Donnerstag, 23.07.2009

14.30 h c.t.

Seminarraum 2.101

Institut für Informatik

Vortrag

Prof. Shangkai Gao, IEEE Fellow

(Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China)

EEG based Brain-computer Interface

Abstract:

Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) support direct communication and control between brain and external devices without any use of peripheral nerves and muscles. It provides a  new technology for those people with severe motor disabilities to convey their intents or to control surrounding devices.

As a non-invasive technology, the electroencephalogram (EEG) based BCI has drawn many attentions in BCI studies. Four types of EEG based BCI will be introduced, they are based on steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP), motor imagery, motion onset and auditory stimulus respectively. The demonstrations showing the potential applications of the systems will also be presented.

Biography:
Prof. Shangkai Gao graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1970, and received the M.E. degree of biomedical engineering in 1982 in same department of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. She has been working in Tsinghua University since 1970. She is currently a professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, IEEE Fellow.

Her research interests include biomedical signal and image processing, especially the study of brain-computer interface.