CONFERENCE TRACKS

TRACK 1: Biomedical Signal Processing

Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tan Tian Swee

TRACK 2: Biomedical Electronics & Instrumentation

Chair: Dr. Kamarulafizam Ismail

Authors are invited to submit papers on all aspects of biomedical instrumentation and signal processing including but not limited to the following areas:

  • Bioinstrumentation and Biosensors
  • Audio and acoustic signal processing
  • Mobile and Wearable Computing in Biomedical Engineering
  • Multimedia signal processing
  • Multimodal Data Fusion and Analysis
  • Neural Rehabilitation Engineering
  • Pattern Recognition in Biomedical Applications
  • Sensor array and multichannel signal
  • Signal processing for Big Data
  • Signal processing for communications and networking
  • Signal processing for the Internet of Things
  • Signal processing theory and methods
  • Speech processing
  • Spoken language processing
TRACK 3: Medical & Health Informatics

Chair: Dr. Mohd Haikal Satria

Papers are invited on any aspect of medical and health informatics includes theoretical, computational, modelling and application works. Topics covered include;

  • Information Analysis And Retrieval in Health and Medicine
  • Telemedicine, Telehealth and Telecare
  • Mobile Health Informatics And Consumer
  • Ontologies and Medical Terminology
  • Clinical Decision Making
  • Clinical Research Informatics and Secondary Data
  • Medical data mining, classification and extraction
TRACK 4: Medical Imaging and Interaction Technology

Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Shahrizal Sunar

Author are invited to submit papers on all aspects of medical imaging and interaction technology including but not limited to following area;

  • Human-computer interfaces
  • Virtual and augmented reality
  • Data visualization
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision
  • Imaging devices and methods
  • Data and decision network, AI, mobile health
  • Big data
  • Internet of things
  • Wearable and implantable electronics
  • Haptic and sensors
  • Display and projection technology system
  • Serious games
  • Patient and public health monitoring and education
  • Simulator design and validation
TRACK 5: Surgery & Surgical Technology

Chair: Dr. Dedy Wicaksono

Authors and presenters are invited to submit their contributions on devices and technology developed and implemented for surgery or assist surgical procedures. Topics covered in this track include but not limited to:

  • Minimally Invasive Surgery Intervention Techniques
  • Surgical Robotics
  • Sensing and monitoring of intervention surgery
  • Augmented Virtual Reality for Surgical training
  • Invasive surgical devices
  • Imaging technology for surgery
  • Human factors in surgery
  • Cardiovascular surgical device
TRACK 6: Biofluid Mechanics

Chair: Dr. Ahmad Zahran Khudzari

 

TRACK 7: Biomaterials

Chair: Dr. Syafiqah Saidin

Authors are invited to submit papers on all aspects of biomaterials including but not limited to the following areas:

  • Biofabrication and organ bioprinting
  • Drug delivery system
  • Self-assembly
  • Nanobiomaterials
  • Biocomposites
  • Cancer diagnosis and therapy
  • Bionanotechnology
  • Bioceramics
  • Natural and synthetic biopolymers
  • Lignocellulosic
  • In vitro and in vivo performances
  • Bioimaging
  • Surface modification and characterizations
  • Scaffold design and fabrication
  • Organic/inorganic composites
  • Stem cell therapy and technology
  • Regenerative medicine
  • Hydrogels
  • Carbohydrates
  • Biodegradable polymers
  • Bioreactors
  • Molecular mechanisms of regeneration
  • Biomaterial-tissue interaction
TRACK 8: Medical Implants

Chair: Ir. Dr. Ruslizam Daud

 

TRACK 9: Biosensors, Bio-Diagnostic, Bio-Mems & Biochips

Dr. Dedy Wicaksono

Authors and presenters are invited to submit their contributions on biomedical-oriented biosensors, bio-diagnostic devices, bio-MEMS and biochip. Topics covered in this track include but not limited to:

  • Biosensors for Diagnostic: DNA biosensor, Protein-based Biosensor
  • Micro Electro Mechanical Systems for Biomedical applications, e.g. diagnostic
  • Implantable Bio-MEMS
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay device
  • Microfluidics and nanofluidics
  • Point of Care Diagnostic
  • Cell-based devices and Cell-based Assay and Screening
  • DNA chip
  • Nanoparticles application for diagnostics and screening
  • Drug delivery
  • Drug screening
  • Organ on a Chip or Tissue on a Chip
  • Wearable MEMS
TRACK 10: Sports Technology & Engineering

Chair: Dr. Ardiyansyah Syahrom

Papers are invited on any aspect of Sports Engineering and Technology includes experimental, computational and theoretical works. Topics covered include;

  • Mechanical, materials and electrical engineering applications to sporting scenarios
  • Aerodynamics of sporting scenarios
  • Physics of sport
  • Mathematics of sport
  • Biomechanics with applications to sports equipment
  • Equipment Testing
  • Equipment used for competition, training, rehabilitation and coaching
  • Sports equipment related design and innovation (the ideation process, concept creation, embodiment refinement, design for mass manufacture and for sustainability)
  • The development and validation of instrumentation, processes or software to enhance research activities within sports engineering and technology
  • Game and human movement
  • Sports medicine and biology
  • Sports modelling and simulation
  • Sports textiles material
TRACK 11: Rehabiliation & Physiotherapy

Chair: Dr. ?

 

TRACK 12: Bioinformatics

Chair: Prof. Andryan Suksmono

This track will include all aspect of bioinformatics. Topics may include, but not limited to;

  • Imaging Informatics/Radiomics
  • Proteomics
  • Sequence Analysis
  • Genome Projects and Annotation
  • Computational Evolutionary Biology
  • Genetic Algorithms
  • Analysis of Gene Expression
  • Comparative Genomics
  • Network and Systems Biology
  • Patient Decision-support System
TRACK 13: Healthcare Information Technology

Chair: Dr. Farhan Mohamed

This track will include all aspect of research, design, development and simulation technique in computational, theoretical, modelling, policy to practice and implementation area. Topics may include, but not limited to;

  • Sociotechnical and Economical Impact, Ethical and Cost Benefit of an IT Innovation in Healthcare
  • Privacy And Security In Healthcare
  • Structured Clinical Documentation and Electronic Health Records
  • Healthcare Information Quality and Management
  • Innovative Model of Health Care
  • Health IT Workforce Development
  • Innovation in IT Based Healthcare Education and Training Model
TRACK 14: Biomedical Image Processing

Chair: Dr. Dyah Ekshanti

Authors are invited to submit papers on all aspects of biomedical image processing including but not limited to the following areas:

  • Bio-imaging and biomedical signal processing
  • Biomedical Imaging and Image Processing
  • Biomedical Imaging, Sensing and Genomic Signal Processing
  • Biomedical Signal and Image Filtering
  • Biomedical Signal and Image Measurement and Acquisition
  • Biomedical Signal and Image Processing
  • Biometric image processing and recognition
  • Image Reconstruction and Enhancement
  • Image, video and multidimensional signal processing
  • Machine learning for signal and Image processing
  • Medical signal and Image Transmission
TRACK 15: Biomedical Optics

Chair: Dr. Gan Kok Beng

Authors are invited to submit papers on all aspects of biomedical optics including but not limited to the following areas:

  • Laser/Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics methods, instruments, and systems
  • Tissue Optics, Laser-Tissue Interaction and Dosimetry
  • Biomedical Spectroscopy and Microscopy
  • Noninvasive physiological monitoring
  • Nano/Biophotonics, Neurophotonics, and Optogenetics
  • Optical biosensors and Optoelectronic Instrumentation
  • Fiber optic sensors, instrumentation, and techniques
  • Diffuse Optical Imaging
  • Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Techniques
  • Opto-Acoustic Methods and Applications
  • Novel Biophotonic Techniques and Applications
  • Applications of optical systems and technologies to biology and medicine
TRACK 16: Mechanobiology, Biophysics & Modelling

Chair: Dr. Mohd Nazri Bajuri

Authors are invited to submit papers on all aspects of biophysics and modelling including but not limited to the following area;

  • Biological Modelling
  • Transport and Physiological Modelling
  • Computational Biology
  • Radiobiological Modelling
  • Molecular Motor
  • Biological Effects of Ionizing and non-ionizing Radiation
  • Hemodynamic
  • Physics of Cancer
TRACK 17: Biomechanics

Chair: Dr. Muhammad Noor Harun

Papers are invited on any aspect of biomechanics includes experimental, computational and theoretical works. Topics covered include;

  • Orthopedic Biomechanics
  • Human Movement Biomechanics
  • Dental Mechanics
  • Tissue Mechanics
  • Prosthetics
  • Cellular and Molecular Mechanics
TRACK 18: Smart Biopolymers

Chair: Dr. Wong Tuck Whye

This track will include all aspect of bioinformatics. Topics may include, but not limited to;

  • Fundamentals of smart materials and structures
  • Modelling/formulation and characterization of smart actuators, sensors and smart material systems
  • Trends and development in diverse areas such as material science including composite materials, intelligent hydrogels, interfacial phenomena, phase boundaries and boundary layers of phase boundaries, control, micro- and nano-systems, electronics
  • Analysis of structural concepts and designs in terms of their adaptability to smart technologies
  • Design and development of smart structures and systems
  • Biomimetic phenomena and their inspiration in engineering
  • Fabrication and testing of smart structures and systems
  • Application of smart materials, structures and related technology
  • Smart robots
  • Artificial muscles and biomedical applications
TRACK 19: Artificial Organ & Tissue Engineering

Chair: Dr. Saiful Izwan Abdul Razak

Papers are invited on any aspect in artificial organs and tissue engineering – numerical simulation, experimental works or theoretical analysis. Topics covered include;

  • Heart Assist Device
  • Microfluidic Device for Disease Treatment
  • Implantable Insulin Pump
  • Organ specific tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
  • Advances in cell- and stem-cell based therapies
  • Scaffolds, Matrices and Biomaterials
  • Immunology and immuno-engineering
  • Bioreactors and mechanotransduction
  • Drug screening models
  • Computations Modelling, Systems Biology, and Multi-parametric Analysis
  • Imaging and Assessment
  • Biodesign, 3D Bioprinting and Bio-fabrication
TRACK 20: Neuroscience & Engineering

Chair: Mr. Arief Ruhullah

Papers are invited on any aspect in neuroscience and engineering. Topics covered include;

  • Neural Interfaces and Regeneration
  • Brain Computer/Machine Interfaces
  • NeuroProstheses
  • Deep Brain Stimulation
  • Motor Learning and Neural Control
  • Brain Physiology and Modelling
  • Neural Signal Processing
  • Functional Neuroimaging and Neuronavigation
  • Neurological Disorder
  • Blood Brain Barrier & Pharmacokinetics
  • Collaborative Databases in Brain Research
TRACK 21: Rehabilitation Technology & Engineering

Chair: Dr. Aizreena Azaman

Authors are invited to submit papers on all aspects of rehabilitation technology and engineering including but not limited to the following areas:

  • Assistive Robotics
  • Therapeutic Robotics
  • Mechatronics in Prosthetics
  • Artificial Human Exoskeletons
  • Psychosocial Robotics
  • Robotics for Caregiving
  • Robotics Surgery
  • Neural Rehabilitation Engineering
  • Neural-Machine Interfaces & Control
  • Robotics for Human-Motion Analysis
  • Innovative Instruments for Medical & Rehabilitation
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biomechatronics
  • Micro-Nano Systems for Medical & Rehabilitation
  • Sensing Systems for Medical & Rehabilitation
  • Assistive Technology for the Disabled
  • Advanced Computing Systems for Medical & Rehabilitation
  • Human-Robot Interaction in Therapy & Rehabilitation
  • Statistical and Assessment Analysis in Medical & Rehabilitation
TRACK 22: Educational Development & Programs

Chair: Dr. Fadzil

Papers are invited on any aspect of educational development and programs. Topics covered include but not limited to;

  • Education, Training and Certification (in Medical Physics,  Biomedical Engineering,  Clinical Engineering)
  • Mentorship Programs
  • Accreditation, Certification and Licensure Issues
  • Regional/Geographical Educational and Professional Issues and Experiences
  • Career Development – Applying for an Academic or Hospital Positions
  • Medical Physics in Developing Countries
  • Technology Enhanced Education
  • Radiation Protection Education and Training of Health Professionals
  • Women’s Training Initiatives