#Winner "Winner"

The Winner of 2012
 

Surjo R. Soekadar, Niels Birbaumer

        Improving Efficacy of Ipsilesional Brain-Computer Interface Training in Neurorehabilitation of Chronic Stroke

Applied Neurotechnology Lab, University Hospital Tübingen and Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany

#Nominees "Nominees"

The Nominees of 2012


More than 50 top-level research projects were submitted from all over the world!
The jury, chaired by Eric Leuthardt, carefully scored 10 nominated projects, and then selected the winners for the Annual BCI Research Award 2012.


 

A.B. Ajiboye, D. Bacher, L. Barefoot, E. Berhanu, M.J. Black, D. Blana, S.S. Cash, K. Centrella, E.K. Chadwick, A. Cornwell, J. P. Donoghue, E. Eskandar, J. M. Feldman, G. M. Friehs, E. Gallivan, B. Jarosiewicz, S. Haddadin, L. R. Hochberg, M. Homer, P.-S. Kim, B. King, R. F. Kirsch, J. Liu, W. Q. Malik, N. Y. Masse, J. A. Perge, D. M. Rosler, A. Sarma, N. Schmansky, J. D. Simeral, P. van der Smagt, S. Stavisky, B. Travers, K. Tringale, W. Truccolo, J. Vogel

Intracortical Control of Assistive Devices by Individuals with Tetraplegia

BrainGate Research Team.
School of Engineering, Brown University.
Deutsches Zentrum für Lift- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Robotik und Mechatronik.


C.A. Domingues Teixeiraa, B. Direitoa, M. Bandarabadia, H. Feldwisch-Drentrupb,c,d,f, A. Wittong, C. Alvaradog, M. Le Van Quyeng, B. Schelterb,f,h, G. Favaroi, A. Douradoa

Brainatic: A System for Real-time Epileptic Seizure Prediction

a CISUC – Centro de Informática e Sistemas da Universidade de Coimbra, 3030-290, Coimbra, Portugal.
b Freiburg Center for Data Analysis and Modeling (FDM), Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
c Bernstein Center Freiburg (BCF), Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany dFreiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
e Department of Neurobiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
f Department of Physics, University of Freiburg, Germany.
g Centre de Recherche de l’Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
h Institute for Complex Systems and Mathematical Biology, SUPA, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
i Micromed S.p.A., Treviso, Italy.


 

T. Z. Lauritzena, J. Harrisa,b, J. A. Sahelc, J. D. Dorna, K. McClurea, R. J. Greenberga

Reading Visual Braille with a Retinal Prosthesis

a Second Sight Medical Products, Sylmar, CA, USA.
b Brigham Young University – Idaho, Rexburg, ID, USA.
c UMR-S 968, Institut de la Vision, Paris, France; and CIC INSERM DHOS 503, National Ophtalmology Hospital, Paris, France.


D. Looneya, P. Kidmoseb, D.P. Mandica

Ear-EEG: User-Centered, Wearable & 24/7 BCI.

a Imperial College London, UK.
b Aarhus University, Denmark.


N. Mrachacz-Kerstinga, N. Jiangb, K. Dremstrupa, D. Farinac

A novel Brain-Computer Interface for Chronic Stroke Patients

a Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark.
b Strategic Technology Management, Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH, Duderstadt, Germany.
c Neurorehabilitation Engineering Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany.


L. Georgea, M. Marchalb, L. Glonduc, A. Lécuyerd

Combining Brain-Computer Interfaces and Haptics: Detecting Mental Workload to Adapt Haptic Assistance.

a INRIA, Rennes, France.
b INSA, Rennes, France.
c ENS Cachan, Bruz, France.
d IRISA, Rennes, France.


S. Ruiz, M. Rana, K. Sass, T. Kircher, N. Birbaumer, R. Sitaram

Brain Connectivity and Semantic Priming Enhancement using Brain Computer Interfaces based on Real-time fMRI Neurofeedback.

Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology. Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen, Germany, Psychiatry Department, Medicine School. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.


S. R. Soekadara, N. Birbaumerb

Improving Efficacy of Ipsilesional Brain-Computer Interface Training in Neurorehabilitation of Chronic Stroke

a Applied Neurotechnology Lab, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany.
b Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany.


M. Takemi, Y. Masakado, M. Liu, J. Ushiba

Online Estimate of Event-related Desynchronization by Hand Motor Imagery is Associated with Corticospinal Excitability-physiological Evidence for Brain-Computer Interface Based Neurorehabilitation

Keio University, Japan


T. Yanagisawaa,b, M. Hirataa, Y. Saitoha,e, H. Kishimaa, K. Matsushitaa, T. Gotoa, R. Fukumab,c, H. Yokoid, Y. Kamitanib,c, T. Yoshiminea

Electrocorticographic Control of Prosthetic Hands in Paralyzed Patients

a Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka.
b ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Kyoto.
c Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara.
d University of Tokyo Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, Tokyo, Japan.
e Department of Neuromodulation and Neurosurgery office for University-Industry Collaboration, Osaka, Japan.


 

#Jury "Jury"

The 2012 Jury
 

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Eric Leuthardt

Chair
 

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Leigh Hochberg

 
 

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Gert Pfurtscheller


 

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  Gerwin Schalk


 

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Moritz Grosse-Wentrup


 

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 Junichi Ushiba


 

#Ceremony "Ceremony"
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The Awards Ceremony 2012
 

The Award Ceremony took place at the BCI Party during the Neuroscience 2012 in New Orleans, LA (USA), October 13th-17th, 2012