Technology and Applications of Brain-Computer Interfaces

Dear Colleagues,

Today, human–computer interaction (HCI) devices are used for interfacing with computers for different purposes such as data entry, control or communication. A brain–computer interface (BCI) is a channel of communication between the brain and an external acquisition device that is largely used for HCI. In computer science and bioengineering, BCI is used for different purposes such as device control, gaming, and supporting people with handicap, as in the cases of acquisition and interpretation of EEG/neural data which can control the moves of a wheelchair, replay some vocal synthesis, or also control a home automation system. Moreover, consumer-grade EEG devices allow detecting emotions and facial expressions and can be used for contextual brain research and BCI applications. In recent years, novel computational approaches have been studied and introduced for processing BCI data. In particular, Artificial-Intelligence-based methodologies have been largely adopted.

The aim of the Special Issue is to host recent research advances in the field of technology and applications of brain–computer interfaces and to highlight research issues and still open questions.

Potential topics include computational methodologies (but are not limited to):

• Applied and Computational Mathematics;
• Computational Intelligence;
• Machine Learning;
• Data mining;

when applied to:

• Medical data;
• Smart environment;
• Educational;
• Games and entertainment;
• Security and authentication;
•  Neuromarketing.

Furthermore, software tools designed for addressing any of the above topics might also be considered relevant for the Special Issue.

• applied and computational mathematics (e.g., filtering, pre-processing);
• computational intelligence (e.g., fuzzy logic, deep neural networks, evolutionary computation, probabilistic methods);
• machine learning (e.g., support vector machine, Boltzmann machine);
• data mining (e.g., feature extraction, clustering)

Prof. Dr. Angelo Ciaramella
Dr. Alessio Ferone
Prof. Dr. Simone Fiori
Prof. Dr. Antonino Staiano
Prof. Dr. Toshihisa Tanaka
Guest Editors

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