Third International BCI Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：脑机接口（BCI）研究旨在为患有严重运动障碍（例如肌萎缩性侧索硬化症，脑干中风，脑瘫和脊髓损伤）的人提供不依赖于神经肌肉输出的通信和控制技术。BCI可以为严重残疾的人提供非肌肉方法来控制光标移动，选择字母或图标，甚至操作神经假体。在对大脑功能的新认识、功能强大的低成本计算机的出现以及对残疾人需求和潜力的认识的推动和鼓励下，BCI研究在过去十年中迅速发展，并且在过去两年中增长速度大大加快。 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。没有一个标准的场所能将这些群体聚集在一起，为了认识到这一点，以及BCI研究的发展，NIH赞助并由沃兹沃斯中心于1999年和2002年组织了前两次国际BCI会议。这些会议汇集了来自世界各地的研究人员，包括所有相关学科。基金会的支持使许多研究生和博士后研究员得以参加。这些会议非常成功。第一个是在IEEE Trans.Rehab的一个特殊部分的18篇同行评审论文中报道的。Eng，以及IEEE Trans Neur专刊上28篇同行评审论文中的第二篇。戒毒所。Eng. 在很大程度上，由于这些会议促进了跨学科的互动，BCI研究继续增长得更快。该提案寻求为2005年6月14日至19日举行的第三届国际BCI会议提供核心资金。前三天的上午将提供来自大约50个BCI实验室的简明更新，下午将专门用于四个平行研讨会，讨论BCI研究的四个关键领域：信号和记录方法;信号处理;临床问题和应用;软件和硬件。第四天将举行全体会议，由各讲习班的简要介绍组成。晚会将提供主题演讲，海报会议和BCI演示。基金会的支持取决于这一建议的成功将资助学生和研究员。论文集将作为IEEE Trans Neur的专刊出版。戒毒所。Eng. 通过将所有活跃的BCI研究小组聚集在一起，通过关注最重要的问题，通过让学生和研究员参与进来，并通过制作一套全面的最先进的论文，第三届国际BCI会议将极大地鼓励和促进BCI的持续研究和发展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Brain-computer interface (BCI) research seeks to give people with severe motor disabilities (e.g. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, brainstem stroke, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injury) communication and control technology that does not depend on neuromuscular output. BCI can provide people who are severely disabled with non-muscular methods for controlling cursor movements, selecting letters or icons, or even operating neuro-prostheses. Facilitated and encouraged by new understanding of brain function, by the advent of powerful low-cost computers, and by appreciation of the needs and potentials of people with disabilities, BCI research has grown rapidly through the past decade and its growth has greatly accelerated in the past two years. Effective BCI research requires interdisciplinary interactions involving 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 in 1999 and 2002 the first two international BCI meetings. These meetings brought together researchers from all over the world and included all relevant disciplines. Foundation support allowed many graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to participate. The meetings were extremely successful. The first was reported in 18 peer-reviewed papers in a special section of IEEE Trans. Rehab. Eng, and the second in 28 peer-reviewed papers in a dedicated issue of IEEE Trans Neur. Syst. Rehab. Eng. In large part due to the interdisciplinary interactions fostered by these meetings, BCI research continues to grow even more rapidly. This proposal seeks core funding for the Third International BCI Meeting, June 14-19, 2005. The mornings of the first three days will provide concise updates from about 50 BCI laboratories, and the afternoons will be devoted to four parallel workshops addressing the four critical areas of BCI research: signals and recording methods; signal processing; clinical issues and applications; and software and hardware. The fourth day will be a plenary session comprised of summary presentations from each workshop. Evenings will offer a keynote address, poster sessions, and BCI demonstrations. Foundation support contingent on the success of this proposal will fund students and fellows. Proceedings will be published as a dedicated issue of IEEE Trans Neur. Syst. Rehab. Eng. By bringing together essentially all active BCI research groups, by focusing on the most important issues, by involving students and fellows, and by producing a comprehensive state-of-the-art set of papers, this Third International BCI Meeting should greatly encourage and facilitate continued BCI research and development.