The Second International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies

November 24-27, 2009, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Technically co-sponsored by:
IEEE (Czechoslovakian Section)

In cooperation with:
Slovak Academy of Science, Institute of Measurement Science,
Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology,
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology


:: Scope

The inter-disciplinary approach is becoming more and more a trend in scientific and engineering communities. This trend is confirmed by the strong connections between two of the most prosperous research areas, biomedical and communication engineering, also with respect to pure sciences (e.g., mathematics and physics), which applied to the former show to be extremely powerful tools. This symposium provides an ideal platform for worldwide engineers and scientists. Indeed, internationally recognized researches and practitioners will share cutting-edge information, address hot issues, explore emerging technologies, exchange and build upon ideas. Particular stress will be put on the current and potential connections between pure sciences, biomedical and communication engineering, highlighting the beneficial synergies among these research areas. Due to the great impact and strong development in the recent and upcoming years, ISABEL 2009 will be also focused on all applications and research results in the area of e-Health and, in particular, the business process management in clinical settings and medical applications.


:: Topics of Interest (but NOT limited to)

:: Bio-Nanotechnologies
:: Tele Healthcare, Medical Applications and Healthcare Information Systems
:: Medical decision support methods
:: Workflow Management Systems in Healthcare
:: Biosensors, Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
:: Biomedical Signal Processing
:: Biomedical Sensor Networks
:: Number Theory Applied to Wireless Communications
:: Game Theory for Flexible Spectrum Usage
:: Optimization Problems for Cognitive Radio and Advanced Spectrum Management
:: Self-Organizing Networks and Advances in Network Theory
:: Bio-Inspired Algorithms for Information and Communication Technologies
:: Machine Learning for Cognitive Radio
:: Quantum Communications
:: Mathematics of the Brain
:: Biophysical Modeling
:: Blind Source Separation and Source Identification
:: Wavelets and Multi-Rate Signal Processing
:: Compression of Biomedical Signals and Images
:: Wireless implantable Devices for Neural Interfaces
:: Propagation Models for Wireless Biomedical Applications
:: Medical Image Detection, Acquisition, Analysis and Processing
:: Electromagnetic Impact on Human Body
:: Sustainable "Green" Communication and Bio-medical Technologies


:: Submission Guidelines

Submitted papers must represent original material that is not currently under review in any other conference or journal, and has not been previously published. Prospective authors are encouraged to submit Full Papers (max 6-pages length) in the IEEE conference styles. However, Extended Abstracts (max 2-pages length) will be also considered for publication.

Please find detailed information for submission at http://www.isabel2009.sk under Submission section. All accepted papers will be granted either an Oral Presentation or a Poster Presentation.


:: Important Dates

:: Research paper submission deadline: 04/September/2009
:: Notification of acceptance: 16/October/2009
:: Camera-ready submission: 31/October/2009

:: Tutorial paper submission deadline: 04/September/2009
:: Notification of acceptance: 16/October/2009
:: Camera-ready paper or presentation submission: 31/October/2009

:: Tool and prototype paper submission deadline: 04/September/2009
:: Notification of acceptance: 16/October/2009
:: Camera-ready paper or presentation submission: 31/October/2009

:: Registration deadline
:: Early registration deadline: 31/October/2009
:: Hotel reservation: 31/October/2009


:: Awards

Best paper award will be given to the author(s) of the best full paper presented at ISABEL 2009.


:: Dissemination

All accepted papers will be published in IEEE Xplore. Selected authors will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers that will be considered for publication in Elsevier journal - Biomedical Signal Processing and Control.


Keynote speakers:
Prof. Bruce Wheeler
Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering University of
Florida, USA

Prof. Sergio Cerutti
Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering Department
of Biomedical Engineering of the Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Prof. Yuan Ting Zhang
Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in
Biomedicine Division of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese University of Hong
Kong


:: Technical Program Committee Members

Fedor Lehocki (TPC Chair), Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
Nicola Marchetti (Co-Founder and TPC Co-Chair), Aalborg University, Denmark
Simone Frattasi (Co-Founder and TPC Co-Chair), Plougmann & Vingtoft, Denmark

Sergio Cerutti, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
Metin Akay, Arizona State University, USA
Yuan-Ting Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Bruce Wheeler, University of Florida, USA
Robert Allen, University of Southampton, England
Catherine Garbay, IMAG-LIG, CNRS, France
Paolo Bonato, Harvard-MIT, HST, USA
Emil Jovanov, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
Mor Peleg, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Ana M. Bernardos, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Christos Verikoukis, CTTC, Spain
Damjan Zazula, COBSiS, Slovenia
Lenka Lhotska, Gerstner Laboratory, Czech Technical University in Prague
Jan Vrba, Czech Technical University in Prague
Gabriel Juhas, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia
Djamel Djenouri, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Fernando J. Velez, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
James Neel, Virginia Tech, USA
Sergei Primak, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Leonardo Badia, IMT, Italy
Marie-Francoise Lucas, IRCCyN, France
Nizar Zorba, CTTC, Spain
Philip Parker, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Raouf Hamzaoui, De Montfort University, UK
Milan Tyšler, Slovak Academy of Science, Slovakia
Tao Jiang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Ted Clancy, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
Bernard H. Fleury, Aalborg University, Denmark
Joerg Desel, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany
Martin Drozda, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
Ján Labuda, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
Marco Hernandez, NICT, Japan
Albena Mihovska, CTIF, Denmark
Jens Myrup Pedersen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Muhhamad Imadur Rahman, Ericcson Research, Sweden
Andreas Popp, Aalborg University, Denmark
Sanjay Kumar, Aalborg University, Denmark
and Birla Institute of Technology, India
Lars Berlemann, Deutsche Telekom, Germany
Petar Popovski, Aalborg University, Denmark
Paul H. King, Vanderbilt University, USA
Yannick Le Moullec, Aalborg University, Denmark
Dario Farina, Aalborg University, Denmark
Horia Cornean, Aalborg University, Denmark


:: Organizing Committee

Zuzana Ševčíková (Communications)
Ondrej Gallo (Financial Matters)
Stanislav Marček (Web Pages)
Martin Riesz (Technical Support)


:: Contact Information
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Faculty of Electrical
Engineering and Information Technology Ilkovičova 3, 812 19 Bratislava,
Slovakia Phone / Fax: +421 2 6029 1 266; 576 / +421 2 654 20 415
E-mail: isabel2009@isabel2009.sk
URL: http://www.isabel2009.sk