CALL FOR PAPERS

The 9th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies – BIOSTEC 2016

Website: http://www.biostec.org/

21 - 23 February, 2016

Rome, Italy

Regular Papers

Paper Submission: September 10, 2015

Authors Notification: December 2, 2015

Camera Ready and Registration: December 16, 2015

 

Position Papers

Paper Submission: November 2, 2015

Authors Notification: December 4, 2015

Camera Ready and Registration: December 18, 2015

 

Workshops

Workshop Proposal: September 11, 2015

 

Doctoral Consortium

Paper Submission: December 3, 2015

Authors Notification: December 11, 2015

Camera Ready and Registration: December 22, 2015

 

Special Sessions

Special Session Proposal: September 23, 2015

Paper Submission: November 23, 2015

Authors Notification: December 9, 2015

Camera Ready and Registration: December 17, 201

 

Tutorials, Demos and Panels Proposals

October 16, 2015

 

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

 

In Cooperation with:

AAAI – Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence

EUROMICRO

ESEM - European Society for Engineering and Medicine

ISfTeH - International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth

BMES - Biomedical Engineering Society

EURASIP - European Association for Signal Processing

 

Logistics Partner:

SCITEVENTS – Science and Technology Events

 

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 a different knowledge area.

 

BIODEVICES 2016 – The 9th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices

Program Chair

James Gilbert, University of Hull, United Kingdom

 

CONFERENCE TOPICS

·         Emerging Technologies

·         Biomedical Instrumentation

·         Biomedical Equipment

·         Biomedical Sensors

·         Biomedical Metrology

·         Health Monitoring Devices

·         Low-power Design

·         Electrical Bio-impedance

·         Bio-electromagnetism

·         Biorobotics

·         Biocomputing and Biochips

·         Implantable Electronics

·         Wireless Systems and Biotelemetry

·         Biomaterials

·         MEMS

·         Nanotechnologies

·         Biomechanical Devices

·         Artificial Limbs

·         Technologies Evaluation

·         Electrocardiography and Heart Monitoring

·         Computational Physiology (virtual organs)

·         Brain-computer Interfaces

·         Spectroscopic Applications

·         Imaging and Visualization Devices

·         Rehabilitation Technology

·         Lab on a Chip and Microfluidic Devices

·         Mobile and Wearable Devices

 

BIOIMAGING 2016 – The 3rd International Conference on Bioimaging

Program Chair

Haim Azhari, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

 

CONFERENCE TOPICS

·         Medical Imaging and Diagnosis

·         Image Processing Methods

·         Image Fusion Methods

·         Feature Recognition and Extraction Methods

·         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 Transfer (FRET)

·         Conventional Microscopy

·         Confocal Microscopy

·         Fluorescent Microscopy

·         Quantitative Bioimaging

·         Structural Biology

·         Brain Function Analysis

·         Hemodynamics Imaging

·         Histology and Tissue Imaging

BIOINFORMATICS 2016 – The 7th International Conference on Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms

Program Chair

Hesham Ali, University of Nebraska at Omaha, United States

 

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

BIOSIGNALS 2016 – The 9th International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing

Program Chair

Carla Quintão, FCT-UNL, Portugal

 

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

 

HEALTHINF 2016 – The 9th International Conference on Health Informatics

Program Co-chairs

Jan Sliwa, Independent, Switzerland

Carolina Ruiz, WPI, United States

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

 

 

BIOSTEC KEYNOTE LECTURE

Hayit Greenspan, Tel Aviv University, Israel

 

PUBLICATIONS

All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support.
SCITEPRESS is member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/).
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library.
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.

Please check the websites for further information:

http://www.biodevices.biostec.org/BestPaperAward.aspx

http://www.bioimaging.biostec.org/BestPaperAward.aspx

http://www.bioinformatics.biostec.org/BestPaperAward.aspx

http://www.biosignals.biostec.org/BestPaperAward.aspx

http://www.healthinf.biostec.org/BestPaperAward.aspx

 

 

 

BIOSTEC CONFERENCE CO - CHAIRS

Ana Fred, Instituto de Telecomunicações / IST, Portugal

Hugo Gamboa, CEFITEC / FCT - New University of Lisbon, Portugal

 

Please check further details at the conference website http://www.biostec.org/

 

 

BIOSTEC Secretariat

Address: Av. D. Manuel I, 27A, 2º esq.

2910-595 Setúbal - Portugal

Tel.: +351 265 100 033

Fax: +44 203 014 8813

e-mail: biostec.secretariat@insticc.org