SARIT 07 — Computing for Health
EPF Lausanne, 15 May 2007
NB: Registration deadline — May 8
The human body is a system of infinite complexity functioning through a multiplicity of events occurring at various levels within the body, its organs, tissue, cells and molecules. Often, these events are interdependent and we still have a poor understanding of the complex way in which they interact. For example, physical exercise and hormonal balance are closely linked to conditions such as obesity and osteoporosis.
If we are to develop a more comprehensive understanding of the human body and its diseases, researchers must be able to collect, model, integrate and visualise data from each of these levels. However, in addition we will also need grid storage and grid computing systems capable of handling the huge volume of data generated.
This area of research, being as it is at the interface between biology, medicine, pharmacology and information technology is the major multidisciplinary challenge lying at the heart of the SARIT 07 Conference "Computing for Health" and the strategic objective "Virtual Physiological Human" of the ICT (Information Communication Technologies) thematic of FP7. Moreover, this will be the subject of a call for proposals to be published in early summer 2007.
By giving researchers an opportunity to explore the anatomical and physiological interdependence that makes our body so complex, 21st century technologies can make a contribution to this aspiration of holistic medicine, i.e. to understand the human body as a whole and the individual as a unique entity.
SARIT 07 is organized within the context of the ERCIM Spring Days 2007, and will therefore offer a unique opportunity for Swiss researchers interested in the topic to meet ERCIM researchers from all over Europe also active in this field.
Related Links
- ERCIM Days Programme (EPFL, May 14-16, 2007)
- STEP home page
- HealthGrid Initiative
A few examples of FP6 in this are:
- Immunogrid (immune system physiology)
- @Neurist (neurovascular pathology)
- LHDL (musculoskeletal system physiology)
Program
- 13h30 — Registration desk opens
- 14h30 — Opening Daniel Thalmann, President SARIT
Welcome address — Professor Patrick Aebischer, President EPFL - 14h45 — Modeling the patient : a medical point-of-view — Dr. Eric Stindel, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Brest, France
- 15h20 — 3D Anatomical Human: a Marie-Curie Research and Training Network — Prof. Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, University of Geneva, Coordinator of 3D Anatomical Human
- 15:55 — Coffee Break
- 16:15 — CO-ME: Computer-Aided and Image Guided Medical Intervention — Prof. Gabor Szekely, ETH Zurich, Coordinator of CO-ME
- 16:50 — The ERCIM Digital Patient Working Group — Prof. Ioannis Tollis, FORTH, Greece
- 17h25 — The road to success in FP7, Dr. Patrick Furrer, Euresearch 17h45 — Closing
- 18h00-19h00 — Cocktail
Registration is now open! NB: There is no registration fee. Registration does not include lunch.
Venue
SARIT 07 will take place in the "Polydome" on the campus of the EPFL, in Lausanne Switzerland.
Red circle: Polydome
Blue circle: Metro (TSOL) Stop
If you are traveling by train to the Lausanne train station, take the MetroBus to Lausanne-Flon, and then the metro M1 (also called TSOL) and exit at the stop "EPFL". The ride will take about 15 minutes.
Further travel information:
- Polydome on the interactive EPFL map
- Map of the EPFL (PDF)
- Public transport in Lausanne