Author Index
 
 
  Wednesday, October 8, 14:00 – 16:00
     
Plenary Session
Olympia 2
 
   
Chair K. S. Nikita ( National Technical University of Athens /GR)
   
PL. 1
14:00-14:40
Science and Technology: Genes, Brain, Stress and Evolution
  G. Chrousos; Athens University Medical School/GR
PL. 2
14:40-15.20
Biomedical Engineering for Global Healthcare
  M. Akay; Arizona State University/USA
PL. 3
15:20-16.00
The European Cancer Informatics Landscape: Challenges for the Biomedical Informatics Community
  M. Tsiknakis; Institute of Computer Science FORTH/GR
   
   
  Wednesday, October 8, 16:20 – 17:50
     
Session BI-8.1
Olympia 1
 
  Sequence Search and Alignment
   
Chairs R. Henson (The Mathworks Inc/USA), A. Stafylopatis ( National Technical University of Athens /GR)
   
BI-8.1.1
16:20-16:35
A Novel Method for Protein 3D-Structure Similarity Measure Based on N-Gram Modeling
  J. Razmara 1 , S. B. Deris2; 1Tarbiat Moallem University of Azarbaijan/IR, 2 Universiti Technologi Malaysia /MY
BI-8.1.2
16:35-16:50
Sequence Clustering with the Self-Organizing Hidden Markov Model Map
  C. Ferles , A. Stafylopatis; National Technical University of Athens /GR
BI-8.1.3
16:50-17:05
Design and Implementation of the Smith-Waterman Algorithm on the CUDA-compatible GPU
  Y. Munekawa , F. Ino, K. Hagihara; Osaka University/JP
BI-8.1.4
17:05-17:20
High Performance FPGA-based Core for BLAST Sequence Alignment with the Two-Hit Method
  S. Kasap , K. Benkrid, Y. Liu; University of Edinburgh/UK
BI-8.1.5
17:20-17:35
Optimizing Performance, Cost, and Sensitivity in Pairwise Sequence Search on a Cluster of PlayStations
  A. M. Aji , W. Feng; Virginia Tech/USA
BI-8.1.6
17:35-17:50
An Improved Non-Comparative Classification Method for Human microRNA Gene Prediction
  R. Batuwita , V. Palade; University of Oxford/UK
   
   
  Wednesday, October 8, 16:20 – 17:50
     
Session BI-9.1
Templar's
 
  Systems Biology
   
Chairs I. Rigoutsos (IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Centre/USA), L. Alexopoulos ( National Technical University of Athens /GR)
   
BI-9.1.1
16:20-16:35
Adaptive Aggregation Method for the Chemical Master Equation
  J. Zhang , L. Watson, Y. Cao; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University/USA
BI-9.1.2
16:35-16:50
Parameter Identification for a DNA Replication Model
  K. Koutroumpas 1 , Z. Lygerou 2 , J. Lygeros1; 1ETH Zurich/CH, 2 University of Patras/GR
BI-9.1.3
16:50-17:05
A Framework for the Integrated Analysis of Metabolic and Regulatory Networks
  R. Mendes , A. Louren ç o, S. Carneiro, E. C. Ferreira, I. Rocha, M. Rocha; University of Minho/PT
BI-9.1.4
17:05-17:20
Stability and Oscillation of Genetic Regulatory Networks with Time Delays
  F. X. Wu; University of Saskatchewan/CA
BI-9.1.5
17:20-17:35
Structure Learning for Biomolecular Pathways Containing Cycles
  S. Itani 1 , K. Sachs 2 , G. Nolen 2 , N. Dahle h1; 1MIT/USA, 2 Stanford University/USA
BI-9.1.6
17:35-17:50
Building in-silico Pathway SBML Models from Heterogeneous Sources
  I. Kanaris 1 , K. Moutselos 1 , A. Chatziioannou 2 , I. Maglogiannis 1 , F. Kolisis2; 1University of Aegean/GR, 2 National Hellenic Research Foundation/GR
   
   
  Wednesday, October 8, 16:20 – 17:35
     
Session BE-2.1
Abbey
 
  Biological Systems and Models
   
Chairs M. Bloom (New York University/USA), C. Provatidis ( National Technical University of Athens /GR)
   
BE-2.1.1
16:20-16:35
Translating Multiscale Cancer Models into Clinical Trials: Simulating Breast Cancer Tumor Dynamics within the Framework of the “Trial of Principle” Clinical Trial and the ACGT project.
  E. Kolokotroni 1 , G. Stamatakos 1 , D. Dionysiou 1 , E. Georgiadi 1 , C. Desmedt 2 , N. Graf3; 1National Technical University of Athens/GR, 2 Institut Jules Bordet/BE, 3 University Hospital of Saarland/DE
BE-2.1.2
16:35-16:50
Multilevel Cancer Modeling in the Clinical Environment: Simulating the Behavior of Wilms Tumor in the Context of the SIOP 2001/GPOH Clinical Trial and the ACGT Project
  E. Georgiadi 1 , G. Stamatakos 1 , N. Graf 2 , E. Kolokotroni 1 , D. Dionysiou 1 , A. Hoppe 2 , N. Uzunoglu1; 1National Technical University of Athens/GR, 2 University Hospital of the Saarland/DE
BE-2.1.3
16:50-17:05
Robust Parameter Identification for Biological Circuit Calibration
  E. Sciacca , G. Nicosia; University of Catania/IT
BE-2.1.4
17:05-17:20
Towards an Inclusive Computational Model of Visual Cortex
  M. Gheiratmand 1 , H. Soltanian-Zadeh 2,3 , H. Khaloozadeh 1; 1 K. N. Toosi University of Technology/IR, 2 University of Tehran/IR, 3 Henry Ford Health System/USA
BE-2.1.5
17:20-17:35
Modeling and Simulation of Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) on Ventilated Patients with ARDS Lungs
  M. Denai 1 , M. Mahfouf 1 , G. H. Mills 2; 1 University of Sheffield/UK, 2 Royal Hallamshire Hospital/UK
   
   
  Wednesday, October 8, 17:50 – 19:05
     
Session BE-5.1
Olympia 1
 
  Biomedical Image Processing & Analysis
   
Chairs E. Kostaridou (University of Patras/GR), S. Golemati (University of Athens/GR)
   
BE-5.1.1
17:50-18:05
Using Agents for Feature Extraction: Content Based Image Retrieval for Medical Applications
  A. D Theodosi, G. A. Tsihrintzis ; University of Piraeus/GR
BE-5.1.2
18:05-18:20
On the Use of Block Matching for the Estimation of Arterial Wall Motion
  S. Golemati , J. Stoitsis, K. S. Nikita; National Technical University of Athens /GR
BE-5.1.3
18:20-18:35
Mass Detectability in Dedicated Breast CT : A Simulation Study with the Application of Volume Noise Removal
  J. Xia , J. Lo; Duke University/USA
BE-5.1.4
18:35-18:50
Susceptibility of Texture Measures to Noise: An Application to Lung Tumor CT Images
  O. A. Kadi , D. Watson; University of Sussex/UK
BE-5.1.5
18:50-19:05
Using Spiral Intensity Profile to Quantify Head and Neck Cancer
  K. Kong 1 , Y. Sharma 1 , S. H. Raza 1 , Z. Chen 2 , S. Muller 2 , M. Wang1; 1Georgia Institute of Technology/USA , 2 Emory University/USA
   
   
  Wednesday, October 8, 17:50 – 19:05
     
Session BI-9.2
Templar's
 
  Systems Biology
   
Chairs P. D. Cristea ( University "Politehnica" of Bucharest/RO), J. Lygeros (ETH Zurich/CH)
   
BI-9.2.1
17:50-18:05
A Hybrid Computational Model for Phagocyte Transmigration
  J. Xue , J. Gao, L. Tang; University of Texas at Arlington/USA
BI-9.2.2
18:05-18:20
Modeling Pro-death Signaling Pathways in Cancer Hepatocytes Using Multi-combinatorial Treatments of Inhibitors and Stimuli
  L. Alexopoulos 1 , D. Lauffenburger 2 , P. Sorger3; 1National Technical University of Athens/GR , 2 MIT/USA, 3 Harvard Medical School/USA
BI-9.2.3
18:20-18:35
Evaluating Evolutionary Multiobjective Algorithms for the in silico Optimization of Mutant Strains
  P. Maia, I. Rocha, E.C. Ferreira, M. Rocha ; University of Minho/PT
BI-9.2.4
18:35-18:50
Systems Analysis of Bone Mechanotransduction at Cellular Level
  K. Mynampati 1 , P. L. Vee Sin2; 1National University of Singapore/SG , 2 University of Melbourne/AU
BI-9.2.5
18:50-19:05
The Benefit of Cooperation: Identifying Growth-efficient Interacting Strains of Escherichia Coli Using Metabolic Flux Balance Models
  E. Tzamali 1 ,2 , M. Reczko 3; 1 University of Crete/GR, 2 Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas/GR, 3 Synaptic Ltd/GR
   
   
  Wednesday, October 8, 17:50 – 19:20
     
Session BE-7.1
Abbey
 
  Neuro-Engineering
   
Chairs P. Ktonas ( University of Houston/USA ), C. Siettos ( National Technical University of Athens /GR)
   
BE-7.1.1
17:50-18:05
Automatic Intra-Operative Localization of STN using the Beta Band Frequencies of Microelectrode Recordings
  K. P. Michmizos 1 , G. L. Tagaris 2 , D. E. Sakas 3 , K. S. Nikita1; 1 National Technical University of Athens/GR, 2 “G. Gennimatas” General Hospital of Athens/GR, 3 University of Athens, “Evangelismos” Hospital/GR
BE-7.1.2
18:05-18:20
Slow and Fast EEG Sleep Spindle Component Extraction Using Independent Component Analysis
  E. Ventouras 1 , P. Ktonas 2 , H. Tsekou 2 , T. Paparrigopoulos2 , I. Kalatzis 1 , C. Soldatos 2; 1Technological Educational Institute of Athens/GR, 2 University of Athens/GR,
BE-7.1.3
18:20-18:35
Comparison of Fractal Dimension Estimation Algorithms for Epileptic Seizure Onset Detection
  G. E. Polychronaki 1, P. Ktonas 2 , S. Gatzonis 4 , P. A. Asvestas 3 , E. Spanou 1 , A. Siatouni 4 , H. Tsekou 4 , D. Sakas 4 , K. S. Nikita1; 1National Technical University of Athens/GR, 2 “Prof. Petros Kokkalis” Greek Center for Neurosurgical Research/GR, 3 Technological Educational Institute of Athens/GR, 4 University of Athens, “Evangelismos” Hospital/GR
BE-7.1.4
18:35-18:50
Towards Emotion Aware Computing: a Study of Arousal Modulation with Multichannel Event Related Potentials, Delta Oscillatory Activity and Skin Conductivity Responses
  C. Frantzidis 1 , C. Lithari 1 , A. Vivas 2 , C. Papadelis 3 , C. Pappas 1 , P. Bamidis1; 1Aristotle University of Thessaloniki/GR , 2 City Liberal Studies/GR, 3 RIKEN/JP
BE-7.1.5
18:50-19:05
A Neural Network Model of Peri-Hand Space Representation and its Plastic Properties Related to Tool Use
  E. Magosso , M. Zavaglia, A. Serino, G. di Pellegrino, M. Ursino; University of Bologna/IT
BE-7.1.6
19:05-19:20
Fitting Local Field Potentials Generating Model of the Basal Ganglia to Actual Recorded Signals
  G. Tsirogiannis 1 , G. Tagaris 2 , D. Sakas 3 , K. Nikita1; 1National Technical University of Athens/GR, 2 "G. Gennimatas" General Hospital of Athens/GR, 3 University of Athens, "Evangelismos" Hospital/GR
   
   
  Thursday, October 9, 08:00 – 09:20
     
Plenary Session
Olympia 2
 
   
Chair D. I. Fotiadis (University of Ioannina/GR)
   
PL. 4
08:00-08:40
Model-Based Strategies for Biomedical Image Analysis
  J. S. Duncan; Yale University/USA
  Recent Research Activities in Europe : Supporting the Evolution of Healthcare
PL. 5
08:40-09:20
L. Gatzoulis; European Commission
   
   
  Thursday, October 9, 09:20 – 10:50
     
Session BI-3.1
Olympia 1
 
  Functional Genomics, Proteomics
   
Chairs F. Kolisis (National Hellenic Research Foundation/GR), J. Gao ( University of Texas at Arlington/USA)
   
BI-3.1.1
09:20-09:35
VIP: Visualization of Integrated Proteomics Data
  E. Giannopoulou 1 , G. Lepouras 1 , E. Manolakos2; 1University of Peloponnese/GR, 2 University of Athens/GR
BI-3.1.2
09:35-09:50
Proteomic Based Identification of Cancer Biomarkers: The LOCCANDIA Integrated Platform
  M. Kalaitzakis 1 , V. Kritsotakis 1 , P. Grangeat 2 , C. Paulus 2 , L. Gerfault 2 , M . Perez 3 , C. Reina 3 , G. Potamias 1 , M. Tsiknakis 1 , D. Kafetzopoulos 1 , P. Binz4; 1FORTH/GR, 2 CEA-LETI/FR, 3 ATOS Origin/ES, 4 Geneva Bioinformatics (GeneBio) SA/CH
BI-3.1.3
09:50-10:05
Evaluation of Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis Maps by Local Tangent Space Alignment: an Application to Neuroproteomics
  S. Mazzara 1 , A. Conti 2 , S. Olivieri 2 , S. Iannaccone 2 , M. Alessio 2 , S. Cerutti 1 , L. Pattini 1 ; 1 Politecnico di Milano/IT, 2 San Raffaele Scientific Institute/IT
BI-3.1.4
10:05-10:20
Inserts in Prokaryote Genomes
  P. D. Cristea 1 , R. A. Tuduce 1 , J. Cornelis2; 1University "Politehnica" of Bucharest/RO, 2 Vrije Universiteit Brussel/BE
BI-3.1.5
10:20-10:35
A Binary Format for Genetic Data Designed for Large Whole Genome Studies that Enables both Marker and Strand Based Analyses
  A. Antoniades, L. Loizou, A. Aristodimou, C. Pattichis ; University of Cyprus/CY
BI-3.1.6
10:35-10:50
Model-based Prediction of Cis-acting RNA Elements Regulating Tissue-specifc Alternative Splicing
  X. Wang 1 , K. Wang 2 , G. Wang 1 , J. Sanford 1 , Y. Liu1; 1Indiana University/USA, 2 Harbin Engineering University/CN
   
   
  Thursday, October 9, 09:20 – 10:50
     
Session BE-4.1
Templar's
 
  Biomedical Data Engineering
   
Chairs P. Sebastiani ( Boston University , USA ), I. Maglogiannis (University of Central Greece/GR)
   
BE-4.1.1
09:20-09:35
Flexible Data Integration and Ontology-based Data Access to Medical Records
  L. Zamboulis , A. Poulovassilis, G. Roussos; Birkbeck College , University of London/UK
BE-4.1.2
09:35-09:50
Novel Metrics of Functional Network Structure and Their Application to the Detection and Characterisation of Alzheimer's Disease
  A. Anastasiou , E. Ifeachor; University of Plymouth/UK
BE-4.1.3
09:50-10:05
HRV Complexity as a Diagnostic Tool for Late Onset Sepsis in Sick Premature Infants
  Y. Wang 1,4 , L. Senhadji 1,4 , G. Carrault 1,4 , H. Shu 2,4 , A. Beuchee3,4; 1Université de Rennes 1/FR, 2 Southeast University/CN, 3 Centres Hospitaliers Universitaires/FR, 4 Centre de Recherche en Information Biomédicale sino-français/FR
BE-4.1.4
10:05-10:20
Structuring the e-SCP-ECG + Protocol for Multi Vital-sign Handling
  G. Mandellos, M. Koukias, D. Lymberopoulos ; University of Patras/GR
BE-4.1.5
10:20-10:35
Point of Care Monitoring and Diagnostics for Autoimmune Diseases
  F. G. Kalatzis 1 , T. P. Exarchos 1 , N. Giannakeas 1 , S. Markoula 1 , E. Hatzi 2 , P. Rizos 1 , I. Georgiou 1 , D. I. Fotiadis 1 ; University of Ioannina/GR, University Hospital of Ioannina/GR
BE-4.1.6
10:35-10:50
Monitoring of Patients Suffering from Special Phobias Exploiting Context and Profile Information
  T. Panagiotakopoulos 1 , D. Lymberopoulos 1 , G. Manolessos 2 ; 1 University of Patras/GR, 2 Mental Health Center of Patras/GR
   
   
  Thursday, October 9, 09:20 – 10:50
     
Session BE-2.2
Abbey
 
  Biological Systems and Models
   
Chairs S. Tsangaris ( National Technical University of Athens /GR), N. Maglaveras ( Aristotle University of Thessaloniki /GR)
   
BE-2.2.1
09:20-09:35
Changes in Bone Components of Newborn Rats after Maternal Treatment with Cytarabine
  Z. Drzazga 1 , K. Michalik 1 , M. Kaszuba 2 , H. Trzeciak 3 ; 1 University of Silesia/PL, 2 Institute of Stomatology/PL, 3 Medical University of Silesia /PL
BE-2.2.2
09:35-09:50
Laser Induced Autofluorescence of Bones and Teeth in Newborn Rats after Maternal Administration of Indinavir
  Z. Drzazga 1 , A. Blaszta 1 , M. Kaszuba 2 , B. Nowinska 3 , K. Michalik1; 1University of Silesia/PL, 2 Institute of Stomatology/PL, 3 Medical University of Silesia /PL
BE-2.2.3
09:50-10:05
The Influence of Different Bone Remodeling Equations on a 2-D Vertebra Model in the Final Bone Density Distribution
  C. Vossou , G. Savva, C. Provatidis; National Technical University of Athens /GR
BE-2.2.4
10:05-10:20
The Influence of Infection Control Policies: A Systematic Study of the Dynamics of an Individual-based Epidemic Model with Isolation
  A. Reppas, A. Tsoumanis, C. Siettos ; National Technical University of Athens /GR
BE-2.2.5
10:20-10:35
Dead-time Compensation in Intravenous Anesthesia Control
  J. Mendez 1 , S. Torres 1 , J. Reboso 2 , H. Reboso1; 1University of La Laguna/ES, 2 Hospital Universitario de Canarias/ES
BE-2.2.6
10:35-10:50
Numerical Simulation of Coronary Blood Flow in Idealized Composite Arterial Coronary Grafts
  A. Politis 1 , G. Stavropoulos 2 , N. Vlachos 3 , N. Markatos1; 1National Technical University of Athens/GR, 2 Hippokration Hospital/GR, 3 University of Thessaly/GR
   
   
  Thursday, October 9, 10:50 – 11:30
     
Poster Session
Olympia 2
 
  Bioengineering
   
BE-P.1
10:50-11:30
A Parallel Robot for Ankle Rehabilitation-Evaluation and its Design Specifications
  C. Syrseloudis , I. Emiris; National Kapodistrian University of Athens /GR
BE-P.2
10:50-11:30
Continuous Recording of the Oscillometric Mean Arterial Pressure by the Differential Servo System with Two Photoplethysmographic Sensors
  R. Raamat , K. Jagomagi, J. Talts; University of Tartu/EE
BE-P.3
10:50-11:30
Oxygen Consumption by Vascular Wall in Skeletal Muscle Arterioles under Physiological Conditions
  M. Shibata 1 , T. Yamakoshi 2 , K. I. Yamakoshi2; 1Shibaura Institute of Technology/JP , 2 Kanazawa University/JP
BE-P.4
10:50-11:30
Development of Urine Glucose Level Monitor for Home Healthcare Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy
  S. Tanaka , M. Ogawa, T. Gu, K. i. Yamakoshi; Kanazawa University/JP
BE-P.5
10:50-11:30
Fractal Analysis of Medical Images in the Irregular Regions of Interest
  E. Oczeretko 1 , M. Borowska 1 , A. Kitlas 1 , A. Borusiewicz 2 , M. S. Siemieniuk3; 1University of Bialystok/PL, 2 Academy of Agrobusiness/PL, 3 Medical University of Bialystok /PL
BE-P.6
10:50-11:30
Characterization of Chromatin Texture by Contour Complexity for Cancer Cell Classification
  T. Kiyuna 1 , A. Saito 1 , E. Kerr 2 , W. Bickmore2; 1NEC Corporation/JP, 2 Western General Hospital/UK
BE-P.7
10:50-11:30
Effects of Digital Dewaxing Methods on K-means-clusterized IR Images Collected on Formalin-fixed Paraffin-embedded Samples of Skin Carcinoma
  D. Sebiskveradze , C. Gobinet, E. Ly, O. Piot, V. Vrabie, M. Manfait, P. Jeannesson, M. Herbin; Universite de Reims/FR
BE-P.8
10:50-11:30
Size-adapted Segmentation of Individual Mammographic Microcalcifications
  N. Arikidis 1 , A. Karahaliou 1 , S. Skiadopoulos 1 , P. Korfiatis 1 , E. Likaki 2 , G. Panayiotakis 1 , L. Costaridou1; 1University of Patras/GR, 2 University Hospital of Patras/GR
BE-P.9
10:50-11:30
Retrieval and Ranking of Biomedical Images Using Boosted Haar Features
  C. Reddy , F. Bhuyan; Wayne State University/USA
BE-P.10
10:50-11:30
Multimodality Image Registration using Ordinary Procrustes Analysis and Entropy of Bivariate Normal Kernel Density
  W. H. Cho 1 , S. W. Kim 1 , M. E. Lee 1 , S. H. Kim 2 , S. Y. Park 2 , C. Jeong3; 1Chonnam National University/KR, 2 Mokpo National University/KR, 3 Honam University/KR
BE-P.11
10:50-11:30
Wavelet Entropy Differentiations of Event Related Potentials in Dyslexia
  G. A. Giannakakis 1 , N. N. Tsiaparas 1 , M. F. S. Xenikou 1 , C. Papageorgiou 2 , K. S. Nikita1; 1National Technical University of Athens/GR, 2 University of Athens, Eginition Hospital/GR
BE-P.12
10:50-11:30
Stability Analysis of Epileptic EEG Signals
  G. Hocepied , A. Kacha, F. Grenez, A. Nonclercq; University of Brussels /BE
BE-P.13
10:50-11:30
Control of Medical Robotics and Neurorobotic Prosthetics by Non-invasive Brain-robot Interfaces via EEG and RFID Technology
  E. Antoniadou; Univeristy Of Central Greece/GR
BE-P.14
10:50-11:30
Graph Theory Based Algorithm for Magnetic Resonance Brain Images Segmentation
  J. Wang, D. Liu , L. Dou, B. Zhang, J. Kong, Y. Lu; Northeast Normal University/CN
BE-P.15
10:50-11:30
Monte Carlo Modeling of Corneal and Retinal Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging
  A. Gerakis 1 , M. Kirillin 2 , E. Sergeeva 2 , M. Makropoulou 1 , A. Serafetinides1; 1National Technical University of Athens /GR, 2 Russian Academy of Science/RU
BE-P.16
10:50-11:30
Investigating Mesh Parameters to Achieve Clinically Applicable Finite Element Analysis of Vertebrae
  C. Vossou , C. Provatidis; National Technical University of Athens /GR
BE-P.17
10:50-11:30
Image Analysis and CADx System for Mucosal Lesions
  A. Chodorowski 1 , C. R. Choudhury 2 , T. Gustavsson1; 1Chalmers University of Technology/SE, 2 AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences/IN
BE-P.18
10:50-11:30
Gait Analysis and Automatic Gait Event Identifucation Using Accelerometers
  G. Zdragkas , J. Avaritsiotis; National Technical University of Athens /GR
BE-P.19
10:50-11:30
Versatile Approximation of the Lung Field Boundaries in Chest Radiographs in the Presence of Bacterial Pulmonary Infections
  D. Iakovidis; Technological Educational Institute of Lamia/GR
BE-P.20
10:50-11:30
Assessment of Osteoarthritis Severity by Wavelet Analysis of the Hip Joint Space Radial Distance Signature
  I. Boniatis, E. Panagiotopoulos, D. Lymberopoulos, G. Panayiotakis ; University of Patras/GR
BE-P.21
10:50-11:30
Chromosome Region Recognition Based on Local Band Patterns
  T. Abe , C. Hamada, T. Kinoshita; Tohoku University/JP
BE-P.22
10:50-11:30
A Robust Pose Matching Algorithm for Covered Body Analysis for Sleep Apnea
  C. W. Wang , A. Hunter; University of Lincoln/UK
BE-P.23
10:50-11:30
Ontology-Inferred Phylogeny Reconstruction for Analyzing the Evolutionary Relationships between Species: Ontological Inference versus Cladistics
  A. Shaban-Nejad , V. Haarslev; Concordia University/CA
BE-5.4.6
10:50-11:30
A Simple Sequential Pose Recognition Model for Sleep Apnea
C.W. Wang, A. Hunter; University of Lincoln/UK
   
   
  Thursday, October 9, 11:30 – 13:00
     
Session BE-5.2
Olympia 1
 
  Biomedical Image Processing & Analysis
   
Chairs N. Paragios (Ecole Centrale de Paris/FR), G. Panayiotakis (University of Patras/GR)
   
BE-5.2.1
11:30-11:45
Segmentation of Sublingual Veins from Near Infrared Sublingual Images
  Z. Yan , K. Wang, N. Li; Harbin Institute of Technology/CN
BE-5.2.2
11:45-12:00
Joining Retinal Vessel Segments
  B. A. Diri 1 , A. Hunter 1 , D. Steel 2 , M. Habib2; 1The University of Lincoln / UK , 2 Sunderland Eye Infirmary/UK
BE-5.2.3
12:00-12:15
Segmentation of Nuclei in Cancer Tissue Images: Contrasting Active Contours with Morphology-Based Approach
  S. D. Cataldo 1 , E. Ficarra 1 , A. Acquaviva 2 , E. Macii1; 1Politecnico di Torino/IT, 2 University of Verona/IT
BE-5.2.4
12:15-12:30
Local Based Fuzzy Clustering for Segmentation of MR Brain Images
  Y. Lv 1 , L. Dou 1 , N. Che 2 , J. Kong 1 , B. Zhang 1 , J. Wang 1 , D. Liu; 1 Northeast Normal University/CN, 2 Ji Lin University/CN,
BE-5.2.5
12:30-12:45
Automatic DNA Microarray Gridding based on Support Vector Machines
  D. Bariamis, D. Maroulis , D. K. Iakovidis; University of Athens/GR
BE-5.2.6
12:45-13:00
Improving Renal Cell Carcinoma Classification by Automatic Region of Interest Selection
  Q. Chaudry 1 , S. H. Raza 1 , Y. Sharma 1 , A. Young 2 , M. Wang1; 1Georgia Institute of Technology/USA , 2 Emory University/USA
   
   
  Thursday, October 9, 11:30 – 13:00
   
Session BI-7.1
Templar's
 
  Query Languages, Interoperability, Bio-Ontology and Data Mining
   
Chairs A. Zhang ( State University of New York / USA ), M. Tsiknakis (FORTH/GR)
   
BI-7.1.1
11:30-11:45
A Medical, Description Logic based, Ontology for Skin Lesion Images
  M. Maragoudakis 1 , I. Maglogiannis 2 , D. Lymberopoulos3; 1University of the Aegean/GR, 2 University of Central Greece/GR, 3 University of Patras/GR
BI-7.1.2
11:45-12:00
A Framework for the Development of Biomedical Text Mining Software Tools
  A. Lourenço 1 , R. Carreira 1 , S. Carneiro 1 , P. Maia 1 , D. Glez-Peña 2 , F. Fdez-Riverola 2 , E. C. Ferreira 1 , I. Rocha 1 , M. Rocha1; 1University of Minho/PT, 2 University of Vigo/ES
BI-7.1.3
12:00-12:15
Message Communication Server for Medical Information Systems' Interoperability
  L. Kolovou , D. Lymberopoulos; University of Patras/GR
BI-7.1.4
12:15-12:30
A High Throughput Approach to Keep Alive a Web-Based Database System for Multiple Search Among Published Bioinformatics Tools and Databases
  V. Atlamazoglou 1 , T. Thireou 1 , A. Alexandridou 2 , G. Spyrou2; 1National Technical University of Athens /GR, 2 Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens/GR
BI-7.1.5
12:30-12:45
Parallel Integration of Heterogeneous Genome-Wide Data Sources
  D. Greene , K. Bryan, P. Cunningham; University College Dublin/IE
BI-7.1.6
12:45-13:00
Polyadenylation Site Prediction Using Interesting Emerging Patterns
  G. Tzanis , I. Kavakiotis, I. Vlahavas; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki/GR
   
   
  Thursday, October 9, 11:30 – 13:00
     
Session BI-5.1
Abbey
 
  Genes and their Regulation
   
Chairs M. Reczko (FORTH/GR), S. Kossida (Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens/GR )
   
BI-5.1.1
11:30-11:45
GOmir: a Stand-alone Application for Human microRNA Target Analysis and Gene Ontology Clustering
  P. Zotos 1 , G. Papachristoudis 2 , M. G. Roubelakis 1 , I. Michalopoulos 1 , S. Kossida 1 , N. P. Anagnou 1 , K. I. Pappa1,3; 1Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens/GR, 2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology/USA, 3 University of Athens/GR
BI-5.1.2
11:45-12:00
miRNA Target Prediction through Mining of miRNA Relationships
  Y. Zhang, S. de Bruin, F. J. Verbeek; Leiden University/NL
BI-5.1.3
12:00-12:15
Modeling Gene Regulation and Spatial Organization of Sequence Based Motifs
  J. Supper 1 , C. aufm Kampe 1 , D. Wanke 1 , K. W. Berendzen 1 , K. Harter 1 , R. Bonneau 2 , A. Zell1; 1University of Tübingen/DE, 2 New York University/USA
BI-5.1.4
12:15-12:30
Mature miRNA Identification via the Use of a Naive Bayes Classifier
  K. Gkirtzou 1,2 , P. Tsakalides 1,2 , P. Poirazi2; 1University of Crete/GR, 2 Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas/GR
BI-5.1.5
12:30-12:45
Large-Scale Approximate Intervention Strategies for Probabilistic Boolean Networks as Models of Gene Regulation
  M. Tan 1, R. Alhajj 1 , F. Polat2; 1University of Calgary/CA, 2 Middle East Technical University/TR
BI-5.1.6
12:45-13:00
Motifs in Regulatory Networks and their Structural Robustness
  A. Elena, H. B. Amor, N. Glade, J. Demongeot ; University J. Fourier/FR
   
   
  Thursday, October 9, 14:00 – 15:00
     
Plenary Session
Olympia 2
 
   
Chair N. Bourbakis (Wright State University/USA)
   
PL. 6
14:00-14:40
Frontiers of Neuroengineering with Focus on Brain Machine Interface and Neural Prostheses
  N. Thakor; The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
 
14:40-15:00
Awards
   
   
  Thursday, October 9, 15:00 – 16:30
     
Session BE-5.3
Olympia 1
 
  Biomedical Image Processing & Analysis
   
Chairs C. Pattichis (University of Cyprus/CY), J. Stoitsis (National Technical University of Athens/GR)
   
BE-5.3.1
15:00-15:15
Matrix Factorization Techniques for Analysis of Imaging Mass Spectrometry Data
  P. Siy , R. Moffitt, R. M. Parry, Y. Chen, Y. Liu, M. C. Sullards, A. H. Merrill, M. D. Wang; Georgia Tech/USA
BE-5.3.2
15:15-15:30
A Machine Learning Based System for Multichannel Fluorescence Analysis in Pancreatic Tissue Bioimages
  J. Herold 1 , S. Abouna 2 , L. Zhou 2 , S. Pelengaris 2 , D. Epstein 2 , M. Khan 2 , T. Nattkemper 1; 1University of Bielefeld/DE, 2 University of Warwick/UK
BE-5.3.3
15:30-15:45
A Multiple Expert-based Melanoma Recognition System for Dermoscopic Images of Pigmented Skin Lesions
  M. M. Rahman , P. Bhattacharya, B. C. Desai; Concordia University/CA
BE-5.3.4
15:45-16:00
Lungs SPECT Image Processing for Volume and Perfusion Index Estimation
  M. Lyra 1 , M. Gavrilelli 2 , V. Lyra 3 , G. Kokona 1 , G. Limouris 1 , K. Skouroliakou4; 1University of Athens/GR, 2 Medical Imaging Center/GR, 3 Attikon University Hospital/GR, 4 Technical Institute of Athens/GR,
BE-5.3.5
16:00-16:15
Ultrasound Imaging Media Layer Texture Analysis of the Carotid Artery
  C. Loizou 1 , M. Pantziaris 2 , A. Nicolaides 3 , A. Spanias 4 , M. Pattichis 5 , C. Pattichis 6; 1Intercollege/CY, 2 Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics/CY, 3 Vascular Screening and Diagnostic Center/CY, 4 Arizona State University/USA, 5 University of New Mexico/USA, 6 University of Cyprus/CY
BE-5.3.6
16:15-16:30
The Study of Hepatic NF-κB Transcription Dynamics via Fluorescent Image Analysis
  A. McArdle, K. McMenemy, S. Ferguson; Queen's University Belfast/UK
   
   
  Thursday, October 9, 15:00 – 16:30
     
Session BI-1.1
Templar's
 
  Algorithms, Modeling and Simulation of Bio-Sets
   
Chairs G. Spyrou (Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens/GR ), P. Tsakalides (FORTH/GR)
   
BI-1.1.1
15:00-15:15
A Branch-and-Bound Approach for Knowledge-based Protein Structure Assembly
  G. Zheng 1 , G. Narasimhan2; 1North Carolina Central University/USA, 2 Florida International University/USA
BI-1.1.2
15:15-15:30
GPM: A Graph Pattern Matching Kernel with Diffusion for Chemical Compound Classification
  A. Smalter, J. Huan, G. Lushington; University of Kansas/USA
BI-1.1.3
15:30-15:45
Structure Feature Selection for Chemical Compound Classification
  H. Fei, J. Huan; University of Kansas/USA
BI-1.1.4
15:45-16:00
An Enhanced Markov Clustering Method for Detecting Protein Complexes
  C. Moschopoulos 1 , G. Pavlopoulos 2 , S. Likothanassis 1 , S. Kossida3l; 1University of Patras/GR, 2 European Molecular Biology Laboratory/DE, 3 Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens/GR
BI-1.1.5
16:00-16:15
Physical Understanding via Reduction of Complex Multiscale Models: Glycolysis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  P. Kourdis 1 , D. Goussis 1 , R. Steuer2; 1National Technical University of Athens/GR , 2 Institute for Biology/DE
BI-1.1.6
16:15-16:30
Validating Models of Bacterial Chemotaxis by Simulating the Random Motility Coefficient
  Z. Wang, M. Kim, G. Rosen ; Drexel University/USA
   
   
  Thursday, October 9, 15:00 – 16:30
     
Session BE-3.1
Abbey
 
  Biomedical & Biological Sensors
   
Chairs T. Tamura ( Chiba University/JP), I. Karanasiou ( National Technical University of Athens )
   
BE-3.1.1
15:00-15:15
Comparative Study of Empirical Mode Decomposition Applied in Experimental Biosignals
  A. Karagiannis , P. Constantinou; National Technical University of Athens /GR
BE-3.1.2
15:15-15:30
On the Use of Ultrasonic Communications in Biosensor Networks
  A. Ifantis, A. Kalis ; Athens Information Technology/GR
BE-3.1.3
15:30-15:45
Passive Focused Monitoring and Non-invasive Irradiation of Head Tissue Phantoms at Microwave Frequencies
  K. Karathanasis, I. Gouzouasis, I. Karanasiou , G. Stratakos, N. Uzunoglu; National Technical University of Athens /GR
BE-3.1.4
15:45-16:00
Efficient Implementation of Biomedical Hardware Using Open Source Descriptions and Behavioral Synthesis
  G. Economakos; National Technical University of Athens /GR
BE-3.1.5
16:00-16:15
A Formal Language Approach for Multi-Sensor Wearable Health-Monitoring Systems
  A. Pantelopoulos, N. Bourbakis ; Wright State University, AIIS Inc./ USA
BE-3.1.6
16:15-16:30
A Study to Demonstrate the Use of an Air Bag Device to Prevent Fall-related Injuries
  T. Tamura 1 , T. Yoshimura 2 , M. Sekine1; 1Chiba University/JP, 2 Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology/JP
   
   
  Thursday, October 9, 16:50 – 18:20
     
Session BE-4.2
Olympia 1
 
  Biomedical Data Engineering
   
Chairs S. Mougiakakou ( National Technical University of Athens /GR), D. Maroulis (University of Athens/GR)
   
BE-4.2.1
16:50-17:05
Assessment of the Risk of Coronary Heart Event Based on Data Mining
  M. Karaolis 1 , J. Moutiris 2 , C. Pattichis1; 1University of Cyprus/CY, 2 Paphos General Hospital/CY
BE-4.2.2
17:05-17:20
Feature Selection and Classification for Assessment of Chronic Stroke Impairment
  J. Y. Jung , J. I. Glasgow, S. H. Scott; Queen's University/CA
BE-4.2.3
17:20-17:35
Medical Disease Prediction Using Artificial Neural Networks
  D. Mantzaris 1 , G. Anastassopoulos 1 , D. Lymberopoulos2; 1Democritus University of Thrace/GR, 2 University of Patras/GR
BE-4.2.4
17:35-17:50
Pathological Voice Discrimination using Cepstral Analysis, Vector Quantization and Hidden Markov Models
  S. Costa 1 , B. G. Aguiar. Neto 2 , J. M. Fechine2; 1Federal Center of Technological Education of Paraíba/BR,2 Federal University of Campina Grande /BR
BE-4.2.5
17:50-18:05
Classification of Event-Related Potentials Associated with Response Errors in Actors
  P. Asvestas 1 , E. Ventouras 1 , I. Karanasiou 2 , G. Matsopoulos2; 1Technological Educational Institute of Athens/GR, 2 National Technical University of Athens/GR
BE-4.2.6
18:05-18:20
Intelligent Patient Profiling for Diagnosis, Staging and Treatment Selection in Colon Cancer
  Y. Goletsis , T. P. Exarchos, N. Giannakeas, D. I. Fotiadis; University of Ioannina/GR
   
   
  Thursday, October 9, 16:50 – 18:20
     
Session BI-4.1
Templar's
 
  Gene Expression Analysis
   
Chairs R. Brause ( Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität/DE ), F. Kalatzis (University of Ioannina/GR)
   
BI-4.1.1
16:50-17:05
Signature Genes in Human Heart Failure Based on Gene Expression Analysis: Can we Identify a Unique Set?
  H. Wang, H. Zheng ; University of Ulster/UK
BI-4.1.2
17:05-17:20
Normalized EM Algorithm for Tumor Clustering using Gene Expression Data
  P. Nguyen , V. Nguyen; University of New South Wales/AU
BI-4.1.3
17:20-17:35
Time Series Gene Expression Data Clustering and Pattern Extraction in Arabidopsis Thaliana Phosphatase-encoding Genes
  P. S. Bidari 1 , R. Manshaei 1 , J. Alirezaie 1 , M. A. Malboobi2; 1K. N. Toosi University of Technology/IR, 2 National Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology/IR
BI-4.1.4
17:35-17:50
A Novel Evolutionary Algorithm for Bi-clustering of Gene Expression Data Based on the Order Preserving Sub-Matrix (OPSM) Constraint
  H. Roh , S. Park; Yonsei University/KR
BI-4.1.5
17:50-18:05
An Information Theoretic Framework for Genomic Data Analysis
  A. McKenna 1 , G. Alterovitz 2 - 1 Boston University/USA, 2 MIT/USA
BI-4.1.6
18:05-18:20
GOMA: Web Utility for Direct Finding of Enriched Gene Ontology Terms from Gene Expression Profile
  E. Mizutani, J. Sese ; Ochanomizu University/JP
   
   
  Thursday, October 9, 16:50 – 18:20
     
Session BI-6.1
Abbey
 
  Protein Structure Prediction and Molecular Simulation
   
Chairs A. Elofsson (Stockcholm University/SE), G. Spyrou (Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens/GR )
   
BI-6.1.1
16:50-17:05
Extracting Decision Rules in Predicting of Protein Secondary Structure
  N. M. Nguyen 1 , J. Zurada 2 , J. Rajapakse1; 1Nanyang Technological University/SG, 2 University of Louisville/USA
BI-6.1.2
17:05-17:20
Distance-based Indexing of Residue Contacts for Protein Structure Retrieval and Alignment
  A. Sacan 1 , I. H. Toroslu 2 , H. Ferhatosmanoglu1; 1The Ohio State University/USA, 2 Middle East Technical University/TR
BI-6.1.3
17:20-17:35
Pruning Neural Networks for Protein Secondary Structure Prediction
  S. Babaei 1 , A. Seyyedsalehi 1 , A. Geranmayeh2; 1Amirkabir University of Technology/IR, 2 Darmstadt University of Technology/DE
BI-6.1.4
17:35-17:50
Investigation Into the Role of Sequence-Driven-Features for Prediction of Protein Structural Classes
  S. Nanuwa , H.Seker; De Montfort University/ UK
BI-6.1.5
17:50-18:05
Protein Similarity Networks and Genetic Algorithm Driven Feature Selection for Fold Recognition
  I. K. Valavanis 1, G. M. Spyrou 2 , K. S. Nikita1; 1National Technical University of Athens /GR, 2 Biomedical Research Foundation of Academy of Athens/GR
BI-6.1.6
18:05-18:20
A Local Structural Alignment Algorithm with Variable Length Alignment Fragment Pairs
  V. Kundeti , S. Rajasekaran; University of Connecticut/USA
   
   
  Friday, October 10, 08:00 – 09:20
     
Plenary Session
Olympia 2
 
   
Chair L. M. Roa ( University of Seville/ES )
   
PL. 7
08:00-08:40
Quo Vadis Cardiovascular Informatics?
  I. Kakadiaris;University of Houston/USA
PL. 8
08:40-09:20
On Ellipsoidal Tumours
  G. Dassios; University of Cambridge/UK
   
   
  Friday, October 10, 09:20 – 10:50
     
Session BE-5.4
Olympia 1
 
  Biomedical Image Processing & Analysis
   
Chairs K. Cleary (Georgetown University/USA), S. Pavlopoulos ( National Technical University of Athens /GR)
   
BE-5.4.1
09:20-09:35
Medical Image Authentication and Self-Correction through an Adaptive Reversible Watermarking Technique
  V. E. Fotopoulos , M. L. Stavrinou, A. N. Skodras; Hellenic Open University/GR
BE-5.4.2
09:35-09:50
Determination of the Mechanoelastic Properties of Parasites via Analysis of their Microscopic Images
  D. Arabadjis 1 , P. Rousopoulos v1 , C. Papaodysseus 1 , M. Panagopoulos 1 , P. Loumou 1 , G. Theodoropoulos2; 1National Technical University of Athens /GR, 2 Agricultural University of Athens/GR
BE-5.4.3
09:50-10:05
Automatic Frame Reduction of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Video
  S. Tsevas 1 , D. Iakovidis 2 , D. Maroulis 2 , E. Pavlakis3; 1Automatic Frame Reduction of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Video/GR, 2 University of Athens/GR, 3 Aretaieion Hospital/GR
BE-5.4.4
10:05-10:20
A Methodology for Detecting Blood-based Abnormalities in Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Videos
  A. Karargyris, N. Bourbakis ; Wright State University/USA
BE-5.4.5
10:20-10:35
Medical Needle Steering for Lung Biopsy: Experimental Results in Tissue Phantoms Using a Robotic Needle Driver
  J. Ding 1 , D. Stoianovici 2, D. Petrisor 2 , P. Mozer 2 , R. Avila 3 , L. Ibanez 3 , W. Turner 3 , D. Yankelvitz 4 , E. Wilson 1 , F. Banovac 1 , K. Cleary1; 1Georgetown University/USA, 2 Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions/USA, 3 Kitware Inc./USA, 4 Weill-Cornell Medical Center/USA
BE-5.4.6
10:35-10:50
A Simple Sequential Pose Recognition Model for Sleep Apnea
  C. W. Wang, A. Hunter; University of Lincoln/UK
   
   
  Friday, October 10, 09:20 – 10:50
     
Session BI-1.2
Templar's
 
  Algorithms, Modeling and Simulation of Bio-Sets
   
Chairs E. Bongcam-Rudloff (Linnaeus Ceenter of Bioinformatics/SE), J. Demongeot (University J. Fourier/FR)
   
BI-1.2.1
09:20-09:35
Clinical Trial Simulation in Grid Environments
  D. Kyriazis, A. Menychtas, D. Dionysiou, G. Stamatakos, T. Varvarigou; National Technical University of Athens /GR
BI-1.2.2
09:35-09:50
Fast Parallel Bio-Molecular Logic Computing Algorithms of Discrete Logarithm
  Y. Y. Shih 1 , M. S .H. Ho2 1National Taipei College of Business/TW, 2 Ming Chuan University/TW
BI-1.2.3
09:50-10:05
A Web Based Tool for Integration of Molecular Pathway Models
  E. Sciacca 1 ,S. V. A. Ayyadurai 2 , F. C. Dewey2; 1University of Catania/IT, 2 MIT/USA
BI-1.2.4
10:05-10:20
Faster Greedy Algorithms for Multiple Degenerate Primer Selection
  S. Balla 1 , S. Rajasekeran 2 , I. Mandoiu2; 1Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center/USA, 2 University of Connecticut/USA
BI-1.2.5
10:20-10:35
Clock-constrained Tree Proposal Operators in Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference
  S. Hoehna , M. Defoin-Platel, A. J. Drummond; University of Auckland/NZ
BI-1.2.6
10:35-10:50
Genetic Algorithm Based Feature Selection for Mass Spectrometry Data
  Y. Li , Y. Liu, L. Bai; Shandong Institute fo Light Industry/CN
   
   
  Friday, October 10, 09:20 – 10:35
     
Session BI-2.1
Abbey
 
  Bio-Imaging
   
Chairs G. Kontaxakis (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid /ES), K. Marias (FORTH/GR)
   
BI-2.1.1
09:20-09:35
Automatic Quality Assessment for Fluorescence Microscopy Images
  P. Paul 1 , D. Kalamatianos 1 , H. Duessmann 2 , H. Huber2; 1National University of Ireland/IE, 2 Royal College of Surgeon Ireland/IE
BI-2.1.2
09:35-09:50
A New Method for Processing the Forward Solver Data in Fluorescence Molecular Imaging
  D. Gorpas , K. Politopoulos, D. Yova; National Technical University of Athens /GR
BI-2.1.3
09:50-10:05
Modeling of Regional Dynamic CO2 Reactivity in Respiratory Related Brain Areas Using BOLD fMRI
  G. D. Mitsis1, A. K. Harvey2, S. Dirckx2, S. D. Mayhew2, R. Rogers2, I. Tracey2, R. G. Wise3, K. T. S. Pattinnson2; 1National Technical University of Athens/GR, 2University of Oxford/UK, 3Cardiff University/UK
BI-2.1.4
10:05-10:20
Identification of Significant Metabolic Markers from MRSI Data for Brain Cancer Classification
  M. Kounelakis 1, M. Zervakis 1, M. Blazadonakis 1, G. Postma 2, L. Buydens2, A. Heerschap 3, X. Kotsiakis 4; 1 Technical University of Crete/GR, 2 Radboud University/NL, 3 University Medical Center Nijmegen/NL, 4General Hospital of Chania/GR
BI-2.1.5
10:20-10:35
A Study of the Parameters Affecting Minimum Detectable Activity Concentration Level of Clinical LSO PET Scanners
  N. A. Karakatsanis, K. S. Nikita; National Technical University of Athens/GR
   
   
  Friday, October 10, 10:50 – 11:30
     
Poster Session
Olympia 2
 
  Bioinformatics
   
BI-P.1
10:50-11:30
An Information Theoretic Divergence for Microarray Data Clustering
  X. V. Nguyen , N. M. Phuong; The University of New South Wales/AU
BI-P.2
10:50-11:30
Using ANOVA to Analyse Thalidomide's Molecular Mechanisms in Human PBMC Microarrays
  R. Paiva , B. Dias, M. R. Alves, U. Lopes, F. Nobre; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro/BR
BI-P.3
10:50-11:30
Signaling Biomarker Pattern Discovery Using Reverse Phase Protein Microarray
  Y. B. Kim, J. Gao, J. V. Pastor, K. Rosenblatt; University of Texas/USA
BI-P.4
10:50-11:30
cDNA Microarray Analysis of a Glucocorticoid Treated Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cell Line
  E. Sifakis 1 , G. Lambrou 2 , A. Prentza 1 , D. Koutsouris 1 , F. Tzortzatou-Stathopoulou2; 1National Technical University of Athens/GR , 2 University of Athens/GR
BI-P.5
10:50-11:30
Development of a Universal, Flexible and Freely Available Database Management System for Gene-Centered Data Collection, Curation and Display of DNA Variation
  S. Zaimidou 1 , S. van Baal 1 , T. D. Smith2 , K. Mitropoulos 3 , M. Ljulic 4 , D. Radojkovic 4 , R. G. Cotton 2 , G. P. Patrinos1 1Erasmus University Medical Center/NL, 2 The University of Melbourne/AU, 3 Asclepion Genetics/CH, 4 Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering/RS
BI-P.6
10:50-11:30
Use of Gene Ontology Semantic Information in Protein Interaction Data Visualization
  R. Massanet , P. Caminal, A. Perera; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya/ES
BI-P.7
10:50-11:30
Benefits of Using Paired Controls for Analyzing Gene Expression of Prostate Cancer
  S. Haney , M. Kam, L. Hrebien; Drexel University/USA
BI-P.8
10:50-11:30
A Computer Simulation Model of Gene Replacement in Vector Populations
  M. Guevara, E. E. Vallejo ; ITESM Campus Estado de Mexico/MX
BI-P.9
10:50-11:30
Complementary Grouping of Amino Acids based on base-pairing
  M. Park , B. G. Kim; University of Massachusetts/USA
BI-P.10
10:50-11:30
Phylogenetic Reconstruction with Disk-Covering and Bayesian Approaches
  Y. Guo, J. Tang ; University of South Carolina/USA
BI-P.11
10:50-11:30
Identification of Active Biological Networks and Common Expression Conditions
  M. Seki, J. Sese ; Ochanomizu University/JP
BI-P.12
10:50-11:30
Novel Weighted Amino Acid Composition for Prediction of Protein Structural Classes within the Context of Multi-sensor Data Fusion Approach
  H. Seker; De Montfort University/UK
BI-P.13
10:50-11:30
Fast Parallel Bio-Molecular Logic Computing Algorithms: Protein Folding
  Y. Y. Shih 1 , M. S. H. Ho2; 1 National Taipei College of Business/TW, 2 Ming Chuan University/TW
BI-P.14
10:50-11:30
Detection of Transcription Factor Binding Sites Using Rényi Entropy
  J. Maynou 1 , M. Vallverdú 1 , F. Clarià 2 , A. Perera 1 , P. Caminal1; 1Technical University of Catalonia/ES, 2 University of Lleida/ES
BI-P.15
10:50-11:30
BioSumm: a Novel Summarizer Oriented to Biological Information
  E. Baralis, A. Fiori , L. Montrucchio; Politecnico di Torino/IT
BI-P.16
10:50-11:30
Maximum Likelihood Reconstruction for Fluorescence Optical Projection Tomography
  A. Darrell 1 , H. Meyer 1 , U. Birk 1 , K. Marias 1 , M. Brady 2 , J. Ripoll1; 1Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas/GR, 2 University of Oxford/UK
BI-P.17
10:50-11:30
Classification of Laser Induced Fluorescence Spectra from Normal and Malignant Tissues using Learning Vector Quantization Neural Network in Bladder Cancer Diagnosis
  K. Gopal 1,2 , M. K. Komal 3 , K.S. Chowdhary 3 , P. Ajeethkumar 3 , V. K. Unnikrishnan 3 , P. Vijendra 3 , C. Arun 3 , N. Mads 1 , C. Santhosh3; 1University of Copenhagen/DK, 2 Nordic Bioscience A/S/DK, 3 Manipal University/IN
BI-6.1.6
10:50-11:30
A Local Structural Alignment Algorithm with Variable Length Alignment Fragment Pairs
  V. Kundeti , S. Rajasekaran; University of Connecticut/USA
BI-1.2.3 *
10:50-11:30
A Web Based Tool for Integration of Molecular Pathway Models
  E. Sciacca 1 ,S. V. A. Ayyadurai 2 , F. C. Dewey2; 1University of Catania/IT, 2 MIT/USA
BI-9.1.6 *
10:50-11:30
Building in-silico Pathway SBML Models from Heterogeneous Sources
  I. Kanaris 1 , K. Moutselos 1 , A. Chatziioannou 2 , I. Maglogiannis 1 , F. Kolisis 2; 1 University of Aegean/GR, 2 National Hellenic Research Foundation/GR
   
  Friday, October 10, 11:30 – 13:00
     
Session BI-3.2
Olympia 1
 
  Functional Genomics, Proteomics
   
Chairs D. Kafetzopoulos (FORTH/GR), E. Manolakos (University of Athens/GR)
   
BI-3.2.1
11:30-11:45
A New Gene Expression Signature Related to Breast Cancer Estrogen Receptor Status
  E. Christodoulou, M. Ioannou, G. Papagiannakis, E. Stathopoulos, D. Kafetzopoulos , M. Kafousi, T. Margaritis, et. al.; Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas/GR, University of Crete/GR ,Prolipsis Diagnostic Breast Center/GR
BI-3.2.2
11:45-12:00
A Novel Information Theoretic Method for Detecting Gene-Gene and Gene-Environment Interactions in Complex Diseases
  P. Chanda , A. Zhang, M. Ramanathan; State University of New York at Buffalo/USA
BI-3.2.3
12:00-12:15
Gene – Nutrition Interactions in the Onset of Obesity as Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Based on a Computational Intelligence Method
  I. K. Valavanis 1 , S. G. Mougiakakou 1 , S. Marinos 1 , G. Karkalis 1 , K. A. Grimaldi 2 , R. Gill 2 , K. S. Nikita1; 1National Technical University of Athens/GR, 2 Sciona, Inc./USA
BI-3.2.4
12:15-12:30
Floating Feature Selection for Multiloci Association of Quantitative Traits in Sib-pairs analysis
  H. Brunel 1 , A. Perera 1 , A. Buil 2 , M. S. Lleal 2 , J. C. Souto 2 , J. Fontcuberta 2 , M. Vallverdu 1 , M. Soria 2 , P. Caminal 2 - 1 Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya/ES, 2 Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau/ES
BI-3.2.5
12:30-12:45
Charge State Determination of Peptide Tandem Mass Spectra Using Support Vector Machine (SVM)
  A. M. Zou, J. R. Ding, J. H. Shi, F. X. Wu ; University of Saskatchewan/CA
BI-3.2.6
12:45-13:00
Systematic Elicitation of Sequence Patterns Associated with Non-proline cis Peptide Bonds
  K. Exarchos , T. Exarchos, C. Papaloukas, A. Troganis, D. Fotiadis; University of Ioannina/GR
   
   
  Friday, October 10, 11:30 – 13:00
     
Session BI-7.2
Templar's
 
  CASIMIR-Database Interoperability & Ontologies
   
Chairs V. Aidinis (B.S.R.C. Alexander Fleming/GR), P. N. Schofield (University of Cambridge/UK)
   
BI-7.2.1   CASIMIR: Coordination and Sustainability of International Mouse Informatics Resources
  J. M. Hancock 1 , P.N. Schofield 2 , C. Chandras 3 , M. Zouberakis 3 , V. Aidinis 3 , D. Smedley 2 , N. Rosenthal 4 , K. Schughart 5 , The CASIMIR Consortium; 1 MRC Harwell/UK, 2 University of Cambridge/UK, 3 B.S.R.C. Alexander Fleming/GR, 4 European Molecular Biology Laboratory/IT, 5 Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research/DE,
BI-7.2.2   caBIG™: Opportunities and Challenges to Creating a Federated Global Network of Interoperable Information Systems
  G. A. Komatsoulis; National Cancer Institute Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology/USA
BI-7.2.3   Database Interoperability through Web Services and Ontologies
  T. Sellis 1 , D. Skoutas 1 , K. Staikos 2 - 1 National Technical University of Athens /GR, 2 European Dynamics SA/GR
BI-7.2.4   Towards Dynamic Database Infrastructures for Mouse Genetics
  M. A. Swertz 1 , D. Smedley 2 , K. Wolstencroft 3 , R. Alberts 4 , M. Zouberakis 5 , V. Aidinis 5 , K. Schughart 4 , P. Schofield 6 , R. C. Jansen 1 , The CASIMIR Consortium; 1 University of Groningen/NL, 2 European Bioinformatics Institute/UK, 3 University of Manchester/UK, 4 Helmholtz Center for Infection Research/DE, 5 B.S.R.C. Alexander Fleming/GR, 6 University of Cambridge/UK
BI-7.2.5   The Mouse Resource Browser (MRB) – A Near-Complete Registry of Mouse Resources
  M. Zouberakis 1 , C. Chandras 1 , J. M. Hancock 2 , P.N. Schofield 3 , V. Aidinis1; 1B.S.R.C. Alexander Fleming/GR, 2 MRC Harwell/UK, 3 University of Cambridge/UK
BI-7.2.6   Using Bio-ontologies as Data Annotation, Integration & Analytical Tools at the Mouse Genome Informatics Resource
  A. V. Anagnostopoulos , J. A. Blake, C. J. Bult, M. Ringwald, J. E. Richardson, J. A. Kadin, J. T. Eppig; The Jackson Laboratory/USA
BI-7.2.7   One Medicine: Integrating Mouse and Human Disease Phenotypes
  P. N. Schofield 1 , G. V. Gkoutos 1,2 , J. Sundberg 3 , J. M. Hancock 4 , The CASIMIR Consortium; 1 University of Cambridge/UK, 2 National Hellenic Research Foundation/GR, 3 The Jackson Laboratory/USA, 4 MRC Harwell/UK
BI-7.2.8   Digital Preservation – Financial Sustainability of Biological Data and Material Resources
  C. Chandras 1 , T. Weaver 2 , M. Zouberakis 1 , J. M. Hancock 3 , P. N. Schofield 4 , V. Aidinis1; 1B.S.R.C. Alexander Fleming/GR, 2 Geneservice Limited/UK, 3 MRC Harwell/UK, 4 University of Cambridge/UK
   
   
  Friday, October 10, 11:30 – 13:00
     
Session BE-6.1
Abbey
 
  Engineering Models in Bio-Medicine
   
Chairs G. Rosen (Drexel University/USA), O. Milenkovic (University of Illinois/USA)
   
BE-6.1.1
11:30-11:45
Local Haemodynamics and Intimal Hyperplasia at the Venous Side of Porcine Carotid Artery - Jugular Vein Shunt
  T. Manos 1 , D. Sokolis 2 , A. Giagini 2 , J. Kakisis 3 , C. Davos 2 , P. E. Karayannacos 2 , N. Stergiopulos 4 , S. Tsangaris1; 1National Technical University of Athens/GR, 2 Foundation of Biomedical Research, Academy of Athens/GR, 3 University of Athens/GR, 4 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology/CH
BE-6.1.2
11:45-12:00
2D Occulomotor Plant Mathematical Model for Eye Movement Simulation
  O. Komogortsev, U. Jayarathna ; Texas State University/USA
BE-6.1.3
12:00-12:15
MRI-Guided Robot-Assisted Lumpectomy for Surgical Management of Early Breast Cancer: Preliminary Investigation and Use Case Analysis
  Y. Yu 1 , K. Yan 1 , T. Podder 1 , K. Brill 1 , L. Liao2,3; 1Thomas Jefferson University/USA, 2 Cooper Cancer Institute/ USA , 3 Robert Wood Johnson Univesity/USA
BE-6.1.4
12:15-12:30
A Generic Grid Interface and Execution Framework for Biomedical Applications
  K. Vegoudakis, V. Koutkias , A. Malousi, I. Chouvarda, N. Maglaveras; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki/GR
BE-6.1.5
12:30-12:45
An Evaluation of Magnetically Induced Current Density in Human's Body, based on Measurements Conducted in a High Voltage Center of 150/20kV
  A. Paraskevopoulos , P. Bourkas, C. Karagiannopoulos; National Technical University of Athens /GR
BE-6.1.6
12:45-13:00
Modelling glycaemia of diabetics: An Application
  F. Benmakrouha 1 , C. Hespel 1 , M. l. V Foursov2; 1INSA -IRISA RENNES/FR, 2 IFSIC-IRISA RENNES/FR
   
   
  Friday, October 10, 14:00 – 15:20
     
Plenary Session
Olympia 2
 
   
Chair G. Alterovitz (MIT/USA)
   
PL .9
14:00-14:40
An Effective Approach to Magnetoencephalography
  T. Fokas; University of Cambridge/UK
PL. 10
14:40-15:20
Biobanks, Biomolecular Resources and Bioinformatics for Health Care and Medical Research in Europe
  E. Bongcam-Rudloff; Linnaeus Center of Bioinformatics/SE
   
   
  Friday, October 10, 15:20 – 16:35
     
Session BE-5.5
Olympia 1
 
  Biomedical Image Processing & Analysis
   
Chairs D. Lymberopoulos.(University of Patras/GR), Y. Yu (Thomas Jefferson University/USA)
   
BE-5.5.1
15:20-15:35
Preliminary Performance Evaluation of a High Resolution Small Animal PET Scanner with Monolithic Crystals and Depth-of-Interaction Encoding
  M. Balcerzyk 1 , G. Kontaxakis 2 , M. Delgado 1 , L. Garcia 1 , G. M. Benlloch 3 , M. A. Poso 2 , 1 Univ. Complutense de Madrid/ES, 2 Univ. Politécnica de Madrid/ES, 3 Universidad de Valencia and CSIC/ES
BE-5.5.2
15:35-15:50
Assessment of  Iterative Image Reconstruction Techniques for Small-Animal PET Imaging Applications
  E. Karali, S. Pavlopoulos , D. Koutsouris; National Technical University of Athens /GR
BE-5.5.3
15:50-16:05
A Sparse Variational Bayesian Approach for fMRI Data Analysis
  V. P. Oikonomou , E. E. Tripoliti, D. I. Fotiadis; University of Ioannina/GR
BE-5.5.4
16:05-16:20
In-vivo Brain Anatomical Connectivity Using Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Fuzzy Connectedness
 
S. Sotiropoulos , C. Tench, L. Bai; University of Nottingham/UK
BE-5.5.5
16:20-16:35
Towards Quantification of Interstitial Pneumonia Patterns in Lung Multidetector CT
  P. Korfiatis 1 , A. Karahaliou 1 , A. Kazantzi 2 , C. Kalogeropoulou 2 , L. Costaridou1; 1University of Patras/GR, 2 University Hospital of Patras/GR
   
   
  Friday, October 10, 15:20 – 16:50
     
Session BI-4.2
Templar's
 
  Gene Expression Analysis
   
Chairs M. Zervakis (Technical University of Crete/GR ), S. Goodison (University of Florida/USA)
   
BI-4.2.1
15:20-15:35
Performance Validation of Microarray Analysis Methods
  M. Zervakis 1 , M. Blazadonakis 1 , A. Banti 1 , D. Kafetzopoulos 2 , V. Danilatou 2 , M. Tsiknakis2; 1Technical University of Crete/GR, 2 Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas/GR
BI-4.2.2
15:35-15:50
Differential Gene Expression Graphs: a Data Structure for Classification in DNA Microarrays
  A. Benso , S. Di Carlo, G. Politano, L. Sterpone; Politecnico di Torino/IT
BI-4.2.3
15:50-16:05
A Computational Approach to Microarray Universal Reference Sample
  G. Tsiliki , S. Kaforou , M. Kapsetaki, G. Potamias, D. Kafetzopoulos; Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas/GR
BI-4.2.4
16:05-16:20
Combining Singular Value Decomposition and t-test into Hybrid Approach for Significant Gene Extraction from Microarray Data
  M. Alshalalfa , R. Alhajj, J. Rokne ; University of Calgary/CA
BI-4.2.5
16:20-16:35
Combining Nomogram and Microarray Data for Predicting Prostate Cancer Recurrence
  Y. Sun , Y. Cai, S. Goodison ; University of Florida/USA
BI-4.2.6
16:35-16:50
Classification of Multiple Cancer Types in a Hyper Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space
  A. Blanco 1 , M. Martin-Merino 1 , J. De Las Rivas2; 1Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca/ES, 2 Cancer Research Center/ES
   
   
  Friday, October 10, 15:20 – 16:35
     
Session BE-1.1
Abbey
 
  Bioengineering Applications for People with Disabilities and the Elderly
   
Chairs E. Papazoglou (Drexel University/USA), A. Prentza ( National Technical University of Athens /GR),
   
BE-1.1.1
15:20-15:35
Assessment of Muscle Fatigue using a Probabilistic Framework for an EMG-based Robot Control Scenario
  P. Artemiadis, K. Kyriakopoulos; National Technical University of Athens /GR
BE-1.1.2
15:35-15:50
Assessment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers with Diffuse Near Infrared Methodology
  E. S. Papazoglou , M. S. Weingarten, L. Zubkov, M. Neidrauer, K. Pourrezaei; Drexel University/USA
BE-1.1.3
15:50-16:05
Transosseous Application of Low-Intensity Ultrasound at the Tendon-Bone Interface Affects the Healing Rate and Up-Regulates Simultaneously the Expression of Collagen Type I and tRNA Gly
  L. Papatheodorou 1 , K. Grafanaki 1 , S. Giannouli 1 , D. Fotiadis 2 , C. Stathopoulos 1 , K. Malizos1; 1University of Thessaly/GR, 2 University of Ioannina/GR,
BE-1.1.4
16:05-16:20
A Proposal of a Fall Detection Algorithm for a MultiDevice Personal Intelligent Platform
  M. A. Estudillo-Valderrama, L. M. Roa, J. Reina-Tosina, D. Naranjo-Hern á ndez; University of Seville/ES
BE-1.1.5
16:20-16:35
Glycaemic Stability of the Diabetic Patient and Therapeutic Adjustments
  F. Benmakrouha 1, M. V. Foursov 2 , C. Hespel 1 , J. P. Hespel3; 1Institut National des Sciences Appliquées/FR, 2 University of Rennes-1/FR, 3 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire of Rennes/FR