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“Double Recognition from National Innovation Award and ” Excelsior Award: Research Team at Dept. of Electrical Engineering Advanced the Technology for Caring for the Disadvantaged The research team led by Professor Shyu Kuo-Kai and Professor Lee Po-Lei at the Department of Electrical Engineering has advanced the technology for caring for the disadvantaged. The team conducted the research project on“Hospital Bed Control by the Elec- troencephalography (EEG) Signal,”receiving the Excel- sior Award at the National Innovation Award for Taiwan Healthcare. In addition, Professor Lee Po-Lei collaborated with Taipei Veterans General Hospital to develop the “Close-loop Brain-computer Interface (BCI)-controlled TMS Rehabilitation System for Stroke Patients,”winning the National Innovation Award as well. Professor Shyu Kuo-Kai’s team has hoped to contrib- ute to disadvantaged patients, and they have dedicated themselves to the research for more than a decade. The research team worked in collaboration with Professor Lee Po-Lei at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Professor Tung Pi-Cheng at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and successfully developed the hospital bed control by the EEG signal. Photo by Chiang Yi-Hsin Patients in bed may trigger their EEG signals through visual stimulation and further control the devices. Another research achievement is Professor Lee Po-Lei’s “Close-loop BCI-controlled TMS Rehabilita- tion System for Stroke Patients.”In traditional therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is frequently used to stimulate and revitalize brain nerves. However, some research statistics show that the therapy cast no significant therapeutic effects upon % of patients if the therapy was not administered while patients were having the thought to move their bodies. The device is considered a medical device and can be applied in clinical treatment such as sleep detection, emotion recognition, and early-stage therapeutic support for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivi- ty Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The device is relatively simple and affordable compared to current medical devices available on the market, which may significantly lower the threshold for wider applications of BCI-controlled devices. Photo by Chen Ju-Chih 07