Spike and ECoG
Workshop and Hands-On Seminar

November 14th, 2011 (6:30 PM - 9:30 PM).
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 209A

Organized by g.tec medical engineering GmbH, Austria During the 2011 Society for Neuroscience 2011 Conference in Washington, DC

A Brain-Computer Interface can be realized with EEG, ECoG or spike activity recorded from the brain. For example, hippocampal place cells are used to reconstruct the position of an animal, or the cerebellum is used to investigate learning functions, the human motor cortex is used to reconstruct movement trajectories or brain mapping is performed for surgical preparation in clincial settings. Therefore different types of electrodes and amplifiers are used. The workshop will explain the necessary hardware and software components in order to run such experiments successfully

Program and speakers:

Hardware and software requirements for spike and ECoG based BCI systems: Real-time position reconstruction with hippocampal place cells Dr. Christoph Guger (g.tec medical engineering GmbH, AT)	6:30-7:15 p.m.
EthoVision XT – an automatic system for behavioral tests Dr. Lucas Noldus (Noldus Inc., NL)	7:15-7:30 p.m.
Real-time decoding of sensory neural activity for feedback control of FES-enabled stepping Dr. Doug Weber (University of Pittsburgh, US)	7:30-8:00 p.m.
Replacement of a function of the cerebellum with computer systems DI Robert Prückl (g.tec medical engineering GmbH, AT)	8:00-8:30 p.m.
Brain mapping with ECoG Dr. Gerwin Schalk (Wadsworth Center, US)	8:30-9:00 p.m.
Real-time analysis of ECoG for control applications Dr. Nick Anderson (Penn State, US)	9:00-9:30 p.m.

Intended audience:

The intended audience for this event includes all neuroscientists and engineers who are interested in real-time analysis of neuronal activity as well as in rodent research.

Registration

Attendees must be registered at the Neuroscience 2011. Additionally please contact vogt@gtec.at to register for the workshop because space is limited.