g.tec's Annual BCI-Research Award 2010 is to be awarded by The BCI2000 group, Albany, New York at the BCI Meeting 2010 at the Asilomar Conference Center, Monterey Bay, California, USA, on June 3rd, 2010
- Chairman of the jury: Gerwin Schalk, PhD
Submit your description to:
bci.award2010@gtec.at
Deadlines:
- description submission: February 1, 2010
- nominee/winner notification: March 22, 2010
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What is the g.tec Annual BCI-Research Award?
g.tec donates this prize for outstanding and innovative research done in the field of Brain-Computer Interface. Each year, a renowned research laboratory is asked to judge the submitted projects and to award the prize. The jury consists of world-leading BCI experts recruited by the awarding laboratory.
Who can win the award?
This competition is open to any BCI group worldwide. There is no limitation or special consideration for the type of hardware and software used in the submission.
How can we submit a project?
Write a clear description in English language that is no longer than 2 pages. The document has to include your full name(s), contact information, project title, brief description and current status of the work, images, figures and tables (if needed). Send the document as a pdf file by e-mail before the indicated deadline.
Where does the winner receive the award?
The 10 top-ranked nominees and the winner will be informed about 2 months before the event where the prize will be awarded. The winner should attend the event or send a delegate to receive the US$3000 cash award..
How will the projects be scored?
The jury will score the submitted projects on the basis of a list of criteria. Your project should get high scores in one or more of the criteria to get a high ranking. Thus you may consider the following points when writing your submission:
- does the project include a novel application of the BCI?
- is there any new methodological approach used compared to earlier projects?
- is there any new benefit for potential users of a BCI?
- is there any improvement in terms of speed of the system (e.g. bit/min)?
- is there any improvement in terms of accuracy of the system?
- does the project include any results obtained from real patients or other potential users?
- is the used approach working online/in real-time?
- is there any improvement in terms of usability?
- does the project include any novel hardware or software developments?