Conference themes

Conference program - final version as of Saturday, March 07 is available for download. 

 

1. BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
   
   

1.1. Physiological systems modeling
1.2. Time-frequency and time scale analysis
1.3. Nonlinear dynamic analysis
1.4. Adaptive and parametric filtering and estimation
1.5. Pattern recognition and soft computing techniques
1.6. Data mining and processing

 

2. BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND IMAGE PROCESSING
   
   

2.1. Magnetic resonance imaging / Computed tomography / Mammography
2.2. Ultrasound imaging / Optical imaging and microscopy
2.3. PET and SPECT
2.4. Electrical and magnetic source imaging / Impedance imaging
2.5. Multimodality imaging / Novel imaging modalities
2.6. Image processing, analysis and classification

 

3. BIOSENSORS AND BIOINSTRUMENTATION
   
   

3.1. Physical sensors and sensor systems
3.2. Bioelectric, biological and chemical sensors and sensor systems
3.3. Physiological monitoring / Instrumentation / Integrated systems
3.4. Implantable technologies, sensors and systems
3.5. Wearable sensors / Body area and wireless sensor networks / Telemetric systems

 

4. BIO-MICRO/NANO TECHNOLOGIES
   
   

4.1. Internal, implanted and portable miniaturized systems
4.2. BioMEM / NEMS
4.3. Microfluidics / Lab-on-a-chip devices
4.4. Nano-biotechnology

 

5. BIOMATERIALS
   
   

5.1. Biomaterials for sensing and actuation
5.2. Biomimetics, bioinspired and patterned biomaterials
5.3. Biomaterials in cellular and tissue engineering

 

6. BIOMECHANICS, ROBOTICS AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY
   
   

6.1. Musculoskeletal models and human movement analysis
6.2. Orthotic, prosthetic and rehabilitation robotics and biomechanics
6.3. Cardiovascular and respiratory fluid mechanics and biomechanics
6.4. Human-robot interaction / Robot-aided surgery
6.5. Biologically inspired robotics / Micro-biorobotics
6.6. Minimally invasive surgery

 

7. CARDIOVASCULAR, RESPIRATORY AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
   
   

7.1. Cardiac and respiratory function and modeling
7.2. Cardiovascular and respiratory signal processing and modeling
7.3. Cardiovascular electrophysiology and regulation
7.4. Respiratory disease / Sleep disorder / Respiratory engineering
7.5. Endocrine systems, function, modeling and control

 

8. NEURAL AND REHABILITATION ENGINEERING
   
   

8.1. Brain physiology and modeling
8.2. Neural signal processing
8.3. Neural interfaces and regeneration
8.4. Motor and sensory neuroprostheses / Brain-machine interface
8.5. Rehabilitation and wearable technologies
8.6. Brain functional imaging / Neurological disorders

 

9. MOLECULAR, CELLULAR AND TISSUE ENGINEERING
   
   

9.1. Biomaterial-cell interactions
9.2. Cellular force transduction
9.3. Embryonic and stem cells in regenerative medicine
9.4. Electrical fields at the cell and protein scale
9.5. Electroporation
9.6. Tissue engineering / Scaffolds in tissue engineering

 

10. BIOINFORMATICS AND COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
    
    

10.1. Bioinformatics and computational modeling of complex omic data
10.2. Systems biology / Systems medicine
10.3. Translational biomedical informatics for clinical applications
10.4. Modeling of molecular, cellular and organ pathways

 

11. CLINICAL ENGINEERING AND HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
    
    

11.1. Clinical engineering / Health technology management
11.2. Health technology policy, economics and ethics / Health technology assessment
11.3. Technology development, commercialization, assessment and management
11.4. Safety and human factors engineering for medical devices and systems
11.5. IT in medicine / Equipment interconnectivity and integration
11.6. Clinical engineering and disaster preparadness

 

12. HEALTH INFORMATICS, E-HEALTH AND TELEMEDICINE
    
    

12.1. Personal, pervasive, preventive, and participatory health systems
12.2. Ambient assisted living / Smart homes
12.3. Body area networks / Wireless technologies
12.4. mHealth / eHealth / Telemedicine
12.5. Health information management / Electronic health records
12.6. Decision support methods and systems

 

13. BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION
    13.1. Biomedical engineering education and curriculum development
    13.2. Biomedical undergraduate and graduate student research projects
    13.3. Career development in biomedical engineering
    
    

14. PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING

    14.1. Pharmaceutical Development in Industry

    14.2. Bio-/Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

    14.3. Pharmaceutical Devices

    14.4. Pharmacokinetics
    

 

 

Oral presentations

 

1. Please make your presence known to one of the chairmen 5 minutes before your session starts and be present during the entire session in which your presentation is scheduled. Time slot for plenary sessions is 60 minutes, including room switching time of 15 minutes.

 

2. Time slots for oral sessions are 90 minutes. Number of papers in each session is up to 6 meaning that 15 minutes is allocated for each presentation. However, there are exceptions to this rule; therefore, please refer to the final program for actual duration of your presentation.

 

3. Authors and Speakers must report to the Speakers Area in order to preview and upload their presentations. Files must be handed-in a minimum of 2 hours prior to the start of their session (for morning sessions starting at 9.30h please upload it the day before). We recommend that you take advantage of the early file uploading opportunity. More details will be available soon.

 

4. All session rooms will be equipped with a data projector and a computer. You do not need to bring your own laptop to the lecture room. Please prepare your presentations for display with aspect ratio 4:3.

 

5. When building your presentation, use standard fonts (e.g., Times New Roman, Arial, etc.). Basic fonts are included on the session room PC computers, but if an unusual font is used it may not display well.

 

6. Even if you have submitted your presentation files in advance, please plan to bring the latest version of your presentation to the session on a Windows-readable USB flash Drive or CD-ROM.

 

7. Computers in conference rooms are equipped with Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2010 package. Apple Mac computers will not be provided in any of the session rooms. If you are using Mac, please check compatibility with Microsoft Office 2010 package or use your own Mac computer if your presentation is created in Apple’s “Keynote” presentation application. Videos handed in as an independent file must be coded under standard codec. Users are recommended to preview them in standard universal software, such as VLC Player or Quicktime.

 

Posters

 

Poster sessions are a valuable method for authors to present papers and meet with interested attendees for in-depth technical discussions. Therefore, it is important that you display your results clearly to attract people who have an interest in your work and your paper. Your poster should cover the KEY POINTS of your work. The ideal poster is designed to: attract attention; provide a brief overview of your work; initiate discussion and questions.

 

Use color to highlight and make your poster more attractive, by using pictures, diagrams, cartoons, figures, etc., rather than only text wherever possible. There is however no specific template for the poster: font size and text are free.

Maximum outside dimensions of each poster, including the title, must not exceed 90 cm width x 120 cm height.

 

SET UP AND DISMANTLING TIMES:

 

A poster number display will be placed at the top corner of the board. Double sided tape will be supplied at each poster board.

 

Student Workshop

Student workshop aims to  provide a platform for graduate students in the area of medical and biological engineering and thereby enable them to present their ongoing research efforts. The platform also provides  a unique opportunity for students to network with other young researchers as well as more experienced scientist, receive constructive feedback, guidance, tips, and learn about cutting-edge research problems that are currently underway in the community. 

We encourage graduate students to submit abstracts ofearly-stage research efforts as well as of more advanced, dissertation-level projects.

 

 

Social Events

 

Social program will include a conference dinner and a student party.