arXiv Machine Learning

CNN-based classifier for subject-independent MBTI Extraversion/Introversion preference classification from short-time EEG signals

The paper investigates whether brief, minimally processed EEG segments can differentiate individuals labeled as extraverted or introverted by the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator. Using a subject‑independent nested 5‑fold cross‑validation, the authors compared EEGNet, EEGProgress, and a new compact convolutional network called SSCNet. SSCNet achieved the highest mean accuracy (0.6481), AUC (0.7063), and F1‑score (0.6276), exhibited the lowest variability across folds, and proved computationally efficient with the shortest training epoch time and highest throughput.

arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 4

EEG-FM-Compass: Progress, Benchmarking, and Future Directions for EEG Foundation Models

arXiv:2601. 17883v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Electroencephalography (EEG) foundation models (FMs) have recently emerged as a promising paradigm for brain-computer interfaces, aiming to learn transferable neural representations from large-scale heterogeneous recordings.

By Dingkun Liu, Yuheng Chen, Zhu Chen, Zhenyao Cui, Yaozhi Wen, Jiayu An, Jingwei Luo, Dongrui Wu
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 3

Making Brain-Computer Interfaces More Secure

arXiv:2606. 02597v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The development of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) based on electroencephalograms (EEGs) has advanced significantly mainly to machine learning.

By Md Fahimul Kabir Chowdhury, Gahangir Hossain
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 14

BRIDGE-EEG: Bridging Self-Supervised Pretraining and Efficient Deployment for Cross-Dataset EEG Classification

BRIDGE-EEG is an efficient multi‑task EEG classification pipeline that leverages self‑supervised pretraining while dramatically reducing model size. It maps heterogeneous EEG recordings to a unified 62‑channel time‑frequency representation, pretrains an SE‑ResNet18 teacher with SimCLR, and distills it into smaller SE‑ResNet8 and SE‑ResNet4 students. The compact models achieve accuracy comparable to or better than larger foundation models on abnormality detection and emotion recognition, and they consume up to three times less energy on edge devices, enabling deployment on wearable hardware.

By Meghna Roy Chowdhury, Chengwei Zhou, Haotian Yu, Gourav Datta, Shreyas Sen
arXiv AI
Oct 1

NeuroAtlas: Benchmarking Foundation Models for Clinical EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

NeuroAtlas is the largest EEG benchmark to date, comprising 42 datasets and 260,000 hours of clinical EEG data across epilepsy, sleep medicine, brain age estimation, and brain‑computer interfaces. The study evaluates foundation models (FMs) for EEG against supervised baselines and generic time‑series FMs, finding that EEG‑specific FMs do not consistently outperform generic ones. It also demonstrates that standard machine‑learning metrics are inadequate for clinical relevance, advocating for task‑specific measures such as event‑level decision quality, hypnogram features, and brain‑age gap.

By Konstantinos Kontras, Trui Osselaer, Stylianos G. Mouslech, Angeliki-Ilektra Karaiskou, Guido Gagliardi, Thomas Strypsteen, Mohammad Hossein Badiei, Anku Rani, Maarten Vanmarcke, Miguel Bhagubai, Chanakya Ekbote, Jaedong Hwang, Christos Chatzichristos, Paul Pu Liang, Maarten De Vos
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 2

EEG-FuseFormer: A Transformer-Driven Feature Fusion Framework for Seizure Onset Prediction

arXiv:2606. 02166v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders globally, characterized by recurring seizures and significantly impacting the quality of life.

By Vigneshwar Hariharan (National University of Singapore), Chithra Reghuvaran (University College Dublin), Arlene John (University of Twente), Nhat Pham (Cardiff University), Omer Rana (Cardiff University), Deepu John (University College Dublin), Ganesh Neelakanta Iyer (National University of Singapore)
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 14

EEG Decoding Using CNN and LSTM Network

arXiv:2608. 13285v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Motor imagery (MI) brain--computer interfaces (BCIs) have emerged as a promising approach for establishing flexible communication pathways between the human brain and external devices , particularly for individuals affected by stroke or neurodegenerative disorders.

By Athanasios Karagounis
arXiv AI
Sep 15

Schizophrenia Detection from EEG Signals: A Transformer Framework with Spectrogram Representation

The paper presents a transformer-based framework for detecting schizophrenia from EEG signals. It converts preprocessed EEG recordings into spectrograms via Short-Time Fourier Transform and classifies them using both traditional machine learning algorithms and deep learning models, including CNN-Transformer hybrids. Subject-level data partitioning ensures reliable evaluation, yielding an AUC-ROC of 88.41% for the CNN-Transformer model and 92.88% for the CNN + Squeeze and Excitation + Transformer model on an independent test set.

By Abtin Shafiei, Mohsen Hooshmand, Majid Ramezani