Congratulations to the EMBC’17 Student Paper Competition Finalists

Congratulations to the EMBC’17 Student Paper Competition Finalists 150 150 IEEE EMBS

Geo Finalists

North America

Soojin Lee
The University of British Columbia
“Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation (GVS) Effects on Impaired Interhemispheric Connectivity in Parkinson’s Disease”

Europe

Jonathan Castelli
University of Bordeaux
“An IC-Based Controllable Stimulator for Respiratory Muscle Stimulation Investigations”

Asia – Pacific

Mi Kyung Kim
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
“Implantable Bladder Volume Sensor Based on Resistor Ladder Network Composed of Conductive Hydrogel Composite”

Middle East – Africa

Meena M. Makary
Cairo University
“Self-Regulation of Primary Motor Cortex Activity with Motor Imagery Induces Functional Connectivity Modulation: A Real-Time fMRI Neurofeedback Study”


Open Finalists

Yafen Chen
University of Oklahoma
“Assessing Rtms Effects in MdDS: Cross-Modal Comparison between Resting State EEG and Fmri Connectivity”
Andreas Ejupi
Simon Fraser University
“Accuracy of a Wavelet-Based Fall Detection Approach Using an Accelerometer and a Barometric Pressure Sensor”
Nikolaos Karamolegkos
Columbia University
“Effects of Septum and Pericardium on Heart-Lung Interactions in a Cardiopulmonary Simulation Model”
Eli Kinney-Lang
University of Edinburgh
“Elucidating Age-Specific Patterns from Background Electroencephalogram Pediatric Data Sets Via PARAFAC”
Julia Koch
University of Freiburg
“Design of Contact Zone Topography for Implantable High-Channel Electrical Connectors”
Yeganeh M. Marghi
Northeastern University
“EEG-Guided Robotic Mirror Therapy System for Lower Limb Rehabilitation”
Nicholas Marjanovic
University of Illinois at Chicago
“Wireless Wearable User Interface Cursor-Controller (UIC-C)”
Christine F Martindale
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
“Segmentation of Gait Sequences Using Inertial Sensor Data in Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia”
Takayuki Mukaeda
Yokohama National University
“A Novel Hidden Markov Model-Based Pattern Discrimination Method with the Anomaly Detection for EMG Signals”
Soichiro Fujimura
Tokyo University of Science
“Effect of Catheter Positions on Hemodynamics and Coil Formation after Coil Embolization”
Gabriela Torres
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill & North Carolina State University
“ARFI Variance of Acceleration (VoA) for Noninvasive Characterization of Human Carotid Plaques in Vivo”