Call for Book Chapters
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Brain Computer Interfaces:Current Trends and Applications
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Publisher: Springer-Verlag, Germany
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Proposal Submission Deadline: November 15, 2013
1-2 pages including abstract, chapter objectives and chapter outlines
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Submission deadline: December 30, 2013
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Introduction

Communication and the ability to interact with the environment are basic human needs. Millions of people worldwide suffer from such severe physical disabilities that they cannot even meet these basic needs. Even though they may have no motor mobility, however, the sensory and cognitive functions of the physically disabled are usually intact. This makes them good candidates for Brain Computer Interface (BCI) technology, which provides a direct electronic interface and can convey messages and commands directly from the human brain to a computer. BCI technology involves monitoring conscious brain electrical activity via electroencephalogram (EEG) signals and detecting characteristics of EEG patterns via digital signal processing algorithms that the user generates to communicate. It has the potential to enable the physically disabled to perform many activities, thus improving their quality of life and productivity, allowing them more independence and reducing social costs. The challenge with BCI, however, is to extract the relevant patterns from the EEG signals produced by the brain each second. Recently, there has been a great progress in the development of novel paradigms for EEG signal recording, advanced methods for processing them, new applications for BCI systems and complete software and hardware packages used for BCI applications. In this book a few recent advances in these areas are discussed
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Topics include, but are not limited to,

Brain Computer Interface
Decision Support Systems
Feature Extraction
Mutual Information
Machine learning
Data Acquisition
Signal processing
Evolutionary computation
Neural networks
Probabilistic and evidential reasoning
Artificial intelligence and expert systems
Hybrid intelligent systems
Wireless architectures
Sensors and actuators
Mathematical models and design
Robotics
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Scheduling time

15 November 2013: Tentative title and one page abstract
20 November 2013: Acceptance decision
30 December 2013: Draft chapter due
15 February 2014: Feedback to the authors
15 March 2014: Camera ready chapter due
30 March 2014: Final Acceptance notification
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Chapter Submission

Submitted manuscripts should conform to the standard guidelines of the Springer's book chapter format. Manuscripts must be prepared using Latex or word and according to the Springer's template. Manuscripts that do not follow the formatting rules will be ignored. Prospective authors should send their manuscripts electronically to the following email addresses: (ahmad_t_azar@ieee.org), with cc-ing to (aboitcairo@gmail.com), with the subject title as: "Brain Computer Interfaces - Book Chapter" in PDF. Submitted manuscripts will be refereed by at least two independent and expert reviewers for quality, correctness, originality, and relevance. The accepted contributions will be published in Intelligent Systems Reference Library by Springer. More information about Intelligent Systems Reference Library can be found (http://www.springer.com/series/8578).
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Volume Editors

Aboul Ella Hassanien,
Faculty of Computers and Information - Cairo University; Egypt
Chair of Scientific Research Group in Egypt (SRGE)
Email: aboitcairo@gmail.com www.egyptscience.net

Ahmad Taher Azar,
Faculty of Computers and Information, Benha University, Egypt
Scientific Research Group in Egypt (SRGE), Egypt
Email: ahmad_t_azar@ieee.org, ahmad_t_azar@yahoo.com, ahmad.t.azar@gmail.com