Program Committee

Maria Pedro Guarino Health Sciences, Polytechnic University of Leiria Portugal https://citechcare.ipleiria.pt/people/maria-pedro-guarino/

Brief Bio
Maria Pedro Guarino is Coordenator Professor at the Polytechnic of Leiria and Head of the FCT R&D Unit – ciTechCare- Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology. PhD in Physiology by NOVA University of Lisbon and post-graduated in Pharmacology and Therapeutics by the University of Manitoba, Canada, her area of research is related to Medical and Health Sciences with an emphasis on Basic Medicine, Physiology and Pathology. As a PI she is currently dedicated to applying the scientific knowledge gathered in the last 15 years in the field of chronic disease biology to developing novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for obesity and type 2 diabetes, including nutritional approaches and medical devices. She collaborated with the Pharma industry, as disease biologist, translating her know-how as a pathophysiologic to into practice looking at biomarker profiling of chronic metabolic diseases and its application to develop distinctive signatures for diagnosis and prognosis purposes. Her research within this field originated 2 patents and the creation of a spin-off company. Recently she gained insight into the area of chronobiology as an innovative approach to tackle obesity and type 2 diabetes. In 2020 her research group was distinguished with the Emilio Peres Award, attributed by the Portuguese Society of Diabetology in the field of chrononutrition. She has over 50 publications from Web of Science Core Collections and supervises/co-supervises PhD and Master’s students. In 2018 she was appointed member of the Consulting Board of Leiria Hospital Center (CHL, E.P.E) by the Ministry of Health and she Coordinated the Health Think Tank created by the Leiria Municipality to structure the regional response to COVID 19 pandemics. She believes in the importance of applied knowledge and societal commitment, being involved in several outreach activities of Science Dissemination. ... More >>

Kazuhiro Hotta Meijo University Japan

Brief Bio
He received the B.Eng., M.Eng., and Dr.Eng. degrees from Saitama University in 1997, 1999, and 2002, respectively. From 1999 to 2002, he was a JSPS research fellow (DC1). From 2002 to 2010, he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Electro-Communications. From 2010 to 2018, he was an Associate Professor at Meijo University. Since 2018, he has been a Professor at Meijo University. In 2012, he was a visiting scholar at the University of Maryland. His current research interests include pattern recognition, computer vision, machine learning and bioimage computing.He received the B.Eng., M.Eng., and Dr.Eng. degrees from Saitama University in 1997, 1999, and 2002, respectively. From 1999 to 2002, he was a JSPS research fellow (DC1). From 2002 to 2010, he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Electro-Communications. From 2010 to 2018, he was an Associate Professor at Meijo University. Since 2018, he has been a Professor at Meijo University. In 2012, he was a visiting scholar at the University of Maryland. His current research interests include pattern recognition, computer vision, machine learning and bioimage computing.

Malik Yousef Information Systems, Zefat Academic College Israel

Brief Bio
Malik Yousef is a senior member of Tzfat Academic College in Israel. He received his Ph.D. in Computer science from the University of Haifa. His postdoctoral was at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia in the USA. He served as a dean of graduate study at the Colleg of Sakhnin. His main research interests are in computation methods applied to biomedical data.Malik Yousef is a senior member of Tzfat Academic College in Israel. He received his Ph.D. in Computer science from the University of Haifa. His postdoctoral was at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia in the USA. He served as a dean of graduate study at the Colleg of Sakhnin. His main research interests are in computation methods applied to biomedical data.

Hui Liu Cognitive Systems Lab, Faculty 3 - Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen Germany https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/csl/institute/team/staff/dr-hui-liu

Brief Bio
Hui Liu is a post-doctoral researcher at the Cognitive Systems Lab (CSL), University of Bremen, focusing on biomedical engineering, biosignal processing, human activity recognition (HAR), rehabilitation assistance, machine learning (ML), robotics, virtual reality, and music information retrieval (MIR). Hui Liu developed the first mobile system that senses and recognizes its users' movements in real-time, utilizing proximity wearable sensors integrated into a knee bandage. He invented Motion Units, a human activity modeling method with interpretability, generalizability, and expandability, rationalizing knowledge from kinesiology and automatic speech recognition into HAR research (2021). In 2022, Hui Liu proposed novel variants of the pitch histogram, the merged pitch histogram and the pitch-duration histogram, and successfully applied them to ethnomusicology studies and singing aids. Currently, Hui Liu has two technology patents pending. ... More >>

Giovanni Saggio Electronics, University of Tor Vergata, Rome Italy http://www.hiteg.uniroma2.it/

Brief Bio
Giovanni Saggio received the M.Sc. and the Ph.D. degrees in Electronic Engineering from the University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy, in, respectively, 1991 and 1997. Since 1997 he's an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. His research interests include analog electronics, sensors, biomedical engineering, wearable devices, human-machine interface, brain-computer interfaces.Giovanni Saggio received the M.Sc. and the Ph.D. degrees in Electronic Engineering from the University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy, in, respectively, 1991 and 1997. Since 1997 he's an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. His research interests include analog electronics, sensors, biomedical engineering, wearable devices, human-machine interface, brain-computer interfaces.

Hannes Schlieter Technische Universität Dresden Germany

Brief Bio
Dr. Hannes Schlieter is head of the Research Group Digital Health at the Faculty of Economics at TU Dresden. His research focuses on theories and design issues in the field of digital transformation, especially, but not exclusively, in the healthcare sector (Digital Health). His research contributions in the areas of methodological research, adaptation of digital care solutions, implementation of digital health ecosystems, standardization and digitization of patient pathways, and design and development of virtual coaching applications reflect the interdisciplinary nature of his research in national, as well as international research collaborations. His work has already been published in over 90 publications. Currently, Dr. Hannes Schlieter is also the spokesperson of the "FG Digital Health" in the "Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V." (the German Informatics Society). Furthermore, from 2017-2020 he was the head of the junior research group Care4Saxony. In the Research Group Digital Health, Dr. Hannes Schlieter is responsible for strategic orientation, international cooperation, and third-party funding activities. In this role, he works EU projects like vCare, collaborates in Gatekeeper, and is part of national projects, such as MiHubX and QPATH4MS. ... More >>