Programme at a Glance Saturday, October 25, 2008 B2-104 B2-107 B2-109

13.00-13.30 Registration (Venue Hall) 13.30-14.45 TU1-I TU2-I TU3-I 14.45-15.00 Coffee Break (Venue Hall) 15.00-16.30 TU1-II TU2-II TU3-II 18.00-19.30 Welcome Reception (Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum)

Refreshments offered by Aalborg Kommune Speeches by Simone Frattasi, General Chairman, Kristian Schnoor, Vice-Mayor, and Aalborg Kunstmuseum

The museum is open for visits

Sunday, October 26, 2008

B3-104 A4-106 B2-107 B2-109 08.00-08.45 Registration (Venue Hall) 08.45-09.00 Opening Ceremony

Speech by Nicola Marchetti, General Co-Chairman

09.00-09.30 K1 09.30-10.50 BIO&SON (4) BSD-I (4) 10.50-11.00 Coffee Break (Venue Hall) 11.00-12.20 SP3 (4) MID (4) 12.20-13.30 Lunch (Venue Hall) 13.30-14.00 K2 14.00-15.20 SP4-I (4) BSC-I (4) 15.20-15.30 Coffee Break (Venue Hall) 15.30-16.50 EMP (4) 19.30-22.30 Gala dinner (Utzon Center)

Welcome cocktail The center is open for visits

Speeches by Horia Cornean and Dario Farina, TPC Co-Chairmen Awards presented by Frede Blaabjerg, Dean of The Faculty of Engineering, Science and Medicine

Monday, October 27, 2008

B2-104 B2-107 B2-109 08.00-09.00 Registration (Venue Hall) 09.00-09.30 K3 09.30-10.50 THC (4) BSC-II (4) 10.50-11.00 Coffee Break (Venue Hall) 11.00-12.20 SP4-II (4) BSS (4) 12.20-13.30 Lunch (Venue Hall) 13.30-14.00 K4 14.00-15.20 BSN (4) SP2-I (4) 15.20-15.30 Coffee Break (Venue Hall) 15.30-16.30 SP2-II (3)

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

B2-107 B2-109 08.00-09.00 Registration (Venue Hall) 09.00-09.30 K5 09.30-10.00 K6 10.00-11.20 BSD-II (4) SP1-I (2) 11.20-11.30 Coffee Break (Venue Hall) 11.30-12.50 SP4-III (4) SP1-II (3)

Technical Programme Saturday, October 25, 2008 Tutorial 1 (TU1) Chairman: Sanjay Kumar, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-104; Time: 13.30-16.30. Lajos Hanzo1, Near-Capacity Wireless Multimedia Communications, 1University of Southampton, UK. Prof. Lajos Hanzo, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, received his first-class degree in electronics in 1976 and his doctorate in 1983. In 2004 he was awarded the Doctor of Sciences (DSc) degree by the University of Southampton, UK. During his career in telecommunications he has held various research and academic posts in Hungary, Germany and the UK. Since 1986 he has been with the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK, where he holds the established chair in telecommunications. He has co-authored 15 books, totalling 10 000 pages on mobile radio communications, published in excess of 750 research papers, has acted as TPC Chair of numerous major IEE and IEEE conferences, presented various keynote lectures and has been awarded a number of distinctions. Currently he heads a 45-strong academic research team, working on a range of research projects in the field of wireless multimedia communications sponsored by industry, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) UK, the European IST Programme and the Mobile Virtual Centre of Excellence (VCE), UK. He is an enthusiastic supporter of industrial and academic liaison and he offers a range of industrial courses. Lajos is an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, a Fellow of both the IEEE and the IEE/IET. He is an editorial board member of the Proceedings of the IEEE and a Governor of both the IEEE VT Society and ComSoc. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Press. For further information on research in progress and associated publications, please refer to http://www-mobile.ecs.soton.ac.uk. Tutorial 2 (TU2) Chairman: Yannick Le Moullec, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-107; Time: 13.30-16.30. Georgios B. Giannakis1, Sensing and Resource Allocation for Cognitive Radios, 1University of Minnesota, USA. Prof. Georgios B. Giannakis received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1986 from the Univ. of Southern California. Since 1999 he has been a professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota, where he now holds an Endowed ADC Chair in Wireless Telecommunications. His general interests span the areas of communications, networking, signal processing, estimation and detection theory -- subjects on which he has published more than 250 journal papers,

450 conference papers, two research monographs and two edited books. Current research focuses on wireless networks, complex-field and space-time coding, ultra-wideband and cognitive radios, cross-layer designs and wireless sensor networks. He is the (co-) recipient of six best paper awards from the IEEE Signal Processing and Communications Societies (1992, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004) and also received the IEEE Signal Processing Society's Technical Achievement Award in 2000 as well as the EURASIP Technical Achievement Award in 2005. He is an IEEE Fellow since 1997 and has served the IEEE in various editorial and organizational posts. Tutorial 3 (TU3) Chairman: Horia Cornean, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-109; Time: 13.30-16.30. Kim Knudsen1, Inverse Problems: from Mathematics to Medical Imaging, 1Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark. Prof. Kim Knudsen received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Aalborg University in 2002. He has been employed as Assistant Professor and Associate Professor at Aalborg University from 2002 to 2008. In 2004-2005 he was Post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle, financed by the Carlsberg Foundation. He is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics at the Technical University of Denmark. His research interests include the mathematical theory of Inverse Problems and applications. In particular his work concerns the emerging technique for medical imaging called Electrical Impedance Tomography.

Technical Programme Sunday, October 26, 2008 Keynote 1 (K1) Chairman: Simone Frattasi, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: A4-106; Time: 09.00-09.30. Georgios B. Giannakis1, Distributed Estimation Using Wireless Sensor Networks, 1University of Minnesota, USA. Bio-Inspired Algorithms and Self-Organizing Networks (BIO&SON) Chairman: Yannick Le Moullec, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-107; Time: 09.30-10.50. 09.30-09.50: A. Tyrrell1, G. Auer1, C. Bettstetter2, On the Accuracy of Firefly Synchronization

with Delays (INVITED), 1DOCOMO Euro-Labs, Germany, 2University of Klagenfurt, Mobile Systems Group, Germany.

09.50-10.10: K. Leibnitz1, M. Murata1, A. Nakao2, Biologically-Inspired Path Selection Scheme for Multipath Overlay Networks (INVITED), 1Osaka University, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Japan, 2The University of Tokyo, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, Japan.

10.10-10.30: N. Wakamiya1, S. Arakawa1, M. Murata1, Self-Organizing Network Architecture for Scalable, Adaptive, and Robust Networking (INVITED), 1Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, Japan.

10.30-10.50: S. Balasubramaniam1, D. Botvich1, J. Mineraud1, M.Ó. Foghlú1, W. Donnelly1, Self-Sustaining Composed Service Groups for Future Internet (INVITED), 1Telecommunication Software and Systems Group Waterford Institute of Technology, Carriganore Waterford, Ireland.

Special Session on “PHY/MAC Design of Body Area Networks” (SP3) SP3 Chairman: Simone Frattasi, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-107; Time: 11.00-12.20. 11.00-11.20: N. Katayama1, K. Takizawa1, T. Aoyagi1, J. Takada1, H.-B. Li1, R. Kohno1, Channel

Model on Various Frequency Bands for Wearable Body Area Network (INVITED), 1National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan.

11.20-11.40: D. Smith1, L. Hanlen1, D. Miniutti1, J. Zhang1, D. Rodda1, B. Gilbert1, Statistical

Characterization of the Dynamic Narrowband Body Area Channel, Networked Systems, National ICT Australia, Canberra, Australia.

11.40-12.00: R. Pagliari1, Y.-W.P. Hong2, A. Scaglione3, Pulse Coupled Oscillators’ Primitives for Collision-Free Multiple Access with Application to Body Area Networks (INVITED), 1Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Cornell University, USA, 1Institute of Communications Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 3Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Davis, USA.

12.00-12.20: D. Šimunić1, Marijan Djurek1, Electromagnetic Dosimetry Issues Related to Human

Exposure from Body Area Networks Devices (INVITED), 1University of Zagreb, Croatia.

Biomedical Signal Detection and Acquisition (BSD) BSD-I Chairman: Francesco Negro, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-109; Time: 09.30-10.50. 09.30-09.50: G. Skov-Madsen1, N. Rijkhoff1, B.K. Vistisen2, Long-Term Stability of EMG

Recordings Using a Wireless EMG Electrode, 1Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI), Aalborg University, Denmark, 2Coloplast A/S, Denmark.

09.50-10.10: C. Miry1, F. Gillard1, R. Loison, An Application of the Multi-level DG-FDTD to the Study of a Medical Implant Antenna in Different Body Models, 1Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes (IETR), France.

10.10-10.30: L.M. Borges1, A. Rente2, F.J. Velez1, L.R. Salvado2, A.S. Lebres3, Smart-Clothing for Health Monitoring and Sport Applications, 1Instituto de Telecomunicações, Dept. of Electromechanical Engineering, University of Beira Interior, Portugal, 2Dept. of Textile Engineering, University of Beira Interior, Portugal, 3Dept. of Physics, University of Beira Interior, Portugal.

10.30-10.50: D. Morris1, B. Schazmann1, Y. Wu1, F. Cormac1, S. Beirne1, C. Slater1, K.T. Lau1, G. Wallace2, D. Diamond1, Wearable Technology for the Real-time Analysis of Sweat during Exercise, 1National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University, Ireland, 2Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Australia.

Medical Image Detection, Acquisition, Analysis and Processing (MID) Chairman: Francesco Negro, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-109; Time: 11.00-12.20. 11.00-11.20: M. Lilja1, Fast and Accurate Voxel Projection Technique in Free-Form Cone-Beam

Geometry With Application to Algebraic Reconstruction (INVITED), 1Dept. of

Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland.

11.20-11.40: J.-C. Garcia-Alvarez1, Image Information Access Using Wedgelet Filters, 1Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia.

11.40-12.00: P. Yan1, Dynamic EIT Image Reconstruction Using Regularization Based Conjugate Gradients, 1School of Communication and Information Engineering, China.

12.00-12.20: H. Ranjzad1, A. Ebrahimi1, H.E. Sadigh1, Improving Feature Vectors for Iris Recognition through Design and Implementation of New Filter Bank and Locally Compound Using of PCA and ICA, 1Dept. of Electrical Engineering Sahand University of Technology, ICT lab, Iran.

Keynote 2 (K2) Chairman: Nicola Marchetti, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: A4-106; Time: 13.30-14.00. Lajos Hanzo1, Tale of the Random, the Guided and the Maximum Likelihood: Bio-Inspired Optimization in Wireless Communications, 1University of Southampton, UK. Special Session on “Mathematics as Foundation of Information and Communication Theory and Technology” (SP4) SP4-I Chairman: Horia Cornean, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-107; Time: 14.00-15.20. 14.00-14.20: J. Walrand1, Entropy in Communication and Chemical Systems (INVITED),

1University of California, Berkeley, USA.

14.20-14.40: A. Hjørungnes1, Finding Patterned Complex-Valued Matrix Derivatives by Using Manifolds (INVITED), 1UniK – University Graduate Center, University of Oslo, Norway.

14.40-15.00: F. Bentosela1, Capacity Estimates for MIMO Wireless Channels (INVITED), 1CNRS-Centre de Physique Theorique, France.

15.00-15.20: V. Savin1, Non Binary LDPC Codes Over the Binary Erasure Channel: Density Evolution Analysis (INVITED), 1Laboratory of Electronics and Information Technologies (LETI) of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), France.

Biomedical Signal Detection and Classification (BSC) BSC-I Chairman: Francesco Negro, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-109; Time: 14.00-15.20. 14.00-14.20: T. Sierocinski1, N. Theret2, D. Petritis1, Fuzzy and Quantum Methods of

Information Retrieval to Analyse Genomic Data from Patients at Different Stages of Fibrosis (INVITED), 1Institut de Recherche Mathématique, Université de Rennes 1, France, 2INSERM U620, Université de Rennes 1, France.

14.20-14.40: M. Döllinger1, A. Yang1, M. Stingl2, U. Eysholdt1, J. Lohscheller1, Biomechanical Modeling of Laryngeal Dynamics (INVITED), 1Dept. of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany, 2Dept. of Applied Mathematics II, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.

14.40-15.00: J. Liu1, M. Yoshinobu1, S. Omata1, A Circuit Method to Estimate the Bandwidth of Transducer Response with the Transition Band of a Filter and its Application in the Measurement of Tissue Viscosity, 1NEWCAT Institute Nihon University Koriyama, Japan.

15.00-15.20: A. Samani1,2, P. Madeleine1, Functional Orderly Arrangement of the Trapezius Sud-divisions Indicated by Mutual Information of SEMG Signals, 1Laboratory for Work-related pain and Biomechanics, Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI), Dept. of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark, 2National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark.

Electromagnetic Impact on Human Body and Propagation Models for Wireless Biomedical Applications (EMP) Chairman: Sanjay Kumar, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-107; Time: 15.30-16.50. 15.30-15.50: A.Y. Simba1, S. Watanabe1, T. Hikage2, T. Nojima2, Measurement of the Maximum

SAR in a Spherical Phantom When Operating a Mobile Phone Near a Metallic Wall, 1National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan, 2Hokkaido University, Japan.

15.50-16.10: B. Gupta1, D. Valente1, E. Cianca1, R. Prasad2, FM-UWB for Radar and Communications in Medical Applications, 1Center for TeleInFrastruktur (CTIF) – Italy, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy, 2CTIF – Denmark, Aalborg University, Denmark.

16.10-16.30: 16.30-16.50:

T. Nagaoka1, S. Watanabe1, SARs in a Three-Year-Old-Child: Comparison between an Anatomically Realistic Model and Uniform and Non-Uniform Scaling Models, 1National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan. J.W. Jung1, A. Kailas1, M.A. Ingram1, E.M. Popovici2, An Evaluation of Cooperation

Transmission Considering Practical Energy Models and Passive Reception (INVITED), 1School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, 2Dept. of Microelectronic Engineering, National University of Ireland, Ireland.

Technical Programme Monday, October 27, 2008 Chairman: Dario Farina, Aalborg University, Denmark. Keynote 3 (K3) Room: B2-107; Time: 09.00-09.30. Hermie J. Hermens1, Combining Biomedical with Communication Engineering to Enable Remote Monitoring and Remotely Supervised Treatment, 1University of Twente and Roessingh Research and Development, The Netherlands. Prof. Hermie J. Hermens did his master in biomedical engineering at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. His PhD was on surface EMG simulation, processing and clinical applications. Currently, he is Professor in neuromuscular control at the University of Twente and cluster manager at Roessingh Research and Development. In 2007, he became head of a Telemedicine group at the University, focused on ambulatory monitoring and remotely supervised training. He is (co)-author of over 100 peer reviewed scientific journal publications and 8 scientific proceedings/text books. He coordinated three European projects and participated in over 20 other international projects. He is fellow and past president of the International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology (ISEK), editor in chief of the JBMR and coordinated the Seniam group leading to the first surface EMG recommendations. His present research is focused on combining Biomedical Engineering with Information and Communication Technology to create new health care services enabling remote monitoring and remotely supervised treatment/training. Tele Healthcare and Medical Applications (THC) Chairman: Nicola Marchetti, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-107; Time: 09.30-10.50. 09.30-09.50: P. Pulli1, A. Metso1, X. Zheng2, Ubiquitous Services for Senior Citizens: Service

architecture and middleware (INVITED), 1Dept. of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, Finland, 2SILC, Shanghai University, China.

09.50-10.10: N. Caporusso1, L. Mkrtchyan1, L. Badia1, A Multimodal Network Board Game System for Blind People, 1IMT, Italy.

10.10-10.30: A. Lie1, K. Grythe1, I. Balasingham2, On the Use of the MPEG-21 Framework in Medical Wireless Sensor Networks, 1SINTEF ICT, Norway, 2Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway.

10.30-10.50: A. Hristova1, A.M. Bernardos1, J.R. Casar1, Context-aware Services for Ambient Assisted Living: a Case Study, 1Telecommunications School, Technical University of Madrid, Spain.

Special Session on “Mathematics as Foundation of Information and Communication Theory and Technology” (SP4) SP4-II Chairman: Horia Cornean, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-107; Time: 11.00-12.20 11.00-11.20: Mark F. Flanagan1, Unified Communication Receiver Design Methodologies: Factor

Graphs and Linear Programs (INVITED), 1University of Zurich, Switzerland.

11.20-11.40: R. de Miguel1, R.R. Müller1, Vector Precoding for a Single-User MIMO Channel: Distributed vs. Cooperative Detection (INVITED), Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunications, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.

11.40-12.00: S. Primak1, E Sejdi2, Application of Multitaper Analysis to Wireless Communications Problems (INVITED), 1Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, Canada, 2Bloorview Research Institute, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada.

12.00-12.20: R.K.A. Owusu1, Particle Filtering and Information Fusion of Innovative Location and Tracking Device Targeting GPS Hostile Environments, 1Mathematical Modeling and Applied IT Department, Danish Innovation Institute – Pera Innovation Network, Denmark.

Biomedical Signal Detection and Classification (BSC) BSC-II Chairman: Leonardo Gizzi, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-109; Time: 09.30-10.50. 09.30-09.50: M. Afgani1, S. Sinanovic1, H. Haas1, Anomaly Detection Using the Kullback-Leibler

Divergence Metric, 1Institute for Digital Communications, The University of Edinburgh, UK.

09.50-10.10: S. Støa1, Morten Lindeberg2, Vera Goebel2, Online Analysis of Myocardial Ischemia From Medical Sensor Data Streams with Esper, 1The Interventional Centre, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 2Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway.

10.10-10.30: S. Saberi1, V. Esmaeili2, F. Towhidkhah3, M.H. Moradi3, Predicting Atrial Fibrillation Termination using ECG Features, a Comparison (INVITED), 1Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Allameh Mohaddas Nouri University, Iran, 2School of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran, 3Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran.

10.30-10.50: O. Sayadi1, M.B. Shamsollahi1, Model-Based ECG Fiducial Points Extraction Using a

Modified Extended Kalman Filter Structure (INVITED), 1Biomedical Signal and Image Processing Laboratory (BiSIPL), School of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran.

Blind Source Separation, Source Identification and Decomposition (BSS) Chairman: Silvia Muceli, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-109; Time: 11.00-12.20. 11.00-11.20: N. Jiang1, K. Englehart1, P. Parker1, Estimating Forces at Multiple Degrees of

Freedom from Surface EMG using Non-negative Matrix Factorization for Myoelectric Control, 1Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

11.20-11.40: G. Pagana1, S. Salvador1, G. Vecchi1, Signal Processing Techniques for Microwave Imaging of the Breast, 1Dept. of Electronics, Politecnico di Torino, Italy.

11.40-12.00: D. Ge1, E. Le Carpentier1, D. Farina2, J. Idier1, Unsupervised Bayesian EMG Decomposition Algorithm Using Tabu Search, 1Institut de Recherche en Communications et Cybernétique de Nantes, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Université de Nantes, CNRS, France, 2Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction Faculty of Engineering, Dept. of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark.

12.00-12.20: A. Karagiannis1, L. Loizou1, P. Constantinou1, Experimental Respiratory Signal Analysis Based on Empirical Mode Decomposition, 1Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mobile Radio Communications Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.

Keynote 4 (K4) Chairman: Horia Cornean, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-104; Time: 13.30-14.00. Poul G. Hjorth1, A Metabolic Switch, 1Dept. of Mathematics, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark. Prof. Poul G. Hjorth was born on October 8, 1955. He got a Ph.D. in mathematical physics from University of California, San Diego, in 1988. He has been employed with the Department of Mathematics at Denmark's Technical University since 1994. In 2004 he was Visiting Professor at the Mærsk McKinney Møller Institute for Production Technology, University of Southern Denmark (SDU). He was awarded a NATO Science Fellowship in 1982. Poul Hjorth is currently the Secretary of the Danish Mathematical Society, and an Editor for Math. Industry Case Studies (MICS). He is a regular (co)organizer of European Study Groups with Industry, in Denmark. His research interests are in Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Dynamical Systems, Classical Mechanics.

Biomedical Sensor Networks (BSN) Chairman: Sanjay Kumar, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-107; Time: 14.00-15.20. 14.00-14.20: S. Støa1, I. Balasingham2, A Decentralized MAC Layer Protocol with Periodic

Channel Access for Biomedical Sensor Networks, 1The Interventional Centre, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway, 2Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunications, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.

14.20-14.40: X. Liang1, I. Balasingham2, S.-S. Byun3, A Reinforcement Learning based Routing Protocol with QoS Support in Biomedical Sensor Networks (INVITED), 1Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway, 2The Interventional Center, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway, 3Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunications, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.

14.40-15.00: T. Dimitriou1, Security Issues in Biomedical Wireless Sensor Networks (INVITED), 1Athens Information Technology, Greece.

15.00-15.20: E. Stuart1, M. Moh1, T.-S. Moh1, Privacy and Security in Biomedical Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks (INVITED), 1Dept. of Computer Science, San Jose State University, USA.

Special Session on “Implementation Methodologies for Communication and Biomedical Systems” (SP2) SP2-I Chairman: Yannick Le Moullec, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-109; Time: 14.00-15.20. 14.00-14.20: A. Tranberg-Hansen1, J. Madsen2, A Service Based Component Model for

Composing and Exploring MPSoC Platforms (INVITED), 1Bang & Olufsen ICEpower, Denmark, 2Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark.

14.20-14.40: G. Souquet1, D. Andreu1, D. Guiraud1, Petri Nets Based Methodology for Communicating Neuroprosthesis Design and Prototyping (INVITED), 1Robotics Department in the LIRMM Laboratory of the University of Montpellier II, France.

14.40-15.00: V. Guzma1, S.S. Bhattacharyya2, P. Kellomäki1, J. Takala1, An Integrated ASIP Design Flow for Digital Signal Processing Applications (INVITED), 1Tampere University of Technology, Finland, 2University of Maryland, USA.

15.00-15.20: N. Prasad1, Secure SDR-Enabled Wireless Networks Ability (SUBWAY) (INVITED), 1Aalborg University, Denmark.

SP2-II Chairman: Yannick Le Moullec, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-109; Time: 15.30-16.30. 15.30-15.50: R. Abildgren1, Implementation Effort Estimation – The Time from Specification to

HW Solution (INVITED), 1Center for Embedded Software Systems, Aalborg University, Denmark.

15.50-16.10: K. Grüttner1, F. Oppenheimer1, W. Nebel2, OSSS Methodology – System-Level Design and Synthesis of Embedded HW/SW Systems in C++, 1OFFIS – Institute for Information Technology, Germany, 2Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany.

16.10-16.30: F. Lehocki1, G. Juhás2, R. Lorenz3, M. Drozda4, Extended Fuzzy Petri Nets for Decision Support (INVITED), 1Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia, 2University of Augsburg, Germany, 3Dept. of Computer Science, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany.

Technical Programme Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Keynote 5 (K5) Chairman: Horia Cornean, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-107; Time: 09.00-09.30. Viggo A. Andreasen1, Using Mathematical Models to Understand the Transmission Dynamics and Control of Infectious Diseases, Dept. of Science Systems and Models at Roskilde University, Denmark. Prof. Viggo A. Andreasen was born on September 21, 1953 in Lillerod, Denmark. In 1987 he got is Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at Cornell University, USA. In 1988 he was Post-doctoral fellow at the Dept. of Ecology and Genetics at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. From 1989 to 1992 he was Assistant Prof. at the Dept. of Mathematics and Physics at Roskilde University, Denmark, where in 1993 he became Associate Prof. In 2002 he was Visiting scientist at Princeton University at the Institute for Advanced Study. He is now employed with the Dept. of Science Systems and Models at Roskilde University. He is interested in epidemic models (especially influenza) and pandemic control strategies. Keynote 6 (K6) Chairman: Dario Farina, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-107; Time: 09.30-10.00. Metin Akay1, Neural Engineering: Neurogenesis, Neurocontrol and Neurochips, 1Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, Harrington Dept. of Bioengineering, Arizona State University, USA. Prof. Metin Akay received his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Bogazici University, Istanbul Turkey in 1981 and 1984, respectively and a Ph.D. degree from Rutgers University in 1990. He has played a key role in promoting the biomedical education in the world by writing several prestigious books and editing the Biomedical Engineering Book Series published by the Wiley and IEEE press. Prof. Akay is a recipient of the IEE EMBS Service Award, a IEEE Third Millennium Medal and the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Early Career Achievement Award in 1997, the Young Investigator Award of Sigma Xi Society, Northeast Region in 1998 and 2000, is a fellow of Institute of Physics, and serves on numerous editorial and advisory boards of several international journals.

Biomedical Signal Detection and Acquisition (BSD) BSD-II Chairman: Silvia Muceli, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-107; Time: 10.00-11.20. 10.00-10.20: M. Schibli1, M. Wiesendanger1, L. Guzzella1, K.W. Hoyer1, M. Soellinger1, V.

Kurtcuoglu1, P. Boesiger1, In-vitro Measurement of Ventricular Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow using Particle Tracking Velocimetry and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 1ETH Zürich, Institut für Mess- und Regeltechnik, Switzerland.

10.20-10.40: D. Obeid1, G. Issa2, S. Sadek2, G. Zaharia1, G. El-Zein1, Low Power Microwave Systems for Heartbeat Rate Detection at 2.4, 5.8, 10 and 16 GHz, 1INSA de Rennes, France, 2Lebanese University, IUT, Lebanon.

10.40-11.00: K. Karacs1, A. Lázár1, R. Wagner1, B. Bálint1, T. Roska1, M. Szuhaj2, Bionic Eyeglass: The First Prototype (INVITED), 1Faculty of Information Technology, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary, 2‘IT for Visually Impaired’ Foundation, Hungary.

11.00-11.20: J. Bohorquez1, W. Sanchez1, L. Turicchia1, R. Sarpeshkar1, An Integrated-Circuit Switched-Capacitor Model and Implementation of the Heart (INVITED), 1Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.

Special Session on “Mathematics as Foundation of Information and Communication Theory and Technology” (SP4) SP4-III Chairman: Horia Cornean, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-107; Time: 11.30-12.50. 11.30-11.50: R. Pal1, D. Idris2, K. Pasari2, N. Prasad2, R. Prasad2, Characterizing Reliability in

Cognitive Radio Networks, 1Dept. of Computer Science, University of Southern California, USA, 2Aalborg University, Denmark.

11.50-12.10: L. Badia1, Joint Routing and Scheduling in Wireless Mesh Networks: A Genetic Algorithm Approach (INVITED), IMT, Italy.

12.10-12.30: 12.30-12.50:

M.R.H. Nezhad1, Z.A. Zukarnain1, N.I. Udzir1, M. Othman1, A Connection Selection Method for Vertical Handoff in Hybrid Wireless Environment, 1University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. W.G. Scanlon1, S.L. Cotton1, G.A. Conway1, Propagation and Antennas Considerations for Internetworking BANs to Form Body-to-Body Networks (BBN) (INVITED), 1The Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT), Queen’s University, Ireland.

Special Session on “Information Transfer in Brain-Computer Interfaces” (SP1) SP1-I Chairman: Leonardo Gizzi, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-109; Time: 10.00-11.20. 10.00-10.40: G.R. Müller-Putz1, Graz Brain-Computer Interface: Control of Neuroprostheses for

the Upper Extremity (INVITED), 1Graz University of Technology, Austria.

10.40-11.20: E. Miranda1, Towards Brain-Computer Music Interfaces: Progress and Challenges (INVITED), 1Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR), University of Plymouth, UK.

SP1-II Chairman: Leonardo Gizzi, Aalborg University, Denmark. Room: B2-109; Time: 11.30-12.30. 11.30-11.50: M.-F. Lucas1, Optimization of a Set of Wavelets for Classification of Imaginary

Movement-Related Cortical Potentials (INVITED), 1Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France.

11.50-12.10: A. Vuckovic1, A Four-class BCI Based on Motor Imagination of the Right and the Left Hand Wrist (INVITED), 1Centre for Rehabilitation Engineering, University of Glasgow, Scotland.

12.10-12.30: A.F. Cabrera1, O.F. do Nascimento1, D. Farina1, K. Dremstrup1, Brain-Computer Interfacing: How to Control Computers with Thoughts (INVITED), 1Aalborg University, Denmark.