Articles from the Seventh International Brain-Computer Interface Meeting

摘要

The field of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs, also known as brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) continues to be an area of rapid growth and development, attracting widespread interest both from the research community and the general public. This special issue presents papers on topics presented at the Seventh International Brain-Computer Interface Meeting, which was held 21-25 May 2018 at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California, USA. This Meeting marked a transition in the BCI Meeting series from a triennial Meeting schedule to a biennial schedule. Past BCI Meetings had been held in 1999, 2002, 2005, 2010, 2013, and 2016. The Seventh International BCI Meeting continues a trend of reduced reliance on grant funding, albeit with generous support of student attendance by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. The Seventh International BCI Meeting kept its distinctive and valuable retreat format, with shared meals to encourage interaction between collaborators and 25 workshops to promote interaction on particular topics in the BCI field. The 432 delegates came from 28 countries and represented 221 research groups or organizations. These delegates were approximately 37% students, 13% postdocs, 15% early career, 25% established researchers, and 10% other. The 227-page abstract book is freely available on the BCI Society webpage. Its peer-reviewed abstracts provide valuable summaries of the myriad advances in BCI research. The program book for the Seventh International BCI Meeting is also available. An innovation in the 2018 BCI Meeting were Master's Classes to provide early stage researchers with feedback on proposed projects from experience BCI researchers.