Carnegie Mellon Forum on Biomedical Engineering

The Carnegie Mellon Forum on Biomedical Engineering, to be held at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh on September 21, 2018, will provide a platform for discussions and identification of grand challenges and frontiers in biomedical engineering research, education, and translation.

PROGRAM

• Microphysiological Models that Rely on Emergence in Multi-Cellular Engineered Living Systems;
• World’s Deepest-Penetration and Fastest Cameras: Photoacoustic Tomography and Compressed Ultrafast Photography;
• Challenges and Trends in Medical Robotics;
• Driving and Reshaping Biotechnology;
• Tackling Grand Challenges in Precision Medicine Through Biomedical Engineering;
• Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Advanced Imaging and Precision Medicine;
• Challenges in Translating BME Technologies;
• Challenges in BME Education;
• CMU Approach to Addressing BME Challenges;
• Plenary Panel Discussion;
• Poster Session.

The forum will consist of keynote and plenary talks, plenary panel discussions, and poster presentations in the frontiers of biomedical engineering. A poster award competition will be open to students, postdocs or residents who present their research in any area interfacing engineering with medicine and health. Selected oral and poster presentations will be invited for submission to a special issue in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. Faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, postdocs, residents, clinicians and industrial practitioners, within and outside of CMU, are all cordially invited.

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NeuroTechNix 2017 - Madeira Island, Portugal

NeuroTechNix will be a meeting point of multidisciplinary teams, of both biomedical and engineering professionals, academics and practitioners. It will promote translational discussions on how technology can meet the needs of both clinical practitioners and persons with neurological disorders. 

Neurotechnix will emphasize research and application of neurotechnologies to different neurological disorders, such as: Neuromuscular diseases, Parkinson disease, Developmental disorders, Dementia , Epilepsy, Sleep disorders, Multiple Sclerosis, Neuroinfections, Brain Tumors, Stroke, Traumatic brain injuries, Cerebral Palsy, Spinal Cord Injury, Vision and Hearing disorders, among others. 

Conference Topics: 

• Neural Rehabilitation and Neuroprosthetics: Applications to Complex Communication Needs; Assistive Technologies; Augmentative and Alternative Communication; Biofeedback Therapy; Brain/Neural Computer Interfaces; Case Studies; Clinical and Social Impact of Neurotechnology; Mobile Technologies; Outcome Measures; Privacy, Security and Neuroethics; Robotic Assisted Therapy; Stimulation Systems; Telerehabilitation; Users’ Perception and Experience on Technologies; Virtual Reality Tools;
• Neuroinformatics and Neurocomputing: (Artificial) Neural Networks; Artificial Life; Brain Models and Functions; Cognitive Science and Psychology; Information Processing; Learning Systems and Memory; Neurobiology; Pattern Recognition; Reverse Engineering the Brain; Self-organization and Evolution;Simulation Models;
• Neuromodulation and Neural Engineering: Biochips and Nanotechnology; Bionic Vision; Biotechnology; Cochlear implants; Cybernetics; Deep Brain Stimulation; Electrical Stimulation; Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES); Neuro-interface Prosthetic Devices; Optogenetics; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; 
• Neuroimaging and Neurosensing: Brain imaging; Diagnostic Sensors; EEG and EMG Signal Processing and Applications; Electrical and Magnetic Recordings; Intelligent Diagnosis Systems; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Mobile and Embedded Devices; Monitoring Systems and Techniques; Neural Signal Processing; Neuroimaging; Optical Imaging Techniques; Positron Emission Tomography; Real Time Monitoringof Neuromuscular and Neural Activity; Remote Neurosensing; Sleep Analysis;

Madeira Island, 30 -31 October 2017

Paper Submissions: May 22, 2017 

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PhD positions in University of Rhode Island, USA

The National Center for Adaptative Neurotechnologies (NCAN) is looking for two PhD positions in Biomedical Engineering until December, 15th.

For more information contact the Assistant Professor, Yalda Shahriari.

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JORTEC 2013

In the last week of 18 to 23 February was held in the Faculty of Science and Technology of Lisbon - Portugal the JORTEC (TEChnological JOuRneys) 2013. The organizing commission of the biomedical’s JORTEC had some lectures and workshops very interesting during this days. 

Listing some we have:

• "The Biomedical Engineer in the Health Industry", Engineer Ana Raquel Reis
• "The present and future of devices for neural recording", Dr. Adam Kampff
• "The cerebellar circuit: from synapse to behavior", Dr. Megan Carey
• "Integrity in Science", Dr. João Lobo Antunes

More information can be obtained in the JORTEC2013 webpage.

Biomedical Engineering Salary and Jobs

Biomedical Engineering is one of the highest offer/paid jobs in the world. The CNN Money based in PayScale.com it says that a median pay for an experienced worker in the field is around $6.500 (5.000€) / month and it can be $10.000 (7.500€) at the top career.

The sites SimplyHire and Job Search Money CNN show some of the supply jobs around the world. In the last 30 days 3.000 jobs were found in SimplyHire (an average of 100 jobs offer per day).