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Conference announcement: RANDOM GEOMETRIES IN BIOMEDICINE c/o Miriam
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Alessandra Micheletti
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Industrial Days
Giornate di Matematica per l'Industria
Random Geometries in Biomedicine
January 16, 2004
Dipartimento di Matematica
Universitą degli Studi di Milano
via Saldini 50, Milano, Italy
http://www.mat.unimi.it/users/mirwork/
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The Industrial Days are an effort of MIRIAM for establishing an ongoing
"communication channel" between Academia (methods) and Industry (applications).
The intention is to reinforce awareness in both Academia and Industry about
the increasing role of Mathematical Methods and Tools for the design of
complex products in various areas of industrial interest at large
(Mechanics, Electronics, Finance, Medicine, etc.).
Mastering complexity demands that actors with different background share
various tools, requiring in turn an increased level of communication between
culturally different people.
The Industry Days offer to all interested researchers the opportunity
to be exposed to the presentation of real industrial and social problems and
the relevant innovative mathematical methods useful in their modelling; the
need of further contributions from Mathematics to improve or provide better
solutions will also be considered.
Workshop on Random Geometries in Biomedicine
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In applications, objects rarely have exactly the same shape within
measurement error; hence the randomness of shapes need to be taken
into account. Thanks to the development of information technologies,
the last decade has seen a considerable growth of interest in the statistical
theory of shape and its application to various scientific areas.
The Industry Day "Random Geometries in Biomedicine" will gather biologists,
medical doctors and mathematicians that deal daily with problems where the
presence of "Random geometries" is prominent. Biologists and Medical Doctors
will present situations in which the mathematical study of (random) shapes
may help the biomedical research. Mathematicians will present details of the
main mathematical techniques which are used to address such problems, with
reference to specific applications or case studies.
At the Industry Days there will only be invited talks. Anyhow plenty of time
will be devoted to open discussion during the workshop, including a round
table.
Posters about the invited talks will also be available during coffee breaks and
lunch to stimulate further discussion.
This workshop is funded by MACSI-net, which is an EU-funded Network of
Excellence
with academic as well as industrial nodes; it is devoted to promote the use of
mathematical models, computing and simulation in Industry. To this end it
organises
activities (meetings, workshops, etc) to increase the awareness in
both academia and
industry of the potentials of mathematics and simulation, and also to
stimulate cooperation.
The web site of MACSI-net may be found at http://www.macsinet.org .
In particular, this is an event of the Working group Shape and Size in
Medicine and
Biotechnology, which addresses topics of modelling, inverse problems and
scientific
computing in areas of Medicine and Biotechnologies in which shapes, often
randomly
generated, need to be dealt with.
Scientific Coordination: Dr. Alessandra Micheletti (Universitą di Milano,
----------------------- Alessandra.Micheletti@unimi.it)
Scientific Secretariat: Dr. Matteo Semplice (Universitą di Milano,
---------------------- semplice@mat.unimi.it)
Programme
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8.30-9.00 Registration
9.00-9.30
Vincenzo Capasso, MIRIAM and Dept. of Mathematics, University of Milan (I)
Presentation of MACSInet and of the Working Group "Shape and Size in
Medicine and Biotechnology"
9.30-10.15
Gabriel Landini, Oral Pathology Unit, School of Dentistry ,The University
of Birmingham (GB)
Shape and Complexity in Cancer Imaging
10.15-11.00
COFFEE BREAK and POSTERS
11.00- 11.45
V. Pesce Delfino, Consorzio DiGamma, Bari (I)
An heuristic approach to the description of the shapes of biological
objects via images
11.45-12.30
I.S. Molchanov, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Bern (CH)
Statistical Analysis of non-stationary Boolean models
14.45-15.30
V. Benes, Dept. of Probability and Statistics, Charles University, Prague (CZ)
Vertical Sampling Designs in Stereology
15.30-16.15
A.Micheletti , MIRIAM and Dept. of Mathematics, University of Milan (I)
Shape Analysis Applied to Biomedical Problems.
16.15-17.00
COFFEE BREAK and POSTERS
17.00-18.30
ROUND TABLE
20.00-
Social Dinner
Venue
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The Industry Days will be held at the Department of Mathematics, Universitą
di Milano, via Saldini 50, Milano (Italy)
Fees
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Registration fee: 60 Euros
Reduced rate for students: 20 Euros
Members of the Dept. of Mathematics: no fee
A late fee of 80 Euros will apply after December 31, 2003
Contact information
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For registration, accomodation, fee payment and any information please
visit the web site http://www.mat.unimi.it/~mirwork, write to
miriam-workshop@mat.unimi.it or contact the MIRIAM Secretary:
Mrs. Stefania Leonardi
phone: +39-02-503.16171
fax: +39-02-503.16172