BCI 2014 - Brain Computer Interfaces: Current Trends and Applications

Call for Book Chapters
Brain Computer Interfaces: Current Trends and Applications
To be published by Intelligent Systems Reference Library by Springer http://www.springer.com/series/8578 2014
Introduction
Communication and the ability to interact with the environment are basic human needs. Millions of people worldwide suffer from such severe physical disabilities that they cannot even meet these basic needs. Even though they may have no motor mobility, however, the sensory and cognitive functions of the physically disabled are usually intact. This makes them good candidates for Brain Computer Interface (BCI) technology, which provides a direct electronic interface and can convey messages and commands directly from the human brain to a computer. BCI technology involves monitoring conscious brain electrical activity via electroencephalogram (EEG) signals and detecting characteristics of EEG patterns via digital signal processing algorithms that the user generates to communicate. It has the potential to enable the physically disabled to perform many activities, thus improving their quality of life and productivity, allowing them more independence and reducing social costs. The challenge with BCI, however, is to extract the relevant patterns from the EEG signals produced by the brain each second. Recently, there has been a great progress in the development of novel paradigms for EEG signal recording, advanced methods for processing them, new applications for BCI systems and complete software and hardware packages used for BCI applications. In this book a few recent advances in these areas are discussed
Topics include, but are not limited to,
Brain Computer Interface
Decision Support Systems
Feature Extraction
Mutual Information
Machine learning
Data Acquisition
Signal processing
Evolutionary computation
Neural networks
Probabilistic and evidential reasoning
Artificial intelligence and expert systems
Hybrid intelligent systems
Wireless architectures
Sensors and actuators
Mathematical models and design
Robotics
Scheduling time
30 Sept 2013
Tentative title and one page abstract
10 October 2013
Acceptance decision
15 December 2013
Draft chapter due
15 February 2014
Feedback to the authors
15 March 2014
Camera ready chapter due
30 March 2014
Final Acceptance notification
Chapter Submission
Submitted manuscripts should conform to the standard guidelines of the Springer's book chapter format. Manuscripts must be prepared using Latex, and according to the Springer's svmlt template that can be downloaded from the (link). Manuscripts that do not follow the formatting rules will be ignored. Prospective authors should send their manuscripts electronically to the following email addresses: , with cc-ing to(aboitcairo-AT-gmail.com), with the subject title as: "Brain Computer Interfaces - Book Chapter" in PDF. Submitted manuscripts will be refereed by at least two independent and expert reviewers for quality, correctness, originality, and relevance. The accepted contributions will be published in Intelligent Systems Reference Library by Springer. More information about Intelligent Systems Reference Library can be found (here).
Volume editors
Aboul Ella Hassanien,
Faculty of Computers and Information - Cairo University; Egypt
Chair of Scientific Research Group in Egypt (SRGE)
Email: aboitcairo-AT-gmail.com www.egyptscience.net
Ahmad Taher Azar,
Faculty of Computers and Information, Benha University, Egypt
Scientific Research Group in Egypt (SRGE), Egypt
Email: ahmad_t_azar-AT-ieee.org, ahmad_t_azar-AT-yahoo.com, ahmad.t.azar-AT-gmail.com