About
SSIMA: Tech brings together leading academics, PhDs, and postdoctoral students, sharing knowledge from all “corners” of the globe, to create an “intellectual melting pot” of ideas on how to innovate next.
As the home of innovation in medical technology in Eastern Europe, SSIMA:Tech provides the opportunity to participants to meet the very top in their fields, right here in Bucharest.
Topics
They will receive advanced lectures on the latest breakthroughs in Deep Learning in healthcare, medical imaging, medical sensors and robotics, big data in healthcare, and any other topic that is in the forefront of the global MedTech community. They will be able to meet the professors who are leading these breakthroughs personally and ask them questions on the topics discussed.
There will also be practical sessions on a specific AI tool for all participants (the “hands-on Tensor Flow sessions”), where they can experiment themselves with applying AI, using one of the most popular tools with this purpose.
Naturally, a substantial amount of time will be available for informal talks with the speakers during the breaks and social events. There will also be cross-over activities with SSIMA:Med and SSIMA: Industry throughout the week with the participants from those tracks.
Who can apply?
SSIMA:Tech invites Master and PhD students, professionals in academia (assistant professors, lecturers and others), and professionals from industry (company representatives, entrepreneurs in related fields) to apply. If you fall into one of these categories, make sure you fill out the form below, and apply for registration as soon as possible to secure your place at SSIMA:Tech.
Visa Application
In case your nationality necessitates a visa application with the Romanian immigration authorities, we are more than happy to assist you in the process and provide you with all the necessary formalities (e.g. invitation letter) once you have been selected for the program.
Masterclass
The program will start with a full-day masterclass on Deep Learning by prof. Bart ter Haar Romeny, TU/e NL. The course is intended for a broad audience. Prof. Romeny, this year awarded with the EMBS Distinguished Lecturer award, is known as a gifted tutorial speaker.
It is possible to purchase a stand-alone ticket for the Masterclass, for those who are not available for the full duration of program:
100 EUR for one day (September 16, 2019): all materials, coffee breaks and small lunch included
The masterclass is included in the regular registration at SSIMA.
Registration fees:
Bachelor & Master Students: 100 EUR
Early professionals (PhD students): 250 EUR
Professionals (from academia, research institutes): 300 EUR
Industry & Other: 400 EUR
Masterclass only (September 16, 2019): 100 EUR (for MSc and BSc students: 70 EUR) for one day: all materials, coffee breaks and small lunch included.
The masterclass is included in the regular registration at SSIMA.
The fees will cover lectures/lab sessions, coffee breaks, and social events.
Accommodation
Accommodation and travel costs are not covered. For accommodation, please check our Accommodation page.
Important Dates
Registration: 5 of September, 2019
SSIMA Summer School: 16-20 September, 2019
Full Agenda
16th September - Monday
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Advances in interventional cardiology imaging: the future is bright (and not just fot the patient)
Dr. Jurij Avramovic Gregoric -
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Introduction to the Summer School Elena Ovreiu
Prof Bart Romeny
Prof Alfred Bruckstein -
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Break
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Lunch
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Break
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17th September - Tuesday
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Pushing the limits of MR metabolic imaging
Ovidiu Andronesi
Harvard Medical School -
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Unsupervised learning in AI
Marius Leordeanu
Romanian Academy of Sciences -
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Break
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Non-invasive Tissue Health Assessment using Near-Infrared Light
Stefan Carp
Harvard Medical School -
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Active Contours revisited through Geodesic methods
Laurent Cohen
University Paris Dauphine -
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Lunch
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Radiotherapy
Nikos Paragios
Central Supelec
TheraPanacea -
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Anonymization of Medical Data
Prof. Nahum Kiryati
Tel Aviv University -
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An open science approach to Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Nikola Stykov
Polytechnic University Montreal -
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Break
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George Haber
Business Angel
Manager CrestaFund, Silicon Valley
Re:Imagine Healthcare with AI Startup Pitching Session
CNEO
ENTy
Nummo
OncoChain
XVision
18th September - Wednesday
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Computational modeling
Alejandro Frangi
University of Leeds -
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Population imaging and AI
Wiro Niessen
Erasmus MC
Quantib -
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Medical Image Computing
Dave Hawkes
University College London -
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MRI applications
Celik Azim
GE Healthcare Research -
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Lunch
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Compositional Hierarchical Tensor Factorization for Representing Intrinsic and Extrinsic Causal Factors
M. Alex
O. Vasilescu
UCLA -
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Mechanistic modeling in the age of big data and machine learning
George Verghese
MIT -
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Break
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Statistical methods in image understanding
Peter Meer
Rutgers University -
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Artificial Intelligence Algorithms to Assess Hormonal Status From Tissue Microarrays in Patients With Breast Cancer
Gil Shamai
Technion
19th September - Thursday
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Introduction to the Summer School
Prof. Mihnea Costoiu
Dr. Elena Ovreiu
Prof. Bart Romeny
Prof. Alfred Bruckstein -
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Web search: from text indexing to provider of medical information and novel source of epidemiological data
Andrei Broder
Google Mountain View -
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MedTech in the hospital: Leeds experience
Alejandro Frangi
University of Leeds -
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MedTech in hospital: Israel experience
Dr. Michal Guindy
Assuta Medical Centers -
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MedTech in hospital: Dutch experience
Wiro Niessen
Erasmus MC
Quantib -
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MedTech in hospital: London experience Dave Hawkes
University College London -
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MedTech Innovation in Israel
Dudi Klein
Assuta Medical Centers -
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Innovation in Silicon Valley
George Haber Managing Partner
CrestaFund -
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Dr. Vasile Ciurchea, President - National Health Insurance House, Romania
Dr. Diana Păun, State Advisor on Public Health to the President of Romania -
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Ms. Bareket Knafo,
Head of Economic and Trade Mission to Romania, Embassy of Israel -
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Panel discussion
Moderator:
Vlad Mixich (President- Romanian Health Observatory)
Speakers:
Ramona Jurubita (Country Manager -KPMG)
Dr. Dragos Garofil (UMF Carol Davila, Bucuresti)
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Lunch
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Advances in Interventional cardiology imaging: the future is bright (and not just for the patient)
Jurij Avramovič -
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State-of-the-art in Surgical Robotics
Prof. Alon Wolf
Technion IIT -
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Break
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Industry Panel
Qmenta
Quantib
xVision
Medispec
Core Scientific Creations -
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20th September - Friday
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Concluding remarks, closing