Combining constrained based learning and transfer learning to facilitate Zero-training Brain-Computer Interfacing

Información del proyecto

ZERO-TRAIN-BCI

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 657679

DOI

10.3030/657679

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 11 Marzo 2015

Fecha de inicio 1 Abril 2015

Fecha de finalización 31 Marzo 2017

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coste total

€ 159 460,80

Aportación de la UE

€ 159 460,80

Coordinado por

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT BERLIN
Germany

Objetivo

Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) enable the user to control a computer or external device directly through his or her brain signals. This interface can be used for restoring communication for completely paralysed patients, to restore motor function through prostheses but also for non-medical applications such as gaming.
The initial BCI prototypes relied on voluntary modulation of the brain signals to control the computer. Nowadays, it is the computer that is taught via machine learning algorithms how to interpret the brain signals and this reduced the training times to 15-30 minutes for a calibration session. During such a calibration session, the user is instructed to perform specific mental tasks, such that the recorded brain signals can be labelled with the user’s intention. This labelled data-set is then used to train the machine learning algorithm. Unfortunately, due to non-stationarity in the observed brain signals, re-calibration is often required to ensure the accuracy of the interface. Obviously, frequent (re-)calibration is not desired. Especially for patients with a limited attention span, it must be reduced to a minimum.
The BCI community has invested much effort in reducing the need for calibration data. However, despite this effort, true zero-training BCIs that do not require calibration are rather rare. For the Event Related Potential (ERP) based BCI, we were able to develop such a true zero-training BCI based on the concepts of constraint based learning and transfer learning. That decoder was designed specifically for the ERP based BCI and cannot be ported directly to other paradigms. Hence, the goal in this project is to expand on this idea and to develop a true-zero training Motor Imagery (MI) based BCI by investigating novel machine learning methods based on constraint based learning and transfer learning.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

• ciencias naturales › informática y ciencias de la información › inteligencia artificial › aprendizaje automático › aprendizaje por transferencia
• ciencias naturales › ciencias biológicas › neurobiología › neurociencia computacional
• ciencias médicas y de la salud › medicina básica › neurología

Programa(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions PROGRAMA PRINCIPAL
  
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
  

Tema(s)

• MSCA-IF-2014-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF)
  

Régimen de financiación

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-MSCA-IF-2014

Coordinador

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT BERLIN

• Aportación neta de la UEn: € 159 460,80
• Dirección: STRASSE DES 17 JUNI 135 ; 10623 Berlin ; Alemania
• Región: Berlin › Berlin › Berlin
• Tipo de actividad: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Coste total: € 159 460,80