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Best presentation award to Dr. Raul Chavez-Santiago

 

 

At the COST-TERRA workshop on Nov. 15-17, 2011, Dr. Raul Chavez-Santiago received the best presentation award for his work on "Cognitive radio for wireless area networks in hospital environments". Congratulations to Raul! 


Wireless transmission of a full HD video from an in-body transmitter to a on-body receiver

 

 

On October 13, the researchers from the Oslo University Hospital, Norway and the National Institute of ICT (NICT), Japan demonstrated that a full HD video transmission from a in-body transmitter to a on-body receiver using the ultra wideband (UWB) technology. The demonstration is part of the research on the design and development of the next generation SmartPill system. 

The video shows the experiment performed in an animal at the Oslo Univeristy Hospital. 

News articles can be found at the Research Council of Norway and the State Television NRK. The articles are in Norwegian.

Official English version can be found at the Research Council of Norway.

  


 The 2nd International Workshop at the Oslo University Hospital, Oct. 17-18, 2011

We have the pleasure of informing you about an exciting workshop program with three invited talks.   

 The keynote speaker will be Professor Ian F. Akyildiz of Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. He will give two talks.

  Talk 1: Molecular Communications in Nano Networks

  Talk 2: Internet of Nanothings

 

The first invited talk will be delivered by Associate Professor Jan Østergaard of Aalborg University Denmark on Joint Source-Channel Coding and Power Control for State-estimation with Wireless Sensors

The second invited speaker is Dr. Erik Lier of Lockheed Martin Inc. USA, and he will give a talk on Metamaterial antennas.

Full program with abstract can be found here

 

Overview

Oct. 17 - day 1:

10:15 - 10:45  Welcome speech.

Professor Erik Fosse, MD,

Chairman of the Steering Board, Director, Intervention Center, Oslo University Hospital, Norway

10:45 – 11:00 Research Council’s evaluation of the large scale ICT project MELODY

Olaug Råd

VERDIKT Program Coordinator

Research Council of Norway

11:00 – 12:00 Keynote talk 1:  Molecular Communication in NanoNetworks

Professor Ian Akyildiz

Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

12:00 – 13:00 Break

13:00 – 13:20 RF-impact on Neuronal Activity and Novel Treatment Strategies for Neurodegenerative Diseases based on RF exposure

Dr. Fabio Mesiti

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway

13:20 – 13:40 Application of Neurocomputing to Model Nano-Communication Networks 

Dr. Amir Jabbari

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway

13:40 – 14:00 Industrial talk 1:   10 years of UWB:  limitations – possibilities:  lessons learned

Terje Hauan, CEO, MicroImpulse AS (Norway)

14:00 – 15:15  WP3: Short range sensing and imaging with demo

Professor Svein-Erik Hamran, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment , Norway

15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 – 15:50 Industrial talk 2: Radar for sensing and imaging: a medical case study

Stig Støa, R&D Engineer, Novelda AS, Norway

16:50 - 17:05 WP4: Improved sensitivity for short range localization and tracking with demo

Professor Tor Sverre Lande, University of Oslo, Norway

 

Oct. 18 - day 2:

09:30 – 10:30 Keynote talk 2:   Internet of Nanothings

Professor Ian Akyildiz

Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

10:30 – 11:30 Invited talk 1:  Joint source-channel coding and power control for state-estimation with wireless sensors

Associate Professor Jan Østergaard

Aalborg University, Denmark

11:30– 11:45 Coffee Break

11:45 – 13:00 WP5:  Signal processing in communications with demo

Professor Tor Ramstad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

13:00– 14:00 Break

14:00 – 14:20 Industrial talk 3: 

Flemming Hegerstrøm, CEO, Hospital IT AS, Norway

14:20 – 15:35 WP6: Dynamic autonomous networks with demo

Professor Ilangko Balasingham, Oslo University Hospital, Norway

15:35 – 16:35 Invited talk 2: Metamaterial antennas

Dr. Erik Lier

Lockheed Martin Inc., USA

16:35-17:00 Final discussion


 

 

 

 

 

Smart sensors and wireless communication technologies for medical and healthcare applications

 

The Oslo University Hospital (OUS) of Norway and the National Institute of Information and Communication Technology (NICT) of Japan have joined forces to work closely to develop novel medical and healthcare technologies. The ongoing collaboration has been initiated by the Wireless Network Research Institute of NICT and the Intervention Center of OUS as part of the MELODY (http://www.melody-project.info), a large scale ICT research project funded by the Research Council of Norway.

 

The memorandum of understanding, which was signed by Head of Research Support Department Dr. Gogstad on behalf of OUS and General Director Dr. Kadowaki on behalf of NICT, will strengthen and formalize the ongoing collaboration and provide support for new joint initiatives based on the principle of equal rights and mutual benefits for both parties for next three years.

The signature ceremony took place at the NICT’s Yokosuka facility in Tokyo on June 16 and was attended by Professor Balasingham and Dr. Chavez-Santiago of OUS, Dr. Lund of the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Tokyo, and Dr. Kadowaki, Dr. Koyama, Mr. Minami, Dr. Miura, and Dr. Li of NICT.

 


 

First International MELODY Project Workshop

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Monday and Tuesday, October 4-5, 2010

 

Agenda (First Day)

10:50 KEYNOTE TALK, Prof. Huan-Bang Li, NICT and University of Electrocommunications (Japan) 

 

12:00 Lunch

 

13:00 INDUSTRIAL TALK, M.Sc. Stig Støa, Novelda AS (Norway)  

13:30 WP3: SHORT RANGE SENSING AND IMAGING, FFI (Norway)

 

14:20 Break 

 

14:40 WP4: IMPROVED SENSITIVITY FOR SHORT RANGE LOCALIZATION AND TRACKING, University of Oslo (Norway)

 

15:30 INVITED TALK, Prof. Xianqing Wang, Nagoya Institute of Technology (Japan) 

16:30 GENERAL DISCUSSION

19:00 Dinner

Agenda (Second Day)

09:00 INVITED TALK, Prof. Mikael Skoglund, Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) 

10:00 WP5: SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR COMMUNICATIONS, NTNU (Norway)

10:50 Break

11:10 INVITED TALK, Dr. Qiong Wang and Prof. Dirk Plettemeier, Technical University of Dresden (Germany) 

12:20 Lunch

13:20 WP6: DYNAMIC AUTONOMOUS NETWORKS, Oslo University Hospital (Norway)

 

14:10 INDUSTRIAL TALK, Dr. Niels Aakvaag, Multi-hop Communications (Norway) 

 

14:40 INDUSTRIAL TALK, Asoc. Prof. Pål Orten, ABB Research and University of Oslo (Norway) 

 


MELODY Project Meeting

Seminarrom 3, B1.1017, Rikshospitalet

Wednesday, 25.02.2009

 

Agenda 

1400 VERDIKT, Olaug Råd, Research Council of Norway  

1415 MELODY, Ilangko Balasingham, RH 

1430 WP3: Short range sensing, Svein-Erik Hamran, FFI

                   5 min Q&A

1450 WP4: Short range tracking, Tor Sverre Lande, UiO

                   5 min Q&A

1510 WP5: Robust communications, Pål Anders Floor, NTNU

                   5 min Q&A

1530 Break

1550 WP6: Sensor networks, Raul Chavez Santiago, RH/NTNU

                   5 min Q&A

1610 Non invasive blood pressure measurements, Lars Erik Solberg, RH

1625 Invivo communication and hypothermia, Ali Khalegi, RH/NTNU

1640 Protocols for sensor networks, Djamel Djenouri, NTNU 

1655 Frode Tveit, IBM

1705 Dag Wisland, Novelda

1715 Bengt A. Akselsen, Lifecare  

1725 Niels Aakvaag, Multi-Hop Communication

1735 Closing remarks, Jacob Bergsland, RH  

1900 Dinner at Holmenkollen Park Hotel.

 

 


Official opening ceremony

 

From left: Arvid Hallén, CEO, Research Council of Norway, Ilangko Balasingham, Project Manager, Erik Fosse, Professor, Morten Reymert, CEO, Rikshospitalet. A celebration was held on September 8th 2008 celebrating the official kickoff of the Melody Project. Arvid Hallén, CEO, Research Council of Norway, and Morten Reymert, CEO Rikshospitalet University Hospital paricipated. A common thread in the project is ultra wide band technology (UWB). The focus of the project is network communication and handling of multiple sensors, positioning systems, tracking systems and guidance of small robots inside the body.

Melody Project

 

 

The Research Council of Norway's VERDIKT program has selected for funding a large scale ICT project, MELODY (Medical Sensing, Localization, and Communications using Ultra Wideband Technology) in April 2008 for 4 years. A possible extension of 3 additional years can be considered by the Research Council of Norway after the mid term evaluation.

The project will develop ultra wideband (UWB) technology for improved wireless health technology, for both improved network communication and improved and possibly novel medical applications. Three major research directions are pursued, namely short range sensing and imaging of human body, improved sensitivity for short range localization and tracking, and distributed signal and communications for dynamic autonomous resilient networks for both in-vivo and ex-vivo medical applications.

The consortium consists of Prof. Ilangko Balasingham (The Interventional Centre, Rikshospitalet/NTNU), Prof. Tor Ramstad (NTNU), Prof. Svein-Erik Hamran (FFI) and Prof. Tor Sverre Lande (University of Oslo). Budget is 33 mill NOK, where the Research Council of Norway funds with 28 mill NOK.

 

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