The IEEE SMC 2018 8th Workshop on Brain-Machine Interface Systems (BMI) will be held on October 7-10, 2018 in Miyazaki, Japan as part of the program of SMC 2018 – the flagship annual conference of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society. The goal of the workshop is to provide a forum for researchers to present research results, facilitate the interaction and intellectual exchange between researchers, developers and consumers of BMI technology. We invite contributions reporting the latest advances, innovations and applications in the field of BMI.

The workshop is organized by the IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Brain-Machine Interfaces Systems and is technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Brain Initiative. Participation is free to all registered SMC 2018 attendees. The theme of this year’s workshop is:      

 International Brain Initiative: Bringing Together Disciplines and Countries

The IEEE SMC Society and the IEEE President, James Jefferies, will host a special meeting of global Brain Initiative leaders from Japan, China, US (NSF and NIH), Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Europe (HBP), IEEE, and other groups working on large-scale multi-year brain projects.

This meeting is driven by input from the global Brain Initiatives representatives, and we hope these discussions will support the efforts of the Kavli Foundation and others to establish an International Brain Initiative. Topics include the current status of global Brain Initiatives and the International Brain Initiative, future collaboration and cooperation opportunities with each other, commercialization and standardization, neuroethics, and data sharing. We will also highlight the IEEE Brain Initiative and the brain research and neurotechnology efforts that are happening across IEEE.  A representative from the International Neuroethics Society (INS) is also expected to participate in these discussions. Click here for more info:

The goal of the workshop is to provide a forum for researchers to present research results, facilitate the interaction and intellectual exchange between researchers, developers, and consumers of BMI technology. We invite contributions reporting the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of BMI, including affective BMIs, hybrid BMIs, deep learning for BMIs, BMI-controlled robots, neurorehabilitation, and BMI for VR/AR applications. These and other topics represent both challenges to the field and a tremendous opportunity for collaborative and multidisciplinary research, involving not only peers with expertise in the field of BMI, but also those with expertise in systems engineering, human-machine systems, cybernetics, neuroscience, medicine, robotics, amongst other disciplines. The four-day workshop will feature tutorials, panels, a brain-computer interface hackathon, a number of prominent invited speakers, presentations of contributed papers, and the brain initiatives meeting.