{"id":39307,"date":"2023-09-21T07:00:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T11:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/?page_id=39307"},"modified":"2023-09-26T10:46:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T14:46:58","slug":"boston-university-cise-bdc-co-organized-event-for-imec-september-20-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/boston-university-cise-bdc-co-organized-event-for-imec-september-20-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston University CISE \/ BDC Co-Organized Event for IMEC – September 20, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Center for Information & Systems Engineering<\/a> and the\u00a0Biological Design<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Center<\/a> co-organized an event on Wednesday, September 20th<\/sup> from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm<\/b> at the CDS Building<\/a> at 665 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Room 1101. <\/span><\/p>\n

Invited BU faculty interacted with scientists and engineers from <\/span>IMEC<\/a>, including<\/span> 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. <\/span><\/p>\n

There were lightning talks followed by a networking lunch.<\/span><\/p>\n

Workshop Organizer:<\/strong>
\nRabia Yazicigil<\/a>, Assistant Professor ENG (ECE, BME), Boston University<\/p>\n

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9:30am – 9:45am<\/strong><\/td>\nBreakfast and Introductions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
9:45am \u2013 9:50am<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Welcome Remarks, Center for Information Systems & Engineering (CISE) Overview<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker: <\/b>Ayse Coskun<\/span><\/a>, CISE Director, Professor: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Division of Systems Engineering, and Head of PEAC Lab<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

9:50am – <\/strong>9:55am<\/strong><\/td>\nBiological Design Center (BDC) Overview<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/b> Ahmad Khalil<\/span><\/a>, BDC Associate Director, and Associate Professor: Department of Biomedical Engineering<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

9:55am – 10:10am<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

IMEC Research Interests<\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong>\u00a0IMEC Team<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Lightning Talks<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10:10am – 10:15am<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

AI Models for (Good) Health<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker: <\/b>Yannis Paschalidis<\/span><\/a>, 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<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10:15am – 10:20am<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Design, Automation, Manufacturing, Processes (DAMP) Lab Overview<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/b> Douglas Densmore,<\/span><\/a> Tegan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellow<\/span>
\n<\/span>DAMP Lab Director, Professor: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Bioinformatics, Division of Materials Science & Engineering<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10:20am – 10:25am<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Cyber-Secure Biological Systems<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/b> Rabia Yazicigil<\/span><\/a>, Assistant Professor: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10:25am – 10:30am<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Computational Bio-Imaging: Augmenting Optics with Algorithms for Biomedical Imaging<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/b> Lei Tian<\/span><\/a>, Assistant Professor: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Affiliate Professor: Department of Biomedical Engineering<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10:30am – 10:35am<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Novel Biosensors for Continuous Monitoring with Wearables<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/b> James Galagan<\/span><\/a>, Associate Director: Precision Diagnostics Center, Professor: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Microbiology Bioinformatics Program<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10:35am – 10:45am<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Q&A<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10:45am – 10:50am<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Microbial Devices: Integrating Microbes, Materials and Electronics for Human Health<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/b> Miguel Jimenez<\/span><\/a>, Assistant Professor: Department of Biomedical Engineering<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10:50am – 10:55am<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Soft Material Robotics and Next-Generation Surgical Robots<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/b> Sheila Russo<\/span><\/a>, Assistant Professor: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Division of Materials Science and Engineering<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10:55am – 11:00am<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Programmable Molecular Tools for Rapid and Specific Nucleic Acid Detection<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/b> Alexander Green<\/span><\/a>, Associate Professor: Department of Biomedical Engineering<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

11:00am – 11:05am<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Leveraging Fully Homomorphic Encryption for Data Privacy in Healthcare Applications<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/b> Ajay Joshi<\/span><\/a>, Professor: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

11:05am – 11:10am<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Engineering Microenvironments for Tissue Repair and Regeneration<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/b> Jeroen Eyckmans<\/span><\/a>, Research Assistant Professor: Department of Biomedical Engineering<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

11:10am – 11:15am<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Soft Robotics for Percutaneous Beating Heart Interventions<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/b> Tommaso Ranzani<\/span><\/a>, Assistant Professor: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Division of Materials Science and Engineering, and Department of Biomedical Engineering<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

11:15am – 11:20am<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Label-Free Imaging of Bacterial Biofilms<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/b> Joe Larkin<\/span><\/a>, Assistant Professor: Department of Biology, Department of Physics<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

11:20am – 11:30am<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Q&A<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

11:30am – 12:30pm<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Networking Lunch and Discussions<\/strong><\/p>\n