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 Sept 30th 2009. It is a satellite event at the ISBET 2009 in Kyoto. The workshop should give you the know-how 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
- 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
- Wireless biosignal data acquisition
- Heart-activity (ECG)
- Eye movements (EOG)
- Off-line analysis of physiological parameters
- Controlling Virtual Reality with respiration and ECG
- discussion

Speaker

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