Dr. Ramsey is Professor in Human Brain Interfacing at Radboud University; Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience at UMC Utrecht; and Senior Scientific Advisor at Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering.
Please see Dr. Ramsey's detailed talk abstract below.
Talk Abstract:
Implantable BCI research has led to an impressive race to commercialise, with well-funded startup companies engaging in clinical trials aiming to address unmet medical needs. Some argue that the era of academic BCI studies has come to an end as a result, with potential decline in public funding to be expected. This may not be the case where BCIs are only a part of a more integrated system like FES. I will present yet other reasons why public funded research is necessary to align currently developed BCI technology with medical needs, based on experiences with severely paralysed participants in the BCI implant studies in the Utrecht BCI lab. I will argue that BCI implants will work well for some but poorly in others, and that it is important to be able to predict this before surgery.