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Last updated November 5, 2024

Date and Time Event Location
November 13, 2024 14:30-15:30 Dr. Yuu Ono
Wearable Ultrasound for Medical Imaging and Physiological Monitoring
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Room 224, Simard Hall (60 University). University of Ottawa
May 7, 2024 16:00-17:30 Dr. Stefan Fischer
DNA-based Nanonetworks: Realizing the Internet of Bio-Nano Things
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Mackenzie Building Room 4463 (Maker Lab), Carleton University
September 1, 2023 9:30-10:30 Dr. Shohei Mori
Medical ultrasound imaging: quantification and visualization of diseases
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Canal Building Room 3101, Carleton University
April 12, 2023 15:30-17:00 Dr. Inès Chihi
Smart sensor for recognition of simple and complex hand movements: From estimation to fault detection
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SITE 5084 (800 King Edward) and online, University of Ottawa
April 11, 2023 14:30-15:30 Mr. Dan Leidl
Stryker - Reaching New Levels through Design, Integration, and Innovation
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Azrieli Theatre 302, Carleton University
April 6, 2023 16:00-17:30 Dr. Kevin Chetty
Wireless-Based Passive Radar for e-Healthcare and Security
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SITE 5084 (800 King Edward), University of Ottawa
March 21, 2023 14:30-15:30 Dr. Thomas Uchida
Assistive device design using musculoskeletal models and simulations
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Azrieli Theatre 302, Carleton University
March 7, 2023 14:30-15:30 Dr. Hussein Al Osman
How can a machine understand human emotions?
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Azrieli Theatre 302, Carleton University
February 14, 2023 14:30-15:30 Dr. Sangeeta Murugkar
Harnessing molecular vibrations: Raman spectroscopy and imaging applications in biomedicine
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Azrieli Theatre 302, Carleton University
January 24, 2023 14:30-15:30 Dr. Matthew Holden
Improving outcomes in surgery with machine learning
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Azrieli Theatre 302, Carleton University
November 7, 2022 10:00-11:00 Dr. Majid Komeili
Is your AI smart enough to explain how it thinks and makes decisions?
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Mackenzie Building, Room ME3380, Carleton University
October 31, 2022 9:30-10:30 Prof. Avery Berman
Beyond mind reading: Imaging brain activity at high spatial resolution using functional MRI
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Mackenzie Building, Room ME3380, Carleton University
October 3, 2022 9:30-10:30 Prof. Marianne Fenech
Blood microflow: Overview and Measurements Techniques
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Mackenzie Building, Room ME3380, Carleton University
September 26, 2022 9:30-10:30 Dr. Andrew R. Harris
Engineering the mechanical properties of cells and tissues
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Mackenzie Building, Room ME3380, Carleton University
March 1, 2022 11:30-12:30 Dr. Jon Sensinger
Human-machine interfaces: what makes them "good" and how can we enable that?
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February 15, 2022 11:30-12:30 Dr. Ravi Prakash
Organic Biosensors and Point-of-Care Technologies for Oral Diagnostics, and Health and Environmental Monitoring Applications
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February 8, 2022 12:30-13:30 Dr. Hilmi Dajani
Towards the Development of a Brain-controlled Hearing Aid
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February 8, 2022 11:30-12:30 Dr. Balakumar Balasingam
Approaches for Cognitive Load Measurement for Human-System Automation
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January 25, 2022 11:30-12:30 Dr. Andy Adler
How much less valuable are numbers than people think they are?
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November 22, 2021 11:30-12:30 Dr. Luca De Vito
Sampling methods for physiological signals in Internet of Medical Things systems
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November 8, 2021 12:30-13:30 Dr. Gabriel Wainer
Cellular Models to study the spread of COVID-19
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November 8, 2021 11:30-12:30 Dr. Suresh Gadde
Nanotechnology-based therapeutic approaches in healthcare applications
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October 18, 2021 11:30-12:30 Dr. Vanita Arora
Recent trends in infrared imaging for testing and evaluation of industrial and biomedical materials
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October 4, 2021 11:30-12:30 Dr. Carlos Rossa
Instrumentation and feedback control in surgical robotics
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September 27, 2021 11:30-12:45 Dr. Hamidreza Namazi
Complexity-based analysis of physiological signals to decode the correlation between different organs
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February 25, 2021 8:30-9:30 Dr. Luiz Guidolin
Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulations: From modelling proteins to informing the COVID-19 Pandemic Response
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February 11, 2021 15:30-16:30 Dr. Fateme Rajabiyazdi
Information Visualization to Support Patients' Medical Care Management
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February 4, 2021 16:00-17:00 Dr. Hamidreza Sadreazami
Pervasive Healthcare Through Human-Centered Sensing
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January 28, 2021 15:30-16:30 Dr. Emilio Alarcón
Understanding the Need in Biomaterials and Clinical Translation
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January 21, 2021 15:30-16:30 Dr. Xudong Cao
Detection of foodborne pathogenic bacteria using microfluidic devices
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November 12, 2020 14:30-15:30 Dr. Lou Pino
Evolution of Digital Signal Processing Techniques for Analyzing EEG
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October 8, 2020 14:30-15:30 Dr. Sreeraman Rajan
Sensing in the Connected World: A curse or a boon?
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October 1, 2020 14:30-15:30 Dr. Fatemeh Zabihollahy
Deep Learning Methods for Abnormality Detection and Segmentation in Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Images
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September 24, 2020 14:30-15:30 Dr. Jila Hosseinkhani
Gradual Saliency Detection in Video Sequences Using Bottom-up Attributes
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September 8, 2020 15:30-16:30 Dr. Leila Mostaço-Guidolin
Combining tools to understand collagen remodeling
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Note that this event has been postponed Dr. Zahra Moussavi
Virtual Reality Navigation Test for Alzheimer's Diagnosis
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Minto Case Building Room 2014, Carleton University
February 12, 2020 18:00-19:00 Ruben Crispino
Assistive Technologies for Healthcare
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Mackenzie Building Room 4463, Carleton University
February 4, 2020 18:00-19:00 Phreesia
Industry Seminar: Phreesia
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Mackenzie Building Room 4463, Carleton University
January 30, 2020 18:00-19:00 Dr. Leila Mostaço-Guidolin
3D-Bioprinting: how is it helping us understand collagen remodelling?
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Mackenzie Building Room 4359, Carleton University
November 27, 2019 18:00-19:30 Adrian D. C. Chan
Computerized Image Analysis
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Minto Case Building Room 2014, Carleton University
November 20, 2019 18:00-19:30 Dr. Isar Nejadgholi
Extracting Medical Concepts from Biomedical Articles Using Deep Learning
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Mackenzie Building Room 4463, Carleton University
November 11, 2019 13:30-14:30 Dr. Thomas Heldt
Model-Based Signal Processing in Neurocritical Care
Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
co-sponsored Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University
and Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Biomedical Engineering
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Mackenzie Building Room 4463, Carleton University
October 30, 2019 15:30-16:30 Dr. Joseph Beals
How You Measure Matters – Progress and Pitfalls of Machine Learning in Healthcare
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Mackenzie Building Room 4359, Carleton University
September 24, 2019 15:30-16:30 Dr. Frédéric Leblond
Mutlimodal Spectroscopy Imaging Platform for Intraoperative Tissue Characterization
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Herzberg Building Room 4351, Carleton University
July 19, 2019 14:00-15:00 Dr. Cheryl Quenneville
How NOT to Break a Bone
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Mackenzie Building Room 3124, Carleton University
March 28, 2019 18:00-19:30 Rafik Goubran
Smart Homes for the Independent Living of Seniors
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Mackenzie Building Room 4359, Carleton University
January 30, 2019 18:00-19:00 Adrian D. C. Chan
Big Data in Biomedical Engineering: A Quality Presentation
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Mackenzie Building Room 4359, Carleton University
September 21, 2018 14:00-16:00 J. Max Cortner
Medical Device Test Strategies
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Mackenzie Building Room 4359, Carleton University
September 20, 2018 18:00-19:30 J. Max Cortner
Medical Device Test Strategies
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Ciena Optophotonics Lab, Room T129, T-Building, School of Advanced Technology, Algonquin College
April 5, 2018 16:00-17:30 Kevin Dick
Reciprocal Perspective for Protein Interaction Prediction and Related Complete Graph Problems
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Canal Building Room 2104, Carleton University
November 23, 2017 9:00-10:30 Dr. Ana-Maria Cretu
Biologically-Inspired Visual Attention Models for Improved Sensing and Modeling
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Mackenzie Building Room 4332, Carleton University
November 16, 2017 9:00-10:30 Dr. Joseph Beals
Hard and Soft Electronic Health Record Data - Tackling the Data Fusion Problem
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Mackenzie Building Room 4332, Carleton University
November 3, 2017 14:00-15:30 Dr. Patrick Boyle
New Frontiers in Cardiac Arrhythmia Research: The Emergent Power of Computational Modelling
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Mackenzie Building Room 4359, Carleton University
October 19, 2017 9:00-10:30 Prof. Robert Hitchcock
The University Laboratory as a Medical Device Incubator - Successes, Caveats and Pitfalls
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Mackenzie Building Room 4332, Carleton University
October 12, 2017 9:00-10:30 Dr. Rebecca Thornhill
Searching for 'hidden' patterns in medical images
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Mackenzie Building Room 4332, Carleton University
September 28, 2017 9:00-10:30 Dr. Jason Jaskolka
Cybersecurity Challenges and Considerations for Medical Devices
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Mackenzie Building Room 4332, Carleton University
September 26, 2017 16:00-17:00 Prof. Hamid D. Taghirad
ARAS Robotics Research: Parallel and Cable Robotics Surgical Robotics
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Mackenzie Building Room 3124, Carleton University
August 9, 2017 11:00-13:00 Dr. Octavian Postolache<
Unobtrusive Smart Sensing and Pervasive Computing for Healthcare: Cardio-respiratory and Physical Therapy Assessment
Distinguished Lecturuer, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society
co-sponsered IEEE IMS and IEEE EMBS Ottawa Chapters
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School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building, Room STE5084, University of Ottawa
August 4, 2017 13:00-14:30 Dr. Kevin Englehart
EMG Control of Powered Prostheses: State-of-the-Art and Clinical Challenges
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Mackenzie Building Room 4359, Carleton University
June 14, 2017 18:00-19:30 Dr. Anura Jayasumana
Topology Preserving Maps: A localization-free approach for 2-D and 3-D IoT subnets
organized by IEEE Ottawa, IEEE Ottawa Joint Chapter of Communications Society, Consumer Electronics Society, and Broadcast Technology Society (ComSoc/CESoc/BTS), IEEE Ottawa Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), IEEE Ottawa Photonics Chapter (PHOS), IEEE Ottawa Joint Chapter of Reliability Society and Power Electronics Society (RS/PELS), IEEE Ottawa Educational Activities (EA), and Algonquin College Student Branch (ACSB) in conjunction with School of Advanced Technology, Algonquin College
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Ciena-Optophotonics Lab (Room T129), T-Building, School of Advanced Technology, Algonquin College
May 19, 2017 15:00-17:00 Dr. Raj Rangayyan
Fractal Analysis of Breast Masses in Mammograms
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Mackenzie Building Room 4359, Carleton University
May 2, 2017 13:30-14:30 Dr. Stewart Aitchison, Distinguished Lecturer
Photonics for Point of Care Diagnostics
organized by the Department of Electronics, Carleton University, IEEE Ottawa Section and its Photonics, EDS/SSCS/CASS and EMBS Chapters
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Mackenzie Building Room 4124, Carleton University
April 12, 2017 18:00-19:30 Dr. Tarek S. El-Bawab
Telecommunication Engineering as Distinct Education Discipline Reflections on the TEE Movement and Project ISTEE
organized by IEEE Ottawa, IEEE Ottawa Joint Chapter of Communications Society, Consumer Electronics Society, and Broadcast Technology Society (ComSoc/CESoc/BTS), IEEE Ottawa Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), IEEE Ottawa Photonics Chapter (PHOS), IEEE Ottawa Joint Chapter of Reliability Society and Power Electronics Society (RS/PELS), IEEE Ottawa Educational Activities (EA), and Algonquin College Student Branch (ACSB) in conjunction with School of Advanced Technology, Algonquin College
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Ciena-Optophotonics Lab (Room T129), T-Building, School of Advanced Technology, Algonquin College
April 3, 2017 14:30-16:00 Dr. Marie-Ange Janvier
The Role of a Clinical Engineer in a Hospital
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Mackenzie Building Room 3356, Carleton University
March 20, 2017 14:30-16:00 Dr. Jason Steffener
Using Multiple Neuroimaging Modalities to Understand the Effects and Mechanisms of Reserve within the Context of Cognitive Aging
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Mackenzie Building Room 3356, Carleton University
March 6, 2017 14:30-16:00 Dr. Miodrag Bolic
Contactless monitoring of vital signs
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Mackenzie Building Room 3356, Carleton University
January 30, 2017 14:30-16:00 Mr. Robert Miner
Clinical PET/MRI: instrumentation, current status and potential applications
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Mackenzie Building Room 3356, Carleton University
January 27, 2017 11:00-12:30 Dr. Monica Wachowicz
Is the Internet of Things the right technology to further our understanding of human mobility?
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Herzberg Laboratories Building Room 5345, Carleton University
January 16, 2017 15:00-16:00 Dr. Pascal Fallavollita
Translational Research: innovations in medical education, training, and computer-assisted interventions
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Mackenzie Building Room 3356, Carleton University
November 8, 2016 14:30-16:00 John Bandler
You, Your Slides, and Your Posters: Allies or Foes?
organized by Department of Electronics, Carleton University; IEEE Ottawa Section, IEEE Ottawa Educational Activities and Life Member Affinities, IEEE Ottawa Chapters on CPMT, SSCS/CASS/EDS, EMBS, MTT/AP, and EMC
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Mackenzie Building Room 4499, Carleton University
November 7, 2016 15:00-16:30 Pablo Nery
Technology for Cardiac Ablation: a user's experience
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Mackenzie Building Room 3190, Carleton University
October 17, 2016 15:00-16:30 Jay Lawrence
Health Technology Start-ups: A Report from the Trenches
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Southam Hall Room 402, Carleton University
September 26, 2016 13:00-15:00 Dr. Emily Heath
Modeling respiratory motion in radiation therapy
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Saint Patrick's Building Room 417, Carleton University
July 22, 2016 13:00-15:00 Dr. Levente Kovács
Personalized healthcare by control engineering approaches
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Mackenzie Building Room 4359, Carleton University
July 21, 2016 18:00-19:30 Fawzi Behmann
IoT impact on the future of Healthcare and Wellness
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Advanced Technology Building (T), Room T129 Algonquin College

June 8, 2016 18:30 - 19:30

Professor Steven Prawer
Seeing with Diamond: from Quantum Photonics to Bionics Eyes
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Building T / Room T129, Algonquin College
May 30, 2016 13:00-14:30 Dr. Samir Iqbal, IEEE EMBS Distinguished Lecturer
Nanotextured Microfluidic Substrates Biomimicking Structured Hierarchy of Living Systems
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River Building Room 2200, Carleton University
May 30, 2016 8:30-10:00 Dr. Barbara Oakley
Learning how to learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects
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River Building Room 2200, Carleton University
May 25, 2016 14:00-17:00 Dr. Ravinder Dahiya, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer
Large Area Electronic Skin
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Mackenzie Building Room 4124, Carleton University
March 8, 2016 13:00-14:30 Professor Sarah Fraser
Cognition in Action: Using near infra-red spectroscopy to study changes in cerebral oxygenation during dual-task performances
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Canal Building Room 2104, Carleton University
February 9, 2016 13:00-14:30 Professor Chantal Trudel
Infection Prevention and Control Considerations in Medical Design for Neonatal Intensive Care
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Canal Building Room 2104, Carleton University
February 2, 2016 13:00-14:30 Professor Eranga Ukwatta
Image Processing Methods for Applications in Medical Imaging: Towards Translating Personalized Biomarkers into Clinical Care
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Canal Building Room 2104, Carleton University
November 27, 2015 14:30-16:00 Dr. Sara Mahshid
Silicon nitride and Indium Tin Oxide Nanostructures for dielectrophoretic manipulation of biomolecules
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Colonel By Building Room B205, University of Ottawa
November 17, 2015 13:00-14:00 Dr. Masako Hirotani
Real-time language processing using EEG measurements
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Mackenzie Building Room 3356, Carleton University
October 13, 2015 13:00-14:00 Dr. Sacha Nandlall
Advanced Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Biomedical Ultrasound
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Mackenzie Building Room 3356, Carleton University
October 6, 2015 13:00-14:00 Dr. Calum Redpath
Engineering solutions to Cardiology problems: a match made in Ottawa?
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Mackenzie Building Room 3356, Carleton University
October 7, 2015 10:00-11:30 Dr. Cesare Alippi, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer
Learning in Non-Stationary Environments
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Fauteux (FTX) 137, University of Ottawa
September 29, 2015 13:00-14:30 Dr. Rolf Clackdoyle
The Role of Analytic Methods in Image Reconstruction from Projections
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Mackenzie Building Room 3356, Carleton University
September 22, 2015 13:30-14:30 Dr. Andy Adler
Imaging with electricity
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Mackenzie Building Room 3356, Carleton University
April 16, 2015 18:00-19:30 Dr. Faruk Hadziomerovic
Applications of Petri Nets in Communications - Calculation of Probability Distributions of Performance Variable in Petri Net Models
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Advanced Technology Building (T), Room T129 Algonquin College
March 30, 2015 18:00-19:30 Dr. Ekram Hossain, IEEE Fellow
Self-Organizing Small Cell Networks
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Advanced Technology Building (T), Room T129 Algonquin College
March 27, 2015 12:00-13:00 Mr. Raymond Greiss
More than a little hot air: engineering models of human speech
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Room 202, Tory Building, Carleton University
April 22, 2015 12:00-13:00 Dr. Guy Kouamou Ntonfo
Low-complexity image processing approaches for detection of necrotizing enterocolitis and seizures in newborns
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Room 4359, Mackenzie Building, Carleton University
February 10, 2015 18:30-19:30 (refreshments, registration, and networking 18:00) Helen Braiter
An Overview of the Build in Canada Innovation Program (BCIP)
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School of Advanced Technology, T-Building, Ciena-Optophotonics Lab (Room T129) Algonquin College
February 6, 2015 12:00-13:00 Dr. Peter Liu
Surgical Simulator - An Emerging Approach to Surgery Training
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Tory Building Room 202, Carleton University
January 30, 2015 12:00-13:00 Dr. Linda McLean
Structural and functional changes induced by pelvic floor muscle training in women with stress urinary incontinence
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Tory Building Room 202, Carleton University
January 23, 2015 12:00-13:00 Dr. Susan Aitken
Wicked problems and multidisciplinary approaches to collaboration, the changing health sector
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Tory Building Room 202, Carleton University
December 1, 2014 12:00-13:00 Dr. Daniel Benoit
Neuromuscular contributions to knee joint stability: implications for injury, rehabilitation and degenerative disease
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Room 3356, Mackenzie Building, Carleton University
November 20, 2014 17:30-19:00 Dr. Zahra Moussavi
IEEE EMBS Distinguished Lecture
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Prediction during Wakefulness: Challenges and Future Directions
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Room 5050, Minto Centre, Carleton University
November 3, 2014 11:30-12:30 Dr. Rolf Clackdoyle
Data Consistency Conditions in Image Reconstruction from Projections
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Room 2400, Canal Building, Carleton University
October 7, 2014 12:00-16:00 Prof. Donna Strickland
Dr. Maria Rey
A Joint WIE/Photonics Workshop
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Room 214, Residence Commons, Carleton University
October 6, 2014 12:00-13:00 Dr. Gabriel Wainer
Modeling and Simulation of Biomedical Applications with the DEVS formalism
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3356 Mackenzie Building, Carleton University
September 26, 2014 13:30-14:30 Dr. Andrew Speirs
Cartilage biomechanics: A multidisciplinary approach to understanding tissue function and degeneration
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4332 Mackenzie Building, Carleton University
September 22, 2014 12:00-13:00 Dr. Chris Harder
Point of care DNA diagnostics: faster, better, cheaper
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3356 Mackenzie Building, Carleton University
September 10, 2014 12:00-13:30 Prof. Bhaskar D. Rao
Bayesian Methods for Sparse Signal Recovery (IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecture)
Co-sponsored by IEEE Ottawa Joint Chapter of Signal Processing, Oceanic Engineering, and Geoscience and Remote Sensing, the IEEE Ottawa Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Chapter (EMBS), The IEEE Ottawa Communications Society, Broadcast Technology Society, and Consumer Electronics Society (ComSoc/BTS/CES) Joint Chapter, the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society and the Systems, Man & Cybernetics Ottawa Joint Chapter, IEEE Ottawa Chapter of Computer Society, IEEE Ottawa Section Life Members Affinity, IEEE Ottawa Section (OS), and NSERC DIVA Network
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Note location change: Room 5084, SITE Building/University of Ottawa, 800 King Edward Avenue, University of Ottawa
May 12, 2014 10:00-15:00 Dr. Anthony (Tony) Ponsford and Dr. Bhashyam Balaji
Workshop on Radars and Radar Signal Processing
Co-sponsored by IMS - Instrumentation and Measurement Society, SP, OE, & GRS - Joint Chapter of Signal Processing, Oceanic Engineering, and Geoscience and Remote Sensing, VTS - Vehicular Technology Society, AESS - Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, WIE Affinity - Women in Engineering, Life Members Affinity, andYoung Professionals
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Room CBY-A707, Colonel By Hall, 161 Louis Pasteur, University of Ottawa
May 8, 2014 16:00-17:00 Dr. Rangaraj M. Rangayyan, PhD, PEng, FIEEE, FEIC, FAIMBE, FSPIE, FSIIM, FCMBES, FCAE
Color Image Processing with Biomedical Applications
Co-sponsored by EDS, CAS, & SSCS - Joint Chapter of Electron Devices Society, Circuits and Systems Society, and Solid-State Circuits Society
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Canal Building Room 2400, Carleton University
April 30, 2014 19:00-20:00 Dr. Bijan Raahemi
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in Healthcare and Medicine
Organized by IEEE Ottawa, Association of IEEE Consultants Network.
Sponsored by IEEE Ottawa EMBS
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Advanced Technology Building (T), Room T129 Algonquin College
March 20, 2014 12:00-13:00 Dr. Jeff Dawson
Learning from insects -- they're not just squishy and icky
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311 Southam Hall Carleton University
March 6, 2014 12:00-13:00 Dr. WonSook Lee
Computer Assisted Hip Modeling, Simulation and Visualization
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311 Southam Hall Carleton University
January 23, 2014 12:00-13:00 Dr. Sylvain Pitre
Advances in Computational Protein-Protein Interaction Prediction
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311 Southam Hall Carleton University
December 19, 2013 13:30-15:00 Dr. Patrice Gamand
RF products and Vision at NXP
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Mackenzie Building Room 4124 Carleton University
November 28, 2013 15:00-16:30 Dr. Rolf Clackdoyle
Accurate Tomographic Imaging Requires Less Measurement Data Than We Thought
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River Building, Room 3228 Carleton University
November 21, 2013 15:00-16:00 Dr. Hilmi Dajani
Interfacing between the brain and hearing-aid
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River Building, Room 3228 Carleton University
November 7, 2013 15:00-16:00 Dr. Isabelle Catelas
Challenges and new approaches to improve hip implant longevity
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River Building, Room 3228 Carleton University
October 24, 2013 15:30-16:30 Kevin Holmes
Opportunities for Collaboration with Algonquin College in Medical Devices and Technology
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River Building, Room 3228 Carleton University
October 17, 2013 15:00-16:00 Michel Nganbe
Total Hip Replacements: Failure, Retrieval and In Vitro Assessment of Strength, Durability and Distraction
co-sponsered by Life Members Affinity group
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River Building, Room 3228 Carleton University
October 10, 2013 15:00-16:00 Edgar Matida
Pharmaceutical Aerosol Research at Carleton University
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River Building, Room 3228 Carleton University
September 25, 2013 18:30-20:00 Stefan Mozar
Design Considerations for Consumer Power Supplies
IEEE Ottawa Section, IEEE Communications Society, Broadcast Technology Society, and Consumer Electronics Society Ottawa Joint Chapter (ComSoc/BTS/CESoc), Power and Energy Society Ottawa Chapter (PES), Reliability Society & Power Electronics Society Ottawa Joint Chapter (R/PEL), Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Ottawa Chapter (EMBS), Antennas and Propagation Society & Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Ottawa Joint Chapter (AP/MTT), IEEE Educational Activities, and IEEE Algonquin College Student Branch
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Advanced Technology Building (T), Room T129 Algonquin College
September 18, 2013 14:00-16:00 Prof. J. C. Chiao
Implantable Wireless Medical Devices and Systems
IEEE Ottawa Antennas and Propagation Society and Microwave Theory & Techniques Society (AP/MTT) Joint Chapter, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Chapter, Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology (CPMT) Chapter, Communications Society, Broadcast Technology Society, and Consumer Electronics Society (ComSoc/BTS/CES) Joint Chapter, Engineering Medicine and Biology (EMB) Chapter, Vehicular Technology (VT) Chapter, Aerospace and Electronic Systems (AES) Chapter, IEEE Ottawa Section (OS), and Department of Electronics at Carleton University (DoE Carleton)
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Mackenzie Engineering Building, Room 4124 Carleton University
September 10, 2013 18:30-20:00 Dr. Erol Gelenbe
Energy Aware Computer Systems and Networks
IEEE Ottawa Section, IEEE Communications Society, Broadcast Technology Society, and Consumer Electronics Society Ottawa Joint Chapter (ComSoc/BTS/CESoc), IEEE Computer Society Ottawa Chapter (CS), IEEE Power and Energy Society Ottawa Chapter (PES), IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society & Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Ottawa Joint Chapter (AP/MTT), Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Ottawa Chapter (EMBS), IEEE Educational Activities, IEEE Canada Eastern Area, and IEEE Algonquin College Student Branch
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Advanced Technology Building (T), Room T129 Algonquin College
September 5, 2013 14:30-16:00 Dr. Kiran Gunnam
VLSI Architectures for Communications and Signal Processing
The Department of Electronics, Carleton University and the IEEE Ottawa Section, and its Chapters: SSCS/ EDS/CASS Joint Chapter, ComSoc/BTS/CES Joint Chapter, EMBS Chapter, CPMT Chapter and the IEEE Canada Eastern Area
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Minto Center 2014 Carleton University
CANCELLED (to be rescheduled) Dr. Samy Mahmoud
The Design of Modern Engineering Curriculum: Outcome-based Learning
IEEE Ottawa Section, and its Chapters: ComSoc/BTS/CESoc Joint Chapter, PES Chapter, CS Chapter, R/PEL Joint Chapter, EMBS Chapter, IMS Chapter, APP/MTT Joint Chapter, IPS Chapter, RAS/CSS Joint Chapter, EDS/CAS/SSCS Joint Chapter, SP/OE/GRS Joint chapter, and CPMT Chapter, along with IEEE Ottawa Educational Activities, IEEE Ottawa Women in Engineering, and IEEE Canada Eastern Area
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P-Building Room P303 Algonquin College
August 14, 2013 11:00-12:00 Refreshment and Networking 12:00-12:30 Dr. Rakesh Kumar
Challenges, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Microelectronics
Department of Electronics, Carleton University and the IEEE Ottawa Section, and its Chapters: SSCS/ EDS/CASS Joint Chapter, ComSoc/BTS/CES Joint Chapter, EMBS Chapter, CPMT Chapter, R-PEL Joint Chapter, SP, OE & GRS Joint chapter, IMS Chapter, PES Chapter, TM, PCS & SSIT Joint Chapter, CI & SMC Joint Chapter as well its affinity groups: AICN, LM, WiE and GOLD and the IEEE Canada Eastern Area
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Minto Center Room 2014 Carleton University
April 30, 2013 18:00-19:00 Dr. Yonina Eldar
Defying Nyquist in Analog to Digital Conversion
IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecture (co-sponsered by IEEE EMBS Chapter)
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Room 206 Ottawa Convention Centre
CANCELLED Dr. Hilmi Dajani
Interfacing between the brain and hearing-aid
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Southam Hall Room 317 Carleton University
March 25, 2013 14:30-15:30 Paul McCool
Pattern Recognition for Myoelectric Signals and an Introduction to the Centre for Excellence in Signal and Image Processing at the University of Strathclyde
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Southam Hall Room 317 Carleton University
November 28, 2012
16:00 - 17:30
Dr. Rajeev Yadav
EEG Spike Sorting
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Mackenzie Building Room 3356
Carleton University
November 21, 2012
16:30 - 17:30
Dr. Mojtaba Ahmadi
Robotics and Rehabilitation
co-sponsored with GOLD and EIT
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Mackenzie Building Room 3356
Carleton University
November 14, 2012
15:30 - 17:00
Dr. Jim Ryan
Signal Processing in Hearing Aids
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Mackenzie Building Room 3356
Carleton University
October 18, 2012
14:30 - 16:30
Dr. Luca Roselli
Green RFID: An enabling technology toward the Internet of Things (IoT) world
Sponsored by Carleton University, Faculty of Engineering and Design (FED), Department of Electronics (DoE), IEEE Ottawa Section CAS/EDS/SSC, CPMT, AP/MTT, EMBS, EMC, CI/SMCS, SP/OE/GRS, WiE and LMA Chapters
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Mackenzie Building Room 4124
Carleton University
October 17, 2012
16:00 - 17:30
Dr. Andy Adler
Toward Testing Tasers
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Mackenzie Building Room 3356
Carleton University
October 3, 2012
14:30 - 16:00
Dr. John Bandler
Routes to success in academic research: A personal perspective
Sponsored by Carleton University, Faculty of Engineering and Design (FED), Department of Electronics (DoE), IEEE Ottawa Section CAS/EDS/SSC, CPMT, AP/MTT, EMBS, EMC, CI/SMCS, SP/OE/GRS, WiE and LMA Chapters
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University Center Room 282
Carleton University
September 26, 2012
15:30 - 19:00
Dr. Richard Weber
Simultaneous classifier design and feature selection for pattern recognition in biotechnology
co-sponsored by the Computational Intelligence society
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Mackenzie Building 3356
Carleton University
April 13, 2012
14:00 - 15:00
Dr. Min Chen
Advances in Body Area Networks
Jointly offered by the IEEE Ottawa EMBS Chapter, the IEEE Ottawa Signal Processing, Oceanic Engineering, and Geoscience and Remote Sensing Joint Chapter (SP/OC/GRS), the IEEE Ottawa Computer Society Chapter (CompSoc), the IEEE Ottawa Life Members Affinity

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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
April 13, 2012
12:00 - 14:00
Dr. Jean-Charles Bolomey
Scattering by Load-Modulated Antennas Background, RFID and Sensing Applications
Jointly offered by the IEEE Ottawa Antennas and Propagation Society and Microwave Theory & Techniques Society (AP/MTT) Joint Chapter, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Chapter, Electron Devices Society, Circuits and Systems Society, and Solid-State Circuits Society (EDS/CAS/SSCS) Joint Chapter, Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology (CPMT) Chapter, Computer Society (CompSoc), Communications Society, Broadcast Technology Society, and Consumer Electronics Society (ComSoc/BTS/CES) Joint Chapter, Engineering in Medical and Biology Society (EMBS) Chapter, IEEE Ottawa Section (OS), and Department of Electronics at Carleton University (DoE Carleton)

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Mackenzie Building 4124
Carleton University
April 4, 2012
18:00 - 19:30
Kurban Ubul
From Biometrics to Writer Identification: Methods, Applications, and Issues
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Mackenzie Building 4236
Carleton University
January 18, 2012
18:00 - 19:30
Dr. Adrian D. C. Chan
Presenting your Research
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Mackenzie Building 4236
Carleton University
January 13, 2012
14:00 - 15:00
Dr. Tiago H. Falk
Environment-Robust Brain-Computer Interfaces: Can Insights be Used for Biologically-Inspired Speech Processing
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
November 24, 2011
18:00 - 19:30
Dr. Mehran Talebinejad
Biomedical engineer meets entrepreneur
Jointly offered by Ottawa EMBS Chapter, TM, PCS, & SSIT Joint Chapter and Ottawa Gold Affinity group
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Mackenzie Building 4342
Carleton University
November 17, 2011
18:00 - 19:30
Timothy Zakutney
Clinical Engineering and Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Program Support: The University of Ottawa Heart Institute Experience
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Mackenzie Building 4342
Carleton University
November 10, 2011
18:00 - 19:30
Dr. Andrew JE Seely
Monitoring multiorgan variability in health and illness: Complexity science at the bedside
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Mackenzie Building 4342
Carleton University
October 27, 2011
18:00 - 19:30
Dr. Donna Hudson
IEEE Distinguished Lecturer
The Intersection of Technology and Medicine: Personal Healthcare in the 21st Century
Jointly offered by IEEE Ottawa EMBS, the Technology Management Council, Professional Communication Society and Society on Social Implications of Technology Joint Chapter, Ottawa Gold Affinity and Life Members Affinity groups
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Minto Centre 2014
Carleton University
October 20, 2011
18:00 - 19:30
Dr. Srini Ramaswamy
Large-scale industrial software systems: Research opportunities and challenges
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Advanced Technology Building (T) Room T129
Algonquin College
October 13, 2011
18:00 - 19:30
Dr. Edward Lemaire
Rehabilitation Intelligent Mobility Systems (RIMS)
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Mackenzie Building 4342
Carleton University
September 29, 2011
18:00 - 19:30
Dr. Yasheng Maimaitijiang
Development and application of bio-impedance tomography (EIT/MIT/MMT)
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Mackenzie Building 4342
Carleton University
September 6, 2011
18:00 - 19:30
Dr. Ran Klein
Rubidium-82 PET: Bang-for-Buck Technology for Steering Cardiac Care
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Mackenzie Building 4342
Carleton University
May 31, 2011
14:30 - 16:30
Dr. Natalia K. Nikolova
Microwave near-field imaging of human tissue: Hopes, challenges, outlook
IEEE Ottawa EMBS Chapter and IEEE Ottawa AP/MTT Chapter
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SITE Room C0136
University of Ottawa

RSVP required. Please reply to ali.kabiri@gmail.com

March 9, 2011
18:00 - 19:30
Dr. Michel Dumontier
Query-based composition of chemical Semantic Web services
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Mackenzie Building 3174
Carleton University
January 19, 2011
18:00 - 19:30
Dr. Carolyn McGregor
Charting a Course of Prediction through Unchartered Waters: Neonatal Health Informatics for our Next Generation
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Mackenzie Building 3174
Carleton University
January 12, 2011
18:00 - 19:30
Dr. Amaya Arcelus
Smart home technology for the unobtrusive monitoring of older adults
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Mackenzie Building 3174
Carleton University
December 16-17, 2010 (co-sponsor) Ottawa IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society
SMART ARM - Workshop on Self Monitoring, Analysis and Recording Technologies for Adverse Reactions to Medicine
School of Information Technology 2060
University of Ottawa
November 3, 2010
18:00 - 19:30
Dr. Gabriel O. Sawakuchi
Proton therapy dosimetry: a brief overview and challenges
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Mackenzie Building 3328
Carleton University
October 6 2010
18:00 - 19:30
Mr. Rajeev Yadav
Decision Support Systems for Care & Management of Epilepsy
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Mackenzie Building 3328
Carleton University
September 29, 2010
18:00 - 19:30
Dr. Yasheng Maimaitijiang
Methods and technologies for detecting and preventing the stroke
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Mackenzie Building 3328
Carleton University
September 21, 2010
18:30 - 20:00
(Registration 18:00 - 18:30)
Dr. James Green
Acceleration of Exact String Matching for Computational Mass Spectrometry
co-organized with the IEEE Ottawa Computer Society
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SITE Room 5084
University of Ottawa
September 15, 2010
18:00 - 19:30
Dr. Michel Labrosse
Modeling in cardiovascular mechanics
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Mackenzie Building 3328
Carleton University
May 19, 2010
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1:00 - 12:00
Dr. Mohamad Sawan
Intracortical Multichannel Recording for Efficient Prosthetic Implementation
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Mackenzie Building 4124
Carleton University
March 25, 2010
18:00 - 21:00
DRDC Biometrics Activities and IEEE CIS Biometrics Mission
The IEEE Ottawa Reliability, Computational Intelligence, Computer, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Ottawa Chapter Societies invite all interested IEEE members and other engineers, technologists, and students to this seminar on biometrics.
Registration is required
T-Building, Room T327
Algonquin College
March 24, 2010
18:00 - 19:30
Dr. Isabelle Catelas
Wear particle-induced periprosthetic osteolysis and bone tissue engineering using fibrin gels
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Mackenzie Building 3356
Carleton University
March 17, 2010
18:00 - 19:30
Dr. Adrian Chan
re·search (r-sūrch, rsūrch)? Where does one even begin?
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Mackenzie Building 3356
Carleton University
January 27, 2010
18:00 - 19:30
Alain Mouttham
Personal Heart Monitoring System for the prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death
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Mackenzie Building 3356
Carleton University
January 13, 2010
18:00 - 19:30
Dr. Andrew Marble
Low field, portable MRI for medical and non-medical applications
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Mackenzie Building 3356
Carleton University
November 16, 2009 Dr. Tong Xu
A 3D target tracking technology using Positron emission isotopes for medical applications

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Mackenzie Building 3356
Carleton University
November 12-13, 2009 Ottawa IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society
SMART ARM - Workshop on Self Monitoring, Analysis and Recording Technologies for Adverse Reactions to Medicine
School of Information Technology
University of Ottawa
November 12, 2009 Dr. Rangaraj M. Rangayyan
IEEE Distinguished Lecturer
Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Breast Cancer: Towards the Detection of Early and Subtle Signs
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School of Information Technology Room 5084
University of Ottawa
November 2, 2009 Dr. Saif Ahmad
Long-term and Short-term Heart Rate Variability Analysis

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Mackenzie Building 3356
Carleton University
September 28, 2009
18:00 - 19:30
Jay Lawrence
From Innovation to Commercialization - Lessons while bootstrapping a healthcare software company
(Government of Canada recognizes Infonium Inc. as Innovation Leader)
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Mackenzie Building 3356 (note change of room)
Carleton University
September 16, 2009
18:00 - 19:30
Dr. Brian Lithgow
A quantitative measure for the separation of neurological and neurodegenerative disorders
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
September 14, 2009
18:00 - 19:30
Dr. Hanspeter Frei
Fracture repair of the aging skeleton
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
May 13-15, 2009 2nd Annual Carleton Cell BE Programming Workshop
"The Cell BE in Biomedical Informatics"
Carleton University
April 2, 2009
18:00 - 20:00
Professor Ji Chen
EMC/EMI Issues in Biomedical Research
IEEE EMC Distinguished Lecturer Presentation
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FIDUS SYSTEMS Inc., 900 Morrison Drive, Suite 203, Ottawa, Ontario, K2H 8K7
March 26, 2009
17:30 - 19:00
Dr. Hilmi Dajani
'Brainspeak': Listening in on Auditory Processing of Complex Sounds
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
March 13, 2009
14:30 - 17:30
Biomedical Engineering Networking and Career Information Event
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Tory Building Lounge (3rd floor) and Room 360
Carleton University
February 5, 2009
17:30 - 19:00
Dr. Joan Stevenson
Practical Exploitation of Energy Return in a Personal Lift Assistive Device
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
January 22, 2009
17:30 - 19:00
Dr. Radu Leca, Biosign Technologies Inc.
On the Proper Scope of Engineering in Medicine
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
December 11, 2008
17:30 - 19:00
Dr. Sam Musallam
Extraction and Utilization of Cognitive Signals for Neural Prosthetic Applications

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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
November 20, 2008
17:30 - 19:00
Dr. Anne-Gaelle Rolland-Lagan
Quantitative analysis of network patterns in developing organs
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
October 23, 2008
17:30 - 19:00
Dr. Monique Frize
New Applications and Developments of Infrared Imaging
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Mackenzie Building 4332
Carleton University
April 10, 2008
14:00 - 15:30
Dr. Kevin Englehart
Next generation of artificial limbs
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
CANCELLED Dr. Radu Leca, Biosign Technologies Inc.
On the Proper Scope of Engineering in Medicine
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
March 13, 2008
17:30 - 19:00
Dr. Stoyan Tanev
Photonics Simulation Tools for Biophotonics: Finite-Difference Time-Domain Modeling of the Gold Nanoparticle Effect on Optical Phase Contrast Imaging of Single Biological Cells
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
February 28, 2008
17:30 - 19:00
Dr. Sangeeta Murugkar
Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy in biology and medicine
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
February 21-22, 2008 WARM 2008
Workshop on Adverse Response Monitoring
link to workshop
Ben Franklin Place, Ottawa ON
February 14, 2008
17:30 - 19:00
Dr. Edgar Akio Matida
Large Eddy Simulation of Pharmaceutical Aerosol Deposition in Complex Geometries
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
January 31, 2008
17:30 - 19:00
Dr. Stavros Tavoularis
Simulations of blood flow in artificial and natural hearts

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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
January 17, 2008
15:00 - 16:30
Dr. Xuhua Xia
Recent advances in molecular phylogenetics
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Minto Center 2014
Carleton University
November 28, 2007
13:30 - 15:00
Dr. David Sankoff
Genome rearrangements in evolution
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
November 7, 2007
13:30 - 15:00
Dr. Peter Liu
Haptic technology and its application to surgery
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
October 24, 2007
17:30 - 19:00
Dr. Ramesh Balasubramanian
Human Motor Control: Where neurophysiology meets signal processing
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
September 21, 2007
17:30 - 19:00
Sami Qutob, Health Canada
Analysis of gene expression in two human-derived cell lines exposed in vitro to a 1.9 GHz pulse-modulated radiofrequency field
html version
Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
August 16, 2007
17:30 - 19:00
Qinghan Xiao, Senior Member, IEEE
Biometrics, RFID and Smartcard in Healthcare
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
April 20, 2007
17:30 - 19:00
Biomedical Engineering Networking and Career Information Event
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Leeds 124
Carleton University
March 23, 2007
17:30 - 19:00
Dr. Yuu Ono
A piezoelectric and ultrasonic membrane sensor for non-invasive biomedical monitoring and diagnosis
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
February 2, 2006
8:00 - 16:00
Noninvasive Blood Pressure Measurements & Standardization Workshop 2007
"One Hundred Years Later: Are We Really Measuring Blood Pressure?"
National Research Council, Building M-50, Auditorium
1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa
December 4, 2006
10:30 - 12:00
Dr. Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou
Lying, Deception and Face Familiarity with Visual Evoked Potentials
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NRC Auditorium
1200 Montreal Road Building M-50
April 10, 2006
17:30 - 19:00
Dr. Robert Stodilka
Monitoring stem cell therapy using Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
March 16, 2006
17:30 - 19:00
Dr. Diana Wilkinson
How prepared are we for responding to a radiological/nuclear mass casualty event?
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
January 12, 2006
17:30 - 19:00
Dr. Rajamani Doraiswami
Modelling and Identification Tissue Impedance
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
November 23, 2005
17:30 - 19:00
Dr. James Green
Discovering protein structure and function via nonlinear system identification
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University
October 19, 2005
17:30 - 19:00
Dr. Andy Adler
Biometric Identification: Operation, Applications, Issues
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Mackenzie Building 4359
Carleton University