Third International Workshop on Biosignal Interpretation (BSI99) Chicago, USA, 12-14 June, 1999The IFMBE and the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) jointly initiated the workshops on biosignal interpretation. The first took place in Denmark and the second workshop was hosted in Japan. Selected papers from these workshops have been published as special issues of Methods of Information in Medicine. The thirrd workshop is being planned to take place in Chicago in mid-99. Call for papersThe Third International Workshop on Biosignal Interpretation, which is a joint initiative of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE) and the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) will be held in Chicago, 12-14 June, 1999. The workshop is also co-sponsored by the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. This workshop aims to explore the relatively new field of biosignal interpretation including model based biosignal analysis, their interpretation and integration, extending existing signal processing technology for the effective utilisations of biosignals in a practical environment and a deeper understanding of biological functions. This is the third workshop in this emerging research field. The first workshop, IMIA-IFMBE Working Conference on Biosignal Interpretation, was held at Skorping, Denmark in August 1993. The second workshop, IFMBE-IMIA International Workshop on Biosignal Interpretation, was held at Kanagawa, Japan in September 1996. Scientific programLeading experts in the field will be invited to deliver state-of-the-art lectures reviewing the important topics in the field. Original contributions are invited, which meet the general scope of the workshop in any of the following subject categories (but not limited to the following):
To promote in-depth discussions, sufficient time will be assigned for all oral and poster presentations. In addition to scientific paper presentations, both hardware systems and software demonstrations are encouraged for submission to this workshop. PublicationAll accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings. Selected papers will also be published, after peer review process, in a special issue of IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, and in Methods of Information in Medicine. HotelA block of rooms have been reserved at the Holiday Inn O'Hare International, 5440 North River Road, Rosemont, IL at a rate of $105.00 (single or double) plus tax (12.5 %). Rates are applicable starting from Thursday, 10 June, 1999 through to Wednesday, 16 June. Reservations must be received by the hotel not later than 25 May, 1999. When making reservation please mention BSI'99. Important dates
RegistrationRegistration is required of all Workshop participants, including IFMBE, IMIA and IEEE officials, session chairpersons, authors, and presenters. Organising committeeB. He (Chicago, USA), Chair M. Akay (Dartmouth, USA), Program Co-Chair S. Cerutti (Rome, Italy), Program Co-Chair K. Yana (Tokyo, Japan), Program Co-Chair G. Agarwal (Chicago, USA), Publicity Chair S. Laxminarayan (Princeton, USA), Publication Co-Chair A. Sahakian (Evanston, USA), Publication Co-Chair X. Kong (DeKalb, USA), Local Arrangements Chair Advisory boardR. Arzbaecher (Chicago, USA) J.H.V. Bemmel (Rotterdam, NL) F. Kajiya (Kawasaki, Japan) N. Saranummi (Tampere, FIN) Correspondance: BSI99, EECS Department, MC-154 University of Illinois at Chicago, 851 S. Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60607, USA Fax: (312) 413-0024 Email: bsi99@eecs.uic.edu Website: http://www.eecs.uic.edu/~bsi99/ | ||