The IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society will be hosting its
first 'Special-Topic' Conference in May 1998 launching the start of a new
annual Spring conference series of the Society. In recognition of the
significant impact of information technology as well as EMBS's new
Transactions initiative, the IEEE Transactions on Information Technology
in Biomedicine, the 1998 Spring event will focus on information
technology applications in Medicine and Health Care. The conference will
address a wide range of topics including both the technology advances
and the biomedical applications.
PROGRAM TOPICSs
AUDIENCE
The audience who would be most benefitted by the conference include
biomedical and clinical engineers, physicians, surgeons and other health
care workers, health physicists, bioinformaticists, biomedical researchers,
educators, students, members of the basic science community and anyone
interested in biomeedical information technology applications.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
All sessions will feature eminent keynote spoeakers who will share their
visions as well as the latest advances in information technology followed
by presentations on biomedical application examples, infrastructure
innovations and case histories
SPECIAL WORKSHOPS AND PANELS
As part of the technical program, special concurrent workshops and panel
discussions are being planned to address the biomedical information
technology issues as well as the opportunities the field offers for the
future. Those interested in organizing special workshops should submit a
brief 1-page proposal to the Conference Co-Chair.
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
The conference will also include a limited selection of high quality,
peer-reviewed oral presentations on information technology
applications in medicine and biology.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Contributing authors should submit a 2-4 pages manuscript in a camera-ready
format using the same guidelines as required for the IEEE Transactions on
Information Technology in Biomedicine. An electronic copy of the guidelines is
available upon request. Papers accepted for presentation following a peer-
review will be published together with all invited presentations in an
IEEE copyrighted conference digest. The digest will be available to all
registered participants at the conference site. Extended versions of the papers
can also be submitted after the conference to the IEEE Transactions on
Information Technology in Biomedicine.
The deadline for conference paper submission is January 31, 1998. Submissions
should be directed to either of the conference co-chairs, Swamy Laxminarayan
or Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou.
CONFERENCE VENUE
Washington Marriott
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Swamy Laxminarayan, Conference Co-Chair
Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou, Conference Co-Chair
Christian Roux, International Chair
Nabil Adam, Co-Chair, Advisory Board
Luis Kun, Co-Chair, Advisory Board
Robert Begun, Finance Chair
EMBS SECRETARIAT
Sally Chapman
1221 22nd Street N.W.
Washington DC 20037
Tel: 202-872-1500
NJIT-NextGen Internet
4390 US Route 1 North
Third Floor
Princeton, NJ 08540
Tel: 609-419-0531, Ext: 203
Fax: 609-419-0530
email: swamy@nextgeninter.net
Chair, Biomedical Engineering
Rutgers University
P.O. Box 909
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Tel: 908-445-3155
email: etzanako@rci.rutgers.edu
ENST de Bretagne
B.P. 832
29285 Brest, France
Tel: 33-2-98-00-13-62
email: christian.roux@enst.bretagne.fr
Director, CIMIC
Rutgers University
185 University Avenue
Newark, NJ 07102
Tel: 973-353-5239
email: adam@adam.rutgers.edu
Agency for Health Care Policy
and Research
Washington DC
Tel: 301-594-1483
email: lkun@po5.ahcpr.gov
San Diego, Ca
Tel: 408-353-1560
c/o National Research Council of Canada
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Canada
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Fax: 613-954-2216
email: soc.emb@ieee.org