F. Morgan, F. Krewer, F. Callaly, Aedan Coffey, B. M. Ginley
{"title":"Web-enabled Neuron Model Hardware Implementation and Testing","authors":"F. Morgan, F. Krewer, F. Callaly, Aedan Coffey, B. M. Ginley","doi":"10.5220/0005713001380145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0005713001380145","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a prototype web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI) platform for integrating and testing a system that can perform Low-Entropy Model Specification (LEMS) neural network description to Hardware Description Language (VHDL) conversion, and automatic synthesis and neuron implementation and testing on Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) testbed hardware. This system enables hardware implementation of neuron components and their connection in a small neural network testbed. This system incorporates functionality for automatic LEMS to synthesisable VHDL translation, automatic VHDL integration with FPGA logic to enable data I/O, automatic FPGA bitfile generation using Xilinx PlanAhead, automated multiFPGA testbed configuration, neural network parameter configuration and flexible testing of FPGA based neuron models. The prototype UI supports clock step control and real-time monitoring of internal signals. References are provided to video demonstrations.","PeriodicalId":167011,"journal":{"name":"International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122281183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CyberBrain - A Preliminary Experience on Non Human Primate","authors":"Marco Piangerelli, A. Paris, P. Romanelli","doi":"10.5220/0005089700940098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0005089700940098","url":null,"abstract":"The study of abnormal electrical activity of the brain, such as epilepsy, is attracting more and more interest for its wide impact on the population. Intracranial EEG recording (electrocorticogaphy; EcoG) and direct cortical stimulation (DCS) are, nowadays, the most accurate and reliable techniques to map cortical function and to identify the boundaries of an epileptic focus. In this work we present the preliminary testing of intra-operative ECoG and DCS performed in a non-human primate using a new custom-made fully-implantable wireless 16channels device (Patent Number: WO2012143850), called ECOGW-16E. This fully-integrated device, housed in a compact hermetically sealed Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) enclosure, exploits the newly available Medical Implant Communication Service band (MICS: 402-405 MHz). ECOGW-16E is wirelessly rechargeable using a special designed cage for recharge, developed in accordance with guidelines for accommodation of animals by Council of Europe.","PeriodicalId":167011,"journal":{"name":"International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics","volume":"378 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116058847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Simple and Practical Sensorimotor EEG Device for Recording in Patients with Special Needs","authors":"S. Ehrlich, Ana Alves-Pinto, R. Lampe, G. Cheng","doi":"10.5220/0006559100730079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0006559100730079","url":null,"abstract":"In studies involving patients with special needs, the use of electroencephalography (EEG) recordings is among the most delicate measurement modalities. The quietness needed and the long preparation time can be challenging especially in young ages. Furthermore, the invasive appearance of the instrumentation involved is not appealing and can raise distrust in patients. We developed a customized EEG device which adresses these issues by merging commercially available EEG hardware with an unobtrusive headphones design. The resulting device has very short preparation times, non-clinical appearance, and delivers adequate data quality with respect to recording of sensorimotor rhythms. Our device was employed in a study investigating sensorimotorrelated brain activity in adolescents and adults with cerebral palsy (CP) conducted at a day-care center. Experimenters reported convenient data collection and overall acceptance of the system among patients. The changes in sensorimotor rhythms over time during a hand motor task meet the observations described in the literature, supporting the functionality of our EEG device for the assessment of sensorimotor-related measures of brain activity in patients with sensorimotor disorders of neuronal origin.","PeriodicalId":167011,"journal":{"name":"International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics","volume":"1995 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128098707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Igor Peric, Robert Hangu, Jacques Kaiser, Stefan Ulbrich, A. Rönnau, Johann Marius Zöllner, R. Dillmann
{"title":"Semi-Supervised Spiking Neural Network for One-Shot Object Appearance Learning","authors":"Igor Peric, Robert Hangu, Jacques Kaiser, Stefan Ulbrich, A. Rönnau, Johann Marius Zöllner, R. Dillmann","doi":"10.5220/0006503300470053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0006503300470053","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":167011,"journal":{"name":"International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115020320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"raxDAWN: Circumventing Overfitting of the Adaptive xDAWN","authors":"M. M. Krell, Hendrik Wöhrle, A. Seeland","doi":"10.5220/0005657500680075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0005657500680075","url":null,"abstract":"The xDAWN algorithm is a well-established spatial filter which was developed to enhance the signal quality of brain-computer interfaces for the detection of event-related potentials. Recently, an adaptive version has been introduced. Here, we present an improved version that incorporates regularization to reduce the influence of noise and avoid overfitting. We show that regularization improves the performance significantly for up to 4%, when little data is available as it is the case when the brain-computer interface should be used without or with a very short prior calibration session.","PeriodicalId":167011,"journal":{"name":"International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115943938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Electro-optical Connectome Prototype for Eight Neuron Representations in FPGA Technology","authors":"L. Ferrara, A. Petrushin, A. Blau","doi":"10.5220/0005712501270132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0005712501270132","url":null,"abstract":"In nature, interneural signaling is highly parallel and temporally precisely structured. It would require equal parallelism and temporal accuracy to faithfully mimic neural communication in hardware representations. Light-based communication schemes fulfil this prerequisite. We report on a prototype of an optical connectome implementation for a neuromorphic system eventually consisting of eight neurons. The platform is based on field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) that run neuron-specific response models. Their axons are represented by light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with axonal arbors in the form of micropatterned transparencies. They distribute membrane voltage threshold crossings, which are represented by light pulses, onto synapse-specific photodiodes of postsynaptic neurons. This contribution sketches out the overall system design and discusses its prospective application in replicating the connectome of the nematode C. elegans in the framework of the Si elegans project.","PeriodicalId":167011,"journal":{"name":"International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132349741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Planelles, E. Hortal, E. Iáñez, Á. Costa, A. Úbeda, J. Azorín
{"title":"Preliminary Study to Detect Gait Initiation Intention Through a BCI System","authors":"Daniel Planelles, E. Hortal, E. Iáñez, Á. Costa, A. Úbeda, J. Azorín","doi":"10.5220/0005167800610066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0005167800610066","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper is presented an experiment designed to detect the will to perform several steps forward (as walking onset) before it occurs using the electroencephalographic (EEG) signals collected from the scalp. The preliminary results from five users have been presented. In order to improve the quality of the signals acquired some different spatial filters are applied and compared. In the future, the improved Brain-Computer Interface of this paper will be used as part of the control system of an exoskeleton attached to the lower limb of people with incomplete and complete spinal cord injury to initiate their gait cycle.","PeriodicalId":167011,"journal":{"name":"International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134201586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commonalities of Motor Performance Metrics are Revealed by Predictive Oscillatory EEG Components","authors":"M. Tangermann, J. Reis, A. Meinel","doi":"10.5220/0005663100320038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0005663100320038","url":null,"abstract":"The power of oscillatory components of the electroencephalogram (EEG) can be predictive for the single-trial performance score of an upcoming task. State-of-the-art machine learning methods allow to extract such predictive subspace components even from noisy multichannel EEG recordings. In the context of an isometric hand motor rehabilitation task, we analyse EEG data of n=20 normally aged subjects. Predictive oscillatory EEG subspaces were derived with a spatial filtering method (source power comodulation, SPoC), and the transfer of these subspaces between five performance metrics but within data of single subjects was investigated. Findings suggest, that on the grand average of 20 subjects, informative SPoC subspace components were extracted, which could be shared between a set of three metrics describing the duration of subtasks and jerk characteristics of the force trajectories. Transfer to any other of the remaining four metrics was not possible above chance level for a metric describing the reaction time and a metric assessing the length of the force trajectory. Furthermore we show, that these transfer results are in line with the structure of cross-correlations between the performance metrics.","PeriodicalId":167011,"journal":{"name":"International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116703167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of Data Selection Strategies for Online Support Vector Machine Classification","authors":"M. M. Krell, Nils Wilshusen, A. Ignat, S. K. Kim","doi":"10.5220/0005650700590067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0005650700590067","url":null,"abstract":"It is often the case that practical applications of support vector machines (SVMs) require the capability to perform online learning under limited availability of computational resources. Enabling SVMs for online learning can be done through several strategies. One group thereof manipulates the training data and limits its size. We aim to summarize these existing approaches and compare them, firstly, on several synthetic datasets with different shifts and, secondly, on electroencephalographic (EEG) data. During the manipulation, class imbalance can occur across the training data and it might even happen that all samples of one class are removed. In order to deal with this potential issue, we suggest and compare three balancing criteria. Results show, that there is a complex interaction between the different groups of selection criteria, which can be combined arbitrarily. For different data shifts, different criteria are appropriate. Adding all samples to the pool of considered samples performs usually significantly worse than other criteria. Balancing the data is helpful for EEG data. For the synthetic data, balancing criteria were mostly relevant when the other criteria were not","PeriodicalId":167011,"journal":{"name":"International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123655130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of the Discriminant Analysis for Diagnostics of the Arterial Hypertension - Analysis of Short-Term Heart Rate Variability Signals","authors":"V. Kublanov, A. Dolganov, V. Borisov","doi":"10.5220/0006044000450052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0006044000450052","url":null,"abstract":"The investigation of the diagnostic possibilities for the arterial hypertension is presented. The 41 features of the statistical, geometric, spectral and nonlinear methods during functional loads were considered for two groups: healthy volunteers and patients suffering from the arterial hypertension of the II-III degree. Application of the linear and quadratic discriminant analysis showed particular features that have high classification efficiency.","PeriodicalId":167011,"journal":{"name":"International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics","volume":"565 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123321004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}