CMU Neural Engineering Virtual Seminars
Seminar Title: Non-invasive movement control in paralyzed individuals: State of the Art of the Graz BCI
Speaker: Dr. Gernot Müller-Putz, University Professor and Head of the Institute of Neural Engineering, Graz University of Technoloy
Abstract: This talk discusses the Graz BCI state of the art in non-invasive EEG-based BCIs for the control of the upper extremity in paralyzed people. A paradigm shift from motor imagery to attempted movement has been performed in the last years which gives interesting insights, especially when it comes to hand movement detection or grasp type identification. Furthermore, it could be shown to which degree arm movement in space can be decoded from EEG. A critical conclusion will finalize this talk.
About the Speaker: Prof. Dr. Gernot Müller-Putz is head of the Institute of Neural Engineering and its associated Laboratory of Brain-Computer Interfaces and Dean of the Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering. He received his MSc in electrical and biomedical engineering in 2000, his PhD in electrical engineering in 2004 and his habilitation and “venia docendi” in medical informatics from Graz University of Technoloy in 2008. Since 2014 he is full professor for semantic data analysis. He has gained extensive experience in the field of biosignal analysis, brain-computer interface research, EEG-based neuroprosthesis control, communication with BCI in patients with disorders of consciousness, hybrid BCI systems, the human somatosensory system, and BCIs in assistive technology over the past 25 years. He has also managed several national and international projects. Furthermore, he organized and hosted eigth international Brain-Computer Interface Conferences over the last 18 years in Graz, the last one (9th Conference) in Sept. 2024. He is Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions in Biomedical Engineering and IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering. In 2014/15 he was Guest editor in chief of a special issue of the Proceedings if the IEEE “The Plurality of Human Brain-Computer Interfacing”. Since August 2019 he is Speciality Editor in Chief of Frontiers in Human Neuroscience: Brain-Computer Interfaces. He has authored more than 230 peer reviewed publications and more than 230 contributions to conferences which were cited more than 27400 times (h-index 78). In 2015, he was awarded with an ERC Consolidator Grant “Feel your Reach” from the European Research Council. In May 2017 he received the Ludwig-Guttman Award from the German Medical Spinal Cord Injury Association (DMGP). In May 2018 he was elected into the Board of Directors of the International Brain-Computer Interface Society. In May 2019 he received a research award from the State of Styria "Digitalisierung in der Wissenschaft". He is founding member and scientific Co-Director of the NeuroIS Society. Since 2024 he is board member of the Austrian Society for Biomedical Engineering.