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Panel @Hello Tomorrow Summit, Paris, March 2024
I was excited to be part of Hello Tomorrow Summit, which took place on 03/21-03/22 and shared with the audience some insights on how we can bridge the Minds and Machines – Exploring the Advances in Brain-Computer Interfaces.
My co-panelist included Balint Varkuti from CereGate. This panel was moderated by Elodie Chabrol.
Videos Available from Paris Saclay Summit 2024
The inaugural edition of the Paris-Saclay Summit at the EDF LAB Paris-Saclay, in Palaiseau, took place February 29 to March 1, 2024 .
On March 1, 10am CET, I did a deep dive on brain-computer interfaces and explaining how we can control objects using our brains. I will also present a live demo of a new project. Watch the video here.
This talk was followed by myconversation with Valérie Pécresse, President of the Paris Region, moderated by Etienne Gernelle, director of the Le Point. Watch the video here.
Article @Le Point about Paris Saclay Summit 2024
Grab a print copy of this week’s Le Point magazine (N2690), or check the online version of the article here to learn more about the ground-breaking innovations from amazing scientists from all different areas of expertise: why we do what we do, what are the societal and ethical implications of our work, and understand the infrastructure needed to be in place to make all this research come to life.
Paris Saclay Summit 2024
The inaugural edition of the Paris-Saclay Summit at the EDF LAB Paris-Saclay, in Palaiseau, will take place February 29 to March 1, 2024 .
On March 1, 10am CET, I will be doing a deep dive on brain-computer interfaces and explaining how we can control objects using our brains. I will also present a live demo of a new project.
This talk will be followed by myconversation with Valérie Pécresse, President of the Paris Region, moderated by Etienne Gernelle, director of the Le Point.
Register here: https://evenements.lepoint.fr/paris-saclay-summit-en/program/
Judge for Hult Prize, Boston Cohort, 2024
I was inspired and honored to be on the team of judges for Hult Prize, Boston cohort, 2024.
The Hult Prize challenges young people around the world to solve the planet's most pressing issues through social entrepreneurship. This year, a team can pitch any idea they have for a social enterprise, as long as it is world-changing and aligned with at least one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Article @Le Point about the ethics of brain sensing solutions
Le 29/01/2024 je viens de présenter mes nouveaux travaux sur la détection cérébrale non invasive avec une démo live : prendre une photo et la poster sur Twitter en utilisant uniquement son cerveau et une paire de lunettes 👓 🧠 📸. Le Point vient de publier un article aujourd'hui sur cette mise à jour d'Elon Musk concernant Neuralink et il contient beaucoup de mes réflexions. Jetez-y un œil.
En résumé, voici ce que je dis : je soulève plusieurs préoccupations éthiques et techniques.
- la nécessité d'utiliser un implant pour des fonctions (potentiellement - car on ne connaît rien sur le patient!) réalisables par des moyens moins invasifs
- la hâte de Neuralink, motivée par des intérêts commerciaux (la motivation commerciale est 1000% normale et acceptable - juste il ne faut pas oublier que cette entreprise doit lever des fonds pour exister et fonctionner).
- mes inquiétudes sur la sécurité des données cérébrales et les potentiels abus, y compris les risques liés à des mises à jour insuffisantes des implants et l'utilisation des données pour des fins non éthiques, comme la publicité ciblée directement dans le cerveau des utilisateurs.
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On 29/01/2024 at SPIE conference in San Francisco, I presented my new work on non-invasive brain detection with a live demo: taking a photo and posting it on Twitter using only one's brain and a pair of glasses 👓 🧠 📸 . Le Point just published an article today about this update from Elon Musk regarding Neuralink and it contains a lot of my thoughts. Take a look.
In summary, here's what I'm saying: I raise several ethical and technical concerns.
- I question the necessity of using an implant for functions (potentially - as we know nothing about the patient!) that could be achieved by less invasive means
- Neuralink's haste, driven by commercial interests (commercial motivation is 1000% normal and acceptable - just don't forget that this company needs to raise funds to exist and operate, thus the messaging about « telepathy »).
- my concerns about the security of brain data and potential abuses, including risks associated with the use of data for unethical purposes, such as targeted advertising directly in users' brains.
New Paper @SPIE 2024: ‘Are You Still Watching’?
It was great to be back to SPIE 2024 in San Francisco to present our new paper: ‘Are You Still Watching?’
Very few research works featuring AR and Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) systems considered integrating cognitive state of the user in their applications. Additionally, even fewer projects explored the wearable, everyday solutions to help the user in their everyday tasks beyond the lab setup.
In this project, we propose a wearable, wireless pair of glasses with a monocle-like heads-up display by including information about the current attentional state of the wearer by adapting their environment accordingly. We first introduce our solution for AR-BCI integration. An application was designed, which adapted to the user’s state of attention measured via electroencephalography (EEG) and electrooculography (EOG). The system only responded if the attentional orientation was classified as "internal". Fourteen users tested the attention-aware system; we show that the adaptation of the interface improved the usability of the system.
We conclude that more systems would benefit from awareness of the user’s ongoing attentional state as well further efficient integration of AR and BCI headsets.
Paper can be found here.
New Paper: Ddog
Our paper 'A Brain-Controlled Quadruped Robot: A Proof-of-Concept Demonstration' is published!
If you want to learn more on how to build:
🤖 autonomous
📱mobile
👁️eyes-free
system
using
🧠brain-sensing glasses
and Spot from Boston Dynamics, check our paper: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/1/80
We call this system Ddog 🐶 👓 🧠 The goal of Ddog was to design an autonomous application that would enable a user to control a Spot robot based on the user’s input via brain only and give feedback to the user and their caregiver using voice via the app 📱
Ddog is designed to work either fully offline, or fully online. The online version has a more advanced set of machine learning (ML) models, as well as better fine-tuned models.
Our paper also features an overview of the state of the art in 🧠 sensing and 🤖as of 2023. We explain the challenges of portability, comfort, UI/UX for the users who would wear brain computer-enabled devices, with our proposed solution (I) being wearable form-factor with a setup time < 2 min.
Video trailer of Ddog is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBcdnOlYJw8 and a full video overview is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltrPvggcx4c
AttentivU measures the user’s electroencephalography (EEG - 🧠 ) and electrooculography (EOG - 👁️) activity of the user from the electrodes embedded in the glasses’ frame. The user mentally responds to a series of questions with YES/NO answers, using their brain only.
Each question–answer pair has a pre-configured set of actions for Spot. For instance, Spot was prompted to walk across a room, pick up an object, and retrieve it for the user (i.e., bring a bottle of water) when a sequence resolved to a YES response with a success rate of 83.4%.
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first integration of wireless, non-visual-based BCI system with Spot in the context of personal assistant use cases. While Ddog is an early prototype, future iterations may embody friendly and intuitive cues similar to service dogs 🐕🦺
Thank you so much to my amazing co-authors Eugene Hauptmann and Yasmeen Hmaidan - this work would not be possible without them! And of course, thank you to Spot!
ASCEND 2023
I was excited to travel to Las Vegas to attend ASCEND 2023 and to present our new paper: ‘Using Wearable Brain Sensing Glasses during Zero-G Flight for Hyperscanning: Preliminary Study’.
Watch my talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jlqNxK0GoU
Radio Interview: The World (WGBH/PRX)
Scientists are gathering data of brain activity from non-invasive brain scans and analyzing that information, sometimes with AI, to understand people’s different thoughts and mental images.
The World’s Carol Hills interviewed me about how the science works, and how new discoveries can help the brain and technology function together.
Listen to the interview here: https://theworld.org/media/2023-10-20/researchers-studying-electrical-signals-human-brains-are-getting-little-closer
New Paper
New paper is out:
‘Using Wearable Brain Sensing Glasses during Zero-G Flight for Hyperscanning: Preliminary Study’
Currently, there is paucity in the knowledge on the exact effect of microgravity on the human brain and even more so – the scarce availability of comfortable, portable and wireless systems to measure the brain activity while studying microgravity. In this study we used portable, wireless electroencephalogram (EEG) and electrooculogram (EOG) device to simultaneously record brain activity from a group of 6 subjects during a parabolic flight. Simultaneous local data collection and subsequent data export allowed for evaluation of brain activity of flyers during various gravity environment trials when experiencing martian, lunar and zero gravity. All individual subjects showed decrease in alpha, beta and theta band powers when compared between different Gs. Alpha power was depressed in 0 G when compared to both 1/6 G and 1/3 G in all subjects. Same results can be observed for beta and theta band powers. We believe that this study paves a promising direction to investigate the neuroscience of group interactions in ecologically natural settings of parabolic flights using portable EEG systems.
Nataliya Kosmyna, Daniel Hails, Eugene Hauptmann, Christopher Markus, Zoe Lee, Gun Bolukbasi and Minsol Kim. "Using Wearable Brain Sensing Glasses during Zero-G Flight for Hyperscanning: Preliminary Study," AIAA 2023-4656. ASCEND 2023. October 2023.
We were excited to demo one of our systems - robot control of BB8 using one’s brain activity only during CreatedBy Festival!
We were proud to exhibit at the Boston Children's Museum’s annual STEAM festival for educators, students, families, and curious learners.
Learn more here: https://www.neurafutures.com/events/
CreatedBy Festival 2023
Cambridge Science Festival 2023
It was great to share my love and passion for brain sensing, as well as the most recent scientific advances in brain research during the Cambridge Science Festival 2023! I was also excited to feature my NeuraFutures project during 2 lectures, a series of demos and tours!
Learn more here: https://www.neurafutures.com/events/
NeuraFutures Installation @ Cambridge Public Library
Visit new location of NeuraFutures installation!
Admission is free and open for public starting September 25, 2023 during the working hours of The Cambridge Public Library.
Building on 15 years of our experience in designing and creating the most cutting edge interaction – fusion between the brain and computer, brain-computer interface, in our project NeuraFutures we are touching upon implanting memories, reading your dreams while you sleep and communicating a thought between two different people throughout the continents.
We analyzed 480+ books, movies, TV shows to give our audience a better picture of what brain computer interfaces are and are not. From science to science fiction, from 1641’s brain in a jar to 2021’s Rick and Morty’s memory transfer helmet.
We explore together with our audience the multitude of scenarios, use cases, form-factors of some of the most futuristic systems imagined by humans over the past 500 years to establish how close we are to those systems and try to answer THAT VERY IMPORTANT question - if you really need to get that implant tomorrow.
Learn more about the installation here: https://www.neurafutures.com/installation-cpl/
MIT Technology Review Cover Story:
‘Feet on Earth, head in the stars’
So honored to b e featured alongside my amazing colleagues from MIT Media Lab in September-October issue of MIT Technology Review!
Check the article here: https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/22/1076891/feet-on-earth-head-in-the-stars/
UAB Grand Rounds Talk 2023
On 08/31 The Marnix E. Heersink Institute for Biomedical Innovation held a Grand Rounds presentation, where I was an invited speaker.
Check the video recording here: https://youtu.be/svxsndmWMbE.
Momentum AI Summer Camp 2023
Truly enjoyed my time with Momentum AI 2023 summer cohort and gave a lecture about the future of brain sensing.
Learn more about the camp here (priority is given to reaching people who otherwise don’t have access to similar opportunities in computer science with no prior knowledge in CS/AI): https://momentumai.org
AI in Youth Mental Health Panel
Enjoyed being part of Applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Youth Mental Health Treatment: Benefits vs. Risks panel, hosted by the Steinberg Institute, in partnership with The Child Mind Institute (CMI) and DHCS on a project aimed at better understanding the use of technology in mental health education, support and treatment for youth in California.
BRAIN CAPITAL INNOVATION SUMMIT
Enjoyed being part of AI and Brain Health panel during Brain Capital Innovation Summit!
Learn more about the event here: https://www.broadreach-global.com/braincapital
Config 2023 - Figma’s annual conference
Truly enjoyed last week in San Francisco speaking at Config 2023 - Figma’s annual conference, making new friends, meeting all amazing speakers, attendees and Figma's team!
Watch the video of my talk to learn more on designing next-gen brain computer interfaces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MssXWsvgRyM
Learn more about Config here: https://config.figma.com
BCI Meeting 2023
It was great to catch with friends and make new ones at BCI Meeting 2023! I was part of BCI state-of-the-art: Demonstrations of BCIs prototypes workshop co-organized the BCI Movie Night!
Learn more about the event here: https://bcisociety.org/bci-meeting/
HUMANS Project launch to ISS!
The four-person Axiom Space crew flew to space on May 21, 2023 in SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft atop its Falcon 9 rocket to participate in the mission, including working and living on the orbiting laboratory to implement a full manifest of science, outreach, and commercial activities, including a live streaming of our HUMANS project - a nanowafer, carrying messages in more than 64 languages from over 80 countries.
Learn more about the project here: https://humans.mit.edu
Speaker @ BCI Spring School 2023
I gave a talk at BCI Spring School 2023 on Wearables and future applications.
More info about the event here: https://www.gtec.at/spring-school-2023/
New Project: Ddog
Augmenting Brains 2022: All lectures available!
All lectures from my first edition of Augmenting Brains conference are now available online!
Check them out here!
I was delighted to be at at Körber-Stiftung, Hamburg, Germany to have an hour long chat with Katharina Heckendorf on "Science Fiction or Reality? Artificial Intelligence as an opportunity for an advanced age".
The video is available here.
Talk on BCI+AI for an advanced age @ Körber-Stiftung, Hamburg, Germany
Talk @IVRHA 2023
I gave a talk ’Brain Sensing and XR: Healthcare applications and beyond’ during 7th Annual Virtual Reality and Healthcare Global Symposium.
Learn more about the conference here.
I gave a lecture ‘Brain-Computer Interfaces: From Science Fiction to Reality’ for MAS City Sci-fi class.
Learn about the course here.
Lecture @MAS City Sci-fi class
Happy to be part of The Future of Interface Workshop Panel on Direct Brain Interfaces. Shared the panel with:
Moderator: Vint Cerf
Panelists:
Bin He, Carnegie Mellon University
Maryam Shanechi, University of Southern California
Max Hodak, Science Corp
Nataliya Kos’myna, MIT Media Lab
Nicholas Opie, Synchron
Check the video recording here.
The Future of Interface Workshop Panel
NASA HRP IWS Meeting 2023
I was excited to present our work ‘IMPROVING AND OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE FOR LONG DURATION SPACEFLIGHT USING WEARABLE PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSING’ during NASA HRP IWS Meeting 2023.
Check the webpage of the event here.
Together with my students, we have done a demonstration of memory implantation and fabrication during MIT Museum’s After Dark event.
Learn more about this series of events here.
MIT Museum After Dark Event 2023
The Economist video
I am excited to be part of this film by The Economist featuring my work on brain sensing - AttentivU with NASA, Brain Switch - for patients with ALS as well as NeuraFutures project - all carried out at MIT Media Lab.
Invited Lecture by Lisa Joy
I was extremely honored to host Lisa Joy, the screenwriter, producer and director behind Westworld, The Peripheral, Reminiscence and more for an invited lecture at MIT Media Lab on 12/14/2022:
“DESIGNING THE FUTURE: A Liberal Arts Major’s Guide to Putting the Science in Science Fiction.”
Check this link for more information and details.
Check the video of the talk here: https://www.media.mit.edu/events/invited-lecture-lisa-joy-nolan/
Augmenting Brains 2022
I created, curated and organized Augmenting Brains conference, which took place on December 9, 2022.
‘Augmenting Brains' is an all-day, in-person conference dedicated to the discussion of the future of brain sensing.
We covered a variety of topics, including: living implants, memory fabrication, holograms, dreams and more.
Also included were demos and inspiration stations of dream experiences, and other brain-computer interfaces.
We had a deep dive together with our speakers and audience about the multitude of current use cases and form-factors, as well as the future ones.
Additionally, we covered topics such as: hardware, healthtech, entertainment, wellbeing, ethics, and legislation.
In addition to world renowned scientists from the Media Lab and larger MIT community , I was extremely excited to host speakers and guests all in-person from different institutions around the world with different backgrounds:
Prof. Pattie Maes – MIT Media Lab; Media Arts and Sciences;
Prof. Elizabeth F. Loftus – UCI School of Social Ecology; Distinguished Professor of Psychological Science;
Dr. Nathan Whitmore – MIT Media Lab;
Theresa Vaughan, BA, National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies;
Prof. Kacy Cullen, University of Pennsylvania;
Steven Kane, producer, Halo.
Please visit the website for registration and more details: https://ab.media.mit.edu or https://www.media.mit.edu/events/augmenting-brains/
Book Feature: Superpower?: The Wearable-Tech Revolution
New Paper
New paper is out!
Kosmyna, N., Balyan, A., Hauptmann, E. (2023). Decoding Visual Imagery Using EEG/EOG Glasses: A Pilot Study. In: Arai, K. (eds) Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2022, Volume 2. FTC 2022 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 560. Springer, Cham.
New Paper
New paper is out!
Kosmyna, N., Balyan, A., Hauptmann, E. (2023). Target Speaker Detection with EEG/EOG Glasses: A Pilot Study. In: Arai, K. (eds) Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2022, Volume 2. FTC 2022 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 560. Springer, Cham.
CreatedBy Festival 2022, Boston Children’s Museum
My amazing team of students including Amie Tian and Zoey Yan, was present at CreatedBy Festival, to showcase some of brain sensing projects and prototypes, including the Thinking Cap.
Learn more about the festival here: https://createdbyfestival.org
La fête de la Science 2022, Poitiers, France
Merci à l'université de Poitiers de m'avoir invité à participer à la fête de la science le 14 et le 15 Octobre 2022.
J'ai emmené une demo d'un robot BB8 contrôle par la pensée.
A lire ici : https://sciences-et-societe.univ-poitiers.fr/luniversite-de-poitiers-fete-la-science/
Mind The Progress 2022, Hamburg, Germany
I was an invited keynote speaker and gave a talk about the fiction and science of brain sensing in Hamburg, on October 1, 2022. I have also traveled together with my collaborator Rinako Sonobe, to bring to Hamburg a travel version of our installation ‘NeuraFutures’.
Learn more about Mind the Progress 2022 here: https://mindtheprogress.de
Learn more about NeuraFutures @Mind the Progress here: https://www.neurafutures.com/installation-hamburg/
BCI & NEUROTECH MASTERCLASS MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND 1.0
I gave a talk at BCI Masterclass hosted by g.tec on Assessing attention, stress and cognitive load in XR using brain sensing on September 26, 2022.
Learn more about the event here: https://www.gtec.at/bci-neurotech-masterclass-massachusetts-and-rhode-island-1-0/
Check the video of my talk here.
Cambridge Science Festival: Oct 3 - Oct 9, 2022
Check out our lineup of activities to learn more about fiction and science of brain sensing:
10/5-10/8: Guided tours of our installation featuring a 500 retrospective of real and sci-fi brain sensing devices;
10/5: Lecture on fiction and reality of mind reading;
10/9: Live demo of robot control using your brain activity.
Book your (free) tickets here: https://calendly.com/neurafutures
Learn more about the project here: www.neurafutures.com
Regardez en replay un extrait du Quotidien (TMC) ou je parle de mes travaux sur les interfaces cerveau-ordinateur en concevant un système sous la forme d'une paire de lunettes (https://www.attentivu.com / https://www.braini.io/attentivu-2 ). Dans des maladies comme la SLA, les maladies neuro-musculaires, le LIS, il y a des situations où les personnes n’ont plus aucune possibilité d'interagir avec leur environnement. Plus aucun mouvement volontaire, ni la commande vocale ou par le regard sont possibles.
Nous avons développés un système ( https://www.braini.io/brain-switch-fr ) pour répondre à cette situation, et redonner du contrôle sur :
• Système d’appel
• Domotique (allumer/etendre)
• Communication alternative basique
• Aide robotique
Notre système AttentivU permet aussi de mesurer la vigilance, l'engagement, la fatigue, la charge cognitive ( on l’utilise dans notre projet en collaboration avec la NASA : https://www.braini.io/p-pop ).
Finalement, on peut aussi augmenter des casques de réalité augmentée, virtuelle ou mixte, tel que l’HoloLens 2, avec un accessoire à clipser ( https://www.braini.io/rarvrm ).
https://www.tf1.fr/tmc/quotidien-avec-yann-barthes/videos/les-inventeurs-les-lunettes-qui-controlent-les-objets-par-la-pensee-07064205.html
New Media: Quotidien, TMC (in French)
NEW PROJECT: Feedback for mv-ASD*
The aim of the project is to leverage ongoing studies to characterize and describe the locus of communication differences in individuals with mv-ASD, focusing on analysis of speech production during receptive and expressive language tasks while measuring attention and cognitive load of the subjects.
Check out the page of the project here.
*Project funded by SIMONS Foundation.
NEW PROJECT: P-POP*
The environmental conditions of spaceflight pose psychological risks for astronauts. Check out how brain sensing can help here - Personalized Performance-Optimization Platform (P-POP) for Space Exploration.
*Project sponsored by NASA.
I gave a talk at AWE 2022 on Assessing attention, stress and cognitive load in XR using brain sensing.
Register here (for free!): https://www.awexr.com or use this link to check my talk!
Speaker @ AWE 2022
If you are wondering how our neurafuture might look light, do you need to get an implant tomorrow or which countries have legislation in place with respect to brain sensing - check our new project - NeuraFutures!
The website to learn more: https://neurafutures.com
NEW PROJECT: NEURAFUTURES
I gave a talk at BCI Spring School 2022 on Assessing attention, stress and cognitive load in XR using brain sensing.
Register here: https://www.gtec.at/spring-school-2022/
Check the video of my talk here.
Speaker @ BCI Spring School 2022
New panel on the Future of Remote Living is accepted for ACM CHI 2022!
Learn more about it here:
https://www.media.mit.edu/events/telelife-a-vision-of-remote-living-in-2035/
Panel @CHI 2022
Check our new paper Workshops of the eighth international brain-computer interface meeting: BCIs: the next frontier
New Paper
I was excited to come to Orlando, Florida, to check the biggest assistive tech forum in the US and to talk about our latest work for ALS patients called the Brain Switch.
Learn more about ATIA here: https://www.atia.org
Learn more about the project here: https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/brain-switch/overview/
PRESENTER @ATIA 2022
It was so rewarding to attend my first in-person conference after 2 years of online events to talk about measuring attention using brain sensing in XR setup @SPIE 2022.
Learn more about the conference here: https://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/ar-vr-mr
PRESENTER @SPIE AR/VR/MR 2022
Check our editorial: ‘Neurotechnologies for Human Augmentation’ https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2021.789868/full
New Editorial
I talked to a French magazine ActuIA about my work on building AI for people with severe motor disabilities.
Check the magazine here: https://www.actuia.com
ActuIA Dec 2021-March 2022
I gave an in-person demo of piloting a drone using your brain activity for the special 20 year birthday edition of the Belgian TV show Tout s’explique.
Check it out here: https://www.rtl.be/people/tele/l-emission-tout-s-explique-fete-ses-20-ans-maria-del-rio-thomas-van-hamme-et-luc-gilson-reunis-pour-l-occasion-1341480.aspx
L'émission spéciale "Tout s'explique" - 20 ans
New Paper
Check our new paper on: ‘A Pilot Study of Using Brain-Computer Interfaces in Classrooms for Promoting Formal Educational Activities’ https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-89912-7_46
Check our new paper on: ‘Telelife: The Future of Remote Living’ (arXiv:2107.02965)
New Paper
Check our new paper on assessing internal and external Attention in AR (HoloLens 2) using Brain Computer Interfaces. In Proceedings of 2021 International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (IEEE BSN '21).
New Paper
Interview: Le Management n297, aout 2021
Le magazine français Le Management n297 parle de mes travaux sur la maison intelligente contrôlée par la pensée.
Product Feature:
La Recherche n565 (Avril/Juin 2021)
Le magazine français La Recherche n565 (Avril/Juin 2021) parle d’AttentivU.
BCI Meeting 2021: ““Toward an international consensus on user characterization and BCI outcomes in settings of daily living”
Please join us on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 for a workshop for BCI Meeting 2021 on exploring directions “Toward an international consensus on user characterization and BCI outcomes in settings of daily living”.
BCI Meeting 2021: “Brain-Computer Interfaces for human enhancement”
Please join us on Monday, June 7, 2021 for a workshop for BCI Meeting 2021 on “Brain-Computer Interfaces for human enhancement”.
Robotics+Care Mashup
I gave a talk about my work in brain sensing for assistive care during the Robotics + Care Mashup, which brings together academics, care providers and technologists to develop solutions for assisted living. Check the video here.
l’ADN
French newspaper l’ADN included myself among other women researchers to follow in artificial intelligence space, check the article here (in French).
AXSChat 2021
Check out the video from AXSChat 2021, when I am talking about brain sensing, the use case of accessibility and different privacy and ethical challenges surrounding the data collection of one’s brain activity.
CHI’2021
New video talk is out: “The Thinking Cap: Fostering Growth Mindset Of Children By Means Of Electroencephalography And Perceived Magic of Harry Potter Universe.” N. Kosmyna , C. Scheirer, P. Maes. 2021.
Learn more here.
SPIE AR/VR/MR 21
New video talk is out: "Making use of XR: from Gaming at Home to ICUs at Hospitals to fight COVID-19", Proc. SPIE 11764, SPIE AVR21 Industry Talks II, 1176414 (8 April 2021).
Check it here: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2597481
GAAD 2021 @ATOS
Excited to be part of Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May 20th 2021, and have a conversation between Atos CTO Sophie Proust about brain sensing and how it can help improve the lives of people. More details via this link: https://atos.net/en/events/gaad-2021-at-atos
CHI 2021
Excited to present our new paper “The Thinking Cap: Fostering Growth Mindset Of Children By Means Of Electroencephalography And Perceived Magic of Harry Potter Universe.” at CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems ‘2021.
This work was done in collaboration with Cassie Scheirer and Pattie Maes.
Check the paper (open access pdf) as well as the video presentation here.
SPIE AR/VR/XR 2021
Excited to give a talk on “Making use of XR: from Gaming at Home to ICUs at Hospitals to fight COVID-19” for SPIE AR/VR/XR 2021. Join as on March 30, 2021, 3pm PT.
Wearable devices like XR glasses and headsets can support medical interventions and prevent the progression of the diseases like dementia, and support patients suffering from ALS, anxiety or depression. Augmenting such headsets with sensors that capture brain activity, heart rate variability or skin conductivity can give access to discovering new biomarkers. These biomarkers help modelling, simulating, and finally offering novel datasets with physiological modalities recorded over extended periods of time on an everyday basis. Moreover, patients are often older adults, frail and reluctant to travel for complex exams in hospitals. Hence remotely deployed wearable systems offer a promising alternative to current practices. An ongoing COVID-19 pandemic only added to the burden of these patients and confirmed a need to accelerate the deployment of such systems for pre-clinical and clinical trials. In this talk we will discuss several examples of these systems as well as touching upon the use cases beyond healthcare.
AXSChat
Join me on March 23, 2021, 4PM EST LIVE on Twitter for a live Q&A following my discussion with AXSChat founders about using Brain-Computer Interfaces as an assistive tool.
BCI Meeting 2021
Excited to be co-organising 2 workshops for BCI Meeting 2021! One workshop is on “Brain-Computer Interfaces for human enhancement” and another one is exploring directions “Toward an international consensus on user characterization and BCI outcomes in settings of daily living”.
Brains@Play
Happy to be on the team of judges for Brains@Play, 2021! Looking forward to checking game ideas and scenarios the participants come up with!
The Brains and Games Competition (BGC) is an international design fiction competition seeking creative ideas for brain-controlled multiplayer games. The BGC is open to anyone in the world—including, but not limited to, children, adults, schools, families, youth groups, students, scientists, engineers, and academics.
BCI Un-Conference
I was invited to be a part of the round table on “Commercial perspectives for BCI technologies” for the 2nd BCI Un-Conference,
To the general public, brain-computer interfaces have long been known mainly as a subject of science fiction. In the recent years, however, neurotechnology has become a trending topic, a development which is reflected in the growing number of companies active in BCI research. As the field grows, it is important to recognise both the potential and possible pit-falls of commercialisation. During this mini-symposium, representatives of leading neurotechnology companies will discuss the commercial perspectives of BCIs for both medical and consumer applications, ethical implications of neurotechnology and the obstacles in the way of widespread BCI use.
SPIE Preview Week 2021
I was invited to be a part of the round table on “Is the Pandemic Accelerating or Putting a Dent Into XR Adoption?” for SPIE Photonics West: Preview Week, Jan 28, 2021. Check the video here.
Atos
I had a pleasure of opening Atos Scientific Moonshot Series, for their first edition ever! I had great time and passionate discussions with Atos Scientific Community about the emergence of the “Internet of Bodies”, Nov 24, 2020.
TIC Talk @LIG
I talked to TIC Talk @ Informatics Laboratory of Grenoble, my alma mater, about my work on Brain-Computer Interfaces, included but not limited to pros and cons of invasive (implants) and non-invasive solutions (headsets) and more. Check it out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or other platforms of your choice here, Nov 14, 2020.
Le Monde
French newspaper Le Monde has featured the portrait of Nataliya as well as her scientific journey, her work on Brain-Computer Interfaces and ethical AI. Check it here, Sep 30, 2020.
SIDO 2020
Nataliya gave a virtual presentation for SIDO 2020, Sep 3, 2020 which took place in Lyon, France about her recent updates on brain-computer interfaces and cognitive augmentation. Nataliya talked about a pair of glasses to improve performance and measure fatigue; recent advancements in AR/VR and brain sensing; her work on fostering growth mindset in school children and finally a pilot study with ALS patients. Check the video here.
MITxTalk
Nataliya gave MITxTalk on February 13, 2020 about lessons Learned from using physiological sensing in learning environments.
SPIE AR/VR/MR
Nataliya gave a talk during SPIE AR/VR/MR event at Moscone Center in SF, Feb 2-4,2020 about my recent advancements in AR/VR and brain sensing. Check the video here.
Napoleons Winter 2020 Summit
Nataliya gave a talk during Napoleons Winter 2020 Summit about brain-computer interfaces and cognitive augmentation and AttentivU project.
Le Monde
French newspaper Le Monde has featured a set of articles in December 2019-January 2020 about scientists and their ideation/creativity process. One of the articles was featuring myself and my inspirational places. Check it here.