Education

Work experience

Research interests

BCI research for communication and control

machine learning, data analysis and feature extraction

signal processing and data analysis in medicine and biology

Publications

Journal Articles

1. De Massari D, Ruf, C A, Furdea A, Matuz T, van der Heiden L, Halder S, Silvoni S, Birbaumer N - Brain communication in the locked-in state. Brain. 2013 (accepted).
2. De Massari D, Matuz T, Furdea A, Ruf CA, Halder S, Birbaumer N - Brain-Computer Interface and semantic classical conditioning of communication in paralysis. Biological Psychology. 2012 Nov 13;92(2):267-274. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.10.015.
3. Furdea A, Ruf C A, Halder S, De Massari D, Bogdan M, Rosenstiel W, Matuz T, Birbaumer N - A new (semantic) reflexive brain-computer interface: in search for a suitable classifier. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. Epub 2011 Sep 22, 2012 Jan 15;203(1):233-40.
4. Münßinger J I, Halder S, Kleih SC, Furdea A, Raco V, Hösle A, Kübler A - Brain Painting: first evaluation of a new brain-computer interface application with ALS-patients and healthy volunteers. Fronteers in neuroscience. 2010 Nov 22;4:182.
5. Furdea A, Eswaran H, Wilson J D, Preissl H, Lowery C L, Govindan R B - Magnetomyographic recording and identification of uterine contractions using Hilbert-wavelet transforms. Physiological Measurement. Epub 2009 Sep 9;30(10):1051-1060.
6. Eswaran H, Govindan R B, Furdea A, Murphy P, Lowery C L, Preissl H - Extraction, quantification and characterization of uterine magnetomyographic activity - a proof of concept case study. European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology. 2009 May;144 Suppl 1: S96-100.
7. Kübler A, Furdea A, Halder S, Hammer E M, Nijboer F, Kotchoubey B - A brain-computer interface controlled auditory event-related potential (p300) spelling system for locked-in patients. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2009 Mar;1157:90-100.
8. Furdea A, Halder S, Krusienski J D, Nijboer F, Bross D, Birbaumer N, Kübler A - An auditory oddball (P300) spelling system for brain-computer interfaces (BCI). Psychophysiology. 2009 May;46(3):617-25. Epub 2009 Jan 26.
9. Nijboer F, Sellers E W, Mellinger J, Jordan M A, Matuz T, Furdea A, Halder S, Mochty U, Krusienski D J, Vaughan T M, Wolpaw J R, Birbaumer N, Kübler A - A P300-based brain-computer interface for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Clinical Neurophysiology. 2008 Aug;119(8):1909-16. Epub 2008 Jun 20.
10. Nijboer F, Furdea A, Gunst I, Mellinger J, McFarland D, Birbaumer N, Kübler, A - An auditory brain-computer interface. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 2008 Jan 15;167(1):43-50. Epub 2007 Feb 20.

 Conference Papers

1. Furdea A, Preissl H, Lowery C L, Eswaran H, Govindan R B - Conduction velocity of the uterine contraction in serial magnetomyogram (MMG) data: event based simulation and validation, IEEE-EMBS 2011, pp. 6025-6028.
2. Govindan R B, Vairavan S , Furdea A, Murphy P, Preissl H, Eswaran H - Decrement of myometrial burst duration as a correlate to active labor: a Hilbert phase approach, IEEE-EMBS 2010, pp. 4618-4621.
3. Kübler A, Halder S, Furdea A, Hösle A - Brain painting - BCI meets art. Proceedings of the 4th International Brain-Computer Interface Workshop and Training Course, pages 361-366, 2008.
4. Halder S, Hill J, Nijboer F, Furdea A, Kübler A - Session-to-session P300 BCI performance correlation with baseline frequency spectra for a user with ALS. Proceedings of the 4th International Brain-Computer Interface Workshop and training Course, pages 8-13, 2008.

Posters and Abstracts

1. Furdea A, Preissl H, Lowery C L, Eswaran H, Govindan R B - Conduction velocity of the uterine contraction in serial magnetomyogram (MMG) data: event based simulation and validation. Poster IEEE-EMBS 33rd Annual Meeting, 2011.
2. Furdea A, Halder S, Ruf C, Matuz T, Hill, J, De Massari D, Kotchoubey B, Birbaumer N - Semantic classical conditioning of brain communication. Poster SfN, Fortieth Annual Meeting, 2010.
3. Furdea A, Ruf C, Walter A, Matuz T, Hill J, Nijboer F, Braun C, Kotchoubey B, Birbaumer N - Enabling comminication by semantic classical conditioning in completely paralysed: a pilot study. Poster SPR, Forty-Ninth Annual Meeting, 2009.
4. Kleih S, Halder S, Furdea A, Kotchoubey B, Kübler A - The Effect of Motivation in BCI Performance. Poster SPR, Forty-Ninth Annual Meeting, 2009.
5. Münßinger J, Halder S, Kleih S, Furdea A, Raco V, Hösle A, Kübler A - P300 Brainpainting: Evaluation of a Novel BCI Application with ALS Patients and Healthy Controls. Poster BBCI Workshop Berlin 2009.
6. Halder S, Furdea A, Leeb R, Müller-Putz G, Hösle A, Kübler A - Implementation of SMR based brain painting. Poster Neuromath Leuven, 2009.
7. Halder S, Furdea A, Hösle A, Kübler A - A P300 BCI based painting application. Poster SPR, Forty-Eighth Annual Meeting, 2008.
8. Furdea A, Halder S, Nijboer F, Bross D, Birbaumer N, Kübler A - Toward an auditory ERP speller: communicating by listening. NIPS Conference, Vancouver, 2006.

Book chapters

Hinterberger, T, Nijboer, F, Kübler, A, Matuz, T, Furdea, A, Mochty, U, Jordan; M, Lal, T M, Hill, J, Mellinger, J, Schröder, M, Bensch, M, Widmann, G, & Birbaumer, N. (2007). Brain Computer Interfaces for Communication in Paralysis: A clinical-experimental approach. In G. Dornhege & J. d. R. Millan & T. Hinterberger & D. McFarland & K.-R. Müller (Eds.), Towards Brain-Computer Interfacing. Cambridge, MA: MIT press.

Last update: 02.2013