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Furthermore, TCNE has been involved in the publication of special issues of IEEE EMBS journals (e.g., Special Issue on Neural Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE), June 2005; Special Issue on BCI, IEEE TNSRE, June 2006; two special issues on Clinical Neuroengineering, IEEE EMB Magazine, July/August (Neurodiagnostics), September/October (Neurotherapeutics), 2006; Special Issue on Neural and Myoelectric Control of Prostheses, IEEE TNSRE, February 2008). Related to the above activities, the following are sponsored activities at present: (A).Conferences -Interaction with the Program Committee of EMBC09 in Minneapolis, in the planning of Neuroengineering topics (e.g., theme, sessions, workshops) for that Conference. - Metin Akay, a TCNE member, is planning the 4th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, in Antalya, Turkey, for next year (tentative date: April 29-May 2, 2009). As with the past 3 conferences, several TCNE members will be involved in planning the upcoming conference which .will have an emphasis on cognition. (B).Publications -Several special issues of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE), involving Neuroengineering content, are being planned by Nitish Thakor, Editor-in-Chief of the Transactions and member of the TCNE, with the help of other TCNE members. The topics of these special issues include “Neural Prostheses” (with Nitish as one of the guest editors), “Functional Neuroimaging” (with Fabio Babiloni as one of the guest editors), “Neuroeconomics” (with Fabio as the guest editor), and “Modeling the Connectivity of Neural Systems” (with Shanbao Tong as one of the guest editors).
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