Announcement
The 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) will be held from the August 30 to September 3, 2006 at the Marriott Hotel at Times Square in New York City, USA. The Pre-Conference Workshops will be held on August 29 and August 30 at the Marriott Hotel at Times Square in New York City, USA. After the Conference, the 3rd IEEE-EMBS International Summer School and Symposium on Medical Devices and Biosensors (ISSS-MDBS) will be held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge , MA , USA from September 4-6. 2006. The general theme of the IEEE EMBS 2006 Conference is "Engineering Revolutions in BioMedicine" covering the broad spectrum of the medical physics, biological and biomedical sciences, and biomedical and clinical engineering. Specific themes include Molecular Imaging, Neural Engineering, Nano-Technologies for Biomedical Applications, Computational Biology and Bio-Informatics, Technical Innovations in Pharmaceutical Industry, and Bio-Counterterrorism and Bio-Defense Technologies. Special symposium and workshops would be conducted with leaders in the respective fields providing an overview as well as in-depth description of the cutting-edge research technologies. Special emphasis has been given on student activities including opportunities to meet and talk with leaders and pioneers in biomedical engineering and biological sciences with discussions on exploring the career paths. In addition to invited and solicited presentations from leading researchers from academia and research laboratories, the conference technical program is also focused on the industrial research and leadership in the areas of biomedical engineering, biological sciences, medical physics, healthcare technologies and informatics, and pharmaceuticals. The IEEE EMBS 2006 would provide a unique opportunity to the participants to enjoy the synergy with the leaders in academic and industrial research through the technical program focused on the visionary technologies. The research papers from researchers and students are requested to be submitted through the conference website before April 3, 2006. The proposals for Special Symposiums and Workshops are requested to be submitted for consideration by February 1, 2006. Conference Committee Conference Chair: Atam Dhawan, New Jersey Institute of Technology Conference Co-Chair: Metin Akay, Arizona State University Program Chair: Andrew F. Laine, Columbia University Program Co-Chair: Ki Chon, SUNY-Stony Brook Finance Chair: Laura Wolf, IEEE-EMBS Directorate Publication Chair: Andreas Hielscher, Columbia University Local Arrangement Chair: Helen Lu, Columbia University Student Activities Chair: Jorge E. Monzon Student Activity Co-Chairs: Barbara Oakley Tara Alvarez Anant Madabhushi Student Paper Competition Chair: Joaquin Azpiroz EMBC 2006 International Program Committee John Clark, USA, Chair Sergio Cerutti, Italy, Co-Chair Kenji Sunagawa, Japan, Co-Chair Ewart Carson, UK Patrick Clarysse, France Paolo Dario, Italy Jean Louis Coatrieux, France Jean-Yves Chapelon, France Andre Dittmar, France Huanqing Feng, China Dimitris, Fotiadis, Greece Alejandro Frangi, Spain Walter Herzog, Canada Dirk Hoyer, Germany Richard Jones, New Zeland Yasemin Kahya, Turkey Peter Kneppo, Czech Republic Periklis Ktonas, Greece Vinod Kumar, India Nigel Lovell, Australia Eric McAdams, North Ireland Jorge Monzon, Argentina Ozan Ozdamar, USA Thomas Penzel, Germany Jose Principe, USA Laura Roa, Spain Christian Roux, France Maria Ruano, Portugal Wim Rutten, The Netherlands Emilio Sacristán, Mexico Rolf Johansson, Sweden Nitish Thakor, USA Giuseppe Tritto, France Max Viergever, The Netherlands Andreas Voss, Germany Young Ro Yoon, Korea Josh Zeevi, Israel Y.T. Zhang, Hongkong, China Heqin Zhou, China Jasjit Suri, USA Conference Contact Information Jodi L. Strock EMBS Executive Office Email: emb-conferences@ieee.org Tel: 732 981-3451 Fax: 732 465-6435
Mailing address: IEEE EMBS Conferences Attn: EMBC 2006 445 Hoes Lane Piscataway NJ 08854
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