Brain-Computer Interfaces For Communication And Control: Moving Beyond Demonstration

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Brain-Computer Interfaces For Communication And Control: Moving Beyond Demonstration
July 12 – 16, 2002 • Rensselaerville, NY

Agenda

Wednesday, July 12
5:30 p.m.	Opening reception and dinner
8:30 p.m.	Discussion panel meetings Signals I (Heetderks) Signals II (Trejo) Methods (Rymer) Applications I (Moore) Applications II (Weinrich) Standards (Kübler)
Thursday, July 13
8:15 a.m.	Welcome and Presentations Theresa M. Vaughan and Jonathan R. Wolpaw, Wadsworth Ctr, NYS Dept Health & SUNY, Albany, NY
8:30 a.m.	Brendan Z. Allison, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA Think and spell: toward a faster, better P300 BCI Florin Amzica, Laval University, Quebec, Canada Interactions of neurons and glial cells during the genesis of synchronous brain waves Charles W. Anderson, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO BCI research at Colorado State University Jessica D. Bayliss, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Towards better software components for brain-computer interfaces Luigi Bianchi, University of Rome “Tor Vergata,” Rome, Italy The bio-feedback systems design approach at the “Tor Vergata” University Niels Birbaumer, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany Communication with slow cortical potentials (SCP) Gary E. Birch and Steven G. Mason, Neil Squire Foundation, Vancouver, Canada The Neil Squire Foundation brain-computer interface laboratory Benjamin Blankertz, Intelligent Data Analysis Group, Fraunhofer-FIRST, Berlin, Germany Machine-learning for extracting neuronal signatures of natural motor commands from single-trial muti-channel EEG data in untrained subjects John K. Chapin, SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn, NY Closed loop brain-machine interfaces Febo Cincotti, Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy Development and applications of BCI at Santa Lucia Foundation Bruce H. Dobkin, Reed Neurologic Research Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA Spinal and cortical plasticity induced by practice after stroke and spinal cord injury Emanuel Donchin, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL Unlocking the locked in: progress in brain-computer interfaces
11:00 a.m.	Presentations (continued) John P. Donoghue, Brown University, Providence, RI Intercortical motorneural prosthetic devices Gyongyi Gaal, Neuroprosthesis Research Organization, Brooklyn, NY Adaptive control of reaching for neuroprostheses Shangkai Gao, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China The SSVEP-based BCI system with high transfer rate Alan Gevins, San Franciso Brain Research Institute and Sam Technology, Inc., San Francisco, CA On-line measurement of mental workload Christoph Guger, Guger Technologies, OEG, Graz, Austria Biosignal processing environment for an EEG-based brain-computer interface William Heetderks, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD Brain communication interface research at the NINDS Jack W. Judy, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA UCLA Neuroengineering Program Phillip R. Kennedy, Neural Signals, Inc., Atlanta, GA The choice of brain-computer interface technique Daryl R. Kipke, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Development of implantable microelectrode arrays at the Neural Engineering Lab (NEL) at the University of Michigan
2:30 p.m.	Presentations (continued) Michael Kositsky, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL Connecting brain tissue to robots: development of a hybrid system for studying neural plasticity Simon P. Levine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI University of Michigan direct brain interface: 2002 update José del R. Millán, Joint Research Centre of the EC and Swiss Commission, Fed Inst of Tech, Lausanne Asynchronous BCI and local neural classifiers Mohammed M. Mojarradi, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Challenges in the development of miniaturized, smart neuro-prostheses suitable for implanting into a brain Melody M. Moore, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA Human-computer interaction research at the GSU Brainlab Christa Neuper, Department of Medical Informatics, Graz, Austria Graz BCI: state of the art and clinical application Paul Nunez, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA EEG phase locking during cognitive processing
4:00 p.m.	Presentations (continued) Lucas Parra and Paul Sajda, Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, NJ, Columbia University, New York,NY Real-time EEG event detection for augmented human machine interaction José C. Principe, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Signal processing methodologies to model the relation between spike trains and hand movements for brain-machine interfaces Robert N. Schmidt, Cleveland Medical Devices, Inc., Cleveland, OH A miniature, wireless two-channel EEG for brain-computer interface William G. Shain, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY Controlling reactive responses around neural prosthetic devices Mingui Sun, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Solving the wireless data communication problem between brain implants and computer Peter Sykacek, Robotics Research Group, Oxford University, England The Oxford-Putney BCI system Dawn Taylor, Arizona State University, AZ Training cortical cells to produce better directional control signals with and without physical limb movements Leonard Trejo, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA Multimodal neuroelectric human computer interface development Jonathan R. Wolpaw, Wadsworth Ctr, NYS Department of Health, and SUNY, Albany, NYThe Wadsworth Center BCI Program
7:30 p.m.	Keynote address Fernando H. Lopes da Silva, Faculty of Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan, Amsterdam EEG features as reflections of brain states
8:30 p.m.	Discussion panel meetings
Friday, July 14
8:30 a.m.	Debate I Spikes versus Field Potentials in BCI Research and Development Simon Levine (Moderator), John Donoghue (Spikes), Jon Wolpaw (Field potentials)
9:15 a.m.	Discussion session 1 Signals I - Discussion: The relative advantages and disadvantages for BCI use of different brain signals and different signal recording technologies (Bill Heetderks (Chair), Daryl Kipke, Thilo Hinterberger, Christoph Guger, Roman Rosipal, Mohammed Mojarradi, Lucas Parra, Florin Amzica, Paul Nunez)
10:45 a.m.	Discussion session 2 Signals II - Discussion: The relative advantages and disadvantages for BCI use of different brain signals and different signal recording technologies (Len Trejo (Chair), Xiaorong Gao, Jaime Pineda, José Principe, Febo Cincotti, Michael Rudko, Paul Sajda, David Peterson, Barbara Whilhelm)
4:00 p.m.	Debate II Linear versus Non-linear Methods in BCI Research Gary Birch (Moderator), Klaus Müller (Linear), Charles Anderson (Non-linear)
4:45 p.m.	Discussion session 3 Methods: Alternative methods for measuring brain signals and for translating these measurements into communication and control commands (William Zev Rymer (Chair), Gernot Müller, José Millán, Shangkai Gao, Dawn Taylor, Jessica Bayliss, Mingui Sun, Peter Sykacek, Benjamin Blankertz)
7:30 p.m.	Demonstrations/Posters
Saturday, July 15
7:30 a.m.	Discussion session 4 Applications I - Discussion: Identification of those applications of most practical value to users, facilitation of user training, and long-term support of applications (Michael Weinrich (Chair), Christa Neuper, Phil Kennedy, Julie Onton, Theresa Vaughan, Lyndsey Pickup, David Weston, Nicola Neumann)
10:00 a.m.	Debate III Behavioral versus Cognitive Approaches to BCI Research Alan Gevins (Moderator), Niels Birbaumer (Behavioral), Emanuel Donchin (Cognitive)
11:15 a.m.	Discussion session 5 Applications II - Discussion: Identification of those applications of most practical value to users, facilitation of user training, and long-term support of applications (Melody Moore (Chair), Brendan Allison, Michael Gibbs, Jack Judy, Bob Schmidt, Louis Quatrano, Irina Goncharova, Ahmed Karim, Joseph Green)
3:00 p.m.	Satellite sessions 1) Making it real: What the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) has to offer BCI 2) BCI Data Analysis Competition: Results, Lessons Learned and The Future 3) Training patients: a challenge for the use of brain_computer interfaces 4) Implantable Microelectrodes for BCI Systems
4:30 p.m.	Debate IV Standard BCI framework: Good or Bad? Bruce Dobkin (Moderator), Steve Mason (Good), Dennis McFarland (Bad)
5:15 p.m.	Discussion session 6 Standards - Development and adoption of appropriate standards for designing BCI studies and for assessing and comparing their results, both in the laboratory and in actual applications (Andrea Kübler (Chair), Luigi Bianchi, Jane Huggins, Gerwin Schalk, Todd Kirby, Charles Robinson, Steven Helms Tillery, Daniel Moran)
8:00 p.m.	Demonstrations/Posters
Sunday, July 16
9:00 a.m.	Summary Session

Attendees

Brendan Z. Allison Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory University of California, San Diego, CA	Charles W. Anderson, Ph.D. Department of Computer Science Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
M. Florin Amzica, Ph.D. Département d'anatomie et physiologie Pavillon Ferdinand-Vandry, Université Laval Montreal, Canada	Jessica Bayliss, Ph.D. Department of Computer Science University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Luigi Bianchi Universita delgi Studi Tor Vergata and Ospedale di Riabilitazione Rome, Italy	Niels Birbaumer, Ph.D. Institute of Behavioral Neuroscience Ebherhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany
Gary Birch, Ph.D. Director, Neil Squire Foundation Vancouver, British Colombia	Benjamin Blankertz, Ph.D. Intelligent Data Analysis Group University of Munster, Germany
Jaimie Borisoff Dept of Electrical and Computing Engineering Univ British Columbia, Vancouver, BC	John K. Chapin, Ph.D. Professor, Downstate Medical Center Brooklyn, New York
Febo Cincotti, Ph.D. Lab. di Neurofisiopatologia Fondazione Santa Lucia - IRCCS, Roma, Italy	Adriane Davis Computer Information Systems Georgia State University
Arnaud Delorme, Ph.D Schwartz Neuroscience, Salk Institute San Diego, CA	Bruce Dobkin, M.D. UCLA-Reed Neurologic Res Ctr Los Angeles, CA
John K. Donaghue, Ph.D. Professor and Chairman, Dept Neuroscience Brown University Providence, Rhode Island	Emanuel Donchin, Ph.D. Chair, Department of Psychology University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Eberhard Fetz, Ph.D. Professor of Physiology and Biophysics Univ Washington, Seattle, Washington	Gyongyi Gaal, Ph.D. Neuroprosthesis Research Organization GPO Station PO Box 20350 Brooklyn NY 11202-0350
Professor Shangkai Gao Institute of Biomedical Engineering Dept. of Electrical engineering Tsinghua University	Dr. Xiaorong Gao Institute of Biomedical Engineering Dept. of Electrical engineering Tsinghua University
Alan Gevins San Francisco Brain Research Institute & SAM Technology San Francisco, CA	Michael Gibbs Robotics Research Group Oxford University Oxford, England
Irina I. Goncharova, Ph.D. Brain-Computer Interface Project Laboratory of Nervous System Disorders Wadsworth Ctr, NYS Dept Health, Albany, NY	Joseph B. Green, M.D. Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center Memphis, TN
Christoph Guger, Dipl.Ing.Dr.techn. CEO, Guger Technologies Graz - Austria	William J.Heetderks, M.D., Ph.D. Health Science Administrator Division of Fundamental Neurosciences NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Dipl. Physics Thilo Hinterberger Institute of Behavioral Neuroscience Ebherhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany	Stacie Hitchcock, Neuroscience Atlanta, GA
Jane Huggins, Ph.D. Medicine & Rehabilitation Department of Physical Medicine and Rehab Univ Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI	Dipl.-Psych. Ahmed A. Karim Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Tübingen Institut für Medizinische Psychologie und Verhaltensneurobiologie Tübingen, Germany
Phillip R. Kennedy, M.D., Ph.D. President, Neural Signals, Inc., Atlanta, GA	Daryl R. Kipke, PhD Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125
Dr. Andrea Kuebler Biologist, Psychologist University of Dublin, Trinity College Department of Psychology, Dublin 2, Ireland	Simon Levine, Ph.D. Prof, Biomed Engin & PhysMed & Rehab Dept Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Univ Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Zhiyi Li, Ph.D. Computer Information Systems Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA	Prof. Dr. Fernando Lopes da Silva Professor of Animal Physiology Univ Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Steven G. Mason, Ph.D. Dept of Electrical and Computing Engineering Univ British Columbia, Vancouver, BC	Dennis J. McFarland, Ph.D. Laboratory of Nervous System Disorders Wadsworth Ctr, NYS Dept Health. Albany, NY
Juergan Mellinger Institute of Behavioral Neuroscience Ebherhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany	José del R. Millan, Ph.D. ISIS, Joint Research Centre European Commission, Italy
Mohammad Mojarradi, Ph.D. The Sloan-Swartz Ctr for Theoretical Neurobiology California Institute of Technology	Melody M. Moore, Ph.D. Assist Prof, Computer Information Systems Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Gernot Mueller, M.S. Ludwig-Boltzmann Inst Med Informatics & Neuroinformatics Graz Univ of Technology, Austria	Klaus-Robert Müller, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Computer Science University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Chista Neuper, Ph.D. Ludwig-Boltzmann Inst Med Informatics & Neuroinformatics Graz Univ of Technology, Austria	Paul Nunez, Ph.D. Brain Physics Group, Dept Biomedical Engineering Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Lucas Parra, Ph.D. Adaptive Image & Signal Processing Group Sarnoff Corporation	Jamie A. Pineda, Ph.D. Department of Cognitive Science University of California, San Diego, CA
Jose C. Principe, Ph.D. Bell South Professor and Director Computational NeuroEngineering Laboratory University of Florida, Gainesville	Louis A. Quatrano, Ph.D. Branch Chief, Appl Med Rehab Res Branch Nat Ctr for Med Rehab, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Charles J. Robinson, D.Sc., P.E. Max and Robbie L. Watson Eminent Scholar Chair in Biomed Engin & Micromanuf, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana	Roman Rosipal NASA, Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA
Michael Rudko, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Union College, Schenectady, New York	William Z. Rymer MD. Ph.D. John G. Searle Professor of RehabilitationRes, Rehab Inst of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Paul Sajda, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Columbia University	Gerwin Schalk, M.S. Biomedical Engineering Dept., RPI & Laboratory of Nervous System Disorders Wadsworth Center, Albany, New York
Robert Schmidt, Ph.D. Cleveland Medical Devices Inc. Andrew Schwartz, Ph.D. The Neurosciences Institute San Deigo, CA	Dawn M. Taylor, Ph.D. Neuromechanical Control Lab Arizona State University
Steve Helms Tillery, Ph.D. Neural Control Lab, Arizona State University	Leonard J. Trejo, Ph.D. NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA
Theresa M. Vaughan Coordinator, Brain-Computer Interface Project Laboratory of Nervous System Disorders Wadsworth Ctr, NYS Dept Health. Albany, NY	Jacques Vidal, Ph.D. Professor, Computer Science Department UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Michael Weinrich, M.D., Director National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health	Jonathan R. Wolpaw, M.D. Chief, Laboratory of Nervous System Disorders Wadsworth Ctr, NYS Dept Health and SUNY Albany, NY

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