IEEE mini-symposium on engineering for biomedical applications
This event is free-of-charge and open to all members of the engineering community. However, pre-registration is required.
Please send your name and affiliation to 2010biomed@gmail.com with the subject line “Registration - 28 May 2010” and indicate if you are an IEEE member.
This three-hour event will bring together academic researchers and industry experts to review recent progress and opportunities related to engineering for biomedical applications. A keynote presentation will be followed by several shorter presentations. The timing and location of the event is designed to facilitate participation by attendees from the BC Interior, Vancouver Island, Alberta and Washington State.
Technical Program
| 13:00 - 13:05 | Welcome and introduction Prof. Dave Michelson, UBC, chair, IEEE Vancouver section |
| 13:05 - 13:55 |
The IEEE 802.15 task group 6 (TG6) on body area networks Arthur Astrin, PhD, chair, IEEE 802.15 TG6, president, Astrin Radio The IEEE 802.15 task group 6 (BAN) is developing a communication standard optimized for low power devices and operation on, in or around the human body (but not limited to humans) to serve a variety of applications including medical, consumer electronics / personal entertainment and other. This presentation will provide a summary of recent achievements and current challenges. Speaker: Dr. Art Astrin currently serves as chair of IEEE 802.15 TG 6 and as president of Astrin Radio. He previously served as a professor at San Jose State University and held engineering positions with Apple, IBM, Memorex and Citibank. He earned his PhD in electrical engineering from UCLA and his MA in mathematics from UCSD. |
| 13:55 - 14:20 | The biomedical engineering sector in BC Moderator: Brendan Payne, Life Sciences BC |
| 14:20 -14:45 | Biomedical engineering education in BC Moderator: Prof. Rob Rohling, UBC |
| 14:45 - 15:15 | Refreshment break and demonstrations |
| 15:15 - 15:40 | Past, present, and future of the Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) Allan Noordvyk, McKesson MIG |
| 15:40 - 16:05 | Human interface technology for PACS Cliff Edwards and Brian Stachniak, McKesson MIG |
| 16:05 - 16:30 | Signal processing for brain connectivity analysis Prof. Z. Jane Wang and Prof. Martin McKeown |
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