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<b>From:</b> Perdikis, Serafeim <serafeim.perdikis@essex.ac.uk><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 31, 2025 00:45<br>
<b>To:</b> connectionists@mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu <connectionists@mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Essex BCI-NE webinar: Advancing BCI Spellers for real-world use: Recent progress in c-VEP paradigms by Eduardo Santamaría-Vázquez</div>
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The Essex BCI-NE Lab invites you to join our next monthly webinar:</div>
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<b>Advancing BCI Spellers for real-world use: Recent progress in c-VEP paradigms</b></div>
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<b>Dr Eduardo Santamaría-Vázquez</b></div>
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The webinar will take place over Zoom on Wednesday, 21st January 2026, at 2pm UK time </div>
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<b>Abstract:</b> In this talk, Dr. Eduardo Santamaría-Vázquez will review the latest advances in BCI spellers for communication and control using novel paradigms based on code-modulated visual evoked potentials (c-VEPs). The presented work introduces methodological
advances that target key barriers to real-world adoption of this technology, including calibration time, visual fatigue, and robustness across users and sessions. It will also highlight how these contributions are enabling progress towards practical applications
beyond the laboratory in both clinical and non-clinical contexts. In a brief second part, Dr. Santamaría-Vázquez will present recent studies in complementary research lines, including neurofeedback-based interventions for stroke neurorehabilitation and cognitive
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<div style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Speaker Biography</b>:
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in the field of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) at the Dpt. of Signal Theory and Communications of the University of Valladolid (UVa), member of the Biomedical Engineering Group at UVa (GIB-UVa, 2017), and member of the Center of Biomedical Research in Bioengineering,
Biomaterials, and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN). His work focuses on advancing EEG-based BCI methods and applications, with contributions aimed at improving the accuracy, robustness, usability, and real-world application of BCI systems for communication and control.
He also develops BCI systems for cognitive training and stroke neurorehabilitation, and contributes to EEG biomarker research in areas such as cognitive impairment, migraine, neuropsychiatric conditions, sleep, and anesthesia depth monitoring. In addition,
Dr. Santamaría-Vázquez leads the development of MEDUSA© (</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(70, 120, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><u><a style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" title="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.medusabci.com&c=E,1,n69OBRg3qcLKAYwpCm_3AeYwGTb7D14xgl8cPJAPAhJsezbDfPphsSkk82d6w7AXde1a7FlD9sZsJVPlk1SlfliSFMHh7wonwsqdkwQ0h_VIJtaQNlysXOtNfGfq&typo=1" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWAeba3f4aa-c511-9048-f507-7f71058de135" href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.medusabci.com&c=E,1,n69OBRg3qcLKAYwpCm_3AeYwGTb7D14xgl8cPJAPAhJsezbDfPphsSkk82d6w7AXde1a7FlD9sZsJVPlk1SlfliSFMHh7wonwsqdkwQ0h_VIJtaQNlysXOtNfGfq&typo=1">www.medusabci.com</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">),
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The <b>Essex BCI-NE Lab webinars series</b> takes place monthly (usually, on the second or third Wednesday of the month) over Zoom and is open to all. Speakers are invited to talk about their research for 45-50 minutes followed by Q&A.</div>
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Where speakers allow it, we record the talks and make them available to everyone on our YouTube channel. You can watch previous talks at:
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If you don’t want to miss our next webinars, please email serafeim.perdikis@essex.ac.uk to ask to be added to our webinars mailing list.</div>
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