Bio — Scientific Advisory Board member

Gert Pfurtscheller, Ph.D.

Dr. Pfurtscheller is Professor for Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) at the University of Technology in Graz, Austria, and Director of the Institute for Knowledge Discovery and Head of the Laboratory of Brain-Computer Interfaces. He is a graduate of the Graz University of Technology and was Visiting Professor at Cape Town University and Vancouver University.

He is author of more than 400 scientific articles, 4 books, and is a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Gert Pfurtscheller is/was partner/co-investigator of the following international research projects in the field of BCI research:

• Co-Investigator on the project “EEG-based Brain Computer-Interface” supported by the “National Institutes of Health” (Grant HD30146), Albany, New York, USA.
• Co-Investigator on the project “Direct Brain Interface” supported by the “National Institutes of Health” (1R01 NS40681-01) in cooperation with the University of Michigan.
• Partner of the EU-projects “SIESTA” – A new standard for integrating polygraphic sleep recordings into a comprehensive model of human sleep and its validation in sleep disorders (BMH4-CT97-204) and “PRESENCIA” Presence: Research Encompassing Sensory Enhancement, Neuroscience and Cognition, with Interactive Applications (IST-2001-37927).
• Starting in January 2006, partner of the EU-project “PRESENCCIA2” Presence: Research Encompassing Sensory Enhancement, Neuroscience, Cerebral-Computer Interfaces and Applications ( No.27731) (2006 – 2009).
• Starting in 2006, partner of the EU-project EYE-to-IT: Development of Human-Computer Monitoring and Feedback Systems for the Purposes of Studying Cognition and Translation (No. 517590) (2006)

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