INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF BIOCYBERNETICS
POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

The International Centre of Biocybernetics (ICB) of the Polish Academy of sciences was established in Warsaw in June 1988.

The ICB is a multi-national association of the Academies of Science and organisations interested in Biocybernetics and health care through science and technology. The ICB acts in accordance with the Agreement about the establishment of the ICB as signed by its Parties. Membership to the ICB is opened. New members are admitted by applying in writing to the President of Polish Academy of Sciences and signing the Agreement.

In 1991 the ICB was appointed and in 1996 re-appointed as WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering.

MAIN TASK FOR THE ICB. The main objectives of the ICB are: exchange of scientific experience and the improvement of professional qualifications, and facilitation of research and application in the field of biocybernetics and biomedical engineering.

To achieve these aims, the ICB will undertake the following activities:

• organisation of scientific meetings in the form of seminars, summer schools and conferences as well as other meetings aimed at the exchange of information and of experience;
• facilitation and encouragement of research and development;
• acquisition and dissemination of relevant information, including publication of scientific materials connected with ICB activities.

SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL. The Scientific Council of the ICB is appointed by the Parties. The members of the Scientific Council are distinguished specialists in the field of biocybernetics or biomedical engineering delegated by the Parties. Other persons up to a maximum of 50% of those direct1y appointed may be invited "ad personam" to become members on the proposa1 of the Scientific Council. Members would serve for a period of three years, unless specifically re-appointed or re-invited for another term.

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY. The ICB organises seminars and special meetings in the following main directions of biocybernetics and biomedical engineering: biosystems, biomeasurements, artificia1 organs, biomechanics and bioinformatics.

The scientific program of seminars includes the recent results of fundamental researches of physiological processes as well the problems of new technology and design of biological devices and systems for therapy, life support, clinical diagnosis and information processing.

Since 1988 till December 2001 the ICB bas organised 64 seminars and workshops. The duration of seminars varied from 5 to 10 days. The number of participants per seminar varied from 40 to 100 persons. All together 4000 scientists from 41 countries took part in ICB activities.

ICB STUDY GROUPS. Whenever the same experts led more (two to four) seminars, they were re-organised to study groups. Study groups were created for the following main topics:
Nervous system
Respiratory systems
Measurements of biochemical quantities
Artificial organs and selective membranes
Artificial pancreas
Optoelectronics in medical diagnosis
High resolution electro- and magnetocardiography
Ultrasound in medicine
Biomechanics. Biomechanics of the spine
The role of those Groups is to study in depth selected problems of Biomedical Engineering and propose multinational programs of scientific co-operation. These programs may enter to international institutions (like EC activities) to get financial support. Also some of the topics may be proposed for bilateral agreements between given Scientific Laboratories.

PUBLICATIONS. Journal "Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering" is the official journal of the ICB. The full texts of lectures delivered at the ICB seminars are published in "Lecture Notes of the ICB Seminars". Lecturers are kindly requested to supply their texts before the date of the seminar.

OTHERS. Lecturers of the Seminars from countries that signed the Agreement are delegated by their Organisations. Other lecturers are invited by the Director of the ICB. The Seminars take place in the ICB headquarters. Lecturers and some other participants of the Seminars are accommodated in the ICB guestrooms.

Seminars to be organised in 2002

Director of the ICB: Maciej Nalecz, Prof., Ph. D., Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Deputy Director of the ICB: Wojciech Zmyslowski, Prof. Ph.D.

ICB SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL

Chairman Robert Nerem, Prof. Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Members:
Prof. A. Rachev - Bulgaria
Prof. D. Jiang - China
Prof. Z. Yang-China
Dr. V. Tuulik - Estonia
Prof. O.Khomeriki - Georgia
Dr. G. Ferrari - Italy
Prof Kim Son Sun - North Korea
Prof. L. Filipczynski - Poland
Prof. M. Nalecz - Poland
Prof. M. Nicu - Romania
Prof. O. M. Belotserkovskiy - Russia
Prof. V. J. Shumakov - Russia
Prof. N. S. Miroshnichenko - Ukraine
Prof. Dai Duy Ban - Vietnam

Members "ad personam":
Prof. M. Braca1e - Italy
Prof. M. Eden - USA
Prof. D. Jaron - USA
Prof. F. Kajiya - Japan
Mr. N. Richter - Hungary
Prof. J vander Sloten - Belgium

Address:
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF BIOCYBERNETICS
02-109 Warsaw, Ul Ks. Trojdena 4
tel. (+48 22) 6582871
fax: (+43 22) 6582872
E-mail: Maciej.Nalecz@ibib.waw.pl