QU-CENG hosts biomedical engineering & tele-medicine workshop

DOHA: Qatar University College of Engineering (QU-CENG) launched the international workshop on “Emerging Technologies in Biomedical Engineering and Tele-Medicine (ETBET’18)” yesterday. 

The two-day workshop, which ends today, is sponsored by Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF). Attending the opening ceremony were QU Chief Strategy and Development Officer Dr Darwish Al Emadi, CENG Dean Dr Khalifa Al Khalifa, CENG Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Head Dr Sumaya Al Maadeed, QNRF Executive Director Dr Abdul Sattar Al Taie, and QNRF ICT Pillar Senior Program Manager Dr Munir Tag, as well as CENG faculty, students and staff.

The program agenda featured presentations delivered by speakers from Qatar University, Anglia Ruskin University, British Brunel University, British University, Geneva University Hospital, Notre Dame University, Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC), Tampere University of Technology, Texas A&M University at Qatar, University of Ottawa, and Universidade do Porto. 

They discussed a wide range of issues such as “Emerging Smart Biomedical Devices and Telemedicine”, “3D within the Healthcare: Evolution or Revolution”, “Digital Twins: Multimedia for Social Good”, “Empowering IoT Security and Performance on Multi-core Platforms”, “Conceptual Data Sampling For Breast Cancer Histology Image Classification By Intensive Data Reduction”, “Prototyping IoT-based Applications for Healthcare and Smart Environments”, “Mobile Edge Computing for Smart Health Applications”, “IoT in Healthcare Applications: Systems Architecture and Challenges”, “IoT & Blockchain as Enablers for Healthcare 4.0: Opportunities & Challenges”, and more. 

Dr Al Khalifa said: “Technological development is accelerating in the areas of health care and telemedicine. The State of Qatar has witnessed in the last decade an unprecedented advancement in health care services.

Hospitals and health centers in the country are using the best communication systems to exchange information and serve patients. The College of Engineering has an important number of NPRP research projects dealing with wireless homecare, smart wearable devices, eHealth systems, image processing and data protection with very good findings.