BIODEVICES 2008 - International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices

	Call for Papers

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	BIODEVICES is organized by INSTICC (Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication) SCOPE The purpose of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices is to bring together researchers and practitioners from electronics and mechanical engineering, interested in studying and using models, equipments and materials inspired from biological systems and/or addressing biological requirements. Monitoring devices, instrumentation sensors and systems, biorobotics, micro-nanotechnologies and biomaterials are some of the technologies addressed at this conference. BIODEVICES encourages authors to submit papers to one of the main topics indicated below, describing original work, including methods, techniques, advanced prototypes, applications, systems, tools or general survey papers, reporting research results and/or indicating future directions. Accepted papers will be presented at the conference by one of the authors and published in the proceedings. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. There will be both oral and poster sessions. The proceedings will be indexed by several major international indexers. Special sessions are also welcome. Please contact the secretariat for further information on how to propose a special session. Additional information can be found at http://www.biodevices.biostec.org. CONFERENCE TOPICS - Biomedical Instrumentation - Biomedical Equipment - Biomedical Sensors - Biomedical Metrology - Biomedical Certification - Microelectronics - Health Monitoring Devices - Embedded Signal Processing - Low-Power Design - Electrical Bio-Impedance - Bio-Electromagnetism - Biorobotics - Biocomputing and Biochips - Implantable Electronics - Emerging Technologies - Biotelemetry - Wireless Systems - Biomaterials - Transducers and Packaging - Power Sources - MEMS - Nanotechnologies - Biomechanical Devices - Artificial Limbs - Technologies Evaluation - Bioprinting KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Sergio Cerutti, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy Kevin Warwick, University of Reading, U.K. F. H. Lopes da Silva, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Gert Pfurtscheller, Graz University of Technology, Austria Vipul Kashyap, Partners HealthCare System, Clinical Informatics R&D, U.S.A. David Hall, Research Triangle Institute in North Carolina, U.S.A. Albert Cook, University of Alberta, Canada PUBLICATIONS All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support. A book including a selection of the best conference papers will be edited and published by Springer. SECRETARIAT BIODEVICES Secretariat Address: Av. D.Manuel I, 27A 2ºesq. 2910-595 Setúbal - Portugal Tel.: +351 265 520 185 Fax: +44 203 014 5436 Email: Biodevices.secretariat@insticc.org Web: http://www.biodevices.biostec.org VENUE The conference will be held in the Hotel Tivoli Ocean Park. The Tivoli Ocean Park is a truly stunning property located 5 minutes from Funchal city centre and 30 minutes from Madeira International Airport. This award-winning hotel overlooks the beachfront promenade and guests are guaranteed gorgeous views of the sea with direct access from the hotel to the sandy beach. CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS Ana Fred, IST - Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Joaquim Filipe, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal / INSTICC, Portugal Hugo Gamboa, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal Jorge Cardoso, UMA, Madeira, Portugal PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Teodiano Freire Bastos Filho, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil Hugo Gamboa, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal PROGRAM COMMITTEE Julio Abascal, University of the Basque Country-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Spain Amiza Mat Amin, UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU, Malaysia Rodrigo Varejão Andreão, UFES, Brazil Ramon Pallàs Areny, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain Luis Azevedo, Instituto Superior Técnico -Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Rafael Barea, University of Alcalá, Spain Antonio Barrientos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain Roberto Boeri, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina Luciano Boquete, Alcala University, Spain Susana Borromeo, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Spain, Spain Eduardo Caicedo Bravo, Universidad del Valle, Colombia Enrique A. Vargas Cabral, Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnología - Univ. Católica de Asunción, Paraguay Sira Palazuelos Cagigas, University of Alcalá, Spain Leopoldo Calderón, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas- IAI, Spain Alicia Casals, Technical university of Catalonia, Spain Gert Cauwenberghs, University of California San Diego, United States Ramón Ceres, Instituto de Automatica Industrial- CSIC, Spain Luca Cernuzzi, Universidad Católica "Nuestra Señora de la Asunción", Paraguay Alberto Cliquet Jr., USP, UNICAMP, Brazil Fernando Cruz, School of Technology of Setubal/Polytechnic Institute of Setubal, Portugal Pedro Pablo Escobar, Ingeniería Electromedica, Fac. de Ingeniería, Univ. Nacional del Centro, Argentina Marcos Formica, Bioengineering Faculty, Entre Ríos National University, Argentine, Argentina Juan Carlos Garcia Garcia, University of Alcala, Spain Gerd Hirzinger, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany Jongin Hong, Imperial College London, United Kingdom Giacomo Indiveri, UNI - ETH Zurich, Switzerland Dinesh Kumar, RMIT University, Australia Eric Laciar Leber, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Argentina José Luis Martinez, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid., Spain Manuel Mazo, University of Alcala, Spain Paulo Mendes, University of Minho, Portugal José del R. Millán, IDIAP Research Institute, Switzerland Joseph Mizrahi, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel Raimes Moraes, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Pedro Noritomi, Renato Archer's Research Center - CenPRA, Brazil Maciej J. Ogorzalek, Jagiellonian University, Poland Kazuhiro Oiwa, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan José Raimundo de Oliveira, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil Evangelos Papadopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Laura Papaleo, University of Genova, Italy Francisco Novillo Parales, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Ecuador Qibing Pei, University of California, Los Angeles, United States José M. Quero, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain Antonio Quevedo, University of Campinas, Brazil Alejandro Ramirez-Serrano, University of Calgary, Canada Adriana María Rios Rincón, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia Joaquin Roca-Dorda, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT), Spain Adson da Rocha, University of Brasilia, Brazil Joel Rodrigues, Institue of Telecommunications / University of Beira Interior, Portugal Carlos F. Rodriguez, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia Mario Sarcinelli-Filho, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil Fernando di Sciascio, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Argentina Jorge Vicente Lopes da Silva, "Renato Archer" Research Center, Brazil Amir M. Sodagar, University of Michigan, United States Juan Hernández Tamames, Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain Mário Vaz, Faculty of Engineering University of Porto, Portugal António Veloso, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Portugal Peter Walker, University of Leeds, United Kingdom Jonathan Wolpaw, Wadsworth Center, NY State Dept of Health, United States Miguel Yapur, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Ecuador