Awais, Muhammad Ahsan
ORCID: 0000-0001-8722-5787, Ward, Tomás E.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6173-6607 and Healy, Graham
ORCID: 0000-0001-6429-6339
(2025)
Enhancing Subject-Independent P300 Classification in RSVP-Based BCIs with Deep Learning.
In: 36th Irish Signals & Systems Conference, 9-10 June 2025, Letterkenny, Ireland.
Abstract
Brain-computer interfaces offer transformative potential across a variety of fields, such as assistive technologies and neurorehabilitation. Traditional machine learning methods for P300 classification are typically subject-specific, which can lead to reduced generalizability. This study explores the subject-independent classification of P300 responses elicited through RSVP across 20 subjects. Three models — Bayesian Ridge, CNN-based, and EEGNet — were evaluated for their performance. The results revealed that EEGNet outperformed both Bayesian Ridge (ROC-AUC: 0.732) and CNN-based approaches (ROC-AUC: 0.763), attaining an average ROC-AUC score of 0.767. Additionally, the impact of varying the amount of training data was examined, demonstrating that larger training datasets significantly improved classification performance. Furthermore, fine-tuning EEGNet on individual test subjects significantly enhanced its performance, increasing the average ROC-AUC to 0.813. A paired t-test confirmed the statistical significance of the improvement, highlighting EEGNet’s robust potential for generalizable P300 classification.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Event Type: | Conference |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Brain-computer interfaces, subject-independent, electroencephalography (EEG), RSVP |
| Subjects: | Biological Sciences > Biosensors Humanities > Biological Sciences > Biosensors Biological Sciences > Biotechnology Humanities > Biological Sciences > Biotechnology Biological Sciences > Neuroscience Humanities > Biological Sciences > Neuroscience Computer Science > Artificial intelligence Computer Science > Machine learning Engineering > Biomedical engineering |
| DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Computing Research Institutes and Centres > INSIGHT Centre for Data Analytics |
| Published in: | 2025 36th Irish Signals and Systems Conference. . IEEE. |
| Publisher: | IEEE |
| Funders: | Science Foundation Ireland, CHIST-ERA |
| ID Code: | 31399 |
| Deposited On: | 13 Aug 2025 10:39 by Muhammad Ahsan Awais . Last Modified 13 Aug 2025 10:39 |
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