Announcement

15-20 September 2013
Elche (Alicante), Spain

 

Important deadlines: Application: May 15, 2013
Notification: June 1, 2013
Payment: July 1, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Organizers

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Bioengineering Group

CSIC is the largest public multidisciplinary research organisation in Spain. The Bioengineering Group has long term expertise in managing human-machine interaction, HMI (a basic element in MNP and NR devices for restoring physical impairment). In cognitive HMI, CSIC has particular expertise in algorithms for processing bioelectrical activity (EEG, EMG) and biomechanical information (IMUs). In the area of physical HMI, CSIC has developed several functional compensation systems (tremor, gait support, assistance to CP kids) based on robot-human interaction.

Prof. José Luis Pons
Dr. Juan C. Moreno
Dr. Diego Torricelli
Mrs. Pilar Raya
Bioengineering group
Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC)

Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

Miguel Hernández University of Elche is a Spanish Public University, open to the world, offering prestigious education, excellent research, and quality services facilitating the comprehensive development of its students and their insertion into the labor market.

Prof. José María Azorín
Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas y Automática
Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH)

Visual Communication and Interaction Technologies Centre VICOMTECH

VICOMTech is an applied research centre for Interactive Computer Graphics and Multimedia. It has about 60 applied investigation projects per year and about 50 researchers. The Education, Leisure and e-Inclusion department of VICOMTech works on technologies very related with the SSNR themes. In particular with virtual reality, Multiplatform interfaces, Real-time facial and body animation, Emotional interaction, Virtual worlds..

Prof. Alessandro di Mauro
Vicomtech

Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya IBEC

IBEC develops multidisciplinary research of excellence, from basic research to medical applications, in the biomedical engineering field. IBEC focuses its activity on six research programmes related to cellular biotechnology; nano-bioengineering; biomechanics and cellular biophysics; biomaterials, implants and tissue engineering; signals and medical instrumentation; and robotics and biomedical imaging. IBEC was established in 2005 by the Government of Catalonia, the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC). The research line in Robotics is focussed both on the area of rehabilitation and assistance, as well as on technological support to surgery. Its scientific research is mainly devoted to the study of strategies for human robot interaction in a natural way, as required in the medical field. From the application field perspective, the kind of interaction strategies relies on: assistance to teleoperation, research on natural communication ways, and research on perception based robot behaviours.

Prof. Alicia Casals
Prof. Joan Aranda
IBEC