About us

The Iossifidis Laboratory focuses on research and teaching in the areas of artificial intelligence, the development of biologically inspired autonomous robotic systems, the development of Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI ), and its application in medical technology. The understanding of the mechanisms of information processing in the human brain forms the basis for developing a theory of machine learning algorithms and the transfer to artificial systems.

Further scientific foci are the design of so-called “Simulated Realities” (VR/AR) for the simulation and evaluation of interactions between humans, machines, and the environment, the development of generative models of human movements, as well as the development of cortical, exoprosthetic components.

Current Grants

  • Virtual reality based Machine Learning Arm-Hand Function Evaluation and Support (VAFES)
    • Lead market IKT.NRW (EFRE) – funding volume € 2.092.917,- / € 898.747,-(HRW)
  • Smart rehabilitation of the upper extremities through an intelligent soft exoskeleton (REXO)
    • Leitmarkt Gesundheit.NRW (EFRE) – funding volume: € 2.084.843.- / € 998.607.
  • BmBF: “VR-basierte Therapieumgebung für Patient*innen mit chronischen Schmerzen“ – funding volume: € 923.191.-
  • EU: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING “NEUROCOBOTS: Developing brain-machine interface for dynamic human-robot collaboration” (under review)
  • EU: HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN “NEUROCOBOTS: Developing brain-machine interface for dynamic human-robot collaboration” (under review)
  • BmbF – NSF USA Collaboration Grant: “Towards wearable BCI systems that leverage contextual neuromechanics and edge-computing”(under review).
  • DFG: Motor-parietal cortical neuroprosthesis with somatosensory feedback for restoring hand and arm functions in tetraplegic patients (completed Mai, 2021)