Publications

PUBLICATIONS

• N. Leal, R. Bettencourt, U.J. Nunes. G. Pires, "EEG-Based Framework for Reflexive andPerceptual Assessment in CLIS: Preliminary Study in Healthy Volunteers",  8th IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering 2025 (ENBENG25) , Aveiro, Portugal, September 25-26, 2025, accepted for publication.  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, accepted for publication.  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, accepted for publication. 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

• 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 para Locked-in: Desafios Reais na Investigação e Implementação", Portuguese Meeting: "Encontro Prospetivo - Tecnologias de Apoio em Portugal", 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