General information

The Brain-Computer Interface research area is a fast expanding field in the world of biomedical engineering. BCIs have been developed during the last years for people with severe disabilities to improve their quality of life. Applications of BCI systems comprise the restoration of movements, communication and environmental control. However, recently BCI applications have been also used in different research areas e.g. in the field of virtual reality.

We invite you to this BCI Workshop on April 29th 2009. It is a satelite event at the 4th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering in Antalya. The workshop should give you the chance to create your own BCI experiment and to learn more about the fascinating world of Brain-Computer Interface.

Main topic

- definition of a brain computer interface
- the EEG, non-invasive recording of brain activity
- assets and drawbacks of EEG-based BCI
- BCI approaches: the slow cortical potentials
- BCI approaches: oscillatory activity, alpha-, mu- and beta rhythms
- BCI approaches: steady-state evoked potentials
- BCI approaches: the P-300 approach
- BCI approaches: robot control with steady state visual evoked potentials (SSVEP)
- limits of speed and accuracy with EEG-based BCI applications
- introduction to required hard- and software
- practical introduction: electrode montage, EEG recording
- life BCI-experiment with volunteer subject(s)
- videos: examples of BCI applications
- discussion

Speaker

Günter Edlinger, CEO of g.tec Guger Technologies OEG, AT