Fourth International Brain-Computer Interface Meeting

描述(申请人提供)：脑机接口(BCI)允许人们通过大脑信号(例如脑电)而不是肌肉进行交流。BCI可以使没有神经肌肉控制的个人(例如，患有肌萎缩侧索硬化症的人)能够移动光标、选择字母或图标，甚至操作假肢。在对大脑功能的新理解、对残疾人需求和潜力的认识以及新的强大的低成本计算机的出现的推动和鼓舞下，脑-CI研究在过去十年中，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。没有标准的场地将这些团体聚集在一起。认识到这一点和脑-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。基金会的支持让许多研究生和博士后研究员参与进来，的同行评议论文发表在《IEEE康复工程学报》和《IEEE神经信号和康复工程学报》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，BCI研究继续快速增长。该提案寻求为2010年5月31日至6月4日举行的第四届国际BCI会议提供核心资金。第一天将提供来自许多BCI实验室的简明更新。第二天和第三天将用于平行研讨会，讨论BCI研究的具体领域，最终将在第三天举行一次全体会议，由每个研讨会的摘要介绍组成。讲习班将涉及对研究和开发至关重要的六个专题：信号和记录方法；信号处理；软件和硬件；通信和控制应用；翻译研究；以及新的用户群体。晚会将提供全体演讲者、海报会议、BCI演示和增强沟通用户论坛。会议将以非正式早餐全体会议结束。基金会的支持取决于这项提案的成功与否，将进一步资助学生和研究员。《神经工程杂志》已经表示有强烈的兴趣发表这项提议。第四届国际BCI会议将集中讨论重要的翻译问题、最新的技术以及BCI及其密切合作研究人员的最新想法。它将促进跨学科互动，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要素，以迅速推动整个BCI领域朝着为缺乏沟通和控制选择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.