GESDA Compass
Launch Compass

Domains and availability

BCI today
A method for wider use

Brain–computer interfaces are the first domain available through Explore, Assess and Monitor. The shared platform supports adaptation to other fields, using the knowledge and validation each domain requires

Shared reasoning
Domain-specific substance

Applying Compass to another field is more than changing a topic label. The method provides a structure; the domain supplies the knowledge

What carries across

  • Frame the purpose, people and context.
  • Distinguish evidence, claims and uncertainty.
  • Explore alternatives, pathways and tradeoffs.
  • Make conditions and review questions explicit.
  • Reuse platform components where the domain supports them.

What must be developed

  • The domain's concepts and project descriptions.
  • Relevant evidence standards and indicators.
  • Pathways, affected people and responsibilities.
  • Appropriate model assumptions and thresholds.
  • Source-backed examples, testing and validation.

Shared architecture does not make every BCI feature available in every domain. The applications below have different levels of implementation and are not equivalent public Compass experiences

Applications
being developed

These directions show how the method can address different decisions. No launch dates are announced here

Domain adaptation in development

Cryosphere and high-mountain resilience

Mountain glacier and meltwater flowing towards downstream buildings

Examine adaptation value alongside ecological disturbance, reversibility, legitimacy and downstream dependencies

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Prototype adaptation

High-impact AI decision systems

A hand reviewing branching decisions and records on a tablet

Bring rights impacts, oversight, contestability, evidence and operational resilience into decisions about specific AI uses

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Prototype adaptation

Population genomics infrastructure

DNA model, specimen tubes and people reviewing population genomics

Connect reference value and clinical translation with consent, data governance, equity and uncertainty

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Exploratory domain application

Quantum technologies for societal benefit

Optical research apparatus with photonic components and fibres

Investigate societal relevance, classical alternatives, proof-of-concept evidence, access and the pathway to useful impact

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Development descriptions reflect the current domain work. They are not statements of institutional adoption, validated effectiveness or release commitments

A different domain?
Start with the decision

Tell us what people need to decide, which evidence is available, and where assumptions or responsibilities are difficult to examine

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