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Workshop on Brain-Machine Interfaces for Space Applications

Aim & Programme

 The aim of the workshop is twofold. While attempting to make the space community get acquainted with the current general advances on Brain Machine Interfaces, a special emphasis will also be drawn on the specific applicability of this technology for missions in space.

The programme follows this dual perspective and is organised in two distinct, yet complementary, sessions:

- The morning will be specifically oriented on Brain Machine Interfaces in Space Environments, i.e. their usability and their interest for simplifying tasks under zero-gravity conditions. Alternative technologies currently developed at ESA that share this same goal will also be introduced.

- The afternoon will be devoted to other cutting-edges applications, currently developed for Earth-based environments, but which may be relevant in a near future within the space community.

November 30, 2009
ESA - ESTEC
Keplerlaan 1, Noordwijk (The Netherlands)
(Room: Newton 1)

Morning Session: BMI Technologies in Space

9:30

Opening & Welcome by the Organizing Committee (pdf)
D.Izzo, Leopold Summerer, Eduardo M. Moraud (ESA-ACT)

9:40

EEG and related experiments onboard the ISS: status and plans (pdf)
J. Ngo-Anh (ESA-HSF)

10:00

Wearable Augmented Reality to help astronauts make sense of space (pdf)
L. Arguello (ESA-TEC)

10:20

Fundamentals of Electroencephalography, Magneto- encephalography and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (pdf)
C. Babiloni, V. Pizzella, C. del Gratta, A. Ferretti and G. L. Romani (University of Foggia, University G. d'Annuncio and Hospital San Raffaele Cassino)

10:40

Adaptive Changes of Rhythmic EEG Oscillations in Space: Implications for Brain-Machine Interface Applications (pdf)
G. Cheron, A. M. Cebolla, M. Petieau, A. Bengoetxea, E. Palmero-Soler, A. Leory, and B. Dan (U. de Mons-Hainaut and Universite Libre de Bruxelles)


Coffee break 11:00 – 11:20

11:20

Validation of Brain Machine Interfaces During Parabolic Flight (pdf)
J. del R. Millán, P. W. Ferrez, and T. Seidl (EPFL, IDIAP Research Inst. and ESA-ACT)

11:40

Introduction and Executive Presentations of the "Curiosity Cloning" Project (pdf-1) (pdf-2) (pdf-3)
C. Ampatzis (ESA-ACT), A. Yazdani (EPFL), P. Wilkins (DCU)

12:20

Presentation of the "Curiosity Cloning Project Demo" (Newton 2 during afternoon session)
C. Ampatzis and E. Martin Moraud (ESA-ACT), A. Yazdani and E. Touradj (EPFL), P. Wilkins, G. Healy and A. Smeaton (DCU)


Lunch break 12:50 – 14:00

Afternoon Session: Earth-Based Cutting-Edge Applications

14:00

An Overview of BMIs (pdf)
Luca Rossini (University of Rome, ESA-ACT)

14:20

Flexibility and Practicality: Graz Brain-Computer Interface Approach (pdf)
R. Scherer, G. R. Muller-Putz and G. Pfurtscheller (University of Washington and Graz University of Technology). Speaker: T. Solis-Escalante

14:40

On the Use of Brain-Computer Interfaces Outside Scientific Laboratories: Toward an Application in Domotic Environments (pdf)
F. Babiloni, F. Cincotti, M. Marciani, S. Salinari, L. Astolfi, F. Aloise, F de Vico Fallani and D. Mattia (University of Rome "La Sapienza" and IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia)


Coffee break 15:00 – 15:20

15:20

Brain-Computer Interface Research at the Wadsworth Centre: Developments in Noninvasive Communication and Control (pdf)
D. J. Krusienski and J. R. Wolpaw (University of North Florida)

15:40

Panel Discussion
Chair: L.Summerer

Speakers are highlighted in italic


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