Seminar: Assistive Medical Technologies & Future Directions

The last two decades have seen significant development in biomedical applications due to major healthcare initiatives and impressive technological achievements. This talk will present an overview of relevant research projects at the Assistive Research (ATR) Center. The presentation will address medical imaging (wireless endoscopy, brain surgery, brain aging), wearable health monitoring for prognosis, smart homes and robotic nurses for the elderly, and wearable devices for the visually impaired (reading and navigation). Additional research relating to health information exchange protection, cell monitoring, and DNA representation will be briefly mentioned as well.

Prof. Nikolaos Bourbakis (IEEE Fellow) received his Ph.D. degree in 1983 (Computer Engineering & Informatics, University of Patras, Greece). He is currently a Distinguished Professor in Informatics & Technology, J.A Professor of Geriatrics and the Director of the Assistive Technologies Research (ATR) Center at Wright State University, OH. He has published more than 350 articles in refereed Journals, book-chapters and Conference proceedings. He is also a co-author to 10 books, and has advised 18 PhDs and 39 MSc students. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journals on AI Tools (WSP) and the Int. Journal on Monitoring & Surveillance Research (IGI-Global, 2013). Additionally, he serves as the Editor-in-Charge for a Book Series in AI (WS Pub.), and was the Founder and General Chair of several International IEEE Computer Society Conferences, Symposia and Workshops. He is/was an Associate Editor of several IEEE and Int. Journals, and a Guest Editor in 19 special issues published in IEEE and Int. Journals. Among his awards are: IEEE Computer Society Technical Research Achievement Award 1998, IEEE ICTAI 10-year Research Contribution Award 1999; Pattern Recognition Society Journal, best papers selection for 1999, ASC Outstanding Scientists & Engineers Research Award-2005, Degree of Honor and Recognition from the University of Patras, Greece 2007, F. Russ IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award-2010; Pattern Recognition Journal for the most cited paper 2006-2010.