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.

In the g.tec workshop you will see how to navigate through a virtual flat and to control some functions of this smart home via BCI. Furthermore robot control with SSVEP (Steady State Visual Evoked Potentials) will be shown. This workshop gives you the know-how to create your own BCI experiments during the CyberTherapy 2009.

Main topics

• 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
  - discussion

  Speaker

  Gunther Krausz, Mag, g.tec medical engineering GmbH, Austria
  Febo Cincotti, Dr., Neurofisiopatologia Clinica, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rom, Italy