Summer School 2006

“ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR NEURO-MOTOR ASSESSMENT AND REHABILITATION”

Scientific Program: NEW :: click on the links to download didactic material :: NEW

Sunday 18 June  (Badia Romanic Abbey)

16,30    Registration
17,15    Opening Ceremony
18,00    Opening Lecture. Human movement analysis: state of the art and future perspectives
             Prof. Aurelio Cappozzo  (IUSM, Rome IT)
19,15    Welcome Party

Monday  19 June

9,00      Neurophysiology of movement and posture
             Dr Antonio Nardone  (Fondazione Maugeri, Veruno IT)
10,30     Coffee Break
10,45    Theoretical foundations of technology-based neuroscience research
             Dr Yuri Ivanenko  (Osp. Santa Lucia, Rome IT)
12,15    Discussion
13,00     Lunch
14,00    Industry Corner: LUCE Medical - Functional Electrical Stimulation
14,45    Round Table 1: The clinical questions to technology
             Dr A. Nardone, Prof A. Cappozzo, Eng A.Davalli and Dr M.Manca-Arcispedale S.Anna Ferrara, IT
16,15    Coffee Break
16,30    Biomechanics of human movement
             Prof Angelo Cappello (University of Bologna, IT)
18,00    Discussion

Tuesday  20 June

9,00      Inertial sensors for human movement assessment: functioning principles
             Dr Laura Rocchi (University of Bologna, IT)
10,30    Coffee Break
10,45    Methods of sensory information processing for inertial sensors in human movement studies
            Prof Angelo Sabatini (Scuola Sup. Sant’Anna, Pisa, IT)
12,15    Discussion
13,00     Lunch

Afternoon      Social Activities

Wednesday 21 June

9,00      Kalman filtering: theory and applications
             Dr Silvio Simani  (University of Ferrara, IT)
10,30     Coffee Break
10,45    3-D inertial and magnetic sensing of human motion - theoretical and methodological issues
             Prof Peter Veltink  (University of Twente, NL)
12,15    Discussion
13,00     Lunch
14,00    Industry Corner
14,45    3-D inertial and magnetic sensing of human motion - promising applications
             Prof Peter Veltink  (University of Twente, NL)
16,15    Coffee Break
16,30    Selected presentation from attendees
18,00    Discussion

Thursday 22 June

9,00      Software design for sensor-based mobile platforms
             Prof Tullio Salmon Cinotti, Dr Luca Roffia  (University of Bologna, IT)
10,30    Coffee Break
10,45    WBANs: Wireless Body Area Networks
             Prof Luca Benini (University of Bologna, IT)
12,15    Discussion
13,00     Lunch
14,00    Industry Corner

Afternoon      Social Activities

Friday 23 June

9,00      Interactive virtual environments:  from design to implementation.
             Tiziano Diamanti, Antonella Guidazzoli (CINECA, IT )
10,30    Coffee Break
10,45    Ambulatory systems for monitoring physical activity. Technological issues in fall prevention in the elderly
             Dr Kamiar Aminian  (EPFL Lausanne, CH)
12,15    Discussion
13,00     Lunch
14,00    Industry Corner
14,45    Advances in wearable technology and applications in physical medicine and rehabilitation
             Prof Paolo Bonato (Harvard Medical School, Boston MA)
16,15    Coffee Break
16,30    Round Table 2: Future & emerging technologies: over and under the skin
            Prof K.Aminian, Prof P.Bonato, Prof D. De Rossi- University of Pisa, IT
18,00    Discussion

Saturday 24 June

  9,00    Closed loop solutions for motor  rehabilitation
             Prof. Lorenzo Chiari (University of Bologna, IT)
10,30    Coffee Break
10,45    Ambient Intelligence systems for disabled people
             Eng Angelo Davalli (INAIL Prosthetic center, Budrio (BO), IT)
12,15    Discussion
13,00    Lunch & Conclusions

General information :

Official language: English

A maximum of 40 students are allowed.

Requirements:

The school is open to technical professionals, advanced undergraduates, graduate students and post docs with an interest in biomedical engineering, human movement science, physical and rehabilitation medicine, and related disciplines.

Application procedure:

Registration is closed .

Deadline for application: 15th April 2006

Fees:

Registration fee is 700 Euro and includes board, accommodation in double room, coffee breaks and study material.

Scholarship:

4 partial scholarships provided by the University of Bologna are available. Students from developing countries and Eastern Europe were privileged.

Credits:

ECTS credits: 2

Location and Accomodation:

A wide network of farm houses will provide accommodation to all participants. A shuttle bus will connect the farm houses and the school venue.

Organization:

Professor in charge
Lorenzo Chiari
lchiari@deis.unibo.it

Organising Committee
Angelo Cappello, Lorenzo Chiari, Laura Rocchi

Organising Secretary
Effie Santarmou
c/o Dept. of Electronics, Computer Science & Systems, Università di Bologna viale Risorgimento 2 - 40136 Bologna - Italy
tel: (+39) 051 209 3067 fax: (+39) 051 209 3073
e-mail: ss2006@starter-project.com