Discovery of the "Neural World": Technological and Clinical Advances in Neural Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

Neural engineering is one of the most interdisciplinary branches of biomedical engineering. With the aim of deeply investigating, controlling, and enhancing the functions of the nervous system, neural engineering research lies at the crossroads of different areas, ranging from neurology and computational neuroscience to bioimage and biosignal processing up to electrical engineering, computer science, and material science.

In particular, the availability of tools with high computational power and the recent advancements of artificial intelligence, brain–computer interfaces, and extended reality in medicine, are shaping the future of neural engineering, paving the way to the development of novel engineering methods, approaches, and solutions able to revolutionize the human capability of exploring and controlling the "neural world".

The Special Issue aims to collect scientific contributions in the wide area of neural engineering. Original research papers and reviews are welcome on advances in neural sensors, devices, and systems; machine– and brain–computer interfaces; neuroimaging and neurorehabilitation; neural signal processing; and so on. The Special Issue also highly encourages submissions focused on theoretical and practical applications of artificial intelligence algorithms, mathematical models, computational methods, and extended reality tools in the field of neurology and neuroscience.

Furthermore, authors of selected papers presented at the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Metrology for eXtended Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Neural Engineering (IEEE MetroXRAINE 2022 - metroxraine.org) are invited to submit an extended version of their papers to this Special Issue. All submitted papers will undergo the standard peer-review procedure.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been previously published, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). Conference papers should be cited and noted on the paper. Please note that submitted extended papers should contain at least 50% new content (e.g., in the form of technical extensions, more in-depth evaluations, or additional use cases) and not exceed 30% copy/paste from the original conference paper.

Dr. Sébastien Rimbert
Dr. Carlo Ricciardi
Dr. Alfonso Maria Ponsiglione
Guest Editors

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