4th International Winter Conference on BCI

The 4th International Winter Conference on BCI in Korea, 22-24 February 2016, aims to encourage overview, in-depth talks and discussions, on the latest research of BCI. 

Its devotion includes invasive recording, semi-invasive ECoG, non-invasive EEG, non-invasive NIRS and fMRI measurement and potential combinations of the different methods furthermore advances in data analysis. Informal open discussion will be highly encouraged during its poster session.

Topics of Interest

• Novel BCI paradigms to elicit and collect data in different settings;
• Methods for the identification of mental status for BCI;
• Novel ideas for the combination of different mental strategies;
• Innovative theories or methodologies for user- or environment-adaptive BCIs;
• Advanced machine learning techniques for bio-signal processing and classification;
• Novel ideas and methodologies for multi-modal BCI;
• Novel methods or concepts for neurofeedback;
• Ideas for the advancement of BCI through open source collaboration;
• Applications of BCI including games, neuro-rehabilitation, control, virtual reality, etc.

More informations here.

3rd International Winter Workshop on Brain-Computer Interfaces

From 12 until 14 January, 2015, at Seoul - Korea, will be held the conference 3rd International Winter Workshop on Brain-Computer Interfaces.

Different approaches to Brain-Computer Interfaces have been developed, each one with specific solutions that range from understanding and explaining cognitive functions over communicating with real and virtual environments by thought alone to real-time monitoring of cognitive states. 
The 3rd International Winter Conference on Brain-Computer Interface aims to encourage overview, in-depth talks and discussions on the latest research at all levels of BCI research. 
Its devotion includes:

• invasive recording, 
• semi-invasive ECoG, 
• non-invasive EEG, 
• non-invasive NIRS and fMRI measurement and 
• potential combinations of the different methods furthermore advances in data analysis. 

Brain Interactive Map

University of California at Berkeley did an interesting study called "Interactive map: how the brain sorts what we see". It shows how the brain is wired to put the categories of objects and actions we see daily and it organizes these groupings. 

Using fMRI they record the patients brain activity while showing 2 hours of movie trailers where each object and action of the movies were identified before. Measuring the blood flow in about 30.000 of Voxels (Volumetric Pixels), covering the entire cortex, it was possible to determine how each object and action affects those areas.

The final result was to formulate models that describe how the brain encodes visual information and responds during natural vision. 

Here it is a small video which I've made using the BrainViewer. 

If you have an old PC probably it will not be possible to use the online "BrainViewer" because some of the WebGL functions don’t exist in the video board.

For more informations about BCI/EEG press here.