2013 International Workshop on Clinical Brain-Neural Machine Interface Systems

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案要求部分支持临床脑机接口（BMI）系统国际研讨会，旨在确定和讨论导致基于神经活动的接口系统在临床应用中的开发和部署的挑战和潜在解决方案。会议将于2013年2月在德克萨斯州医学中心的卫理公会医院研究所（TMHRI）举行，由德克萨斯州休斯顿市的休斯顿大学组织。有三个目标：1)制定一个战略计划（“路线图”），在临床研究中实施BMI系统，涉及研究人员、从业人员、联邦机构的项目主管/经理、行业和最终用户；2)研讨会结束后，将准备一份共识报告，用于传播会议的发现，并提交给《神经修复学前沿》（Frontiers in Neuroprosthetics）——一本致力于脑机接口（BMI）和神经修复研究的一级电子开放获取期刊；3)向来自弱势群体（包括女性和少数民族）的优秀初级教师、博士后和研究生伸出援助之手，以确保获得广泛的经验和观点。我们将以b谷歌、Nature和O’reilly Media开创的非常成功的非会议形式为基础，将高级和初级教师、临床医生和联邦机构的演讲者的最先进的讲座（单轨）与实践演示和观众驱动的讨论（内容由参与者自己提供）结合起来，创新研讨会的形式。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests partial support for an International Workshop on Clinical Brain-Machine Interface (BMI) Systems aimed to identify and discuss challenges and potential solutions leading to the development and deployment of interface systems based on neural activity in clinical applications. The meeting will be held at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute (TMHRI) at the Texas Medical Center, and organized by the University of Houston, Houston, Texas on February, 2013. There are three aims: 1) To develop a Strategic Plan ('Roadmap') for implementation of BMI systems in clinical research referring to researchers, practitioners, program directors/managers at federal agencies, the industry, and the end-users; 2) A Consensus Report for disseminating the findings of the meeting will be prepared upon the conclusion of the workshop and submitted for peer-review to Frontiers in Neuroprosthetics -- a first- tier electronic open access journal devoted to studies of brain-machine interfaces (BMI) and neuroprostheses; and 3) Outreach to outstanding junior faculty, postdocs and graduate students from under-represented groups, including women and minorities will ensure a wide range of experiences and views. We will innovate the workshop format by combining (single track) state-of-the-art talks by senior and junior faculty, clinicians, and speakers from federal agencies with hands-on demonstrations and audience-driven discussions whose content is provided by the participants themselves - based on the very successful unconference format pioneered by Google, Nature and O'Reilly Media.