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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;text-align:center;font:13.0px Helvetica">Final Call for Participation</p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;text-align:center;font:13.0px Helvetica"><b>IEEE EMB/CAS/SMC Workshop on Brain-Machine-Body Interfaces</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;text-align:center;font:13.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://embc2012.embs.org/program/bmbi">http://embc2012.embs.org/program/bmbi</a></p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>When:</b></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Monday August 27, 2012</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">8:00am-6:30pm</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">(directly preceding EMBC 2012 and the EEGLAB tutorial on Tuesday August 28, 2012-- see <a href="http://embc2012.embs.org">http://embc2012.embs.org</a>)</p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>Where:</b></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Sapphire A, San Diego Bayfront Hilton</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">San Diego, California, USA</p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>Program, Schedule, and Registration:</b></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Please see <a href="http://embc2012.embs.org/program/bmbi">http://embc2012.embs.org/program/bmbi</a></p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Brain-machine interfaces (BMI), or brain-computer interfaces (BCI), extend the capacity of the human brain in directly communicating and interacting with the environment. BMI/BCI research has traditionally focused on harnessing this capability for applications of neural prostheses in restoring communication and mobility of the motor impaired. A larger range of clinical applications are now emerging that extend the BMI/BCI and neural prostheses paradigms to brain-machine-body interfaces, harnessing benefits of neuromodulation and sensory feedback in interfacing across the central and peripheral nervous systems, facilitating closed-loop and minimally-invasive remediation of neurological and motor disorders, and more generally encompassing mind-body in health and wellbeing.</p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">This 3rd workshop in a series co-sponsored by the IEEE EMB, CAS, and SMC Societies highlights advances in brain-machine-body interface technology and its myriad applications promoting health and wellness that result from synergies between scientists, engineers, and clinical practitioners in this rapidly emerging field. Held on Monday August 27, 2012 in conjunction with EMBC'12, the workshop combines invited lectures by leading experts with an exciting and highly interactive program of solicited contributions, including live demonstrations, and poster and spotlight presentations. All attendees are also invited to participate in a panel discussion on future directions in brain-machine-body interfaces, and in the selection of best poster and demonstration awards at the conclusion of the workshop program.</p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>Contact:</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><i>Workshop Chair:</i></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Gert Cauwenberghs, UC San Diego, USA, <a href="mailto:gert@ucsd.edu">gert@ucsd.edu</a></p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><i>Workshop Co-Chairs:</i></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Maysam Ghovanloo, Georgia Tech, USA, <a href="mailto:mgh@gatech.edu">mgh@gatech.edu</a></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">José del R. Millán, EPFL, Switzerland, <a href="mailto:jose.millan@epfl.ch">jose.millan@epfl.ch</a></p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><i>Organizing Committee:</i></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Metin Akay, Univ. of Houston, USA</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Bin He, Univ. of Minnesota, USA</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Paul Sajda, Columbia Univ., USA</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Mohamad Sawan, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Nitish Thakor, Johns Hopkins Univ., USA; National Univ. of Singapore</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">James Weiland, Univ. of Southern California, USA</p><div><br></div>