FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

Fourth International Workshop on Biosignal Interpretation

24-26 June 2002
Villa Olmo, Como, Italy

The International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE) and the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), in collaboration with the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), the Japan Society of Medical Electronics and Biomedical Engineering (JSMEBE), the Associzione Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica Italiana (AEI), the Associazione Italiana di Ingegneria Medica e Biologica (AIIMB) and the Polytechnic University of Milan will organise the Fourth International Workshop on Biosignal Interpretation, which will be held in Villa Olmo, Como, Italy from 24-26 June 2002.

The aim of the workshop is to explore the new fields of biosignal interpretation, including model-based signal analysis, data interpretation and integration, medical-decision-making, and extending existing signal-processing methods and technologies to realise effective utilisation of biosignals in a practical environment and obtain a deeper understanding of biological functions of entire organisms and systems, down to cellular and gene scales. The Third International Workshop on Biosignal Interpretation, was held in Chicago, Illinois, USA in 1999.

Distinguished speakers will be invited to deliver lectures on important topics in the field. Original contributions pertinent with the scope of the workshop are welcome. Prospective Authors are encouraged to provide original contributions in any of the following categories (but not limited to the following):

• Biosignal processing, pattern analysis and data fusion (linear and nonlinear, chaotic and fractal analysis techniques, time-frequency and time scale analysis, cluster analysis, genetic algorithms, data mining and prediction, integration of signals and images, applications to ECG, heart rate variability, EEG, EMG signals analysis, evoked potentials, multimodality approach and other related topics).
• Mathematical modelling of experimental and clinical data (linear and nonlinear phenomena, neural modelling and neural dynamics, modelling and control of cardiovascular and pulmonary systems, modelling of brain functions, perception and learning or other related topics).
• On-line interactive signal acquisition and processing (on-line patient monitoring, intelligent monitoring, ambulatory systems and other related topics).
• On-line interactive signal acquisition and processing (on-line patient monitoring, intelligent monitoring, ambulatory systems and other related topics).
• Medical decision support methods (parameter estimation, decision making, rule based/expert systems, automatic diagnosis, data reasoning and other related topics).
• Medical informatics (biosignal interpretation in virtual reality applications, in telemedicine and internet-based solutions for transmission, exchange and analysis of biomedical data and other related topics).
• Cellular signal and genomics (analysis of DNA sequences, genetic and evolutionary computing, genetic data mining and other related topics).

All submitted papers will be reviewed on the basis of scientific quality, relevance, originality, medical and biological significance, and clarity. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings. A group of selected contributions will be published as full papers in a Special Issue of Methods of Information in Medicine.

Deadlines

Email: BSI2002@biomed.polimi.it
Website: www.BSI2002.polimi.it

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