From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Mon Sep 10 08:13:49 2012 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:13:49 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday September 12th - 1 pm- Room 333 Message-ID: Dear all, Our first Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar for this term will be this coming Wednesday Wednesday - September 12th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Andrea Miller-Nesbitt, Liaison Librarian, McGill University Title: Searching the literature: An introduction to Library resources and research methods Abstract: This workshop will cover how to effectively search various resources for literature related to biomedical engineering. We will begin by looking at the various resources available through the McGill Library. We will then discuss how to develop a search strategy in order to get relevant results. Finally, we will cover ways to keep track of the research process using citation management software. A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.bme.mcgill.ca/seminars.html See you there Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Montreal Neurological Institute Centre de Recherches en Math?matiques Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304 McGill University 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca tel : (514) 398 2516 fax : (514) 398 7461 web: http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/research/gotman/members/christophe.html http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Wed Sep 12 07:09:43 2012 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:09:43 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday September 12th - 1 pm- Room 333 Message-ID: <0E9C593EC7FA45029A46D9DCB03ED722@christope2283c> Dear all, Our first Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar for this term is TODAY Wednesday - September 12th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Andrea Miller-Nesbitt, Liaison Librarian, McGill University Title: Searching the literature: An introduction to Library resources and research methods Abstract: This workshop will cover how to effectively search various resources for literature related to biomedical engineering. We will begin by looking at the various resources available through the McGill Library. We will then discuss how to develop a search strategy in order to get relevant results. Finally, we will cover ways to keep track of the research process using citation management software. A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars See you there Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Montreal Neurological Institute Centre de Recherches en Math?matiques Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304 McGill University 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca tel : (514) 398 2516 fax : (514) 398 7461 web: http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/research/gotman/members/christophe.html http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From siddiqi at cim.mcgill.ca Thu Sep 13 21:39:10 2012 From: siddiqi at cim.mcgill.ca (Kaleem Siddiqi) Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:39:10 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Fwd: [reparti-cim] Tuesday Sep. 18/2:30pm (MC437) Jon Sporring, visiting Prof. References: <0b447a2d796b7ba07c8fd79ddf8ad171@cim.mcgill.ca> Message-ID: <67E93A46-4681-4DDE-8017-8B2FC8EF81E2@cim.mcgill.ca> This talk by Jon Sporring, our sabbatical visitor from the University of Copenhagen, may be of interest to many of you. Best, Kaleem Begin forwarded message: > From: Herve Lombaert > Date: September 13, 2012 9:17:26 PM EDT > To: , > Subject: [reparti-cim] Tuesday Sep. 18/2:30pm (MC437) Jon Sporring, visiting Prof. > > Greetings to all, > > The CIM-REPARTI Perception Seminar for this Tuesday (Sep. 18, 2:30pm) > will feature Jon Sporring, visiting Professor working with Kaleem Siddiqi > > Everybody is welcome > > * Tuesday Sept. 18th, in MC437 at 2:30pm > > http://cim.mcgill.ca/~lombaert/perception-list/ > > ************************************************************************ > Title: Locally Orderless Registration > > Abstract: > > Image registration is an important tool for medical image analysis and > is used to bring images into the same reference frame by warping the > coordinate field of one image, such that some similarity meeasure is > minimized. We study similarity in image registration in the context of > Locally Orderless Images (LOI), which is the natural way to study > density estimates and reveals the 3 fundamental scales: the measurement > scale, the intensity scale, and the integration scale. > > This paper has three main contributions: Firstly, we rephrase a large > set of popular similarity measures into a common framework, which we > refer to as Locally Orderless Registration, and which makes full use of > the features of local histograms. Secondly, we extend the theoretical > understanding of the local histograms. Thirdly, we use our framework to > compare two state- of-the-art intensity density estimators for image > registration: The Parzen Window (PW) and the Generalized Partial Volume > (GPV), and we demonstrate their differences on a popular similarity > measure, Normalized Mutual Information (NMI). > > We conclude, that complicated similarity measures such as NMI may be > evaluated almost as fast as simple measures such as Sum of Squared > Distances (SSD) regardless of the choice of PW and GPV. Also, GPV is an > asymmetric measure, and PW is our preferred choice. > > --- > Jon Sporring received his Master and Ph.d. degrees from the > Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark in > 1995 and 1998, respectively. He completed part of his doctoral studies > in the U.S., at the IBM Research Center at Almaden, California, USA. On > completing his Ph.D., he was a visiting researcher at the Computer > Vision and Robotics Lab at the Foundation for Research & Technology - > Hellas, Greece, and as an Assistant Research Professor at 3D-Lab, School > of Dentistry, University of Copenhagen. Since 2003 he has been employed > as Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University > of Copenhagen. From 2007-2012 he served as Vice-Chair for Research at > Department of Computer Science, and from 2008-2009 he was a part-time > Senior Researcher at Nordic Bioscience. Currently, he is a visiting > professor at the School of Computer Science, McGill University in > Montreal, Canada. His primary research fields are Computer Science, > particularly image processing, computer graphics, information theory, > and pattern recognition. > ************************************************************************ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Mon Sep 17 21:41:20 2012 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:41:20 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday September 19th - 1 pm- Room 333 Message-ID: <2CDC62D5E2BD4B1597A04335B704B787@christope2283c> Dear all, Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar will be next wednesday Wednesday - September 19th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr. Joelle Pineau PhD, School of Computer Science, McGill University Title: Designing and validating an intelligent wheelchair towards a clinically-functional outcome Abstract: Many people with mobility impairments, who require the use of powered wheelchairs, have difficulty completing basic maneuvering tasks during their activities of daily living (ADL). In order to provide assistance to this population, robotic and intelligent system technologies have been used to design an intelligent powered wheelchair (IPW). This talk will provide a comprehensive overview of the design and validation of the IPW. The main contributions of this work are three-fold. First, we present a navigation architecture for control in constrained spaces; this is shown to achieve greater speeds than previous systems in tight spots. Second, we describe a decision-theoretic approach for achieving robust speech-based control of the intelligent wheelchair. Third, we describe an evaluation protocol motivated by a meaningful clinical outcome, in the form of the Robotic Wheelchair Skills Test (RWST). This allows us to perform a thorough characterization of the performance and safety of the system, involving 17 test subjects, 32 complete RWST sessions, 25 total hours of testing, and 9 kilometers of total running distance. As such, the platform tested in these experiments is among the most experimentally validated robotic wheelchairs in realistic contexts. Work in collaboration with P. Boucher, A. Atrash, S. Kelouwani, W. Honor?, H. Nguyen, J. Villemure, F. Routhier, P. Cohen, L. Demers, R. Forget A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars See you there Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Montreal Neurological Institute Centre de Recherches en Math?matiques Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304 McGill University 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca tel : (514) 398 2516 fax : (514) 398 7461 web: http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/research/gotman/members/christophe.html http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Wed Sep 19 06:44:22 2012 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:44:22 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday September 19th - 1 pm- Room 333 Message-ID: Dear all, Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is today Wednesday - September 19th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr. Joelle Pineau PhD, School of Computer Science, McGill University Title: Designing and validating an intelligent wheelchair towards a clinically-functional outcome Abstract: Many people with mobility impairments, who require the use of powered wheelchairs, have difficulty completing basic maneuvering tasks during their activities of daily living (ADL). In order to provide assistance to this population, robotic and intelligent system technologies have been used to design an intelligent powered wheelchair (IPW). This talk will provide a comprehensive overview of the design and validation of the IPW. The main contributions of this work are three-fold. First, we present a navigation architecture for control in constrained spaces; this is shown to achieve greater speeds than previous systems in tight spots. Second, we describe a decision-theoretic approach for achieving robust speech-based control of the intelligent wheelchair. Third, we describe an evaluation protocol motivated by a meaningful clinical outcome, in the form of the Robotic Wheelchair Skills Test (RWST). This allows us to perform a thorough characterization of the performance and safety of the system, involving 17 test subjects, 32 complete RWST sessions, 25 total hours of testing, and 9 kilometers of total running distance. As such, the platform tested in these experiments is among the most experimentally validated robotic wheelchairs in realistic contexts. Work in collaboration with P. Boucher, A. Atrash, S. Kelouwani, W. Honor?, H. Nguyen, J. Villemure, F. Routhier, P. Cohen, L. Demers, R. Forget A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars See you there Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Montreal Neurological Institute Centre de Recherches en Math?matiques Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304 McGill University 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca tel : (514) 398 2516 fax : (514) 398 7461 web: http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/research/gotman/members/christophe.html http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Tue Sep 25 09:22:03 2012 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:22:03 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday September 26th - 1 pm- Room 333 Message-ID: <55DCC23427784E6C9C224CBAEB7C60DD@christope2283c> Dear all, Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is this coming wedneday Wednesday - September 26th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr. Rosaire Mongrain PhD, Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Title : Development of a new biodegradable stent using nano-structured metallic amalgamates Authors: R. Mongrain*, Bandar Al-Mangour**, Stephen Yue**, O. Bertrand*** * Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada **Mining and Metallurgy, McGill University, Montreal, Canada ** Interventional Cardiology, Hopital Laval, Laval University, Quebec, Canada Abstract: There is mounting evidence that relates stent fracture (SF) to in-stent restenosis (ISR) and thrombosis and consequently stent functional failure. These events remain mostly clinically silent because of the limited visibility of imaging modalities [1]. In fact, clinically the incidence of stent fracture is reported in 1-2.6 % of patients. Higher rates (up to 29%) are reported based of pathologic investigations [1]. However, only the severe SF (multiple strut fractures with gap in the stent body) were associated with adverse pathological findings. Interestingly, the severity of SF is correlated with implant duration and the severe SF had the longest implant duration. This suggests a fatigue phenomenon related with the dynamic loading of the stent. A recent standard was proposed to assess stent design under cyclic loading until fracture [2]. In that context, the ideal stent material should have a high density (for radio-opacity), a high elastic modulus (to minimize recoil), low yield stress (to facilitate expansion), high tensile strength (for radial strength and thinner struts), high ductility (to withstand deformation during expansion) [3]. For example, the L605 Cobalt-Chromium alloy compared to the 316L Stainless-Steel alloy has higher density, elastic modulus, yield strength and ductility which support its choice as a stent material. Stent fatigue resistance is related to material strength but also to its microstructure because of the small relative size of the stent struts. In general, small grain sizes favor fatigue resistance. In principle, achieving smaller grain dimensions of current stent materials should improve their fatigue resistance. Even the best alloys show limitations with respect to stent fractures and corrosion. In this work, we propose a new method to improve the mechanical and corrosion properties of these materials. We propose using cold gas-dynamic spraying (CGDS) process to generate improved materials with smaller grain sizes. The cold spray process essentially used the energy stored in a high pressure gas to propel ultra fine powder (nano-powder) particles at supersonic velocities (300-1500 m/s). The compressed gas is preheated and exits through a nozzle at high velocity. The compressed gas is also fed to a powder feeder which introduces the ultrafine powder in the gas stream jet. The nanostructured powder impacts with a substrate, the particles deform and adhere to form a coating on the substrate. The particles remain relatively cold and retain their submicron to micron range dimensions. No melting is observed and interestingly particles flow and mix under very high strain rates generating complex microstructures. Therefore, unwanted effects of high temperatures, such as oxidation, grain growth and thermal stresses, are absent. As mentioned above, this study specifically addresses the development and characterization of 316L and L605 coatings produced by the CGDS process for improved mechanical and corrosion behavior for stent manufacturing. Scanning electron microscopy and electron backscatter diffraction were used to investigate the microstructural changes of these coatings before and after annealing. The effect of gas type on the microstructure of 316L coatings and the role of post-heat treatment in the microstructure and properties are also studied. Of particular interest are grain refinement, heat treatment, mechanical properties and corrosion behavior of the cold sprayed material. Most recent thermo mechanical treatment results provide a material with higher strength and ductility comparable to cobalt-chromium alloys [4]. Methods of stent fabrication with the new material are presented. [1] Nakazawa G. et al., J Am Coll Cardiol, 54(21) : 1924-1931, 2009 [2] Gong XY et al., Fatigue to fracture : An informative, fast and reliable approach for assessing medical implant durability, A review of ASTM F04.30.06 Fatigue to fracture and beyond working group activities, JAI-ASTM, 2009 [3] Poncin P., Materials & Processes for Medical Devices Conference, ASM International, 8-10 September 2003 [4] Al-Mangour B., The use of cold sprayed alloys for metallic stents, Master of Engineering, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, February 2012 A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars See you there Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Montreal Neurological Institute Centre de Recherches en Math?matiques Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304 McGill University 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca tel : (514) 398 2516 fax : (514) 398 7461 web: http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/research/gotman/members/christophe.html http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Tue Sep 25 21:05:33 2012 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:05:33 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] BIC Lecture Series: Fall-2012 Program Message-ID: Hello, I am currently putting together, the Fall-2012 Program of the BIC Lecture Series, which will start in October and go through to the middle of December. Unlike the last few years, the Fall Program this year will consist of "Data" talks, in which the presenter will review their particular field of interest and present some of their data (as opposed to "General Introductory" talks, which will return next year). As usual, lectures will be held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre at the Montreal Neurological Institute. All of the dates that are available to us for the Winter-2011 Series are given below. There already a number of presenters that have already confirmed their interest and their dates, and others that have expressed interest but not yet confirmed their dates. If you are interested in participating, *could you please reply to this email* (*i.e.*, to caramanos at gmail.com) *and let me know* *which of the following dates you WOULD be available to present on* (*i.e.*, simply delete those dates that you are NOT available for). Please also send me a topic and title that you would be interested in presenting on. I will put together a schedule that fits everybody's availability and get back to you as soon as possible for your approval. Please note that we are asking the speakers to be prepared to give a 50-minute presentation (aimed at an intelligent, general audience from the neuroscientific community); this will be followed by up to an additional 25 minutes of questions and discussion. As a result, we are requesting that you be able to devote the time between 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm on the date of your presentation to being at the podium. Thank you in advance for your attention, and please let us know if you have any questions or comments. I hope to hear from you soon! Aki *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-2012 Program* *BIC Lectures are typically held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre, MNI.***** *For more information and links to the presentations as they become available, please visit the BIC Lecture website .* * * *01) Oct-01: Still available* *---) Oct-08: No Lecture [Thanksgiving]* *---) Oct-15: No Lecture [Society for Neuroscience Conference]* 02) Oct-22: *Title To Be Announced* -- Dr. Istvan Akos Morocz 03) Oct-29: *Representations of Particular Objects in Human Inferior-Temporal-Cortex are Individually Unique and Predict Perceived Similarity* -- Dr. Ian Charest *04) Nov-05: Still available* *05) Nov-12: Still available* 06) Nov-19: *Title To Be Announced* -- Dr. Kunio Nakamura *07) Nov-26: Still available* *08) Dec-03: Still available* *09) Dec-10: Still available* -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-299-8160; (fax) 514-398-2975 (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (web) Google-scholar www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Wed Sep 26 07:05:47 2012 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 07:05:47 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday September 26th - 1 pm- Room 333 Message-ID: Dear all, Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is today Wednesday - September 26th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr. Rosaire Mongrain PhD, Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Title : Development of a new biodegradable stent using nano-structured metallic amalgamates Authors: R. Mongrain*, Bandar Al-Mangour**, Stephen Yue**, O. Bertrand*** * Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada **Mining and Metallurgy, McGill University, Montreal, Canada ** Interventional Cardiology, Hopital Laval, Laval University, Quebec, Canada Abstract: There is mounting evidence that relates stent fracture (SF) to in-stent restenosis (ISR) and thrombosis and consequently stent functional failure. These events remain mostly clinically silent because of the limited visibility of imaging modalities [1]. In fact, clinically the incidence of stent fracture is reported in 1-2.6 % of patients. Higher rates (up to 29%) are reported based of pathologic investigations [1]. However, only the severe SF (multiple strut fractures with gap in the stent body) were associated with adverse pathological findings. Interestingly, the severity of SF is correlated with implant duration and the severe SF had the longest implant duration. This suggests a fatigue phenomenon related with the dynamic loading of the stent. A recent standard was proposed to assess stent design under cyclic loading until fracture [2]. In that context, the ideal stent material should have a high density (for radio-opacity), a high elastic modulus (to minimize recoil), low yield stress (to facilitate expansion), high tensile strength (for radial strength and thinner struts), high ductility (to withstand deformation during expansion) [3]. For example, the L605 Cobalt-Chromium alloy compared to the 316L Stainless-Steel alloy has higher density, elastic modulus, yield strength and ductility which support its choice as a stent material. Stent fatigue resistance is related to material strength but also to its microstructure because of the small relative size of the stent struts. In general, small grain sizes favor fatigue resistance. In principle, achieving smaller grain dimensions of current stent materials should improve their fatigue resistance. Even the best alloys show limitations with respect to stent fractures and corrosion. In this work, we propose a new method to improve the mechanical and corrosion properties of these materials. We propose using cold gas-dynamic spraying (CGDS) process to generate improved materials with smaller grain sizes. The cold spray process essentially used the energy stored in a high pressure gas to propel ultra fine powder (nano-powder) particles at supersonic velocities (300-1500 m/s). The compressed gas is preheated and exits through a nozzle at high velocity. The compressed gas is also fed to a powder feeder which introduces the ultrafine powder in the gas stream jet. The nanostructured powder impacts with a substrate, the particles deform and adhere to form a coating on the substrate. The particles remain relatively cold and retain their submicron to micron range dimensions. No melting is observed and interestingly particles flow and mix under very high strain rates generating complex microstructures. Therefore, unwanted effects of high temperatures, such as oxidation, grain growth and thermal stresses, are absent. As mentioned above, this study specifically addresses the development and characterization of 316L and L605 coatings produced by the CGDS process for improved mechanical and corrosion behavior for stent manufacturing. Scanning electron microscopy and electron backscatter diffraction were used to investigate the microstructural changes of these coatings before and after annealing. The effect of gas type on the microstructure of 316L coatings and the role of post-heat treatment in the microstructure and properties are also studied. Of particular interest are grain refinement, heat treatment, mechanical properties and corrosion behavior of the cold sprayed material. Most recent thermo mechanical treatment results provide a material with higher strength and ductility comparable to cobalt-chromium alloys [4]. Methods of stent fabrication with the new material are presented. [1] Nakazawa G. et al., J Am Coll Cardiol, 54(21) : 1924-1931, 2009 [2] Gong XY et al., Fatigue to fracture : An informative, fast and reliable approach for assessing medical implant durability, A review of ASTM F04.30.06 Fatigue to fracture and beyond working group activities, JAI-ASTM, 2009 [3] Poncin P., Materials & Processes for Medical Devices Conference, ASM International, 8-10 September 2003 [4] Al-Mangour B., The use of cold sprayed alloys for metallic stents, Master of Engineering, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, February 2012 A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars See you there Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Montreal Neurological Institute Centre de Recherches en Math?matiques Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304 McGill University 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca tel : (514) 398 2516 fax : (514) 398 7461 web: http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/research/gotman/members/christophe.html http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Thu Sep 27 11:18:23 2012 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:18:23 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] BIC Lecture Series: Fall-2012 Program In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Robb. Just to confirm that you will be giving a BIC Lecture on Mon-Dec-10... could you please send me a tentative title as soon as possible. Thanks! Aki On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:05 PM, Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS < caramanos at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am currently putting together, the Fall-2012 Program of the BIC Lecture > Series, which will start in October and go through to the middle of > December. Unlike the last few years, the Fall Program this year will > consist of "Data" talks, in which the presenter will review their > particular field of interest and present some of their data (as opposed to > "General Introductory" talks, which will return next year). As usual, > lectures will be held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? > Communications Centre at the Montreal Neurological Institute. All of the > dates that are available to us for the Winter-2011 Series are given > below. > > There already a number of presenters that have already confirmed their > interest and their dates, and others that have expressed interest but not > yet confirmed their dates. If you are interested in participating, *could > you please reply to this email* (*i.e.*, to caramanos at gmail.com) *and let > me know* *which of the following dates you WOULD be available to present > on* (*i.e.*, simply delete those dates that you are NOT available for). > Please also send me a topic and title that you would be interested in > presenting on. I will put together a schedule that fits everybody's > availability and get back to you as soon as possible for your approval. > > Please note that we are asking the speakers to be prepared to give a > 50-minute presentation (aimed at an intelligent, general audience from the > neuroscientific community); this will be followed by up to an additional 25 > minutes of questions and discussion. As a result, we are requesting that > you be able to devote the time between 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm on the date of > your presentation to being at the podium. > > Thank you in advance for your attention, and please let us know if you > have any questions or comments. > > I hope to hear from you soon! > Aki > > > *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-2012 Program* > > *BIC Lectures are typically held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? > Communications Centre, MNI.***** > > *For more information and links to the presentations as they become > available, please visit the BIC Lecture website > .* > > * > * > *01) Oct-01: Still available* > *---) Oct-08: No Lecture [Thanksgiving]* > *---) Oct-15: No Lecture [Society for Neuroscience Conference]* > 02) Oct-22: *Title To Be Announced* -- Dr. Istvan Akos Morocz > 03) Oct-29: *Representations of Particular Objects in Human > Inferior-Temporal-Cortex are Individually Unique and Predict Perceived > Similarity* -- Dr. Ian Charest > > *04) Nov-05: Still available* > *05) Nov-12: Still available* > 06) Nov-19: *Title To Be Announced* -- Dr. Kunio Nakamura > *07) Nov-26: Still available* > > *08) Dec-03: Still available* > *09) Dec-10: Still available* > > > -- > Zografos Caramanos, M.A. > > Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit > Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience > > McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, > Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University > 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 > (phone) 514-299-8160; (fax) 514-398-2975 > (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca > (web) Google-scholar > www.zcaramanos.com > > -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-299-8160; (fax) 514-398-2975 (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (web) Google-scholar www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Thu Sep 27 16:12:22 2012 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:12:22 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] BIC Lecture Series: Fall-2012 Program In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello again, On behalf of the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, I would like to thank everyone who has agreed to present a BIC Lecture as part of the Fall-2012 Program , which will start on October 11th and go through to the December 10th. As I indicated previously, the Fall Program this year will consist of series "Data Talks", in which the presenter will review their particular field of interest and present some of their data. As you can see below, we have an interesting mix of topics that I am sure will be of great interest to our brain imaging community. As usual, all lectures (except one) will be held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre at the Montreal Neurological Institute. The one exception is that, because of the Thanksgiving break and his limited stay in Montreal, Dr. Margulies will be presenting the first lecture of the season on Thursday, October the 11th starting at 11:00 am. Thank you in advance for your attention, and please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Also, it's never to early to let me know that you are interested in presenting something as part of the Winter-2013 BIC Lecture Series. Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-2012 Program* *BIC Lectures are typically held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre, MNI.***** *For more information and links to the presentations as they become available, please visit the BIC Lecture website .* * * 01) Thu-Oct-11-11am: *Title To Be Announced* -- Dr. Daniel S. Margulies *---) Oct-15: No Lecture [Society for Neuroscience Conference]* 02) Oct-22: *Title To Be Announced* -- Dr. Istvan Akos Morocz 03) Oct-29: *Representations of Particular Objects in Human Inferior-Temporal-Cortex are Individually Unique and Predict Perceived Similarity* -- Dr. Ian Charest 04) Nov-05: *Age-dependence of Hemodynamic Response-Characteristics in Human fMRI* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 05) Nov-12: *Re-Evaluating the Role of the Orbitofrontal Cortex in Reward and Reinforcement* -- Dr. MaryAnn Noonan 06) Nov-19: *Title To Be Announced* -- Dr. Kunio Nakamura 07) Nov-26: *Of Taxi-Driving Mice and Maze-Running Men: Imaging Structural Brain-Plasticity* -- Dr. Jason Lerch 08) Dec-03: *Pharmacological Resting-State fMRI: Promises and Challenges*-- Dr. Najmeh Khalili-Mahani 09) Dec-10: *Using MRI to Measure Remyelination in Multiple Sclerosis* -- Dr. Robert Brown -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-299-8160; (fax) 514-398-2975 (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (web) Google-scholar www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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