Welcome to CNBI
the Defitech Foundation Chair in Brain-Machine Interface

We are a team of researchers led by Prof. José del R. Millán at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland. The focus of our research is on the direct use of human brain signals to control devices and interact with our environment. We are involved in a large set of complementary projects, which balance the development of prototypes —where robust real-time operation is critical— and the exploration of new principles.

CNBI is small enough to be friendly, but large enough to provide a stimulating research environment. We hold a weekly research meeting, and also have regular social gatherings.

CNBI is part of the EPFL Center for Neuroprosthetics and Institute of Bioengineering.

We invite you to navigate our website and find out more about us and our work.

   

Latest NEWS

August 2019 CNBI closed. Prof. Millán moved to the University of Texas at Austin
April 2019 Tiffany Corbet successfully defended her PhD. Congratulations!
December 2018 Christoph Schneider successfully defended his PhD. Congratulations!
November 2018 Luca Randazzo successfully defended his PhD. Congratulations!
September 2018 Julien Rechenmann successfully defended his PhD research plan and passed the Candidacy Exam. Congratulations!

Fumiaki Iwane successfully defended his PhD research plan and passed the Candidacy Exam. Congratulations!

June 2018 New publication:
Brain-actuated functional electrical stimulation elicits lasting arm motor recovery after stroke, A. Biasiucci, R. Leeb, et al. in Nature Communications, 2018.
[See also EPFL News: A dual-therapy approach to boost motor recovery after a stroke]
May 2018 New publication:
The Cybathlon BCI race: Successful longitudinal mutual learning with two tetraplegic users, S. Perdikis, L. Tonin, S. Saeedi, C. Schneider, and J. d. R. Millán in PLoS Biology, 2018.
[See also EPFL News: Humans and machines learn together to win a competition]

Tiffany Corbet wins one of the three Student Poster Awards at the Intl. BCI Meeting 2018. Congratulations!

Two of our projects have been nominated for the BCI Award 2018:
– Successful mutual learning with two tetraplegic users: The Cybathlon BCI race experience. Kudos to the team!
– Longitudinal training and use of non-invasive motor imagery BCI by an incomplete locked-in user. Kudos to the team!

April 2018 Bastien Orset successfully defended his PhD research plan and passed the Candidacy Exam. Congratulations!
March 2018 Collaboration with Nissan: Translating BMI to real-world applications

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