Klaus Robert Müller
Professor at the Department of Mechanical Learning, Technische Universität Berlin, Director of Bernstein Center for Bernstein Focus Neurotechnology, Berlin, Germany
Breaking the Wall between Mind and Machine. How Neurotechnology Can Expand Human Capacity for Action.
Man machines are no longer the property of science fiction – Brain Computer Interfacing (BCI) finds increasing application in real life, medical prostheses are only one example of many. But how can we connect brain and computer so that there is a direct communications pathway between the two that can enable the remote control of computers and other devices? The sheer complexity of the data transmitted poses an enormous challenge for machine learning: a noise-contaminated data stream needs to be processed and neuroelectric activities require accurate differentiation, all in real time. Klaus Robert Müller (1964), director of the Bernstein Center for Bernstein Focus Neurotechnology in Berlin examines such computational challenges for non-invasive brain reading techniques in order to enhance human-device interactions – a development that will revolutionise not only medical applications, but our ways of approaching the common dichotomy between man and machine too. Müller is showing a live demonstration of BCI.
