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IEEE EMBC 2008: 30th Annual Conference of the EMB Society


EMBC'08 is quickly approaching. To learn more, visit the EMBC'08 Website.



Volunteer at EMBC'08

Are you a local student interested in volunteering at EMBC'08 in downtown Vancouver?? As a Student Volunteer, you get to attend the conference and still have your registration fee fully reimbursed by EMB Society, provided you have completed all assigned tasks! READ HERE for further details! Start by regsitering at EMBC'08 Website.



EMBC'08 Mentor Program

The EMBC’08 Mentor Program gives you the opportunity to get a direct feel for how sessions are synthesized, organized, and structured, as well as to interact with key researchers in your field. Who knows, you may meet a mentor or presenter who could change the course of your life!

This program introduces you to a Session Chair of your choice, where you will learn how to work the session and obtain feedback. After arriving early to your selected session and introducing yourself to the Session Chair, you will have the opportunity to observe how the Chair is coordinating the session up close. Afterwards, depending on the session chair's schedule, you should have the opportunity to ask questions relating to the session itself or any other topics brought up in the session.

READ HERE for further details! For participating chairs and session informtaion is available HERE.



Student Activities Program

Are you planning to attend the EMBC'08 meeting in Vancouver this year? Then don't forget to take a glance at the Student Activities Program.

  • Meet your bioengineering colleagues from all over the world
  • Have lunch with the world leaders in the field
  • Learn how to succeed and how to negotiate your first job in academia or private sector
  • ... all of these just a click away!

 

Thu, Aug. 21st, 2008


9:00 - 10:30

Student Paper Competition I: Biosignal Analysis and Intervention

10:30 - 12:00

Student Paper Competition II: Biomedical Systems and Devices

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch with Leaders I

14:00 - 15:30

Student Paper Competition III: Biomedical Imaging Studies

19:30 - 22:30

Welcome Dinner & EMBS Awards Ceremony


Fri, Aug. 22nd, 2008


9:00 - 10:30

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Engineering

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch with Leaders II

14:00 - 15:30

Open Access to Scientific Presentations: Who Wins and Who Loses?

17:00 - 18:30

Pathways to Success in Biomedical Engineering

19:00 - 21:00

EMBS-GOLD & EMBS Movers and Shakers Networking Reception


Sat, Aug. 23rd, 2008


9:00 - 10:30

Ethics in Biomedical Engineering

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch: Women in Bioengineering and Health Informatics

14:00 - 15:30

Women in Bioengineering and Health Informatics

17:00 - 18:30

You're Hired! Successfully Negotiating your First Appointment: Academia vs. Private Sector



EMBC'08 Student Paper Competition Finalists: Congratulations!!!

Geographic Finalists


Name

Affiliation

Paper Title

Diego Hernando

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

A Network Flow Method for Improved MR Field Map Estimation in the Presence of Water and Fat

Steffen Schumann

University of Bern, Switzerland

Calibration of X-ray Radiographs and its Feasible Application for 2D/3D Reconstruction of the Proximal Femur

Bahman Tahayori

University of Melbourne, Australia

Magnetic Resonance Described in the Excitation Dependent Rotating Frame of Reference

Jose David Diaz

Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda, Venezuela

Nonlinear Analysis of the ECG During Atrial Fibrillation in Patients for Low Energy Internal Cardioversion

Dima Litvak

Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Fall Detection of Elderly Through Floor Vibrations and Sound


Open Finalists


Name

Affiliation

Paper Title

Abdelhamid Kadi-Allah

Imperial College London, UK

The CNS Learns Multiple Impedance Models

Suvimol Sangkatumvong

University of Southern California, USA

Abnormal Cardiac Autonomic Control in Sickle Cell Disease following Transient Hypoxia

Mande Leung

University of British Columbia, Canada

A Novel Method to Estimate the Aortic Pressure Waveform Using B-Mode Ultrasound Images Acquired from a Suprasternal View

Trent Bradberry

University of Maryland, USA

Decoding of Hand and Cursor Kinematics from Magnetoencephalographic Signals During Tool Use

Srinivas Kota

Southern Illinois University, USA

Spatio-Temporal Modeling for Dense Array ERP Classification

Debra Strick

University of California Los Angeles, USA

Towards a Microcoil for Intracranial and Intraductal MR Microscopy

Kayan Ma

Robarts Research Institute, Canada

A New Lateral Guidance Device for Stereotactic Breast Biopsy Using an Add-on Unit to an Upright Mammography System

Raz Miri

Universität Karlsruhe, Germany

Comparison of the Electrophysiologically Based Optimization Methods with Different Pacing Parameters in Patient Undergoing Resynchronization Treatment

Olivier Noterdaeme

Oxford University, UK

Correction of Inhomogeneities in Magnetic Resonance Images

Jeroen Corthout

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Automatic Screening of Obstructive Sleep Apnea from the ECG Based on Empirical Mode Decomposition and Wavelet Analysis


The award presentations will take palce during the Welcome Dinner on Thu, Aug. 21st, 2008!


 
 
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