The International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE), the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) (authorizations pending), as well as the IEEE Italian Chapter on BME, the Italian Bioengineering Group (GNB), the Italian Society of Electrical and Telecommunication Engineering (AEIT), the Department of Bioengineering of the Politecnico di Milano will organize the seventh International Workshop on Biosignal Interpretation which will be held in Como, Italy on July 2-4th 2012. The workshop aims at exploring the fields of biosignal interpretation including model based signal analysis, data interpretation and integration, medical decision making extending the existing signal processing methods and technologies for the effective utilization of biosignals in a clinical environment as well as for a deeper understanding of biological functions from the whole organism, system, to cellular, protein and gene scales. This Workshop was held basically every three years with a site rotation among Europe, Asia and America. The first one was held in Denmark in 1993 and the last one was in New Haven CT, USA, in 2009.


Scientific Program
Distinguished speakers will be invited to deliver lectures on important topics of the field. Original contributions pertinent with the scope of the workshop are welcome. Prospective authors are invited to submit original contributions in any of the following categories but not limited to:

* Biosignal processing, pattern analysis, and data fusion (linear, nonlinear and nonstationary analysis, adaptive data processing, model based signal analysis, chaotic and fractal analysis, time-frequency and time scale analysis, cluster analysis, genetic algorithms, neural net, Fuzzy analysis, data mining and prediction, integration of signals and images, applications to ECG, Heart Rate Variability, EEG, MEG, EMG signals analysis, evoked potentials, multimodality approach, fusion with imaging like CT, MRI and PET/SPECT as well as other related topics).
* Mathematical modeling of experimental and clinical data (linear and nonlinear phenomena, complex systems, neural modeling and neural dynamics, modeling and control of cardiovascular, autonomic and pulmonary systems, modeling of brain functions, perception and learning or otherrelated topics).
* On-line interactive signal acquisition and processing (on-line patient monitoring, intelligent monitoring, ambulatory systems and other related topics).
* Medical decision support methods (parameter estimation, decision making, rule based/expert systems, automatic diagnosis, data reasoning and other related topics).
* Medical informatics (biosignal interpretation in virtual reality applications, in telemedicine and internet-based solutions for transmission, exchange and analysis of biomedical data and other related topics).
* Cellular signals and computational genomics and proteomics (analysis of DNA sequences, processing of gene expression data, genetic and evolutionary computing, proteic sequence processing and other related topics).