Publications

PUBLICATIONS

• N. Leal, R. Bettencourt, U.J. Nunes. G. Pires, "EEG-Based Framework for Reflexive and Perceptual Assessment in CLIS: Preliminary Study in Healthy Volunteers",  8th IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering 2025 (ENBENG25) , Aveiro, Portugal, September 25-26, 2025, doi: 10.1109/ENBENG67130.2025.11199596  [link]. Preprint available on https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23524 

• A. P. Pinto, R. Bettencourt, U.J. Nunes. G. Pires, "Eye-Tracking and BCI Integration for Assistive Communication in Locked-In Syndrome: Pilot Study with Healthy Participants",  8th IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering 2025 (ENBENG25), Aveiro, Portugal,  September 25-26, 2025, doi: 10.1109/ENBENG67130.2025.11199585 [link].  Preprint  available on  https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23518 

• A. Cruz, M. Kuzmanoski, G. Pires, "Optimizing BCI Rehabilitation Protocols for Stroke: Exploring Task Design and Training Duration",  8th IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering 2025 (ENBENG25), Aveiro, Portugal,  September 25-26, 2025, doi: 10.1109/ENBENG67130.2025.11199576 [link]. Preprint  available on   https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08082 

• L. Garrote, R. Bettencourt, J. Perdiz, G. Pires,  U.J. Nunes, "Generalization of Machine and Deep Learning Models for Brain-Computer Interfaces Across Sessions and Paradigms in a Completely Locked-In Patient",  IEEE RO-MAN2025 Conference, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, August 25-29, 2025, accepted for publication 

• Rute Bettencourt, Urbano J. Nunes, Miguel Castelo-Branco, and Gabriel Pires (2024). "Searching for Neurophysiological Biomarkers Correlated with BCI Performance in a Completely Locked-In State Patient". In 11th International Conference on Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion (DSAI 2024), November 13–15, 2024, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 8 pages. doi: doi.org/10.1145/3696593.3696611 [link] [PDF preprint] 

• R. Bettencourt, M. Castelo-Branco, E. Gonçalves, U.J. Nunes, G. Pires (2024), "Comparing Several P300-Based Visuo-Auditory Brain-Computer Interfaces for a Completely Locked-in ALS Patient: A Longitudinal Case Study". Appl. Sci. 2024, 14, 3464. section Applied Neuroscience and Neural Engineering - Special Issue Brain-Computer Interfaces: Novel Technologies and Applications https://doi.org/10.3390/app14083464   [link - Open Access]  [videos] 

PhD Theses 

PhD Thesis Projects (PhD preparation document)

• Rute P. Bettencourt,  “Brain computer interfaces as a communication tool for patients in the Completely Locked-In State – a longitudinal approach”, Projeto Tese, Doutoramento em Engenharia Biomédica, Departamento de Física da Universidade de Coimbra, september, 30,  2024 (Supervisors: Gabriel Pires, Urbano J. Nunes and Miguel Castelo-Branco)

MSc Theses

• Carolina Amante, "Improving EMG-based Human-Computer Interaction for ALS: A Modular Analysis for Online Detection and Recognition of Voluntary Muscle Contraction", Master Thesis in Biomedical Engineering, Department of Physics, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, November 18, 2025   (Supervisor: Ana Londral; co-supervisor: Gabriel Pires)

• Nicoli Leal, “Paradigms for users’ reflexive and perceptual evaluation, and automatic classification of brain responses”, Master thesis, Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores , Universidade de Coimbra (DEEC-UC), October 10, 2025 (Supervisors: Gabriel Pires and Urbano J. Nunes)

BSc Theses

Communications / Invited Talks

• G. Pires, "Interfaces Cérebro-Computador: Considerações Éticas",  Futuro da Saúde - Aspetos Legais, Centro de Direito Biomédico, Universidade de Coimbra | Hospital Albert Einstein, ISR-UC, Coimbra, 21 de novembro de 2025  [Programa] 

• G. Pires, "Interfaces Cérebro-Computador: Comunicação e Avaliação Cognitiva",  Sociedade Portuguesa de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço (SPORL-CCP), Reunião do Núcleo Centro e do Interno ORL, Tomar, 15 de novembro de 2025  [Programa] 

• G. Pires,"Interfaces Cérebro-Computador para Doentes com ELA", III Congresso de Cuidados Paliativos e Continuados do ISJD, Instituto S. João de Deus, 31  de outubro de 2025  [link] 

• G. Pires,"Interfaces Cérebro-Computador para Locked-in: Desafios Reais na Investigação e Implementação", Portuguese Meeting: "Encontro Prospetivo - Tecnologias de Apoio em Portugal", Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, 9  de maio  de 2025. [link] 

• G. Pires, "Brain-Computer Interfaces for Communication in Locked-In Patients and Cognitive Training in Autism", 26.ª edição das Jornadas Tecnológicas da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (JorTec2025) , 6 - 21 march 2025. [link] 

• G. Pires, "Novas Tecnologias Aplicadas à Saúde", I Jornadas Multidisciplinares do Centro de Investigação e Inovação Clínica (CIIC), ULS Médo Tejo, Hospital de Nossa Senhora da Graça, Tomar, 24 de janeiro de 2025  [link]

Videos

• List of videos of Brain-Computer Interfaces tested with a patient in a Completely Locked-in State (CLIS):  https://home.isr.uc.pt/~gpires/videos/BCI4ALL/videos.html