Special Session: ‘Biomedical Engineering and Computing’ (BiomEC’20)
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Overview

Biomedical Engineering plays an important role in medicine, with impact ranging from AI and Cyber-Physical Systems to the Internet of Things. The objective of this special session is to report and discuss experimental, technological, and computational applications and experiences within the multidisciplinary field of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Computing. This Special Session can serve as a contributor to bridging the gap between academic developments and the technological needs in medicine, as well as fostering advances in health care in areas such as diagnosis, monitoring, physical therapy, occupational therapy, disability support, and intelligent medical systems.

Special Session Topics of Interest

• Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
• Automation Technology for Medical Applications
• Big Data in Medicine
• Biomedical Devices
• Biomedical Micro and Nano Systems
• Biosensors
• Bio signal Processing
• Clinical Engineering and Hospital Technology
• Collaboration tools such as social media, web apps, patient education
• Data Analytics, Data Mining and Machine Learning
• Deep Learning in Medicine
• Devices and Systems for Remote Surgical Intervention
• eHealth, mHealth
• Electronic Healthcare
• Ethical Considerations for Engineering and Computing in Medicine
• Haptics in Healthcare
• Health Data Acquisition, Management and Visualization
• Immersive Environments for health care
• Robotics in Health
• ICT in Biomedical sciences
• Interactive 3-D Models
• Medical Apps
• Medical Image Processing
• Natural Language Processing in Medicine
• Neural Networks and Evolutionary Systems in Medicine
• Remote Monitoring
• Workflow Management in Medicine

Special Session Chairs

• M. Teresa Restivo, University of Porto, Portugal, trestivo@gcloud.fe.up.pt
• James Wolfer, Indiana University of South Bend, USA, jwolfer@iusb.edu
• Paulo Menezes, University of Coimbra, Portugal, pm@deec.uc.pt

Program Committee Members

• Alberto Cardoso, Univ. of Coimbra, PT,
• Andreas Pester, Carinthia Univ. of Ap. Sc., AU
• Anna Maria Bianchi, Politecnico de Milano, IT
• Bruno Patrão, Univ. of Coimbra, PT
• Dana Vrajitoru, Indiana Univ. South Bend, US
• Diamantino Freitas, Univ. of Porto, PT
• Diego Faria, Aston Univ., UK
• García Domínguez Juan Jesús, Univ. de Alcalá, ES
• Jordan Bird, Aston Univ., UK
• Liliane Machado, Univ. Fed. de Paraíba, BR
• Lilit Hakobyan, Aston Univ., UK
• Lucia Vaira, Univ. of Salento, IT
• Luis Manso, Aston Univ., UK
• Mario Bochicchio, Univ. of Salento, IT
• Michael R. Scheessele, Indiana Univ. South Bend, US
• Miguel Velhote, Univ. of Porto, PT
• Murlidharan Nair, Indiana Univ. South Bend, US
• Paulo Abreu, Univ. of Porto, PT
• Renato Natal Jorge, Univ. of Porto, PT
• Sanobar Dar, Aston Univ., UK
• Victoria Lush, Aston Univ., UK

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Submission

Please follow the instructions here: http://www.rev-conference.org/current/paper_preparation.php.