers. It will foster interdisciplinary interactions and involve many students and postdoctoral fellows. Thus, this meeting will contain all the ingredients necessary to rapidly push the entire BCI field forward towards the goal of developing useful and usable BCI devices for individuals who lack communication and control options.