CALL FOR PAPERS
8th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - BIOSTEC 2015
Website: www.biostec.org
January 12 – 15, 2015
Lisbon, Portugal
Paper Submission: July 29, 2014
Authors Notification: November 3, 2014
Camera Ready and Registration: November 17, 2014
Paper Submission: September 30, 2014
Authors Notification: November 6, 2014
Camera Ready and Registration: November 17, 2014
Doctoral Consortium
Paper Submission: November 5, 2014
Authors Notification: November 18, 2014
Camera Ready and Registration: November 28, 2014
Special Sessions
Paper Submission: November 7, 2014
Authors Notification: November 24, 2014
Camera Ready and Registration: December 3, 2014
Sponsored by:
INSTICC - Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication
INSTICC is Member of:
WfMC- Workflow Management Coalition
OMG - Object Management Group
FIPA – Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents
Logistics Partner:
SCITEVENTS – Science and Technology Events
Media Partner:
BMC - Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Technical Co-sponsorship by:
BMES – Biomedical Engineering Society
ESEM - European Society for Engineering and Medicine
In Cooperation with:
EUROMICRO
ISfTeH – International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth
AAAI - The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
EURASIP – The European Association for Signal Processing
The purpose of BIOSTEC is to bring together researchers and practitioners, including engineers, biologists, health professionals and informatics/computer scientists, interested in both theoretical advances and applications of information systems, artificial intelligence, signal processing, electronics and other engineering tools in knowledge areas related to biology and medicine. BIOSTEC is composed of five co-located conferences, each specialized in at least one of the aforementioned main knowledge areas.
International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices – BIODEVICES 2015
Program Chair
Alberto Cliquet Jr., University of São Paulo & University of Campinas, Brazil
Url: http://www.biodevices.biostec.org/
CONFERENCE TOPICS:
· Emerging Technologies
· Biomedical Instrumentation
· Biomedical Equipment
· Biomedical Sensors
· Biomedical Metrology
· Microelectronics
· Health Monitoring Devices
· Embedded Signal Processing
· Low-Power Design
· Electrical Bio-Impedance
· Bio-Electromagnetism
· Biorobotics
· Biocomputing and Biochips
· Implantable Electronics
· Biotelemetry
· Wireless Systems
· Biomaterials
· MEMS
· Nanotechnologies
· Biomechanical Devices
· Artificial Limbs
· Technologies Evaluation
· Cardiovascular Biomechanics
· Electrocardiography and Heart Monitoring
· Computational Physiology (virtual organs)
· Brain-Computer Interfaces
· Spectroscopic Applications
· Imaging and Visualization Devices
· Computer-aided Detection and Diagnosis
· Rehabilitation Technology
International Conference on Bioimaging – BIOIMAGING 2015
Program Co-chairs
Mário Forjaz Secca, CEFITEC, Departamento de Fisica, FCT/UNL, Portugal
Jan Schier, Institute of Information Theory and Automation of the ASCR, Czech Republic
Url: http://www.bioimaging.biostec.org/
CONFERENCE TOPICS:
· Medical Imaging and Diagnosis
· Biomechanical Imaging
· Image Archiving and Communication
· Telemedicine and Virtual Environments
· Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
· Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Fmri)
· Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)
· Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
· High Resolution Research Tomography (HRRT)
· Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
· Ultrasound and Optical Imaging
· Optical Elastography
· X-ray Microscopy
· Biophotonics
· Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transferv (FRET)
· Fluorescent Microscopy
· Quantitative Bioimaging
· Structural Biology
· Brain Function Analysis
· Hemodynamics Imaging
· Histology and Tissue Imaging
International Conference on Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms – BIOINFORMATICS 2015
Program Co-chairs
Oscar Pastor, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
Christine Sinoquet, University of Nantes, France
Url: http://www.bioinformatics.biostec.org/
CONFERENCE TOPICS:
· Simulation
· Computational Intelligence
· Genomics and Proteomics
· Sequence Analysis
· Structural Bioinformatics
· Image Analysis
· Visualization
· Databases and Data Management
· Data mining and Machine Learning
· Biostatistics and Stochastic Models
· Pharmaceutical Applications
· Systems Biology
· Algorithms and Software Tools
· Web Services in Bioinformatics
· Computational Molecular Systems
· Immuno- and chemo-informatics
· Pattern recognition, clustering and classification
· Structure prediction
· Model design and evaluation
· Transcriptomics
· Next Generation Sequencing
· Structural Variations
International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing – BIOSIGNALS 2015
Program Chair
Harald Loose, Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Url: http://www.biosignals.biostec.org/
CONFERENCE TOPICS:
· Speech Recognition
· Neural Networks
· Biometrics
· Pattern Recognition
· Medical Signal Acquisition, Analysis and Processing
· Wearable Sensors and Systems
· Real-Time Systems
· Evolutionary Systems
· Acoustic Signal Processing
· Time and Frequency Response
· Wavelet Transform
· Medical Image Detection, Acquisition, Analysis and Processing
· Physiological Processes and Bio-signal Modeling, Non-linear dynamics
· Cybernetics and User Interface Technologies
· Electromagnetic fields in biology and medicine
· Fuzzy Systems and Signals
· Monitoring and Telemetry
· Cardiovascular Signals
· Image Analysis and Processing
· Detection and Identification
· Motion Control
International Conference on Health Informatics – HEALTHINF 2015
Program Co-chairs
Marta Bienkiewicz, TUM, Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany
Christine Verdier, LIG - University Joseph Fourier Grenoble, France
Url: http://www.healthinf.biostec.org/
CONFERENCE TOPICS:
· Datamining
· Knowledge Management
· Decision Support Systems
· Interoperability
· Telemedicine
· Medical and Nursing Informatics
· Confidentiality and Data Security
· Wearable Health Informatics
· Semantic Interoperability
· Therapeutic Systems and Technologies
· Physiological Modeling
· Databases and Datawarehousing
· Cognitive Informatics
· Affective Computing
· Human-Machine Interfaces for Disabled Persons
· ICT, Ageing and Disability
· Design and development methodologies for Healthcare IT
· Mobile technologies for Healthcare applications
· Evaluation and use of Healthcare IT
· Healthcare Management Systems
· E-Health
· Development of Assistive Technology
· Electronic Health Records and Standards
· Software Systems in Medicine
· Pervasive Health Systems and Services
· e-Health for Public Health
· Clinical problems and applications
· Data Visualization
· Pattern recognition and Machine Learning
· Practice-based Research Methods for Healthcare IT
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Erik Meijering, Erasmus University Medical Center, Netherlands
Lionel Pazart, CHU, France
PUBLICATIONS
All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support.
SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/).
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library.
It is planned to publish a short list of revised and extended versions of presented papers with Springer in a CCIS Series book (final approval pending).
The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP, EI (Elsevier Index) and Scopus.
AWARDS
The awards will be announced and bestowed at the conference closing session.
BIOSTEC CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
Ana Fred, Instituto de Telecomunicações / IST, Portugal
Hugo Gamboa, CEFITEC / FCT - New University of Lisbon, Portugal
Dirk Elias, University of Porto / Fraunhofer, Portugal
Please check further details at the conference website (http://www.biostec.org)