Brain-computer interfaces based on quantum sensors

The transdisciplinary project aims to develop the first brain-computer interfaces based on quantum sensors and test them in clinical applications to restore communication and movement, for example after a severe stroke. Quantum sensors make it possible to record brain activity from the surface of the skull with unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution. The system should make it possible to control complex movements of a robot or to reconstruct imagined speech from neuromagnetic brain activity. Until now, such applications have required the implantation of electrodes in the brain. The planned Einstein research project combines Berlin's expertise in neurotechnology (Einstein Professor Surjo R. Soekadar, Charité), machine learning (Prof. Dr. Benjamin Blankertz, TU) and quantum sensors (Tilmann Sander-Thömmes & Thomas Middelmann, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt).

Funding period: 09/2020 - 09/2023

Contact:
Prof. Dr. med. Surjo R. Soekadar
Neurowissenschaftliches Forschungszentrum (NWFZ) Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie (CCM) Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Charitéplatz 1
10117 Berlin
E-mail: surjo.soekadar@charite.de

Applicant: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Partner: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Institut Berlin