Events 2026 Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at 14th Int. Winter Conference on Brain-Computer Interfaces, High1 Resort, Gangwon (South Korea). Feb. 23-25, 2026. Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at UT BrainStorms. UT Austin, Austin (USA). January 15, 2026. 2025 Dr. Millán appointed Director, Texas Robotics, UT Austin. Dr. Millán gives a Seminar at Dept. of Neurology Grand Rounds, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin (USA). Dec 2, 2025. Deland Liu, defends his Dissertation: Error-related Potentials in Neural Engineering: From Perceptual Skill Enhancement to Assistive Communication. The University of Texas at Austin, USA. October 2025. Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at the Special Session “Psychophysiological Monitoring and Neuromodulation”, IEEE-EMBS Int. Conf. Biomedical and Health Informatics. Atlanta (USA). October 27, 2025. Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at the Workshop “Innovation Across Scales in Neural Engineering”, 47th Annual Int. Conf. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Copenhagen (Denmark). July 16, 2025. Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at the Workshop“Exploring Features to Improve BCI”, 11th Int. BCI Meeting. Banff (Canada). June 5, 2025. Akhil Surapaneni, defends his Dissertation: Inhibition of Neural Activity in Brain Tumors: From Biology to Behavior. The University of Texas at Austin, USA. April 2025. The CNBI Lab provides Live Demo of a brain-controlled Formula E car simulator. Naïve subjects in the public operated it without the need for previous training. Formula E Championship. Mexico City (Mexico). Jan 10-12, 2025. 2024 Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at UT Tower Fellows. UT Austin, Austin (USA). November 4, 2024. Satyam Kumar, defends his Dissertation: Transferring BCI Skills: From Experts to Ecological Settings. The University of Texas at Austin, USA. September 2024. Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at 50 Aniversario Ingeniería Biomédica. Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México, Mexico City (Mexico). Sept. 4-5, 2024. Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at Summer School “Neurotechnology: Science, Medicine, Marketplace and Ethics”. Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Santander (Spain). June 24-28, 2024. Hussein Alawieh, defends his Dissertation: To Activate or Not to Activate: A Dual Role for Electrical Stimulation in Brain-Computer Interfaces.The University of Texas at Austin, USA. June 2024. Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at the Workshop “AI’s Next Frontier: The Future of Brain-Computer Interfaces for Good”. AI for Good Global Summit, United Nations, Geneva (Switzerland). May 31, 2024. The CNBI Lab provides Live Demo of a brain-controlled hand exoskeleton. Naïve subjects in the public also operated it without the need for previous training. Also shown at the Press Conference of the Summit. AI for Good Global Summit. United Nations. Geneva (Switzerland). May 30-31, 2024. Dr. Millán gives a Keynote Talk at the 6th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information & Communication Technology. Dhaka (Bangladesh). May 2-4, 2024. Dr. Millán gives a Seminar at Center for Nonlinear Dynamics Seminar, Dept. of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin (USA). April 15, 2024. Dr. Millán gives a Seminar at Research Group on “Neuroderecho”, University of Valencia (Spain). March 26, 2024. Dr. Millán gives a Seminar at Essex BCI-NE Seminar Series, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, Colchester (UK). March 20, 2024. The CNBI Lab provides Live Demo of two brain-controlled exoskeletons for hand and arm. Naïve subjects in the public also operated it without the need for previous training. South by Southwest (SXSW). Austin (USA). March 8, 2024. The CNBI Lab provides Live Demo of a brain-controlled Formula E car simulator. Naïve subjects in the public operated it without the need for previous training. Formula E Championship. Mexico City (Mexico). Jan 11-13, 2024. Dr. Millán gives a Keynote Talk at the 3rd Texas Regional Robotics Symposium. Texas A&M University, College Station (USA). April 30, 2024. Dr. Millán gives a Seminar at Dept. of Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience Area, The University of Texas at Austin (USA). Feb. 23, 2024. Dr. Millán gives a Keynote Talk atLions Club Valais Romand, Sierre (Switzerland). January 4, 2024. 2023 Dr. Millán participates to the Workshop “Brain Computer Interfaces for Rehabilitation and Assistance: Moving from the Lab to the Clinic”, RehabWeek 2023, Singapore. September 24-28, 2023. Dr. Millán gives a Seminar at Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (USA). Sept. 21, 2023. Dr. Millán gives a Seminar at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City (USA). Sept. 15, 2023. The CNBI Lab provides Live Demo of a brain-controlled hand neuroprosthesis. Naïve subjects in the public also operated it without the need for previous training. FILUNI 2023. Mexico City (Mexico). Sept 1-2, 2023. Dr. Millán gives a Keynote Talk at the 4th International Workshop on Neural Engineering and Rehabilitation. Chengdu (China), August 6-8, 2023. Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at InterfaceRice 2023. Rice University, Houston (US). May 18-19, 2023. Kanishka Mitra wins the Attendee’s Choice Award for Best Poster at the InterfaceRice 2023 the Student’s Poster session. Title: ‘Characterizing the onset and offset of motor imagery during passive arm movements induced by an upper-body exoskeleton’ Authors: Kanishka Mitra, Frigyes Samuel Racz, Satyam Kumar, Ashish D. Deshpande, José del R. Millán. Dr. Millán gives a Seminar at Google, Austin (US). May 10, 2023. Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at UT OLLI Discover. UT Austin, Austin (USA). April 18, 2023. Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at UT Tower Fellows. UT Austin, Austin (USA). March 28, 2023. Dr. Millán gives a Seminar at the Institute for Foundations of Machine Learning, The University of Texas at Austin (US). March 24, 2023. Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at Bridging AI and Disability Workshop. Boston University (US). March 24, 2023. Dr. Millán gives a Seminar at Dept. of Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience Area, The University of Texas at Austin (USA). Feb. 23, 2024. Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at Export Controls Conference on Brain-Computer Interfaces. US Dept. of Commerce, Washington DC (US). Feb. 16-17, 2023. Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at Future of Interface Workshop. February 15-16, 2023. Dr. Millán gives a Seminar at Dept. of Neurology Grand Rounds, School of Medicine, University of Costa Rica (Costa Rica). Feb. 10, 2023. 2022 Dr. Millán gives a Keynote Talk at the International Advancing NeuroSpine Conference on “Translating brain-machine interfaces to tetraplegic individuals”. Taichung (Taiwan), Nov. 12-13, 2022. Dr. Millán gives a Keynote Talk at 9th Annual Intl Symposium on Regenerative Rehabilitation on “Brain-Computer Interfaces: Promoting Learning and Plasticity”. Austin (USA). Oct. 27-29, 2022. The CNBI Lab provides Live Demo of a brain-controlled hand neuroprosthesis. Naïve subjects in the public also operated it without the need for previous training. 9th Annual Int. Symposium on Regenerative Rehabilitation. Austin (USA). Oct 29, 2022. Dr. Millán gives a Seminar at the Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg (USA). Oct 25, 2022 Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at Technology for Independence Seminar, Muscular Dystrophy Association. October 4, 2022. Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at Texas Exes San Angelo Chapter. September 29, 2022. Dr. Millán elected Vice Chair of the IEEE-EMBS’s Technical Committee on “Neuroengineering”, August 2014 Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at the ICRA-2022 Workshop “Intelligent Control Methods and Machine Learning Algorithms for Human-Robot Interaction and Assistive Robotics”. May 23-27, 2022. Dr. Millán participates to the panel discussion at Virtual UT Brainstorms – The Electrified Brain: A Conversation About How to Use Electricity to Treat Neurological Disorders, with Dr. Joshua Chang , April 21, 2022. Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at the Annual Conference of the Association of Health Care Journalists. Austin (USA). April 29, 2022. Dr. Millán appointed Co-Director, UT CARE Initiative, UT Austin. 2022-2026. 2021 Fumiaki Iwane defends his Dissertation: Decoding of Error-Related Potentials in Continuous Feedback Protocols for Personalized Human Computer Interaction. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. October 2021. Dr. Millán gives a Keynote Talk at the Biennial Satellite Symposium, Joint American Association of Neurological Surgeons / Congress of Neurological Surgeons Tumor Section. Austin. Oct. 15-16, 2021. Dr. Millán gives a Seminar at the Biorobotics MSc Program, University of Bristol (UK). October 13, 2021. Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talkat the IEEE Brain Webinar. September 16, 2021. Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at the ANT Educational Webinar. September 8, 2021. Bastien Orset defends his Dissertation: Motor State Transitions and Breathing in Brain Machine Interfaces. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. June 2021. Dr. Millán gives a Seminar at the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, CSIC. Bellaterra, Barcelona (Spain). June 15, 2021. Dr. Millán gives a Seminar at the Centre for Autonomous Robotics, University of Bath (UK). June 10, 2021. Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at the Workshop “Adaptation in Closed-Loop BCIs”, 8th Int. Virtual BCI Meeting. June 8, 2021. Dr. Millán gives a talk at the Ford Driving Dream STEM program for low-income and first-generation Latinx students. LULAC National Educational Service Centers, Inc. Austin. April 13, 2021. Dr. Millán gives a Seminar at the Movement and Cognitive Rehabilitation Science Program, University of Texas at Austin. April 1, 2021. Dr. Millán gives a Seminar at the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. March 31, 2021. Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at the Workshop “BCI-Driven Functional Recovery after Stroke”, Int. BCI Society Workshop Series. March 25, 2021. Dr. Millán gives a Seminar at the National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies, Albany Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany. March 23, 2021. 2020 Dr. Millán gives a Seminarat the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador). December 8, 2020. Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talk at the Seminar “Exploring Brain-Computer Interfaces for Transforming Dystonia Treatment”. Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Boston. Sept. 10-11, 2020. Dr. Millán gives a talk at the Texas Robotics Navigating the Complex Robot-User Relationship – Perspectives on the Future of Robotics in Healthcare, UT Austin. May 29, 2020. Ruslan Aydarkhanov defends his Dissertation: Towards Everyday Brain-Computer Interfacing through Decoding Visual Cognition. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. March 2020. Ping-Keng Jao defends his Dissertation: Decoding Cognitive States under Varying Difficulty Levels. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. March 2020. The CNBI Lab provides Live Demoof a brain-controlled hand neuroprosthesis. TEDxYouth@Austin. Austin (USA). Feb. 9, 2020. Nuno João Machado Loureiro defends his Dissertation: Operant EEG-based BMI: Learning and Consolidating Device Control with Brain Activity. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. January 2020. Dr. Millán gives a Dept. of Neurology Grand Rounds, Dell Medical School, UT Austin. January 28, 2020. 2019 Dr. Millán gives an Invited Talkat the Workshop “Neurotechnologies and Clinical Applications”, IBERDISCAP’2019. Buenos Aires (Argentina). November 21, 2019. Dr. Millán speaks at Texas Wireless Summit, UT Austin. November 12, 2019. Dr. Millán gives a Seminar at Dept. of Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, Dell Medical School, UT Austin. October 15, 2019.
