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Friday, August 1, 2008

Notes on My Recent Trip to France, Part 1: The Last ONCO-MEDIA Meeting in Paris

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Note: Below is part 1 of a series of notes on my recent trip to France.



THE LAST ONCO-MEDIA MEETING IN PARIS



A report by

Rafael P. Saldana, Ph.D.

Co-Principal Investigator

ONCO-MEDIA Project

(http://www.onco-media.com/)



Introduction





ONCO-MEDIA Meeting, Day 1



ONCO-MEDIA - The last meeting in Paris

Date: July 11-12, 2008

Location: LIP6, 5th floor, Room 549
104 avenue du President Kennedy, 75016 Paris

Time Schedule:

Friday, July 11

10h Welcome

10h30 Appraisal on the project
History and life of the project
Daniel RACOCEANU

11h30 Coffee break

12h Contribution of each partner: I
Toshiharu NAKAI

13h Lunch

14h Contribution of each partner: II
Henning MULLER
Rafael SALDANA
Sorina CAMARASU
Jean-Romain DALLE
Patrick Brézillon

17h Coffee break

17h30 Contribution of each partner: III

Heng-Shuen CHEN

19h Eiffel Tower by foot (sponsor by Onco-Media France)

Saturday, July 12

10h Plan for the last three months for concluding the
project
1. Writing of the last report (outline,
individual contribution)

2. Proposal for a special issue or a book
Plan for the future

1. ICT-Asia

2. Other proposals (SinFra, SEACOOP, ... )

3. Prototyping (I3S et AIST/CGG)?

4. Student exchanges?

13h End of the meeting and lunch together in a restaurant

How to reach the place:

http://www.lip6.fr/fr/informations/comment.php#

RER line C station "Avenue du President Kennedy -
Maison de la Radio"

NB: look carefully at the signs
on the platform.

Metro: line 6; station Passy

by bike:
http://www.en.velib.paris.fr/comment_ca_marche/faq__1


Contact Person:


Patrick BREZILLON,
LIP6, Box 169, University Paris VI,
104,ave. du Pdt Kennedy, 75016 PARIS, France
Phone: +33 1 44 27 70 08 - Fax: +33 1 44 27 70 00
Mobile.: +33 6 10 63 76 96
Web: http://www-sysdef.lip6.fr/~brezil


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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Trip to Paris, France (July 2008)

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Photo Caption: Location map of the Laboratoire d'Informatique, University of Paris 6 in Paris, France -- venue of the ONCO-MEDIA project meeting starting on July 11, 2008.


On Thursday morning (10 July 2008)
I will leave Manila and go to Paris, France for a scheduled research meeting (ONCO-Media Project, http://www.onco-media.com) via KLM flight KL 0804, departing from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 10:45 a.m. and arriving in Paris (via Amsterdam) at 9:20 p.m. on the same day.

This will be my third time to visit Paris, France. My first time was in August 1997 when I joined the XII World Youth Day Celebration. My second time was in September 2002 when I made a side trip to Paris (from Spain) on my way to Copenhagen (Denmark).

Our research meeting is scheduled to start on July 11 in the Laboratoire d'Informatique, University of Paris 6 ( http://www.lip6.fr/en/index.html ) in Passy, Paris, France. Our host is Dr. Patrick Brezillon.

I will attend this research meeting in my capacity as Co-Principal Investigator (for Ateneo de Manila University) of the ONCO-MEDIA project.

For more more information about ONCO-MEDIA, visit the website:
http://www.onco-media.com



Raffy 7/8/08

Saturday, January 26, 2008

ICT4Health 2008: Call For Participation (Updated, 1/27/08)

NOTE: ICT4Health 2008 will provide registration subsidies to all deserving undergraduate and graduate students. Also, the registration fees of authors of contributed papers may be waived or subsidized. For more information, contact Dr. Rafael Saldana (E-mail: raffysaldana@gmail.com).

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CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION:

ICT4Health 2008
International Symposium on ICT For Health
(in conjunction with the 4th ONCO-MEDIA meeting in Asia)
February 29 - March 1, 2008
Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
Sponsored by the French Embassy in Manila
Website: http://www.math.admu.edu.ph/ict4health
E-mail: ict4health@gmail.com


BACKGROUND:

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has an important role in healthcare delivery, especially in many developing countries and communities.

The International Symposium on ICT For Health (ICT4Health 2008) aims to provide a forum for research and information exchange among healthcare practitioners, ICT professionals, researchers, faculty, students and various institutions engaged in ICT and Health (academe, government, industry, NGOs, etc.)

ICT4Health 2008 will be held in conjunction with the 4th ONCO-MEDIA Project Meeting in Asia. ONCO-MEDIA (http://www.onco-media.com/) is an international research collaboration on biomedical applications of Grid technology funded by the ICT Asia Regional Program of the French Government.

ICT4Health 2008 also includes a Workshop on Apoptosis/Cancer.

ICT4Health 2008 is being sponsored by the French Embassy in Manila.

TOPICS:

ICT4Health 2008 will include (but are not limited to) the following topics:

· Bioinformatics
· Biomedical Applications of Grid Computing
· Biomedical Imaging
· Computational Methods and Algorithms for Biomedical Applications
· ICT-facilitated Collaboration in Biomedical/Health Research
· ICT in Disease Prevention and Epidemiology
· Improvement of Healthcare Delivery Through ICT
· Information Retrieval/Data Mining for Health Applications
· Medical Databases
· Medical Informatics
· Medical Ontology
· Mobile and Wireless Applications for Health
· Modeling and Simulation in Medicine
· Using ICT in Remote Consultation, Diagnosis and Treatment
· Using ICT to Improve Public Health Systems
· Using ICT to Improve Medical Health Facilities

PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS:

Contributed papers/presentations on the symposium topics are being solicited.
Selected papers will be peer-reviewed and will be published in a special issueof the Philippine Information Technology Journal (PITJ) (provided that the papers are presented in ICT4Health 2008).

Use the ACM paper format (maximum of 4 pages for EXTENDED ABSTRACTS): See the following link for details.http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates

Submit Extended Abstracts to Dr. Rafael P. Saldaña ( see contact details below ).

IMPORTANT DATES:

Deadline for Submission of Extended Abstracts: 31 January 2008

Notice of Acceptance: 6 February 2008

Early Bird Registration: 10 February 2008

Symposium: 29 February – 1 March 2008

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Daniel RACOCEANU, Ph.D., Dr. Habil.
IPAL - Image Processing Application Laboratory
French National Research Center – CNRS,
National University of Singapore – NUS,
Institute for Infocomm Research,
A*STARFrance/Singapore
A/Prof at the University of Franche-Comté, France


PROGRAM (Tentative)

Day 1. February 29, 2008 (Friday)
08:00 – 08:30 a.m. Registration
08:30 – 09:00 Opening Session/Welcome Remarks
09:00 – 10:00 Keynote Paper 1
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00 Invited Paper 1
11:00 - 11:30 Invited Paper 2
11:30 - 12:00 Invited Paper 3
12:00 – 01:00 p.m. Lunch Break
01:00 – 01:30 Invited Paper 4
01:30 – 02:00 Invited Paper 5
02:00 – 02:30 Invited Paper 6
02:30 – 03:00 Invited Paper 7
03:00 – 03:15 Coffee Break
03:15 – 03:45 Invited Paper 8
03:45 – 04:15 Invited Paper 9
04:15 – 04:45 Invited Paper 10
04:45 – 05:15 Invited Paper 11

Day 2. March 1, 2008 (Saturday)

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Keynote Paper (Workshop on Apoptosis/Cancer)
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:00 Parallel Sessions
12:00 – 01:00 p.m. Lunch Break
01:00 – 03:00 Parallel Sessions
03:00 – 03:30 Closing Session/Distribution of Certificates
03:30 – 05:30 ONCO-MEDIA Business Meeting

REGISTRATION FEES:

1. Foreign Participants: 100 U.S. Dollars ( 70 Euros or 11,500 Japanese Yen)

2. Local Participants:

Early Bird Registration Fee: PhP 2,500 ;
Regular Registration Fee: PhP 3,000
(Php = Philippine Peso)

NOTES:

1) The registration fee includes the following: snacks, lunch, symposium kit, and certificate of participation.

2) The registration fee does not include hotel accommodation and transportation expenses.

3) Check payments should be made payable to: ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY

4) Subsidies (reduced registration fee) will be given to students who will participate in ICT4Health. To apply for subsidy, contact Dr. Rafael Saldaña (see contact details below).

5) All participants must submit a Pre-Registration Form.

For more information, contact:

Dr. Rafael P. Saldaña
Convenor, ICT4Health 2008
c/o Grid and High Performance Computing Group
School of Science and Engineering
Ateneo de Manila University
Loyola Heights, Quezon City 1108, PHILIPPINES
and Editor-in-Chief,
Philippine Information Technology Journal
Telephone Numbers: (+63 2) 709090, (+63 2) 4266125
Fax: (+63 2) 4266125
Mobile: +63 928 5043121
E-mails: raffysaldana@gmail.com , ict4health@gmail.com

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Trip To Taiwan, Day 2. Nov. 19, 2007


TRIP TO TAIWAN
Nov. 18 - 26, 2007

Day 2. Monday, November 19, 2007.

8:00 a.m. Breakfast in Academica Sinica Coffee Shop

9:00 Opening Ceremony, 5th ICT Asia Regional Seminar, ICT Asia Program

Welcome Remarks:

  • Mr. WONG Chi-Huey, President of Academia Sinica
  • Mr. Jean-Claude POIMBOEUF, Director of the French Institute in Taipei
  • Mr. YANG Hung-Duen, Deputy Minister of the National Science Council
  • Mr. Christian THIMONIER, Vice-Director In-Charge of Scienc
10:00 Session I. Presentation of Projects in Progress

  • MOSAIC: Mobile Search and Annotation using Images in Contest, Dr. Joo-Hwee LIM, IPAL-CNRS, Singapore
  • ONCO-MEDIA: Ontology and Context Related Medical Image Distributed Intelligent Access, Dr. Daniel RACOCEANU, IPAL-CNRS, Singapore
  • SCOUT: Survey of Catstrophe and Observation in Urban Territories, Dr. Eric CASTELLI, MICA-CNRS, Vietnam
  • MNSD: Models and Simulations for Natural Disasters, Dr. Jean SERRA, IGM, France
12:40 Lunch Break.

After Lunch, our ONCO-MEDIA partners led by Dr. Daniel Racoceanu and I proceed to the Wangfang Hospital, about 45 minutes travel by taxi from the Academia Sinica. The ONCO-MEDIA Project Workshop was held from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Our presentations were as follows:

  • "Use of the Medical Knowledge and Medical Cases for Stroke Detection from Brain CT", Dr. Daniel Racoceanu, IPAL-CNR, Singapore

  • "Image Processing as Process: Applications on Cerebral MRI", by Dr. Patrick Brezillon, University of Paris, France

  • "Medical Image Indexing and Retrieval for Assisted Diagnosis, Medical Research, and Teaching" by Dr. Wee-Kheng Leow, National University of Singapore

  • Video Conference: "Data Management for Neuroimaging in Medical GRID" by Dr. Toshiharu Nakai and Dr. Epifanio Bagarinao, AIST, Japan

  • "A Web-Based Query and Retrieval System of Federated DICOM Image Archives" by Dr. Rafael Saldaña (in collaboration with Karlo Layug, Paolo Tioseco and Allan Espinosa), Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines

  • "Intelligent Medical Image Retrieval with Electronic Medical Records for Dementia Treatment Enhancement" by Mei-Ju Su, National Taiwan University
After our paper presentations, the Chief Information Officer of Wang Fang Hospital showed us some medical information systems and innovative equipment being used by the hospital.

After the hospital tour, our ONCO-MEDIA group proceeded to the Sherwood Hotel for the Welcome Reception (Cocktail and Dinner) sponsored by Mr. Jean-Claude Poimboeuf, Director of the French Institute in Taipei.

Trip To Taiwan, Day 1. Nov. 18, 2007

(Photo Caption: Aerial View of the Taiwan Taouyuan International Airport.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Taoyuan_International_Airport)

Trip To Taiwan
November 18-26, 2007



Day 1. November 18, 2007. Manila To Taipei.
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Itinerary

8:30 a.m. Departed from Residence in Quezon City

11:10 a.m. Departed from Manila International Airport (NAIA) aboard Cebu Pacific Air 5J310

1:10 p.m. Arrived in Taipei (Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport). Met by representatives of ICT-Asia Seminar Organizers.

3:00 p.m. Arrived in Academia Sinica Center of Academic Activities (Guest House). Registered for the ICT-Asia Seminar. Stayed in Room 4017.

5:00 p.m. Left Academia Sinica for a Conference Dinner (MIST 2007) in Taipei 101, the tallest building in the world. Had Dinner with fellow speakers and invited guests in MIST 2007 (Medical Informatics Symposium in Taiwan) at Panorama Restaurant located at the 85th floor of Taipei 101.

11:00 p.m. Back in Academia Sinica

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Trip To Taiwan

( Figure Caption: Map of Taiwan. Source: www.orientaltravel.com/taiwan_map.jpg )


Tomorrow (November 18, 2007) I will be in Taipei, Taiwan for the following meetings and conferences:

1) International Medical Informatics Symposium in Taiwan 2007 (MIST 2007)
2) ONCO-MEDIA Meeting
3) 5th ICT Asia Regional Seminar


I am a guest speaker at MIST 2007 which will be held from November 18 to 19, 2007 at the Taipei Medical University Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. The tentative schedule is posted in the following website: http://bisp.tmu.edu.tw/mist2007/schedule_e.htm

Dr. Hung-Wen Chiu, Secretary-General of the Taiwan Association for Medical Informatics also invited me and other speakers to attend the conference banquet at 85F Observatory Restaurant of the Taipei 101 - the tallest building in the world tomorrow (11/18/07) evening.

The 5th ICT Asia Regional Seminar is a French Government funded project. It will be held on November 19-21, 2007 at the Academia Sinica. The seminar will bring active researchers to present the latest accomplishments, innovations and potential furture initiatives in the following toipics: (1) Grid and high performance computation, (2) Semantic web and new generation Internet digital content, (3) Network infrastructure, (4) ICT for health, and (4) Robotics and cognitive sciences.

While in Taipei, I am also scheduled to visit our research partners in the Academia Sinica Grid Computing Center.

This will be my third time to visit Taipei, Taiwan. My first two visits to Taiwan occurred in 1994 and 1995, respectively, during the organizational meeting and first conference of High-Performance Computing Asia (HPC-ASIA).

Raffy
11/17/07