The Annual BCI Award

V. de Seta ^1,2,*, S Scafa ^1,2,3,*, R. Wang ^2,4,*, P. Sánchez-López ^2,4, C. Varescon ^1,2,
I. Sakr ^2,4, N. Bérard ⁵, L. Bole-Feysot ^1,2,
C. Deschenaux ^1,2, I. Enderli ⁴, A. Sánchez-López ^1,2, Y. Thenaisie ^1,2, M. Burri ²,
F. Merlos ², V. Fleury ⁶, E. Accolla ⁷,
B. Wicki ⁸, C. Hübsch ⁹, M. Castro Jiménez ⁹, J. F. Bally ⁹, A Puiatti ³, K. Lee ¹⁰, H. Lorach ^1,2, A. Collomb-Clerc ⁴, G. Courtine ^1,2,4,5, J. Bloch ^1,2,4,5,# and E. M. Moraud ^1,2,#

Activity-dependent deep brain stimulation controlled by neural signatures of gait alleviates locomotor deficits in people with Parkinson’s disease

¹ Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland
^{2 .}NeuroRestore, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
³ Institute of Digital Technologies for Personalized Healthcare (MeDiTech), University of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Viganello, Switzerland
⁴ Neuro-X Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland
⁶ Department of Neurology, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG), Geneva, Switzerland
⁷ Department of Neurology, Hôpital Fribourgeois and Fribourg University, Fribourg, Switzerland
⁸ Department of Neurology, Hôpital du Valais, Sion, Switzerland
⁹ Department of Neurology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland
¹⁰ Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering, Geneva, Switzerland
^* first author with equal contribution
^# last author with equal contribution

E. M. Kunz ^1*, B. Abramovich Krasa ^1*, K. Hussain ^1*, F. Kamdar ¹, D. Avansino ¹, N. Hahn ¹, S. Yoon ¹, A. Singh ¹, S. R. Nason-Tomaszewski ², N. S. Card ³, J. J. Jude ⁴, B. Jacques ², M. Rigotti-Thompson ¹, D. E. Brown ³, P. H. Bechefsky ²,
C. Iacobacci ³, B. Richards ⁴, L. R. Hochberg ⁴,
D. B. Rubin ⁴, Z. M. Williams ⁴, D. M. Brandman ³, S. D. Stavisky ³, N. AuYong ², C. Pandarinath ²,
S. Druckmann ¹, J. M. Henderson ¹, F. R. Willett ¹

An inner speech neuroprosthesis

¹ Stanford University, USA
² Emory University and Georgia Institute of Tech. USA
³ UC Davis, USA
⁴ Brown University, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Providence VA Medical Center, USA

^*equal contribution

Vishal Choudhari ^1,2, Maximilian Nentwich ^3,4, Sarah Johnson ^3,4, Jose L. Herrero ^3,4, Stephan Bickel ^3,4, Ashesh D. Mehta ^3,4, Daniel Friedman ⁵, Adeen Flinker ⁵, Edward F. Chang ⁶, *Nima Mesgarani ^1,2

Real-Time Brain-Controlled Selective Hearing Enhances Speech Perception in
Multi-Talker Environments

¹ Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
² MorFmer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior InsFtute, New York, New York, USA
³ Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Uniondale, New York, USA
⁴ The Feinstein InsFtutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, USA
⁵ New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
⁶ Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Justin J. Jude ^1,2,6, Hadar Levi-Aharoni ^1,2,6, Alexander J. Acosta ¹, Shane B. Allcroft ^6,8, Claire Nicolas ^1,6, Bayardo E. Lacayo ¹, Nicholas S. Card ⁹, Maitreyee Wairagkar ⁹, Alisa D. Levin ^11,12, David M. Brandman ⁹, Sergey D. Stavisky ⁹, Francis R. Willett ¹⁰, Ziv M. Williams ^3,4,5, John D. Simeral ^8,6,7, Leigh R. Hochberg ^8,6,1,2,7, Daniel B. Rubin ^1,2

An intuitive, bimanual, high-throughput QWERTY touch typing neuroprosthesis for people with tetraplegia

¹ Ctr. for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Dept. of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
² Dept. of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
³ Dept. of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
⁴ Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Boston, MA
⁵ Harvard Medical School, Program in Neuroscience, Boston, MA
⁶ Sch. of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI
⁷ Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science, Brown University, Providence, RI
⁸ VA Ctr. for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology, VA Providence Healthcare System, Providence, RI
⁹ Dept. of Neurological Surgery, University of California Davis, Davis, CA
¹⁰ Dept. of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
¹¹ Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Ali H. Alamri ¹, John E. Downey ², Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos ^2,3, and Charles M. Greenspon ²

Imagination strategies for generalized BCI control

¹ Committee on Computational Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
² Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
³ Neuroscience Institute, University of Chicago, IL, USA

Santosh Chandrasekaran ^1*#, Sarah K. Wandelt ^1*, Aniket Jangam ¹, Zeev Elias ¹, Erona Ibroci ¹, Christina Maffei ^1,2, Isabelle A. Rosenthal ¹, Douglas Griffin ², Adam B. Stein ³, Ashesh D. Mehta ^1,4,5, Chad E. Bouton ^1,4,5

Double Neural Bypass: Restoring Cortically Mediated Movement and Sensation in Complete Tetraplegia

¹ Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, US
² Northwell Health STARS Rehabilitation, Northwell Health, East Meadow, US
³ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwell Health, Manhasset, US
⁴ North Shore University Department of Neurosurgery, Northwell Health, Manhasset, US
⁵ Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Manhasset, US

*equal authorship

M.C. Ottenhoff ^1,2 , R. Li ¹ , T.K. Pun ^1,2 , S. Allcroft ^1,5 , A. Dempsey ³ , A. Acosta ³ , B. Lacayo ³ ,
L.A. Panagos ³ , C. Vargas-Irwin ^4,2,5 , 
L.R. Hochberg ^1,2,3,5.6

A bimanual iBCI that enabled simultaneous neural control of two cursors on the first day of use

¹ School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence RI, USA
² Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
³ Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Dept. of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA, USA
⁴ Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
⁵ VA Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology, Dept. of VA Medical Center, RI, USA
⁶ Dept of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

L. Struber ¹, J. Faber ^1,2, F. Martel ¹, V. Juillard ¹, F. Martel¹ A. Carvallo Pecci ¹, A. Bleuzé ¹, R. Souriau ¹, S. Karakas ¹, Elodie Faure¹, A. Adham^1,3, F. Sauter-Starace ¹, S. Chabardès ⁴, T. Aksenova ¹, G. Charvet ¹

Restoring bimanual hand function with brain-driven functional electrical stimulation in tetraplegia

¹ Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LETI, Clinatec, Grenoble, France
² Neuroscience Division, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
³ Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
⁴ Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble University Hospital, Clinatec, Grenoble, France

Yaoyao Hao ^1,2, Guangxiang Xu ^1,2, Zebin Wang ^1,2, Yueming Wang ^1,2

Decoding handwriting trajectories from thoughts: a novel brain-to-text communication system

¹ The State Key Lab of Brain-Machine Intelligence, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
² Nanhu Brain-computer Interface Institute, Hangzhou, China

Anna L. Pritchard ^*1, Samuel R. Nason-Tomaszewski ^*1, Yunnuo Zhang ¹, Brandon G. Jacques ¹, Yahia H. Ali ¹, Mattia Rigotti-Thompson ¹, Brice A. Richards ¹, Payton H. Bechefsky ¹, Leigh R. Hochberg ², Nicholas AuYong ^**1, Chethan Pandarinath ^**1

A multi-area intracortical brain-computer interface with seamless transitions between speech and hand motor functions

¹ Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
² Brown University, Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

*, ** denotes equal contribution (lead, senior)

Anna Bourgeois ¹, Meghan Maiani ¹, Araz Minhas ¹, Payton Shaw ¹, Dejana Nikitovic ¹, Brian Irvine ¹, Ion Robu ¹, Nathan Brand ¹, Zeanna Jadavji ¹, Gregory Wilding ¹, Mateo Ambrogiano ¹, Emily Schrag ¹, Alicia Hilderley ¹, Daniel Comadurán Márquez ¹, Helen L. Carlson ¹, Nicole Romanow ¹, Adam Kirton ¹*, Eli Kinney-Lang ¹

Creating an engaging brain computer interface functional electrical stimulation therapy for children with hemiparesis

¹  Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary, Canada

Valeria Spagnolo ^1,2,3*, Icare Sakr ^1,2,3*, Laure Coquoz ^1,2,3*, Simon Dahan ^1,2,3*, Gaia Carparelli ^1,2,3*, Pedro Abranches ^1,2,3*, Nadine Intering ^1,2,3, Céline Deschenaux ^1,2,3, Sergio Hernandez Charpak ^1,2,3, Sara Cruz ^1,2,3, Camille Frayssinhes ^1,2,3, Philippe Forero ^1,2,3,  Nikolas Hankov ^1,2,3, Thibault Collin ^1,2,3, Vincent Rouanne ^1,2,3, Malo Simodin ^1,2,3, Zakarya Souid ^1,2,3, Charles David Sasportes ^1,2,3, Andrea Galvez ^1,2,3, Felix Martel ⁴, Marina D’Ercole ⁵, Léa Bole-Feysot ^1,2,3, Anne Watrin ⁵, Charlotte Jacquet ⁵, Serpil Karakas ⁴, Matthieu Bosquet ^4,5, Olivier Faivre ^4,5, Tetiana Aksenova ⁴, Pierre Bessot ⁶, Vincent Delattre ⁶, Julian Deddeley ⁶, Jean-Baptiste Ledoux ⁶, Camille Haxaire ^1,2,3, Fabio Becce ⁷, Viviana Aureli ^1,2,3, Robin Demesmaeker ^1,2,3, Jordan Squair ^1,2,3, Léonie Asboth ^1,2,3, Guillaume Charvet ⁴, Jocelyne Bloch ^1,2,3**, Henri Lorach ^1,2,3** and Grégoire Courtine ^1,2,3**

An implantable brain-spine interface restoring lower limb movements after complete spinal cord injury

¹ NeuroRestore, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland
²  NeuroX Institute, School of Life Sciences, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
³ Department of Clinical Neuroscience, CHUV and UNIL, Lausanne, Switzerland
⁴ Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LETI, Clinatec, Grenoble, France
⁵ ONWARD Medical, Lausanne, Switzerland
⁶ Department of Radiology, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland

* equal contribution, ** supervised the work