43rd Annual International Conference of the
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
October 30 - November 5, 2021, Virtual Conference


Program at a Glance

 


EMBC 2021 Technical Program Monday November 1, 2021     Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday      
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Track T1 Track T2 Track T3 Track T4
07:30-09:00
LIVE
Social Session MoOC

EMBC 2021 Opening & Awards Ceremony
09:00-09:30
BREAK
Mo1BR

09:30-11:00
LIVE
Plenary Session MoKN

Opening Plenary Speaker - Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Columbia University
11:00-11:30
BREAK
Mo2BR

11:30-13:00
LIVE
Mini-symposium MoAT6

Mini Symposium - HealthCare Democratization through Biomedical Engineering Disruptions - Organizer: Michael Friebe
11:30-13:00
LIVE
Special Session MoAT5

Special Session - Engineering and Medicine in Extreme Environments Organizer: Tobias Cibies
13:00-15:00
PRE RECORDED VIDEOS
MoBT1

Theme 01. Biomedical Signal Processing - PAPERS
13:00-15:00
PRE RECORDED VIDEOS
MoBT2

Theme 03. Micro/Nano-Bioengineering; Cellular/Tissue Engineering & Biomaterials PAPERS
13:00-15:00
PRE RECORDED VIDEOS
MoBT3

Theme 09. Therapeutic & Diagnostic Systems and Technologies - PAPERS
13:00-15:00
PRE RECORDED VIDEOS
MoBT4

Theme 10 Biomedical & Health Informatics - PAPERS
15:00-16:30
LIVE
Mini-symposium MoCT6

Mini Symposium: New Trends in Perinatal and Pediatric Imaging Organizer: Yalin Wang
15:00-16:30
LIVE
Social Session MoCT5

Meet with Leaders 1 (Pre-Registration Required)
16:30-17:00
BREAK
Mo3BR

17:00-18:30
LIVE
Mini-symposium MoDT6

Mini Symposium - ADVANCES in SLEEP BIOENGINEERING III: New Developments in the Quantitative Assessment of Sleep, Daytime Sleepiness and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Organizer: Michael Khoo
17:00-18:30
LIVE
Mini-symposium MoDT5

Mini Symposium Recent Advances in Wearable Sensing and Machine Learning for Biomechanics - a & B Organizers: Omer Inan & Todd Freeborn
18:30-19:00
BREAK
Mo4BR

19:00-20:30
LIVE
Special Session MoET6

"Special Session: CE's Professional Roles and Responsibilities in a Post-COVID World Organizer: Fabiola Martinez-Licona"
19:00-20:30
LIVE
Special Session MoET5

Special Session Machine Learning in Healthcare Organizer: Aristeidis Sotiras



EMBC 2021 Technical Program Tuesday November 2, 2021       Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday      
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Track T1 Track T2
07:30-09:00
LIVE
Mini-symposium TuAT1

Mini Symposium: The New Domain of Internet of Things and Big Data: Wildlife Conservation Organizer: Nadja Bressan
07:30-09:00
LIVE
Special Session TuAT2

Special Session: Tips on Effective Presentation Design and Delivery Organizer: Christopher James
09:00-09:30
BREAK
Tu1BR

09:30-11:00
LIVE
Keynote Session TuBT1

Keynote Speaker Theme 1 - Catherine Marque, Université De Technologie De Compiègne
09:30-11:00
LIVE
Keynote Session TuBT2

Keynote Speaker Theme 11 - Ann Saterbak, Duke University
11:00-11:30
BREAK
Tu2BR

11:30-13:00
LIVE
Mini-symposium TuCT1

Mini Symposium: Causality and Coupling in Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems: Techniques and Applications Organizer: Sonia Charleston-Villalobos
11:30-13:00
LIVE
Social Session TuCT2

Meet with Leaders 2 (Pre-Registration Required)
13:00-14:00
BREAK
Tu3BR

14:00-15:00
LIVE
Plenary Session TuK1N

Plenary Speaker - Fei Fei Li, Stanford University
15:00-16:30
LIVE
Mini-symposium TuDT1

Mini Symposium: Estimation and Processing of Physiological Signals and Parameters Employing mHealth, Wearable and Robotic Solutions Organizer: Bersaín Alexander Reyes
15:00-16:30
LIVE
Special Session TuDT2

Special Session: Bioimpedance Organizer: César a González
16:30-17:00
BREAK
Tu4BR

17:00-18:30
LIVE
Keynote Session TuET1

Keynote Speaker Theme 3 Roberto Olayo, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
17:00-18:30
LIVE
Keynote Session TuET2

Trending Keynote Speaker - Hector Gomez Dantes, National Institute of Public Health
18:30-19:00
BREAK
Tu5BR

19:00-20:30
LIVE
Special Session TuFT1

Special Session: Present and Future Challenges in Educating Biomedical Engineers, Part 2: New Approaches to Curricular Design Organizer: Joaquin Azpiroz
19:00-20:30
LIVE
Special Session TuFT2

Special Session: Starting Your Own Company Part II Organizer: Dorin Panescu



EMBC 2021 Technical Program Wednesday November 3, 2021       Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday      
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Track T1 Track T2 Track T3 Track T4
07:30-09:00
LIVE
Mini-symposium WeAT7

Mini Symposium Driver Drowsiness: Causes, Detection, Prediction and Alert Organizer: Natividad Martinez Madrid
07:30-09:00
LIVE
Mini-symposium WeAT8

Mini Symposium: Verification and Validation of Computational Models in Electrotherapeutics Organizer: Marc Horner
09:00-09:30
BREAK
We1BR

09:30-11:00
LIVE
Keynote Session WeBT7

Keynote Speaker Theme 2 Julia Schnabel, Helmholtz Center Munich and Technical University of Munich, Germany
09:30-11:00
LIVE
Keynote Session WeBT8

Keynote Speaker Theme 4 Ricardo Armnetano, Universidad De La Republica
11:00-11:30
BREAK
We2BR

11:30-13:00
LIVE
Mini-symposium WeCT7

Mini Symposium: Emerging Methods in Signal Processing, Machine Learning and Control for Novel Investigations of High-Dimensional Brain Data Organizer: Catherine Stamoulis
11:30-13:00
LIVE
Mini-symposium WeCT8

Mini Symposium: Computational Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering towards Wellness through Prediction and Prevention Organizer: Ricardo Luis Armentano
13:00-15:00
PRE RECORDED VIDEOS
WeDT1

Theme 02. Biomedical Imaging and Image Processing - PAPERS
13:00-15:00
PRE RECORDED VIDEOS
WeDT2

Theme 04. Computational Systems & Synthetic Biology; Multiscale Modeling - PAPERS
13:00-15:00
PRE RECORDED VIDEOS
WeDT3

Theme 08. Biorobotics and Biomechanics - PAPERS
13:00-15:00
PRE RECORDED VIDEOS
WeDT4

Theme 12. Translational Engineering for Healthcare Innovation and Commercialization - PAPERS
15:00-16:30
LIVE
Keynote Session WeET7

Keynote Speaker Theme 7 Cesar Gonzalez, Instituto Politécnico Nacional
15:00-16:30
LIVE
Keynote Session WeET8

Trending Keynote Speaker - May Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
16:30-17:00
BREAK
We3BR

17:00-18:30
LIVE
Keynote Session WeFT7

Keynote Speaker Theme 5 Anna Bianchi, Politecnico Di Milano
17:00-18:30
LIVE
Keynote Session WeFT8

Keynote Speaker Theme 12 Guy Jean Leon Savoir Garcia, INCIDE
18:30-19:00
BREAK
We4BR

19:00-20:30
LIVE
Mini-symposium WeGT7

Mini Symposium: Complexity in Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems Organizer: Guadalupe Dorantes Méndez
19:00-20:30
LIVE
Social Session WeGT8

Meet with Leaders 3 (Pre-Registration Required)



EMBC 2021 Technical Program Thursday November 4, 2021       Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday      
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Track T1 Track T2 Track T3 Track T4
07:30-09:00
LIVE
Mini-symposium ThAT7

Mini Symposium: Integrative Multiscale Modelling Approaches to Tissue Engineering Organizer: Paula Faria
07:30-09:00
LIVE
Special Session ThAT8

Special Session: Intelligent Monitoring and Diagnostics in Lung Diseases Organizer: Nikolaos Maglaveras
09:00-09:30
BREAK
Th1BR

09:30-11:00
LIVE
Keynote Session ThBT7

Keynote Speaker Theme 8 Arianna Menciassi, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
09:30-11:00
LIVE
Keynote Session ThBT8

Keynote Speaker Theme 10 Christos Davatzikos, University of Pennsylvania
11:00-11:30
BREAK
Th2BR

11:30-13:00
LIVE
Mini-symposium ThCT7

Mini Symposium: A Functional Model for Unifying Brain Computer Interfaces: IEEE P2731 (Standard for a Unified Terminology for Brain-Computer Interfaces) Organizer: Carole C. Carey
11:30-13:00
LIVE
Mini-symposium ThCT8

Mini Symposium: Analysis, Digital Signal Processing and Applications of the EHG at Pregnancy, Preterm and Term Labor Organizer: Maria-Teresa Garcia-Gonzalez
13:00-15:00
PRE RECORDED VIDEOS
ThDT1

One Page Abstracts ALPHA a - F
13:00-15:00
PRE RECORDED VIDEOS
ThDT2

One Page Abstracts ALPHA G-L
13:00-15:00
PRE RECORDED VIDEOS
ThDT3

One Page Abstracts ALPHA M - R
13:00-15:00
PRE RECORDED VIDEOS
ThDT4

One Page Abstracts ALPHA S - Z
15:00-16:30
LIVE
Special Session ThET7

Special Session: Digital Transformation of Health Care in the 21st Century: Key Enabling Technologies Organizer: Giuseppe Fico
15:00-16:30
LIVE
Social Session ThET8

Women in Engineering ( Pre-Registration Required )
16:30-17:00
BREAK
Th3BR

17:00-18:30
LIVE
Keynote Session ThFT7

Keynote Speaker Theme 6 Sridevi Sarma, Johns Hopkins University
17:00-18:30
LIVE
Keynote Session ThFT8

Keynote Speaker Theme 9 Zhen Xu, University of Michigan
18:30-19:00
BREAK
Th4BR

19:00-20:30
LIVE
Mini-symposium ThGT7

Mini Symposium: Coronary Physiology Assessment in Coronary Artery Disease Organizer: Liang Zhong
19:00-20:30
LIVE
Special Session ThGT8

Special Session: COVID-19 in Latin America, Efforts, Success, and Lessons to Learn - Part 2 Organizer: Luis Jimenez-Angeles



EMBC 2021 Technical Program Friday November 5, 2021       Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday    
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Track T1 Track T2 Track T3 Track T4
07:30-09:00
LIVE
Mini-symposium FrAT7

Mini Symposium: Recent Advances on Cuff-Less Blood Pressure Measurement I & II Organizers: Ramakrishna Mukkamala & Josep Sola
07:30-09:00
LIVE
Special Session FrAT5

Special Session: Innovation Oriented Biomedical Engineering — Curriculum Discussion and Workshop with Students and Educators Organizer: Michael Friebe
09:00-09:30
BREAK
Fr1BR

09:30-11:00
LIVE
Plenary Session FrK2N

Plenary Speaker James Moore Jr., Imperial College London
11:00-11:30
BREAK
Fr2BR

11:30-13:00
LIVE
Mini-symposium FrBT7

Mini Symposium: Upper and Lower Extremity Rehabilitation Robotics: Current Trends and Future Directions Organzier: Karen J. Nolan
11:30-13:00
LIVE
Mini-symposium FrBT5

Mini Symposium: Brain-Computer Interfaces for Lower Extremity Rehabilitation, Language Decoding, Elucidation of Early Dementia Onset, and Control of a Robotic Hand-Orthosis for ALS Patients Organizer: Alexander Lechner
13:00-15:00
PRE RECORDED VIDEOS
FrCT1

Theme 05. Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems Engineering - PAPERS
13:00-15:00
PRE RECORDED VIDEOS
FrCT2

Theme 06. Neural and Rehabilitation Engineering - PAPERS
13:00-15:00
PRE RECORDED VIDEOS
FrCT3

Theme 07. Biomedical Sensors and Wearable Systems - PAPERS
13:00-15:00
PRE RECORDED VIDEOS
FrCT4

Theme 11. Biomedical Engineering Education and Society - PAPERS
15:00-16:30
LIVE
Mini-symposium FrDT7

Mini Symposium: New Diagnostic Tools and Algorithms for COVID-19 Organizer: Richard Ribon Fletcher
15:00-16:30
LIVE
Social Session FrDT5

Organizing Committee Appreciation
16:30-17:00
BREAK
Fr3BR

17:00-18:30
LIVE
Plenary Session FrK3N

Plenary Speaker Michael Miller, Johns Hopkins
18:30-19:00
BREAK
FrXT7

18:30-19:00
BREAK
FrXT5

19:00-20:30

FrYT7

19:00-20:30

FrYT5