Workshop on Brain-Machine Interface Systems 2016

BMI Workshop Industrial Keynotes

Moving Research Out of the Lab Into the Real World: How Science and Technology Become Commercialized
Monday, October 10, 4:15 PM-6:30 PM, Room: Ballroom III
Chair: Bernt Wahl. Co-Chair: Michael H. Smith
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Reese Jones
Founder: Farallon, Netopia, BMUG 		 Jack McCauley
Co-founder: Oculus 		 Joel Libove
Founder: Furaxa, Ultraview 
Stephen Pieraldi
Founder: Fail Pro, 2BClear 		 Stuart M. Dambrot
Founder: Critical Thought|TV  		 Bernt R. Wahl
Founder: Factle, Datahunt, Dynamic Software 


Invited speakers

SMC2016 keynote BMI invited speakers

Jose Carmena
VC, IEEE Brain initiative
University of California Berkeley, USA 		  
José del R. Millán
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland 		  
Paul Sajda
Chair, IEEE Brain initiative
Columbia University, USA 		 José Principe
Computational NeuroEngineering Laboratory
University of Florida, USA 
Note: Speaker Andrew Laine (President, EMB Society; Columbia University, USA) has been replaced by Prof. José Principe.

IEEE Brain Initiative meeting

The IEEE Brain Initiative was launched with the mission to facilitate cross-disciplinary collaboration and coordination to advance research, standardization and development of technologies in neuroscience to help improve the human condition. Its annual meeting will be held at the BMI workshop on October 11th, 2016. All workshop assistants are welcome to participate. Click here for more information.

The initiative also sponsors the IEEE Brain Initiative Best Paper Award will be given to the best paper at this workshop, and 5 IEEE Brain Initiative student travel grants will be awarded.

Standards session

The SMC 2016 provides an international forum for researchers and practitioners to report up-to-the-minute innovations and exchange ideas and advances in all aspects of systems science and engineering, human machine systems, and cybernetics.

During this session on BMI-related standards, organized by the IEEE Standards Association, the use of neurotechnologies for invasive and non-invasive practices will be discussed. How this technology is implemented for surgery, Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality (VR), or wearables, and how standardization of the technology is needed to support integration and help accelerate the translation of these devices to commercialization. This session will be held on Sunday, October 9th and is open to the attendants to IEEE SMC conference. In order to attend you should indicate it at the moment of registering to the conference.

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Brain Computer Interface Hackathon

Hackathons are brainstorming and collaborative marathons designed to rapidly produce working prototypes. In October 8-9 2016 we will hold a brain Hackathon in the frame of the BMI workshop.
Both SMC2016 attendees and non-SMC2016 attendees with interests in BMI, BCI, robotics, AR, VR, machine learning, sensors, human-machine interface systems, control, signal processing, big data, haptics, rehabilitation, and similar areas. Click here for more information.

To participate, please register online. You can participate individually or by joining a team.You do not have to be a BMI expert to participate on a team! Interdisciplinary teams with a combination of BMI and non-BMI skills are often successful in building solutions and producing working prototypes.

There are over $8,000 in prizes in cash and hardware prizes sponsored by Vizzario/VSP, IEEE Brain Initiative, IEEE SMC and Qusp.

Special Sessions

 Contributions to the BMI workshops are done through the SMC submission and reviewing process. To ensure that your papre gets assigned to the proper session, go to “Workshop Paper Submission” and then select “Workshop on Brain-Machine Interface Systems”.
  • Adaptive and self-calibrating BMI systems for independent use. Organizer: R. Chavarriaga (EPFL, Switzerland), R. Scherer (TU Graz, Austria)
  • BMI for motor/cognitive rehabilitation and assistance. Organizer: R. Chavarriaga (EPFL, Switzerland)
  • BMI for neurodriving. Organizers: S-W. Lee (Korea U., Korea), J.d.R. Millán (EPFL, Switzerland)
  • Brain and human-machine interaction. Organizers: V.A. Prasad (NTU, Singapore), S-W. Lee (Korea U., Korea), R. Chavarriaga (EPFL, Switzerland)
  • Health and Non-Invasive Wearable BMI. Organizers: Khizer Khaderi (Vizzario, USA)
  • Machine learning methods for brain-computer interfacing. Organizer: R. Chavarriaga (EPFL, Switzerland)
  • Multi-modal Brain Computer Interface and Physiological Computing. Organizer: V.A. Prasad (NTU, Singapore)
  • Neuroscience Based Design: Fundamentals and Applications. Organizer: R. Scherer (TU Graz, Austria), O. Sourina (Fraunhofer IDM Centre@NTU, NTU, Singapore), S.C. Wriessneger (TU Graz, Austria)
  • Neurostimulation and BMI. Organizer: C.S. Nam (North Carolina State U., USA)
  • Performance metrics and human factors for BMI training and operation. Organizer: R. Chavarriaga (EPFL, Switzerland), F. Lotte (Inria, France), C. Jeunet (Inria, France)
  • Real World Applications of Brain Computer Interface Systems. Organizer: V.A. Prasad (NTU, Singapore)
  • Recent Advances in BMI Speller. Organizers: S-W. Lee (Korea U., Korea), B. Blankertz (T.U. Berlin)
  • Sensor systems for BMI and prosthetics. Organizers: V.A. Prasad (NTU, Singapore), S-W. Lee (Korea U., Korea), R. Chavarriaga (EPFL, Switzerland)


Tutorials
  • Mobile BCI application: Neuroscience-based design and neurorehabilitation
  • Why bother with advanced modeling in BCI? Lessons from neuroimaging

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Panels
  • Important Topics in Designing and Building Real World BMI Control Systems: What is New?
  • How Research and Methodologies in Systems, Human-Machine Systems, and Cybernetics can be applied to BMI Systems
  • What Have We Learned, Where Do We Go From Here?


Please click here to download an electronic version of the Call for Papers of the BMI workshop.