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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><A title=blocked::http://isrc.ulster.ac.uk/ukieri2011/about-us.html href="http://isrc.ulster.ac.uk/ukieri2011/about-us.html"><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><FONT color=#0000ff face="Times New Roman">2011 International UKIERI Workshop on Fusion of Brain-Computer Interface and Assistive Robotics</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT face="Times New Roman">, </FONT></SPAN></B><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>(</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 16pt">7-8 July 2011, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ulster</st1:PlaceName>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Derry</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><A title=blocked::http://isrc.ulster.ac.uk/ukieri2011/about-us.html href="http://isrc.ulster.ac.uk/ukieri2011/about-us.html"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face="Times New Roman">http://isrc.ulster.ac.uk/ukieri2011/about-us.html</FONT></A></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">We invite researchers from both brain-computer interface (BCI) and assistive robotics (AR) areas to <SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><A title=blocked::http://isrc.ulster.ac.uk/ukieri2011/about-us.html href="http://isrc.ulster.ac.uk/ukieri2011/about-us.html"><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><FONT color=#0000ff>2011 Int. UKIERI Workshop on Fusion of Brain-Computer Interface and Assistive Robotics</FONT></SPAN></A> <SPAN style="COLOR: blue">(</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">BCI-AR </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>20111)</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> to be </SPAN>held on 7-8 July 2011 at Intelligent Systems Research Centre, University of Ulster, Derry, N. Ireland. </FONT></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>The </SPAN>BCI-AR <SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> workshop aims to bring together world-leading experts in both BCI and AR fields at one platform to discuss cutting edge developments and brainstorm ideas to provide new directions for an effective fusion of BCI and AR systems. </SPAN>It will feature invited talks from leading domain experts who will present and discuss their problems, as well as pose new research challenges that will be addressed by a panel of researchers and practitioners. Additionally, researchers will have the opportunity to present ongoing work in these areas in a poster session. We believe that this workshop will serve as a bridge between the traditional BCI and AR research communities and domain experts helping to facilitate a
synergetic fusion of both the areas. This workshop is part of the UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) project <EM>Innovations in Intelligent Assistive Robotics</EM>.</FONT></DIV>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><STRONG><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Submission<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">We invite extended abstract submissions for poster presentations at the workshop. The extended abstract should be prepared using the template attached </FONT><A title="blocked::http://isrc.ulster.ac.uk/ukieri2011/images/files/UKIEIRI_workshop-template.doc
UKIERI Workshop Template" href="http://isrc.ulster.ac.uk/ukieri2011/images/files/UKIEIRI_workshop-template.doc"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face="Times New Roman">here</FONT></A><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"> and submitted as an email attachment to </FONT><A title=blocked::mailto:ukieri2011@ulster.ac.uk href="mailto:ukieri2011@ulster.ac.uk"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face="Times New Roman">ukieri2011@ulster.ac.uk</FONT></A><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"> JLIB_HTML_CLOAKING on or before May 15, 2011. Acceptance notification will be sent to the authors by June 10, 2011. A few interesting abstracts may also be selected
for oral presentation. Submissions are welcome in both BCI and AR areas focusing on, but not limited to, following topics: </FONT></DIV>
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<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Hybrid and multi-modal BCIs <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Self-adapting BCIs <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Monitoring of mental states <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Optimizing the adaptive interactions between BCIs systems and their users <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Using BCIs to control neuroprostheses and assistive robotic systems <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">BCIs users and their needs <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Optimizing the adaptive interactions between BCI systems and their users <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Robotic wheelchairs <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Assistive robotics for neuro-rehabilitation <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Rehabilitation robotics for elderly care <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Social robotics in health care <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Natural human robot interaction <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Tele-robotics <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Cooperative and networked control in multi-robot systems <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Evaluation and clinical experience <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
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<DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>Registration</STRONG><BR>Please see the BCI-AR 2011 website (<SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><A title=blocked::http://isrc.ulster.ac.uk/ukieri2011/about-us.html href="http://isrc.ulster.ac.uk/ukieri2011/about-us.html"><FONT color=#0000ff>http://isrc.ulster.ac.uk/ukieri2011/about-us.html</FONT></A></SPAN>) for information on how to register for the workshop. For questions or comments, please send an e-mail to </FONT></FONT><A title=blocked::mailto:ukieri2011@ulster.ac.uk href="mailto:ukieri2011@ulster.ac.uk"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face="Times New Roman">ukieri2011@ulster.ac.uk</FONT></A><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">.</FONT></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Dr. Girijesh Prasad <BR><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">Program</SPAN> Chair</FONT></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><A title=blocked::http://isrc.ulster.ac.uk/ukieri2011/about-us.html href="http://isrc.ulster.ac.uk/ukieri2011/about-us.html"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face="Times New Roman">2011 Int. UKIERI Workshop on Fusion of Brain-Computer Interface and Assistive Robotics</FONT></A><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"> (BCI-AR 2011)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Intelligent Systems Research Centre, School of Computing and Intelligent Systems<BR>Faculty of Computing & Engineering, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ulster</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, Magee Campus<BR><st1:City w:st="on">Londonderry</st1:City> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">BT48 7JL</st1:PostalCode>, <st1:State w:st="on">N.</st1:State> <st1:country-region w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United Kingdom</st1:place></st1:country-region></FONT></FONT></DIV></td></tr></table>