International Conference on Medical Imaging using Bio-inspired and Soft Computing (MIBISOC2013) in Brussels, Belgium
15 May 2012 - 17 May 2012
Austria
International Conference on Medical Imaging using Bio-inspired and Soft Computing in will be held from 15 to 17 May 2013 in Brussels, Belgium.
CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE EXTENSION (new date 16/12/2012)
Medical imaging (MI) is at the heart of many of today’s improved diagnostic and treatment technologies. Computer-based solutions are vastly more capable of both quantitative measurement of the medical condition and the pre-processing tasks of filtering, sharpening, and focusing image detail. Bio-inspired and Soft Computing (BC, SC) techniques have been successfully applied in each of the fundamental steps of medical image processing and analysis (e.g. restoration, segmentation, registration or tracking). The natural partnership of humans and intelligent systems and machines in MI is to provide the clinician with powerful tools to take better decisions regarding diagnostic and treatment. The application of SC and BC methodologies in MI has increased in the last few years due to their capability to deal with the uncertainty and imprecision underlying most real-world problems and, specifically, medical applications requiring the use of image processing techniques.
MIBISOC2013 is organized as the main dissemination activity of the MIBISOC project (http://www.mibisoc-itn.eu(opens in new window)) an Initial Training Network (ITN) among worldwide recognized institutions in the fields of BC-SC and MI: European Centre for Soft Computing, Ghent University, Université Libre de Bruxelles, University of Nottingham, University of Parma, University of Granada, Henesis, and University of Freiburg. The objective of MIBISOC2013 is to facilitate the promotion of novel problems, research, results, and future directions in the growing interdisciplinary area of BC-SC applied to MI. It will provide an opportunity to meet researchers working on these topics, make new contacts and exchange ideas. It will also be used to establish contacts with additional industrial organisations and hospitals interested in the area, which will become potential users of the developments contributed by the ITN.
The conference will comprise oral and poster presentations, two plenary lectures, an industry session, and related events. It will also include a gala dinner in the city of Brussels. Presentation of already published high-quality work (e.g. recently submitted journal papers, recently published journal papers) is accepted and encouraged.
The conference is endorsed by the MIBISOC ITN. There is no conference fee and the free registration includes the conference dinner and the coffee breaks. In addition, a comprehensive scholarship programme is available to cover (partial) costs of travel and accommodation for up to 50 attendees with accepted contributions.
For further details visit the Conference website http://www.softcomputing.es/mibisoc2013/(opens in new window)
TOPICS OF INTEREST
The topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:
The application of Bio-inspired and Soft Computing techniques, such as
• Evolutionary Computation and other Metaheuristics
• Swarm Intelligence
• Fuzzy Logic and Fuzzy Systems,
• Neural Networks, and
• Bayesian/possibilistic networks and Probabilistic Reasoning,
to medical imaging areas such as
• Image acquisition
• Image restoration
• Image segmentation
• Structure tracking
• Image registration
• Biomedical signal processing
• Human activity recognition
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
Prospective authors are invited to contribute high-quality full papers of at most 8 pages length (IEEE style: two columns, single-spaced, including abstract, figures and references, using 10 fonts, and with each page numbered). Submissions of already published high-quality work (e.g. recently submitted journal papers, recently published journal papers) for oral or poster presentation are accepted and encouraged. The articles will be peer reviewed by at least two independent IPC members. Conference proceedings will be in electronic format registered with ISBN. The submission procedure is described in the Conference website (http://www.softcomputing.es/mibisoc2013/(opens in new window)).
SCHOLARSHIPS
There will be a large number of scholarships provided by the MIBISOC ITN for those attendees presenting accepted contributions. The selected applicants will receive a grant to support their travel and accommodation expenses. Up to 50 travel and accommodation grants will be available with different amounts depending on the attendee's origin: 200€ for Belgians, 500€ for European, and 1000€ for non Europeans. The application and selection procedures are published in the Conference website (http://www.softcomputing.es/mibisoc2013/(opens in new window)).
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission (extended) 16 December 2012
Acceptance notification 18 January 2013
Final version due 18 February 2013
Conference 15 -17 May 2013
LOCATION
The conference will take place at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, in Brussels, Belgium.
Address: Salle Dupréel, Avenue Jeanne 44, Campus Solbosch, Building S (Sociologie, 1st floor), B-1050 Brussels.
COMMITTEES
General Co-chairs
Oscar Cordón, European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain
Etienne E. Kerre, Ghent University, Belgium
Marco Dorigo, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Li Bai, University of Nottingham, UK
Stefano Cagnoni, University of Parma, Italy
Francisco Herrera, University of Granada, Spain
Luca Ascari, Henesis, Italy
Jürgen Hennig, University of Freiburg, Germany
Program Co-chairs
Sergio Damas, European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain
Mike Nachtegael, Ghent University, Belgium
Thomas Stützle, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Christopher Tench, University of Nottingham, UK
Monica Mordonini, University of Parma, Italy
Rafael Alcalá, University of Granada, Spain
Matteo Sacchi, Henesis, Italy
Stathis Hadjidemetriou, University of Freiburg, Germany
International Program Committee (members already confirmed)
Humberto Bustince, Public University of Navarra, Spain
Jesús Alcalá, University of Granada, Spain
Oliver Colliot, CNRS, France
Angel Sánchez, University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Stephen Smith, University of York, UK
Emre Celebi, LSU Shreveport, USA
Evelyne Lutton, INRIA, France
Kenji Suzuki, University of Chicago, USA
Krzysztof Krawiec, University of Poznan, Poland
Reyer Zwiggelaar, Aberystwyth University, UK
Manuel López Ibáñez, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Leonardo Bocchi, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
Christian Borgelt, European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain
Marcos Montes de Oca, University of Delaware, USA
Gerald Schaefer, Loughborough University, UK
Vitoantonio Bevilacqua, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Mouloud Adel, Universite d’Aix Marseille, France
Matteo Sacchi, Henesis, Italy
Manuel G. Penedo, Universidade da Coruña, Spain
Marina Chukalina, Institute of Microelectronics Technology, Russia
Publication Chair
Oscar Ibáñez, European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain
Organizing Committee
Thomas Stützle, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Carmen Peña, European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain
Jérémie Dubois-Lacoste, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Roberto Morán, European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain
Gabriele Valentini, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Oscar Ibáñez, European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain
CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE EXTENSION (new date 16/12/2012)
Medical imaging (MI) is at the heart of many of today’s improved diagnostic and treatment technologies. Computer-based solutions are vastly more capable of both quantitative measurement of the medical condition and the pre-processing tasks of filtering, sharpening, and focusing image detail. Bio-inspired and Soft Computing (BC, SC) techniques have been successfully applied in each of the fundamental steps of medical image processing and analysis (e.g. restoration, segmentation, registration or tracking). The natural partnership of humans and intelligent systems and machines in MI is to provide the clinician with powerful tools to take better decisions regarding diagnostic and treatment. The application of SC and BC methodologies in MI has increased in the last few years due to their capability to deal with the uncertainty and imprecision underlying most real-world problems and, specifically, medical applications requiring the use of image processing techniques.
MIBISOC2013 is organized as the main dissemination activity of the MIBISOC project (http://www.mibisoc-itn.eu(opens in new window)) an Initial Training Network (ITN) among worldwide recognized institutions in the fields of BC-SC and MI: European Centre for Soft Computing, Ghent University, Université Libre de Bruxelles, University of Nottingham, University of Parma, University of Granada, Henesis, and University of Freiburg. The objective of MIBISOC2013 is to facilitate the promotion of novel problems, research, results, and future directions in the growing interdisciplinary area of BC-SC applied to MI. It will provide an opportunity to meet researchers working on these topics, make new contacts and exchange ideas. It will also be used to establish contacts with additional industrial organisations and hospitals interested in the area, which will become potential users of the developments contributed by the ITN.
The conference will comprise oral and poster presentations, two plenary lectures, an industry session, and related events. It will also include a gala dinner in the city of Brussels. Presentation of already published high-quality work (e.g. recently submitted journal papers, recently published journal papers) is accepted and encouraged.
The conference is endorsed by the MIBISOC ITN. There is no conference fee and the free registration includes the conference dinner and the coffee breaks. In addition, a comprehensive scholarship programme is available to cover (partial) costs of travel and accommodation for up to 50 attendees with accepted contributions.
For further details visit the Conference website http://www.softcomputing.es/mibisoc2013/(opens in new window)
TOPICS OF INTEREST
The topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:
The application of Bio-inspired and Soft Computing techniques, such as
• Evolutionary Computation and other Metaheuristics
• Swarm Intelligence
• Fuzzy Logic and Fuzzy Systems,
• Neural Networks, and
• Bayesian/possibilistic networks and Probabilistic Reasoning,
to medical imaging areas such as
• Image acquisition
• Image restoration
• Image segmentation
• Structure tracking
• Image registration
• Biomedical signal processing
• Human activity recognition
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
Prospective authors are invited to contribute high-quality full papers of at most 8 pages length (IEEE style: two columns, single-spaced, including abstract, figures and references, using 10 fonts, and with each page numbered). Submissions of already published high-quality work (e.g. recently submitted journal papers, recently published journal papers) for oral or poster presentation are accepted and encouraged. The articles will be peer reviewed by at least two independent IPC members. Conference proceedings will be in electronic format registered with ISBN. The submission procedure is described in the Conference website (http://www.softcomputing.es/mibisoc2013/(opens in new window)).
SCHOLARSHIPS
There will be a large number of scholarships provided by the MIBISOC ITN for those attendees presenting accepted contributions. The selected applicants will receive a grant to support their travel and accommodation expenses. Up to 50 travel and accommodation grants will be available with different amounts depending on the attendee's origin: 200€ for Belgians, 500€ for European, and 1000€ for non Europeans. The application and selection procedures are published in the Conference website (http://www.softcomputing.es/mibisoc2013/(opens in new window)).
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission (extended) 16 December 2012
Acceptance notification 18 January 2013
Final version due 18 February 2013
Conference 15 -17 May 2013
LOCATION
The conference will take place at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, in Brussels, Belgium.
Address: Salle Dupréel, Avenue Jeanne 44, Campus Solbosch, Building S (Sociologie, 1st floor), B-1050 Brussels.
COMMITTEES
General Co-chairs
Oscar Cordón, European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain
Etienne E. Kerre, Ghent University, Belgium
Marco Dorigo, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Li Bai, University of Nottingham, UK
Stefano Cagnoni, University of Parma, Italy
Francisco Herrera, University of Granada, Spain
Luca Ascari, Henesis, Italy
Jürgen Hennig, University of Freiburg, Germany
Program Co-chairs
Sergio Damas, European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain
Mike Nachtegael, Ghent University, Belgium
Thomas Stützle, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Christopher Tench, University of Nottingham, UK
Monica Mordonini, University of Parma, Italy
Rafael Alcalá, University of Granada, Spain
Matteo Sacchi, Henesis, Italy
Stathis Hadjidemetriou, University of Freiburg, Germany
International Program Committee (members already confirmed)
Humberto Bustince, Public University of Navarra, Spain
Jesús Alcalá, University of Granada, Spain
Oliver Colliot, CNRS, France
Angel Sánchez, University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Stephen Smith, University of York, UK
Emre Celebi, LSU Shreveport, USA
Evelyne Lutton, INRIA, France
Kenji Suzuki, University of Chicago, USA
Krzysztof Krawiec, University of Poznan, Poland
Reyer Zwiggelaar, Aberystwyth University, UK
Manuel López Ibáñez, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Leonardo Bocchi, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
Christian Borgelt, European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain
Marcos Montes de Oca, University of Delaware, USA
Gerald Schaefer, Loughborough University, UK
Vitoantonio Bevilacqua, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Mouloud Adel, Universite d’Aix Marseille, France
Matteo Sacchi, Henesis, Italy
Manuel G. Penedo, Universidade da Coruña, Spain
Marina Chukalina, Institute of Microelectronics Technology, Russia
Publication Chair
Oscar Ibáñez, European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain
Organizing Committee
Thomas Stützle, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Carmen Peña, European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain
Jérémie Dubois-Lacoste, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Roberto Morán, European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain
Gabriele Valentini, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Oscar Ibáñez, European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain