The Eighth IASTED International Conference on
Biomedical Engineering
~Biomed 2011~
February 16 – 18, 2011
Innsbruck, Austria
Past Conference Speakers
Past Biomed conferences have had the following exceptional speakers and tutorials:
Keynote Speakers
BioMed 2008
"Chemical and Biological Sensor Systems for Personal Health Care Applications"
Dr. Elfriede Simon
Siemens AG, Germany
Dr. Elfriede Simon
Siemens AG, Germany

BioMed 2007
"Chemosensors, Biosensors, and Microsystems Based on Standard Semiconductor Technology"
Prof. Andreas Hierlemann
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Prof. Andreas Hierlemann
ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Plenary Speakers
BioMed 2010

BioMED 2005
"Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Assessment of Organ Functions"
Prof. Peter Boesiger
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Prof. Peter Boesiger
University of Zurich, Switzerland

BioMED 2003
"Artificial Intelligence and Quality Assurance in Medicine"
Prof. Klaus-Peter Adlassnig
Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Prof. Klaus-Peter Adlassnig
Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Invited Speakers
BioMed 2007
"Automated Interpretation and Modeling of Subcellular Patterns for Systems Biology"
Prof. Robert F. Murphy
Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Prof. Robert F. Murphy
Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Tutorial Sessions
BioMed 2008
"Bioinformatics: True Integration between Biosciences and Computation Sciences - Overview and Recent Results"
Dr. Hesham Ali
UNO Bioinformatics Core Facility, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
Dr. Hesham Ali
UNO Bioinformatics Core Facility, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA

BioMed 2007
"Machine Learning Approaches to Information Extraction from Text and Images in Biomedical Journal Articles"
Prof. Robert F. Murphy
Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Prof. Robert F. Murphy
Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Biomed 2006
"Scanning Probe Lithography for Biomedical Applications"
Prof. Albena Ivanisevic
Purdue University, USA
Prof. Albena Ivanisevic
Purdue University, USA

BioMED 2005
"Computer-aided Detection of Early Signs of Breast Cancer"
Prof. Rangaraj Rangayyan
University of Calgary, Canada
Prof. Rangaraj Rangayyan
University of Calgary, Canada













