Theme Chairs & Co-Chairs

1. Biomedical Signal Processing

Chair
Laura Astolfi, Sapienza University, Italy
Co-Chairs
Chang-Hwan Im, Hanyang University, Korea
Jie Tian, Beijing CAS, China
Yoshiharu Yamamoto, Univeristy of Tokyo, Japan


2
. Biomedical Imaging & Image Processing

Chair
Marius Linguraru, George Washington University, USA
Co-Chairs
Jong Chul Ye, KAIST, Korea
Chulhong Kim, POSTECH, Korea
Qingming Luo, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China


3
. Micro- & Nano-bioengineering; Cellular & Tissue Engineering

Chair
Esmaiel Jabbari, University of South Carolina, USA
Co-Chairs
Sung Yang, GIST, Korea
Zhong-Ze Gu, Southeast Univ., China
Soo-Hong Lee, CHA University, Korea


4
. Computational Systems & Synthetic Biology; Multiscale Modeling

Chair
Socrates Dokos, University of New South Wales, Australia
Co-Chairs
Eun Bo Shim, Kangwon National University, Korea
Zuhong Lu, Peking University, China
Jie Liang, Simon Fraser University , Canada


5
. Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems Engineering

Chair
Thomas Heldt, MIT, USA
Co-Chairs
Youngjoon Chee, University of Ulsan, Korea
Yubo Fan, Beihang University, China
Masaru Sugimachi, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute (NCVC), Japan


6
. Neural Engineering, Neuromuscular Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering

Chair
Silvestro Micera, Ecole Politechnique Federale de Lausanne, France
Co-Chairs
Inchan Youn, KIST, Korea
Guanglin Li, Shenzhen CAS, China
David Guiraud, LIRMM, France


7
. Wearable Biomedical Sensors & Systems

Chair
Steffen Leonhardt, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Co-Chairs
Ki Chon, University of Connecticut, USA
Li-Rong Zheng, Fudan University, China
Toshiyo Tamura, Waseda University, Japan


8
. Bio-Robotics, Surgical Planning and Biomechanics

Chair
Alicia Casals, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
Co-Chairs
Jung-Woog Shin, Inje University, Korea
Jaesoon Choi, Asan Medical Center, Korea
Max Meng, CUHK, Hong Kong


9
. Therapeutic & Diagnostic Systems, Devices and Technologies, Clinical Engineering

Chair
Punit Prakash, Kansas State University, USA
Co-Chairs
Jong Bum Seo, Yonsei University, Korea
Lisa Xu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Dieter Haemmerich, Medical University of South Carolina, USA


10
. Biomedical and Health Informatics

Chair
May Wang, GeorgiaTech, USA
Co-Chairs
Wan-Young Chung, Pukyoung National University, Korea
Tomohiro Kuroda, Kyoto University, Japan
Mark van Gils, VTT Technical Research Centre, Finland


11
. Biomedical Engineering Education and Society

Chair
Metin Akay, University of Houston, USA
Co-Chairs
Beop-Min Kim, Korea University, Korea
Hui Ma Shenzhen, Tsinghua Univ., China
Christopher James, University of Warwick, UK


12
. Translational Engineering for Healthcare Innovation & Commercialization

Chair
Atam Dhawan, NJIT, USA
Co-Chairs
Young Huh, KEIT, Korea
Min-Xi Wan, Xian Jiao Tong Univ., China
Dorin Panescu, Intuitive Surgical, Inc, USA


13
. Pharmaceutical Engineering and Drug Delivery Systems

Chair
Kyungsoo Park, Yonsei University, Korea
Co-Chairs
Lintao Cai, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, China
Russell Wada, Certara, USA