Boston University CISE / BDC Co-Organized Event for IMEC – September 20, 2023
The Center for Information & Systems Engineering and the Biological Design Center co-organized an event on Wednesday, September 20th from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm at the CDS Building at 665 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Room 1101.
Invited BU faculty interacted with scientists and engineers from IMEC, including CTO Health Technologies Peter Peumans, IMEC Business Lead and Strategic Partnerships Veerle Reumers, and IMEC Research Fellow Liesbet Lagae directing R&D in life science technology activities, to discuss possible research collaborations and find ways to create long-term collaboration opportunities between BU and IMEC.
There were lightning talks followed by a networking lunch.
Workshop Organizer:
Rabia Yazicigil, Assistant Professor ENG (ECE, BME), Boston University
| 9:30am – 9:45am | Breakfast and Introductions | |
| 9:45am – 9:50am |
Welcome Remarks, Center for Information Systems & Engineering (CISE) Overview Speaker: Ayse Coskun, CISE Director, Professor: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Division of Systems Engineering, and Head of PEAC Lab |
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| 9:50am – 9:55am | Biological Design Center (BDC) Overview
Speaker: Ahmad Khalil, BDC Associate Director, and Associate Professor: Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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| 9:55am – 10:10am |
IMEC Research Interests Speaker: IMEC Team |
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Lightning Talks |
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| 10:10am – 10:15am |
AI Models for (Good) Health Speaker: Yannis Paschalidis, Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering Director, Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Professor: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Division of Systems Engineering, and Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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| 10:15am – 10:20am |
Design, Automation, Manufacturing, Processes (DAMP) Lab Overview Speaker: Douglas Densmore, Tegan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellow |
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| 10:20am – 10:25am |
Cyber-Secure Biological Systems Speaker: Rabia Yazicigil, Assistant Professor: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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| 10:25am – 10:30am |
Computational Bio-Imaging: Augmenting Optics with Algorithms for Biomedical Imaging Speaker: Lei Tian, Assistant Professor: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Affiliate Professor: Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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| 10:30am – 10:35am |
Novel Biosensors for Continuous Monitoring with Wearables Speaker: James Galagan, Associate Director: Precision Diagnostics Center, Professor: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Microbiology Bioinformatics Program |
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| 10:35am – 10:45am |
Q&A |
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| 10:45am – 10:50am |
Microbial Devices: Integrating Microbes, Materials and Electronics for Human Health Speaker: Miguel Jimenez, Assistant Professor: Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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| 10:50am – 10:55am |
Soft Material Robotics and Next-Generation Surgical Robots Speaker: Sheila Russo, Assistant Professor: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Division of Materials Science and Engineering |
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| 10:55am – 11:00am |
Programmable Molecular Tools for Rapid and Specific Nucleic Acid Detection Speaker: Alexander Green, Associate Professor: Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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| 11:00am – 11:05am |
Leveraging Fully Homomorphic Encryption for Data Privacy in Healthcare Applications Speaker: Ajay Joshi, Professor: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
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| 11:05am – 11:10am |
Engineering Microenvironments for Tissue Repair and Regeneration Speaker: Jeroen Eyckmans, Research Assistant Professor: Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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| 11:10am – 11:15am |
Soft Robotics for Percutaneous Beating Heart Interventions Speaker: Tommaso Ranzani, Assistant Professor: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Division of Materials Science and Engineering, and Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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| 11:15am – 11:20am |
Label-Free Imaging of Bacterial Biofilms Speaker: Joe Larkin, Assistant Professor: Department of Biology, Department of Physics |
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| 11:20am – 11:30am |
Q&A |
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| 11:30am – 12:30pm |
Networking Lunch and Discussions
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