ICT4Health 2008: Program of Activities

ICT4Health 2008
International Symposium on ICT for Health
February 29 – March 1, 2008
Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines
Tel. +63 2 4266125, +63 2 7090907
E-mail: ict4health@gmail.com
Website: http://www.math.admu.edu.ph/ict4health
Host: School of Science and Engineering, Ateneo de Manila University
Co-sponsor: Embassy of France to the Philippines

PROGRAM (Tentative)

Day 1. February 29, 2008, SOM 111 (Ching Tan Room)

0800 - 0900 Registration

0900- 1030 Opening Session

Moderator/Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Nathaniel Libatique, Chair, Electronics, Communications, and Computer Engineering, Ateneo de Manila University

Invocation: Dr. Mercedes Rodrigo, Chair, Dept. of Information Systems and Computer Science, Ateneo de Manila University

National Anthem: Dr. Ma. Vivien Visaya, Assistant Professor, Mathematics Department, Ateneo de Manila University

Welcome Remarks

- Dr. Fabian Dayrit, Dean, School of Science and Engineering, Ateneo de Manila University

- Representative of Hon. Gerald Chesnel, Ambassador, Embassy of France to the Philippines

Symposium Orientation, Introduction of Participants and Keynote Speaker

- Dr. Rafael Saldaña, Co-Principal Investigator, ONCO-MEDIA Project, Ateneo de Manila University

Keynote Speaker [K1]

- Dr. Daniel Racoceanu, Principal Investigator, ONCO-MEDIA; IPAL Singapore; University of Franche-Comte, France

Talk: “"Medical Image/Case Based Reasoning Using Medical Knowledge to Improve Diagnosis Assistance Showcases: Early Diagnosis of Brain Stroke From Brain CT, Ultrasound Guided Biopsy for Breast Cancer Diagnosis"

Open Forum

1030 - 1100 Break

1100 – 1500: Content-Based Image Retrieval and Grid Computing

1100 - 1130 [A1] Dr. Patrick Brezillon (University of Paris, France)
1130 - 1200 [A2] Dr. Henning Muller (Switzerland)
1200 - 1330 Lunch
1330 - 1400 [A3] Dr. Dianne Lingrad (France)
1400 - 1430 [A4] Dr. Epifanio Bagarinao (Japan)
1430 - 1500 [A5] Sorina Camarasu (France)

1500 - 1515 Break

1515 – 1730: Medical Imaging, and Informatics/Bioinformatics (I)

1515 - 1545 [B1] Dr. Jiang Liu (Singapore)
1545 - 1615 [C1] Dr. Alvin Marcelo (Philippines)
1615 - 1640 [C2] Run Kunthy (Japan)
1640 – 1705 [C6] Jaderick Pabico (Philippines)
1705 – 1730 [B2] Jean-Romain Dalle(Singapore)

1730 – 1900 Research Collaboration Forum (Speakers from Singapore)
Venue: CTC 201 (with food and drinks)


Day 2. March 1, 2008, SOM 111, Venue: SEC Lecture Hall


0800 – 0830 Registration
0830 - 0900 [C8] Dr. Eduardo Mendoza (Germany and Philippines)

0900 – 1200: Workshop on Cancer and Systems Biology of Tumor Apoptosis

0900 – 0945 [K2] Dr. Avner Friedman (USA) (Keynote Speaker)
0945 – 1015 [E1] Dr. Baltazar Aguda (USA)
1015 - 1030 Break
1030 - 1050 [E2] Glory Ranches and Dr. Giselle Concepcion (Philippines)
1050 - 1110 [E3] Eva Rodriguez (Philippines)
1110 - 1135 [E4] Dr. Ricardo del Rosario and Dr Eduardo Mendoza (Germany and Philippines)
1135 - 1200 [E5] Andrei Coronel and Dr. Rafael Saldaña (Philippines)

1200 - 1300 Lunch

1300 - 1400: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Modeling and Automation

1300 - 1320 [D1] Neil Lee (Philippines)
1320 - 1340 [D2] Co, Concepcion, Barba, Biliran, Escalante (Philippines)
1340 - 1400 [D3] Doromal and Go (Philippines)

1400 – 1520: Medical Instrumentation and Informatics/Bioinformatics (II)

1400 – 1420 [B3] Miguel, Dizon, Abundo, Sison (Philippines)
1420 – 1440 [B4] Quedi, Aranas, Dizon, Abundo, Talampas, Sison (Philippines)
1440 – 1500 [C3] Ancajas, Randy Joseph Fernandez, Marc Talampas, Michael Abundo, and Dr. Luis Sison (Philippines)
1500 – 1515 Break
1515 – 1535 [C4] Daguimol, Berbose, Santos, Talampas, Abundo, and Dr. Sison (Philippines)
1535 – 1555 [C5] Navarro, Pagui, Triño, and Feria (Philippines)
1555 – 1615 [C7] Geoffrey Solano and Dr. Jaime Caro (Philippines)
1615 – 1635 [C8] Alison Perez (Philippines)

1635 - 1645 Closing Session


KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Day 1. February 29, 2008

[K1] Title: "Medical Image/Case Based Reasoning using Medical Knowledge to Improve Diagnosis Assistance Showcases: Early Diagnosis of Brain stroke from Brain CT, Ultrasound Guided Biopsy for Breast Cancer Diagnosis"

Speaker:

Daniel RACOCEANU, Ph.D., Dr. Habil.
IPAL - Image Perception, Access & Language laboratory, Singapore/France
French National Research Center – CNRS,National University of Singapore – NUS,
Institute for Infocomm Research - I2R, A*STAR
A/Prof at the University of Besançon, France

Day 2. March 1, 2008

[K2] Title: "Interaction of Tumor with its Microenvironment"

Speaker:

Avner FRIEDMAN, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Director, Mathematical Biosciences Institute
The Ohio State University, USA

[A]. Content-Based Image Retrieval and Grid Computing

[ A1]. “Medical Context” (tent.) by Patrick Brezillion (France)

[A2]. “A Medical Image Retrieval Application Using Grid Technologies To Speed Up Feature Extraction” by Xin Zhou, Mikko Pitkanen, Adrien Depeursinge, and Henning Muller (Switzerland)

[A3]. “Estimation of Latency on Production Grid Over Several Weeks” by Dianne Lingrand, Johan Montagnat and Tristan Glatard (France)

[A4]. “Medical Grid: Using Grid Technology for Brain Studies” by Epifanio Bagarinao, Toshiharu Nakai, and Yoshio Tanaka (Japan)

[A5]. “Content-Based Medical Image Indexing and Retrieval on Grids” by Sorina Camarasu, Hugues Benoit-Cattin, Johan Montagnat, and Daniel Racoceanu (France and Singapore)


[B]. Medical Imaging, Monitoring, and Intrumentation

[B1]. “Leaking Detection for Medical Image Segmentation” by Jiang Liu, Joo Hwee Lim, Daniel Racoceanu, Wong Wing Kee Damon, and Huiqui Li (France and Singapore)

[B2]. “Contribution to Automated Breast Cancer Grading on Hispatological Images” by Jean-Romain Dalle, Daniel Racoceanu, Wee-Kheng Leow, and Thomas Putti.

[B3]. “Bluetooth-Enabled Medical Instrumentation” by Roland Jay Miguel, Virna Mae Dizon, Michael Abundo, and Luis Sison (Philippines)

[B4]. “AXEL Activity Monitor Phase 2” by Stephen Alfred Quedi, Raissa Aranas, Virna Mae Dizon, Michael Abundo, Marc Talampas, and Luis Sison (Philippines)

[C]. Medical Informatics/ Bioinformatics

[C1]. “Analysis of Telereferrals from Doctors-to-the-Barrios sent via Short Messaging System” by Alex Gavino, Pia Tolentino, Alexandra Bernal, and Alvin Marcelo (Philippines)

[C2]. “Pilot Installation of e-Health System Connected From Central Hospital to Rural Community in Kandal Province, Cambodia Distributed by Wireless LAN Network” by Run Kunthy, Yoshiyo Urano, Kong Marry, and Sun Socheat (Japan)

[C3]. “TeleMed: LAN-Based Patient Monitoring System on Linux Platform” by Norman Ancajas, Randy Joseph Fernandez, Marc Talampas, Michael Abundo, and Luis Sison (Philippines)

[C4]. “Telemed II: Single Board Computer Implementation of a Linux-Based Telemedical System” by Brent Josef Daguimol, Christine Angelie Berbose, Dianne Santos, Marc Talampas, Michael Abundo, and Luis Sison (Philippines)

[C5]. “Service Oriented Mobile Telemedicine Framework” by Celene Ria Navarro, Dennis Pagui, Toni Ana Triño, and Rommel Feria (Philippines)

[C6]. ”A Simple Ant Model for Aligning Nucleotide Sequences” by Jaderick Pabico (Philippines)

[C7]. “An Association Scheme Interpretation of Nucleotide Alphabet Composition” by Geoffrey Solano and Jaime Caro (Philippines)

[C8]. “Online Disease Surveillance Map: A Geographic Information System of Notifiable Diseases” by Alison Perez (Philippines)

[C9]. “The WeP – A Worldwide Experimental Platform for Biomedical Studies” by Eduardo Mendoza (Germany and Philippines)

[D]. Cost-Benefit Analysis, Modeling and Automation

[D1]. “Mathematical Models for the Dynamics of Tuberculosis in the Philippines” by Neil Ivan Lee (Philippines)

[D2]. “A Cost-Effectiveness Study of a Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis Patient Monitoring System for the Programmatic Multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis Management: A Comparison of Automated and Manual Methods for DOTS Reporting” by Avian Loren T. Co, Marian F. Concepcion, Raphaela Marise C. Barba, Kristel Anne Rose A. Biliran, Arlan-z L. Escalante (Philippines)

[D3]. “A Cost-Benefit Analysis of an Automated RFID Drug Inventory System for Public Health Facilities” by Hanna Paula Doromal and Muriel Tania Go (Philippines)

[E]. Cancer and Systems Biology of Tumor Apoptosis

[E1]. “Analysis of Cancer Gene Networks in Cell Proliferation and Death” by Dr. Baltazar Aguda (USA)

[E2]. "Recent Research on Tumor Apoptosis Mediated by Marine Natural Products" by Glory Ranches and Dr. Giselle Concepcion (Philippines)

[E3]. “Mathematical Models for Cephalostatin 1-induced Apoptosis in Leukemic Cells” by Eva Rodriguez (Philippines)

[E4]. “An Integrated View of Apoptotic Processes -- the MINA Project” by Dr. Ricardo del Rosario and Dr. Eduardo Mendoza (Germany and Philippines)

[E5]. “Towards a Philippine Cancer Grid” by Andrei Coronel and Rafael Saldaña (Philippines)

{Updated Last February 20, 2008}

For inquiries, contact:

Dr. Rafael Saldaña
Convenor, ICT4Health 2008
School of Science and Engineering
Ateneo de Manila University
Tel. +63 2 4266125, +63 2 7090907
Mobile: 0928-5043121
E-mail: raffysaldana@gmail.com
Website: http://www.math.admu.edu.ph/ict4health