[BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday Nov 13th - 1 pm - Room 333

[Christophe Grova]

Dear all,

We will have our next Biomedical Engineering seminar this coming wednesday

Wednesday – November 13th,  at 1 pm

Location: Room  333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775  University Street).

Speaker: Dr. Maureen Clerc PhD, Athena project team, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France

Title:
Communication and monitoring paradigms in Brain Computer Interfaces.

Abstract:

Brain Computer Interfaces aim at endowing humans with a new communication channel by directly processing brain activity and converting it into actions on the environment.

As a coupling between human and artificial intelligence, BCI involves many fields of research. Signal Processing and Machine Learning researchers bring out relevant features from the brain signals and interpret them. Computer Scientists design the software and assemble hardware components to build an operational setup. Neurophysiologists and neuropsychologists design the protocol which provides cues and feedback to the users. Clinicians and Rehabilitation therapists develop assistive devices for disabled end-users.
This seminar will give an overview of BCI research conducted in Inria Sophia Antipolis, in the context of a collaborative program called CoAdapt.

The talk will discuss two types of BCI: the "P300 speller" which is a mind-operated keyboard, and the monitoring of visuospatial attention. On the P300 speller,  the current state of the art will be reviewed, and an ongoing clinical translational study on ALS patients will be presented.  We will also present an original monitoring protocol which decodes the laterality of visuospatial attention. Its potential applications reach beyond the clinical domain, to Human Factors research.




A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars

See you there


Christophe Grova

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Christophe Grova, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering Dpt
Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt

Multimodal Functional Imaging Lab (Multi FunkIm)
Montreal Neurological Institute
Centre de Recherches en Mathématiques

Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304
McGill University
3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
H3A 2B4
email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca<mailto:christophe.grova at mcgill.ca>
tel : (514) 398 2516
fax : (514) 398 7461

Web:
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