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Vereniging voor Biofysica en Biomedische Technologie

E-mail Newsletter February 28, 2004

In this issue:

  1. Vacatures voor twee AIO´s te Rotterdam
  2. Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society conference in Quebec City, September 9-11, 2004
  3. EMBC'04 San Francisco - Call for Papers - Deadline 9 April 2004
  4. Special Issue on DSP in Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants - EURASIP

1. Wij zoeken AIOs voor twee projecten.
Het eerste project gaat over het combineren van verschillende soorten informatie ten behoeve van de visuele waarneming. Met psychofysische technieken zal onderzoek worden verricht naar de integratie van verschillende soorten visuele informatie over de ruimte (posities, hellingen, kromming). Er zal onder andere gekeken worden naar timingsaspecten van het combineren van vesrschillende informatiebronnen.
Het tweede project gaat over het oppakken van bewegende voorwerpen. Dit wordt gedaan door bewegingen van vinger en duim nauwkeurig te meten en analyseren. Er zal onder andere onderzocht worden hoe onze bewegingen afhangen van randvoorwaarden zoals hoe voorzichtig het contact met het voorwerp moet zijn. Parallel aan deze experimentele aanpak zal deze taak door aanpassing van bestaande mathematische modellen beschreven worden.

Voor beide projecten zoeken wij iemand die geinteresseerd is in de visuele waarneming of de bewegingssturing, en die lol heeft in het ontwikkelen van quantitatieve analyse-methoden. Wij denken aan een bioloog, fysicus of psycholoog.

Voor meer informatie: e.brenner@erasmusmc.nl

Sollicitatiebrieven (met CV) liefst voor 15 maart opsturen naar: e.brenner@erasmusmc.nl

2. To all International BME societies
This brief message is to inform IFMBE affiliated members that the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society is having a conference in Quebec City, September 9-11, 2004 and all BME society members are invited to attend. For the Call for Papers see Web site at www.cmbes.ca
For information about this conference and other CMBES activities, please do not hesitate to contact this office. Fleurette Olive, CMBES Secretariat [cmbes@magma.ca]

3. The IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society will hold its annual international conference at the Historic St. Francis Hotel on Union Square in the center of San Francisco. Detailed information regarding Mini-symposium, Special Sessions and Pre-conference workshops can be viewed at: http://www.ucsfresno.edu/embs2004
You are invited to attend EMBC 2004 and submit papers addressing the following themes:

  • Biosignal Processing and Biosystem Modeling
  • Biomedical Imaging and Image Processing
  • Sensors and Instrumentation
  • Micro- and Nano- Biotechnology
  • Biorobotics and Biomechatronics
  • Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
  • Healthcare Information Technology
  • Clinical Engineering
  • Drug Delivery and Gene Therapy
  • Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Systems
  • Neural and Rehabilitation Engineering
  • Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Engineering and Biomechanics
  • Professional Activities
  • Education

Deadline for Paper Submission is 9 April 2004

Mini-Symposia and Special Sessions

  • Issues in Nonlinear Analysis of Biosignals
  • Multisensor Biomedical Signal Processing
  • System Theory in Industrial Patient Monitors
  • Functional Neuroimaging
  • Molecular Imaging
  • Advances in Medical Infrared Imaging
  • Biophotonics and Biomedical Optical Imaging
  • Bioelectromagnetic Imaging
  • Wearable Sensors and Devices for Tele-Home Healthcare
  • Biomolecular Processors through Micro- and Nanotechnology
  • Mobile Telehealth
  • Recent Progress in Neural Engineering
  • Gene Therapy
  • Stem Cell Engineering
  • Neural Interfacing, Chair
  • Respiratory Acoustics

Lectures by EMBS Distinguished Lecturers
Funding Opportunities for Biomedical Research

4. EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing

Special Issue on DSP in Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants

Digital signal processing for hearing aids was initiated as a topic of research in the mid-late 1980s. However, it was not until 1995 that technology was matured to a level where size and power consumption made a market introduction of hearing aids with full digital signal processing possible. Today more and more hearing aids are turning digital even in the low-price segments. Current technology enables hearing aids that fit completely in the ear canal, and the introduction of truly programmable platforms has allowed the development of advanced digital signal processing algorithms that provide a natural sound picture with increased speech intelligibility and comfort to the hearing-impaired user.

Such signal processing technology is now also being adopted in cochlear implants. A cochlear implant needs, in addition, a sound processing strategy that converts the acoustical
signal into electrical signals to be applied to the electrodes placed in the cochlea. The design of such sound processing strategies poses additional signal processing challenges, but at the same time builds on knowledge acquired through physiological and psychophysical studies.

The goal of this special issue is to present research in signal processing methods and algorithms for hearing aids and cochlear implants.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

  • Feedback cancellation
  • Noise reduction
  • Source separation
  • Adaptive directionality systems
  • Speech detection and recognition
  • Auditory scene analysis
  • Binaural signal processing
  • Filterbanks and compression
  • CI stimulation strategies
  • Psychoacoustically motivated signal processing algorithms
  • DSP architectures, complexity, parallel implementation

Authors should follow the EURASIP JASP manuscript format described at the journal site http://asp.hindawi.com/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their
complete manuscript through the EURASIP JASP's manuscript tracking system at http://www.mstracking.com/asp/, according to the following timetable.

Manuscript Due May 1, 2004
Acceptance Notification September 1, 2004
Final Manuscript Due December 1, 2004
Publication Date 2nd Quarter, 2005

GUEST EDITORS:

Soren Holdt Jensen, Department of Communication Technology, Aalborg University, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark; shj@kom.auc.dk

Simon Doclo, Department of Electrical Engineering,
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium; simon.doclo@esat.kuleuven.ac.be

Philippe Pango, Gennum Corporation, Burlington, Ontario, Canada L7R 3Y3; philip_p@gennum.com

Soren Riis, Oticon A/S, DK-2900 Hellerup, Denmark; skr@oticon.dk

Jan Wouters, Lab. Exp.O.R.L., Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; jan.wouters@us.kuleuven.ac.be

In the previous issue, dated February 14, 2004.

  1. Afscheid van Prof.dr. A. van Oosterom
  2. Call for papers on Brain Imaging

Website of the Society: http://www.vvb-bmt.nl

For e-mail newsletter contributions (submit 21 days before publication date):

Dr. Peter Kerkhof (secretary)
Afd. Fysica & Medische Technologie
VU medisch centrum
Postbus 7057
1007 MB Amsterdam
Tel. 020-4444714
E-mail secretariaat@vvb-bmt.nl