Program Committee
Organizing Committee:
Prof. Klimis Ntalianis, University of West Attica, Egaleo, Athens, Greece (General Chair)
Prof. Nikos Mastorakis, Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria (Program Co-Chair)
Prof. Charles A. Long, Professor Emeritus at University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA (Honorary Chair)
Prof. Nicholas Tritos, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA (Honorary Chair)
Prof. V.R.Singh, Fellow-IEEE/EMBS-IMS, Fellow IET, National Physical Laboratory, India (Honorary Chair)
Prof. Igor Neelov, Head of International Laboratory of Biopolymer and Biosystems, Institute of Bioengineering, ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, Russia (Honorary Chair)
Technical Committee:
Prof. James Gee, (IEEE Fellow), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Prof. Jun Ohta, (IEEE Fellow), NARA Institute of Science and Technology, Ikomo, Japan
Dr. Hanchuan Peng, (IEEE Fellow), Southeast University, Allen Institute Joint Center, Institute for Brain and Intelligence, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Dr. Jasjit Suri, (IEEE Fellow), American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, Roseville, CA, USA
Prof. Vincent Shin-Mu Tseng, (IEEE Fellow), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Prof. Seiji Shibasaki, Hyogo University of Health Sciences, Japan
Prof. Gary A. Lorigan, Miami University, USA
Prof. Nikolai N. Modyanov, University of Toledo, USA
Prof. Dhavendra Kumar, University of South Wales, UK
Prof. Geoffrey Arden, European Vision Institute, UK
Prof. Tuan Pham, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
Prof. W. Lakin, University of Vermont, USA
Prof. Lucio Tommaso De Paolis, University of Salento, Italy
Prof. Jean-Michel Jault, Institut de Biologie Structurale, France
Prof. Hassane Oudadesse, University of Rennes 1, France
Prof. Anita H. Corbett, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Prof. Vadim V. Sumbayev, University of Kent, UK
Prof. Andre Surguchov, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, USA
Prof. Rona R. Ramsay, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, UK
Prof. Daniel Martins-de-Souza, University of Cambridge, UK
Prof. Roberta Chiaraluce, Sapienza Universita di Roma, Roma, Italy
Prof. David Brown, University of Bath, UK
Prof. Ziad Fajloun, Universite Libanaise, Lebanon
Prof. Vivo Turk, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Prof. Makoto Komiyama, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Prof. Shunsuke Meshitsuka, Tottori University, Japan
Prof. George A. Zachariadis, Aristotle University, Greece
Plenary Speakers
Plenary Speech 1:
Some Biomedical Applications of Fuzzy Logic in Extracting Information from a Set of Data
by:
Prof. Amaury A. Caballero
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Florida International University
10555 W. Flagler Street
Miami, Florida, USA
Abstract: In any decision-making process, it is necessary to evaluate different parameters and disclose the effect they have in the solution in order to optimize it. If the criteria are mathematically quantifiable, a mathematical model may be created for the process of evaluation. The application of fuzzy logic is ideal for the solution of this type of problem. There are several common factors when using this method in the optimization of any task. Among them, the characteristics of the membership functions and the criteria used in the optimization as well as the selection of the experts are of fundamental importance. Fuzzy logic is not limited to a specific field of knowledge or industry. It can be applied wherever it is necessary to find the best solution to a problem based on different measurable parameters that somehow impact the result. This lecture is devoted to the use of fuzzy logic in two areas:
1) The selection of alternatives considering multiple parameters
2) The classification of objects with diffused or incomplete information
Biography: Amaury A. Caballero obtained his Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Havana, Cuba, earned his Ph.D. in Technical
Cybernetics from the Energy Institute of Moscow, Russia, and his Professional Engineer License from the state of Florida, USA.
He taught and conducted research at the Higher Polytechnic Institute of Havana, where he became a Professor and directed research
in the areas of Automatic Control and Robotics. He was also a member of the Higher Scientific Council of the Cuban Academy of Sciences and received
awards for his work from the Cuban Ministry of Higher Education and the Technical University of Brno, in Czech Republic, where he also participated in a graduate
study and research of robotics in conjunction with other faculty members. He has been also given presentations about fuzzy logic at the "Universidad de Pamplona"
in Colombia, the "Universidad Catolica de Santa Maria", and the "Universidad Autonoma" in Peru, the "Universidad Tecnologica Centroamericana" in Honduras, and the "Universidad
Autonoma Estatal del Estado de Hidalgo", in Mexico. Professor Caballero has published two books and obtained five certificates of invention in the area of automatic control.
He also has published research reports, journals papers and proceedings in scientific conferences, totaling over 100 publications. Presently,
he is a University Lecturer at Florida International University, where he has developed two courses, and taught nine electrical engineering undergraduate courses.
He has also taught graduate courses in fuzzy logic at Florida International University and the "Universidad Autonoma Estatal del Estado de Hidalgo",
in Mexico. Among other activities, he has conducted in-depth research in the areas of automation applied to construction management, and in the use of
rough sets and fuzzy logic for object discrimination in databases.
Plenary Speech 2:
by:
Prof. Bent Brachvogel
Experimental Neonatology at the University Hospital in Cologne,
Cologne, Germany
Abstract:
Biography: Prof. Dr. Bent Brachvogel is the head of the Experimental Neonatology at the University Hospital in Cologne. His current research focusses on mitochondria, skeletal development and aging. He aims to unravel how mitochondria dysfunction affects cell metabolism and extracellular matrix (ECM) microenvironment during skeletal development to impair childrens and adult health. Prof. Dr. Bent Brachvogel is also spokesperson of the Research Unit DFG_FOR2722. This consortium of researchers with a complementary expertise in basic and translational ECM biology investigates how changes in the ECM affect the function of musculoskeletal tissues and cause connective tissue disorders.
2018 - present Spokesperson of the DFG Research Unit FOR2722
2013 - present Full Professor, Experimental Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne
2010 Venia Legendi for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne
2006 - 2013 Independent Group Leader, Institute for Biochemistry II, University of Cologne
2004 - 2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, Cell & Matrix Biology Unit of the Murdoch Children Research Institute, Melbourne Australia
2002 - 2003 Postdoctoral Fellow, Nikolaus Fiebiger Zentrum, University of Erlangen- Nuremberg
1997 - 2001 Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.), Biology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg