The Annual BCI Award Ceremony in 2018

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Welcome to the highlights of the 7th International BCI Meeting where we celebrated the most innovative Brain-Computer Interface projects from around the globe. The event took place on May 23rd, 2018 and was sponsored by leading technology companies.

Winners

• First Place: "Restoring Functional Reach-to-Grasp in a Person with Chronic Tetraplegia using Implanted Functional Electrical Stimulation and Intracortical Brain-Computer Interfaces" - A joint effort by researchers from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland; Brown University, Providence; and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
• Second Place: "BCI-Based Language Training for Chronic Aphasia Patients" - Developed by scientists from the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg in Germany.
• Third Place: "Direct Synthesis of Speech from Intracortical Brain Activity Associated with Speech Production" - A project carried out by researchers from Brown University, Providence.

Jury Members

• Katherine F. Scheibel, PhD
• Josef Kalcher, MD
• Anja Huber-Bleicher, MD

About the BCI Award Foundation

The BCI Award Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the development and application of brain-computer interface technology. Our goal is to improve the quality of life for people with motor impairments through cutting-edge research and innovation.

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- [2021 - BCI Award] (https://www.bci-award.com/2021)
- [Books - BCI Award] (https://www.bci-award.com/Books)
- [v2-BCI-Award-Invitation-2019.cdr] (https://www.bci-award.com/data/_uploaded/file/BCI%20Award%202019%20Flyer%20web.pdf)
- [2024 - BCI Award] (https://www.bci-award.com/2024)