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Gerwin Schalk

Gerwin Schalk

Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center, Neural Injury & Repair
Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Biomedical Sciences

Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2006)
M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2001)
M.S., Graz University of Technology (1999)

E-mail:schalk@wadsworth.org

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  • Miller, K.J., Leuthardt, E.C., Schalk, G., Rao, R.P.N., Anderson, N., Moran, D.W., Ojemann, J.G. Spectral changes in cortical surface potentials during motor movement. Journal of Neuroscience, 2007, 27(9):2424-32, PubMed.
  • Blankertz, B. Mueller, K.R., Krusienski, D., Schalk, G., Wolpaw, J.R., Schloegl, A., Pfurtscheller, G. Millan, J.R., Schroeder, M., Birbaumer, N. The BCI Competition III: Validating Alternative Approaches to Actual BCI Problems. IEEE Trans Neur Sys Rehab Eng, 14(2):153-159, 2006, PubMed.
  • Leuthardt, E.C., Miller, K., Schalk, G., Rao, R.N., Ojemann, J.G. Electrocorticography-Based Brain Computer Interface - The Seattle Experience. IEEE Trans Neur Sys Rehab Eng, 14(2):194-198, 2006, PubMed.
  • Krusienski, D.J., Schalk, G., McFarland, D.J., and Wolpaw, J.R. A µ-rhythm Matched Filter for Continuous Control of a Brain-Computer Interface. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 54(2):273-280, 2006, PubMed.
  • Wilson, J.A., Felton, E.A., Garell, P.C., Schalk, G., Williams, J.C. ECoG factors underlying multimodal control of a brain-computer interface. IEEE Trans Neur Sys Rehab Eng, 14(2):246-250, 2006, PubMed.
  • Cincotti, F., Bianchi, L., Birch, G., Guger, C., Mellinger, J., Scherer, R., Schmidt, R.N., Suárez, O.Y., Schalk, G. BCI Meeting 2005 - Workshop on Technology: Hardware and Software. IEEE Trans Neur Sys Rehab Eng, 14(2):128-131, 2006, PubMed.
  • Vaughan, T.M., McFarland, D.J., Schalk, G., Sarnacki, W.A., Krusienski, D.J., Sellers, E.W., Wolpaw, J.R. The Wadsworth BCI Research and Development Program: At Home With BCI. IEEE Trans Neur Sys Rehab Eng, 14(2):229-233, 2006, PubMed.
  • Leuthardt, E.C., Schalk, G., Moran, D.W., Ojemann, J.G. The Emerging World of Neuroprosthetics: A Neurosurgical Perspective. Neurosurgery, 59(1):1-14, July 2006, PubMed.
  • Kuebler, A., Nijboer, F., Mellinger, J., Vaughan, T. M., Pawelzik, H., Schalk, G., McFarland, D. J., Birbaumer, N., Wolpaw, J. R. Patients with ALS can use sensorimotor rhythms to operate a brain-computer interface. Neurology, 64(10):1775-1777, 2005, PubMed.
  • Schalk, G., McFarland, D.J., Hinterberger, T., Birbaumer, N., Wolpaw, J.R. BCI2000: A General-Purpose Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) System. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 51(6):1034-1043, 2004, PubMed.
  • Blankertz, B., Mueller, K.R., Curio, G., Vaughan, T.M., Schalk, G., Wolpaw, J.R., Schloegl, A., Neuper, C., Pfurtscheller, G., Hinterberger, T., Schroeder, M., Birbaumer, N. The BCI Competition 2003: Progress and Perspectives in Detection and Discrimination of EEG Single Trials. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 51(6):1044-1051, 2004, PubMed.
  • Leuthardt, E.C., Schalk, G., Wolpaw, J.R., Ojemann, J.G., Moran, D.W. A Brain-Computer Interface Using Electrocorticographic Signals in Humans. Journal of Neural Engineering, 1:63-71, 2004. (Paper rated "Exceptional" by Faculty of 1000; a rating that represents the top 1% of all publications). PubMed.
  • Mellinger, J., Nijboer, F., Pawelzik, H., Schalk, G., McFarland, D.J., Vaughan, T.M., Wolpaw, J.R., Birbaumer, B., Kuebler, A. P300 for communication: Evidence from patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Biomedizinische Technik, 49(1):71-74, 2004.
  • Wolpaw, J.R., McFarland, D.J., Vaughan, T.M., Schalk, G. The Wadsworth Center brain-computer interface (BCI) research and development program. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering. 11(2):204-7, 2003, PubMed.
  • Schalk, G., Carp, J.S., Wolpaw, J.R. Temporal transformation of multiunit activity improves identification of single motor units. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 114(1):87-98, 2002, PubMed.
  • Wolpaw, J.R., Birbaumer, N., Heetderks, W.J., McFarland, D.J., Peckham, P.H., Schalk, G., Donchin, E., Quatrano, L.A., Robinson, C.J., Vaughan, T.M. Brain-computer interface technology: a review of the first international meeting. IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering, 8:164-173, 2000, PubMed.
  • Schalk, G., Wolpaw, J.R., McFarland, D.J. and Pfurtscheller, G. EEG-based communication: presence of an error potential. Clinical Neurophysiology, 111:2138-2144, 2000, PubMed.

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E-mail: schalk@wadsworth.org