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ISOCS Short Course Winter 2013
2013-03-15 10:00 - 2013-03-20 12:00 (Europe/Paris) | Header
Biosensors and Biomimetics: Inspired by Nature

15-20 March 2013 – Kühtai, Austria

The ISOCS Short Course Winter 2013 will be held in Kühtai, the highest ski resort in Austria just 30km west of Innsbruck.

The Short Course will cover fundamental concepts of biomimetics with a special focus on biosensors and their applications. An introduction to science of adapting designs from nature to solve technological problems will be supported with number of case studies including applications in olfactory biosensing, environmental monitoring, health care and robotics.

Registration is closed!

Who should attend?

The Short Course is ideal for anyone with an interest in biomimetics, biosensors and their applications and is new to the field; for example, PhD students, researchers, technologists and industrialists.Short Courses organized by ISOCS are a unique combination of fundamental theory lectures and practical application exercises. They provide a head start into selected topics of current research and new developments in the area of chemical sensing, biosensing, olfaction and biomimetics. Most lecturers will be present throughout the duration of the course. Ample opportunity is given for discussion and networking.

The school takes place at Sporthotel Kühtai: http://www.sporthotel-kuehtai.com

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The Short Course Winter 2013 covers topics including:

Fundamentals of biosensors and biomimeticsWhole cell based biosensorsBiosensors interface circuits and signal processingModelling of biological systemsApplications of biosensors and biomimetics

Speakers include:

Prof. Julian Gardner, University of Warwick, UKProf. Krishna Persaud, University of Manchester, UKDr. Shannon Olsson, Max Planck, Jena, GermanyDr. Marina Cole, University of Warwick, UKDr. Jan Mitrovics, JLM Innovation, Germany

AISEM 2013 Conference
2013-02-05 00:00 - 2013-02-07 23:59
The AISEM 2013 Conference will be held in Brescia University and CNR Campus, on February 5-7, 2013.The purpose of the AISEM conferences is to bring together researchers from academia, research institutes and industry involved in:• sensors and actuators;• materials and process technologies;• control, data acquisition and signal conditioning;• technical data processing and pattern recognition;• microsystems, micromachines and innovative applications.

The AISEM 2013 Conference is the XVII edition of the annual interdisciplinary forum in which competences in physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, materials science, etc.. converge and valuably interact with the aim of providing a comprehensive picture of the expertise and skills available in this field in Italy.

You are cordially invited to join us and the Italian community of sensors and microsystems at the AISEM 2013 Conference.Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to contribute a 4-page extended paper to be included in a dedicated volume of the Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering published by Springer Verlag, with ISBN and indexed in ISI Web of Science and Scopus.Please visit the conference web-site (http://www.aisem2013.it) for updated conference information.

Online abstract submission and registration will be available soon on the conference web-site.

Important dates

Abstract submission deadlineDecember 1, 2012Notification of acceptanceDecember 20, 2012Early registration deadlineJanuary 11, 2013

Giorgio Sberveglieri and Vittorio FerrariCo-Chairs

Nanosensor Technologies for Monitoring - materials and methods
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Conference with Posters and Exhibition organised by the Automation and Analytical Management Group – Royal Society of Chemistry

This is the fourth annual AAMG conference on monitoring and analysis using sensor technologies. The conference follows the same format as in preceding years with presentations by invited speakers; however, the majority of papers and posters are presented by young researchers. The conference addresses the health effects of nanoparticles; the preparation of nanoparticle sensor technologies and systems, and examines the design and application of early research and commercial sensors for (bio)medical, industrial and environmental processes. The conference will also include an exhibition and poster presentations.The interest and use of Nanosensing techniques in biomedical and environmental monitoring has grown rapidly in recent years enhanced by the potential for automation and remote at site measurements with low cost methodologies and miniature instrumentation. This Conference offers a good opportunity to bring together scientists involved in this field to exchange experiences and thoughts about the new applications and novel types of sensors.

Scientific Committee

Dr R.Narayanaswamy, Professor Krishna Persaud, Dr Chris Walton, Dr Paul Quincey, Dr Alan Braithwaite, Dr Craig Roxburgh, Dr Mark Baron and Dr Martha Buitenkamp

For further Information go to: http://aamg-rsc.org/2012/06/sensors-2012/

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Breath Analysis for Biomedicine and National Security: Sensor Design Issues and Strategies for Biomarker Discovery
2012-10-28 12:00 - 2012-11-01 12:00
As human breath analysis further develops as a multi-disciplinary field, it is clear that sensor development, instrumentation systems and algorithms play critical roles within this research area.

Although much emphasis in the last decade has focused on breath biomarker compound identification and physiological relevance, we increasingly turn our attention towards portable, fieldable sensor platforms for non-invasive breath monitoring.

The mission of this workshop is to assemble a group of leading experts in this field to discuss their own research, debate trends and future directions of the field, and contemplate areas of research that deserve special attention in the field moving forward.

Organizers: Prof. Cristina Davis, Dr. Michael Epton, Prof. Nicholas Kenyon, Dr. Matthias Frank, Dr. Amy Gryshuk

Registration deadline: 17 August 2012

More information at the conference webpage: http://breathanalysis.ucdavis.edu/index.html

ISOCS Short Course Summer 2012
2012-06-04 00:00 - 2012-06-07 23:59
Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology for Trace Level Detection

4-7 June 2012 – Tarragona, Spain

The Short Course will cover basic concepts of nanomaterials and Microsystems technologies for a successful integration in functional devices. It will review state of the art technology and methods for trace level detection. An introduction to growth and characterisation of nanostructures will deliver hands on experience.Students may show their own results since a poster session will be organised. This will give an opportunity to build personal networks and meet active researchers, both from academia and industry, who are advancing in the field.

The Short Course is residential and the programme allows plenty of scope for networking with lecturers and attendees. Lectures take place in the morning and afternoon with the evenings free to network, consolidate their knowledge or enjoy the outdoors (Roman and Medieval Tarragona or its beaches).

The venue is the Science and Technology Campus of the University of Tarragona, and the price includes all accommodation, breakfast, coffee breaks and lunch.

Registration is closed!

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The Short Course Summer 2012 covers topics including:

Fundamentals of trace detectionPre-concentration and sample handlingFundamentals of ion mobility spectrometersNanomaterials in functional devicesMEMS based technologiesSignal Processing for trace level detection

Speakers include:

Prof. Julian Gardner, University of Warwick, UKProf. Eduard Llobet, University of Tarragona, SpainProf. Santiago Marco, University of Barcelona, SpainDr. Eduard Figueras, CNM, Barcelona, SpainDr. Wolfgang Vautz, ISAS, Dortmund, GermanyDr. Karine Bonnot, ISL, Saint Louis, France

Program details will be published in due course.

ISOCS Meeting at IMCS'2012 in Nuremberg
2012-05-22 15:30 - 17:30
Dear ISOCS members,

Many of you are attending the International Meeting on Chemical Sensors in Nuremberg next week. We would like to take this opportunitty to get together and debate about the current status of ISOCS, future events, and overall strategy.

We have reserved a room for Tuesday at 15:30, Room Basel at the Nuremberg Convention Center Mitte next to the IMCS conference room Athen.

Topics of the agenda are:

Information about the short course “Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology for chemical trace detection” in Tarragona 4-7 June 2012.Recap of ISOCS-IMCS meetingFuture events in USA-Asia-EuropeStatus ISOEN’2013Changes in ISOCS constitutionOpen discussion

Please due to the short notice, distribute this information among your contacts.

Santiago Marco

ISOCS President

IMCS 2012 - The 14th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors
2012-05-20 00:00 - 2012-05-23 23:59
20 – 23 May 2012 – Nürnberg/Nuremberg, Germany

The 14th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors (IMCS-14) is the world`s largest interdisciplinary forum on all aspects of chemical sensors encompassing physics, chemistry, materials science and engineering disciplines including biomedical engineering.

In 2012, IMCS-14 is held jointly with the world`s largest sensor fair, the SENSOR+TEST 2012 in Nürnberg/Nuremberg, Germany. The IMCS-14 is organized by the University of Bayreuth and Supported by the Association for Sensor Technology (AMA, DE).

The deadline for abstract submission is extended to 13 January 2012

Further information is available at: www.imcs2012.de

ISOCS Short Course Winter 2012
2012-01-12 17:00 - 2012-01-17 12:00 | Header
Data Analysis, Robotics and Mobile Applications of Chemical Sensors

12-17 January 2012 – Kühtai, Austria

The ISOCS Short Course Winter 2012 was held in Kühtai, the highest ski resort in Austria just 30km west of Innsbruck.

The school took place at Sporthotel Kühtai: http://www.sporthotel-kuehtai.com

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Lecture notes, pictures and videos are now available!

The Short Course Winter 2012 covered topics including:

Fundamentals of chemical sensors and arraysThermographic and spectroscopic sensor systemsData handling and signal processingExploratory data analysis and pattern recognitionFundamentals of robotics and sensor networksMobile applications of chemical sensors

Speakers included:

Prof. Julian Gardner, University of Warwick, UKProf. Antonio Pardo, University of Barcelona, SpainProf. Andreas Kroll, University of Kassel, GermanyDr. Marco Trincavelli, University of Örebro, SwedenDr. Jan Mitrovics, JLM Innovation, Germany

Presentations: (you need to have a login and be an ISOCS member to download these files!)

isocs_welcome_address_jan_2012.pdf

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Aquatic Monitoring: Sensors 2011
2011-10-19 09:00 - 18:00 | ed060f34-14a4-4844-9964-b0e99413cb78
Monitoring the Aquatic Environment using Sensor Technologies

19 October 2011 – London, UK

Organised by the Automation and Analytical Management Group at the Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BA

This conference aims to discuss the present status of aquatic monitoring requirements, procedures, techniques and application of sensor technologies. Sessions include development of new sensors, automated monitoring techniques and procedures and remote monitoring techniques. The conference will also include exhibition and poster presentations.

The interest and use of sensing techniques in environmental aquatic monitoring has grown rapidly in recent years enhanced by the potential for automation and remote at-site measurements with low cost methodologies and miniature instrumentation. This Conference offers a good opportunity to bring together scientists involved in this field to exchange experiences and thoughts about the new applications and novel sensors.

Further information is available at: http://rsc-aamg.org/

Breath Analysis Summit 2011
2011-09-11 23:00 - 2011-09-14 23:00
International Conference on Breath Research

11-14 September 2011 – Parma, Italy

This summit is jointly organized by the International Association for Breath Research (IABR) and the University and Municipality of Parma.

The Summit will provide a forum to clinicians, scientists, engineers, and environmentalists to present their latest findings and to meet industry executives and entrepreneurs to discuss key trends, future directions, and upcoming technologies in breath analysis. Relevant applications include non invasive diagnosis of respiratory and non-respiratory diseases, assessment of exposure to environmental pollutants, and bioterrorism / security issues.

Each session will include a lecture addressing physiological bases and methodological issues and selected contributions on relevant clinical applications.

Further information is available at: www.breathsummit2011.it

ECRO XXI Congress
2011-09-07 08:00 - 2011-09-10 17:00
The Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester, UK, Sept 7 -10, 2011

Conference Chairpersons: Prof. Krishna Persaud, Prof. Matthew Cobb

The 21st ECRO Congress hosted in Manchester UK, addresses research in the field of chemoreception, spanning all aspects from invertebrates to humans. The expected audience is formed by scientists, students, young researchers and industrialists from a wide variety of disciplines with interests in chemoreception.

The format of the congress includes oral presentations in the form of organised symposia, thematically organised oral sessions of voluntary papers, as well as poster sessions.

More information is available at: www.ecro-online.info

4th Gospel Workshop: Gas sensors based on semiconducting metal oxides
2011-06-05 23:00 - 2011-06-07 23:00
Gas sensors based on semiconducting metal oxides: basic understanding & applications

6-7 June 2011 – Tübingen, Germany

Please register at: www.gospel-network.org

Workshop organizers:

Nicolae Barsan(1), Kengo Shimanoe(2) and Udo Weimar(1)

1. University of Tübingen, Germany; 2. – Kyushu University, Japan

Tentative list of invited speakers:

Prof. Ulrike Diebold, TU Wien, Austria Surface structure and reactivity of transparent conducting oxidesDr. Kiyoshi Fukui, New Cosmos Electric, Japan Practical type gas sensors based on sintered metal oxide semiconductors for detection of hydrogen and odorProf. Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt, KIT, Germany Shining light on metal oxide based gas sensor: Operando synchrotron radiation experimentsProf. Vincenzo Guidi, University of Ferrara, Italy Classical and semiclassical approaches for determination of the intergranular energy barrier height in metal-oxide nanograinsDr. Tateo Hyodo/Prof. Yasuhiro Shimizu, Nagasaki University, Japan Microstructural design of gas-sensing materials by utilizing various templatesProf. Jong-Heun Lee, Korea University, Korea Gas sensors using oxide nanowire networksDr. Ichiro Matsubara, AIST, Japan Inorganic-organic hybrid materials for gas sensorsProf. Emeritus Noboru Yamazoe, Kyushu University, Japan Gas reception and transduction in oxide semiconductor gas sensorMr. Kenichi Yoshioka, Figaro Engineering, Japan CH4 sensor using MEMS technology for battery operation

The workshop is the fourth in a series of Gospel workshops (www.gospel-network.org) and will be organized by the International Society for Olfaction and Chemical Sensing.

The goal of the workshop is to provide an opportunity for a thorough discussion among experts on the most important developments in the field of semiconducting metal oxide based gas sensors. We aim to bring together academia and industry and help the latter identify which of the new developments are the most relevant to it. Now, after decades of R&D effort, we see that gas sensors are used in a host of applications, that companies are commercializing millions of devices each year and that the number of related publications is increasing. But there is also the feeling that many fundamental issues are still poorly understood and that we need breakthroughs in both technology and basic understanding to be able to bring about new advancements in the field. After very much looking to technological aspects in the third workshop, we feel that there is now the right time to have a look at the advancements in the basic understanding of sensing and to new application fields.

The workshop will start on the 6th of June, in the morning and will end in the evening of the 7th of June; the registration and a come together social event will take place on the 5th of June.

Location

The workshop will take place in Tübingen, Germany in the “Hotel Stadt Tübingen”. For details about the hotel, please have a look at: www.hotel-stadt-tuebingen.de. The hotel offers excellent conference facilities.

Tübingen is extremely easy to reach from the Stuttgart Airport (25 minutes drive), which is connected with all major European airports.

Participation

The attendance is limited to a maximum of 75 participants. In the case in which the demand will be higher, the selection – for non-authors – will be made on a first came, first served basis.

Costs & Hotel arrangement

The workshop participation fee is 420€ (for ISOCS members 390€). It includes lunch and coffee breaks on both days and dinner on the 6th of June. We already booked a number of hotel rooms for three nights (the 5th, 6th and the 7th of June) at a very good price (77€ or 85€ incl. breakfast) at Hotel Stadt Tuebingen. Reservations to be made until the 8th of May directly by fax +49 7071 38245 or email info@hotel-stadt-tuebingen.de, reference GOSPEL Workshop.

MembersNon-membersParticipation fee390 €420 €

Hotel room77 €85 € (incl. breakfast)

Registration and abstract submission

Two-page abstracts should be submitted until the 1st of May, 2011; please use the online form! The confirmation of acceptance will be provided until the 15th of May, 2011. The registration is open until the 20th of May 2011.

Further information:

You can email gssmo2011@ipc.uni-tuebingen.de with any queries about logistics or the workshop organizers for enquiries about the programme and content.

More informtion can be found at www.gospel-network.org

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ISOEN 2011
2011-05-02 00:00 - 2011-05-05 23:59 | Images
ISOEN 2011 – International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose

Rockefeller University, New York City, USA, May 2 – 5, 2011

This event was organised by Dr Perena Gouma with the help of ECI.

The key themes of the conference were:

nanomedicine and selective chemo-sensing,artificial olfaction in quality controlapplications of sensor arrays in safety and defence.

1st EU Conference on Detection of Explosives
2011-03-14 00:00 - 2011-03-16 23:59
Avignon, France, March 14 -16, 2011

The European Commission has adopted an action plan on enhancing the security of Explosives.

In this context, a 1st International Conference EUCDE is organised in March 2011 to increase the exchanges between the actors involved in the detection of explosives.

The conference is dedicated to scientists, industrials and end users.

Key Topics

Bulk detectionLiquid explosive detectionTrace detectionStand-off detectionBody scannersProperties of explosivesTrialing, certificationSensor fusion and integration

All forthcoming news will be available on the website of the European Network on Detection of Explosives (www.nde-information.eu).

NEUROCHEM Workshop on Biologically Inspired Computation for Chemical Sensing: Barcelona, Spain, March 9-11, 2011
2011-03-09 00:00 - 2011-03-11 23:59
Barcelona, Spain, March 9-11, 2011

Organized by the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Institute for BioEngineering of Catalonia (IBEC).

The main goal of this workshop is to raise awareness of the ability of bioinspired signal processing methods to target real-world problems.

The focus of the workshop will be on signal processing techniques inspired on the olfactory system and on the computational models of the biological olfactory pathway.

Important dates:

Abstract submission deadlineJanuary 31, 2011Notification of acceptanceFebruary 28, 2011

Invited Speakers

Title to be confirmedPaul Rhodes (Evolved Machines)Title to be confirmedJC Principe (University of Florida)Olfactory systems theory: three biomimetic algorithms for effective chemosensationThom Cleland (Cornell University)Neural networks for odor coding in the insect brain: from synapse to behaviorGiovanni Galizia (University of Konstanz)Ratio Coding and Dynamic Range: Lessons from the Moth Pheromone SystemThomas Nowotny (University of Sussex)Olfaction in fruit fly larvae: smelling the world with a handful of odorant receptorsMathieu Louis (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)Title to be confirmedCorrado Di Natale (University of Rome)Title to be confirmedJosep Samitier (University of Barcelona – Institute for BioEngineering of Catalonia)Active Flow Generation to Manipulate Chemical Signal ReceptionHiroshi Ishida (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

Poster / Oral session for participants:

Submit a 300 words abstracts by January 31, 2011

neurochem@el.ub.es

SAS 2011 - IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium
2011-02-21 22:00 - 2011-02-23 22:00
We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 2011 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium.

CALL FOR PAPERS2011 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium22-24 February 2011Hyatt Regency San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas

http://www.sensorapps.org

The 2011 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS-2011) provides an established forum for sensor users and developers to meet and exchange information about novel and emergent applications in smart sensors, biology, homeland security, systems health management, and related areas. Collaborate and network with scientists, engineers, developers and customers, in a balance of formal technical presentations, workshops, and informal interface meetings. Suggested topics for SAS-2011 include:

Sensors • Biosensors/Arrays• Smart sensors and standards (Ex. IEEE 1451, internet standards)• Sensor networking (wireless, optical, and Ethernet)• MEMS and Nanosensors• Virtual Sensors

Sensor Applications• Homeland security• Multisensor data fusion• Nondestructive evaluation and remote sensing• Integrated systems health management (ISHM)• Commercial development

Additional topics for workshops and new session tracks are especially welcome—please contact the organizers. Papers presented at SAS-2011 will be eligible for consideration for publication in a Special Issue of the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement.

Important dates

Abstract submission deadline15 October 2010Notification of acceptance15 November 2010Final manuscript submission deadline10 January 2011

For additional information, please visit the Sensors Applications Symposium website at www.sensorapps.org. Please submit your papers to http://edas.info/N9179.

IEEE The Ninth International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA 2010)
2010-12-12 06:00 - 2010-12-14 06:00
The Ninth International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA’10) will be held at Washington D.C., USA onDecember 12-14, 2010.

The aim of the conference is to bring researchers working in the areas of machine learning and applications together. The conference will cover both theoretical and experimental research results. Submission of machine learning papers describing machine learning applications in fields like medicine, biology, industry, manufacturing, security, education, virtual environments, game playing and problem solving is strongly encouraged.

Important Dates

Main ConferenceJuly 6, 2010Notification of acceptanceSeptember 7, 2010

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Conference Olfaction & Issues 2010
2010-11-04 23:00 - 2010-11-05 23:00
Modulation of Physiological Responses

4-5 November 2010 – Paris, France

Applications in the Pharmaceutical, Food & Cosmetic Industries

Last Advances & Directions

Session Themes

Recent Advances on OlfactionOlfaction: Science & Food ApplicationOlfaction & Applications in Pharmaceutical IndustryOlfaction & Applications in Cosmetic IndustryOlfaction & MarketingSatellite Symposium about Pheromones: Scientific Credibility & Practical Applications in Humans

More information is available at: www.olfaction-site.com

Exhaled Breath Analysis; From Sensors to Applications
2010-10-23 23:00 - 2010-10-28 23:00
General Announcement and Call for Abstracts

Exhaled Breath Analysis

From Sensors to Applications

October 24 – 29, 2010

Il Ciocco Hotel and International Conference Center

Barga, Italy

Chair: Dr. Raed A. Dweik, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

Timely presentations by the best minds in academia, industry and government.In-depth discussions of the hot issues.Networking with your peers.

About This Conference

This meeting will bring industry executives, entrepreneurs, and investors together with scientists, engineers, environmentalists, and clinicians to discuss key trends, future directions, and upcoming technologies in breath analysis applications including: medical, environmental, and bioterrorism / security issues.

The co-chairs are:

Dr. Claire Gmachi, Princeton, NJ, USADr. Gary Hunter, NASA Glen Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, and Dr. Christina Davis, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

The Organizing Committee comprises:

Anton Amann, MD, AustriaDr. Prabir Dutta, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USAMichael Epton, MD, Christ Church, New ZealandDaniel Laskowski, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USADr. Terrence Risby, PhD, Baltimore, USAMetin Aytekin, Izmir, Turkey

The preliminary program, as now visualized, will include keynote speakers, other invited and submitted papers, posters, and open discussions.

The threads of interest include:

Monday: Overview:

AM: History and current status of the breath analysis field; PM: Lessons from the nitric oxide story

Tuesday: Sensors and sensitivities:

AM: Mass spectrometry; PM:Electronic nose and sensor arrays

Wednesday: Applications:

AM: Medical applications: asthma, cancer, infections, other; PM: environmental and security applications

Thursday: The future:

AM: Newer technologies: real nose, nanotubes, etc. PM: future directions

Friday:

AM: roundtable discussion; fostering interdisciplinary collaboration

This meeting will be held in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic, Princeton University, University of California at Davis, National Aeronautics and space Administration (NASA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the International Association for Breath Analysis (IABR)

further information is available at www.engconfintl.org/10ai.html

Sensor Systems for Environmental Monitoring
2010-10-13 00:00 - 23:59 | ed060f34-14a4-4844-9964-b0e99413cb78
The Royal Society of Chemistry, London, United Kingdom, October 13, 2010

Organised by the Automation and Analytical Management Group at The Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London

Since the successful conference, ‘Chemical Sensors and Biochemical Sensors – Measurement to Control’ held by the AAMG in May 2009, this conference addresses the state of art and recent developments in sensor technologies, with a focus on environmental monitoring. Also opportunities have been provided in this conference for Postgraduate PhD students and young postdoctoral researchers to give oral and poster presentations related to the theme of the conference. The interest and use of sensing techniques in environmental monitoring has grown rapidly in recent years enhanced by the potential for automation and remote at site measurements with low cost methodologies and miniature instrumentation.

This Conference offers a good opportunity to bring together scientists involved in this field to exchange experiences and thoughts about the new applications and novel sensors.

Further information is available at: http://rsc-aamg.org/

SGS 2010
2010-09-11 23:00 - 2010-09-15 23:00
VII International Workshop on Semiconductor Gas Sensors

Kraków, Poland, September 12 – 16, 2010

Organized by the European Centre of Excellence CESIS and the National Centre of Excellence NANOMET at the Institute of Electronics Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland under the auspices of the Polish Vacuum Society

This is the seventh edition of newest series of interdisciplinary conferences devoted to all aspects of semiconductor gas sensors and systems. Following on from the success of six recent events organized bi-annually since 1998, this meeting planned for 3 days scientific programme will be also devoted to reviewing the latest achievements and trends in science, technology and application of semiconductor gas sensors with special emphasis to the problem of nanostructured systems, as well as to identifying emerging and future areas of development in this exciting field.

Further information is available at www.sgs.polsl.pl

IEEE World Conference on Computational Intelligence: Special Session on Artificial Olfaction and Touch
2010-07-08 00:00 - 2010-07-23 23:59
World Conference on Computational Intelligence, July 18-23, Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Related Conference: International Joint Conference on Neural Networks 2010Call for papers for Special Session: Computational Intelligence for Artificial Sensing: Olfaction and Touch

Scope:Recently there has been an renewed research activity in the field of biologically inspired computation for artificial sensing. While vision and hearing have received a great deal of attention in past decades, in new wave of research is being devoted to olfaction and hearing. Both olfaction and touch rely on large sensor arrays and both have an important component on signal and data processing, first in peripheral neural circuits and further on in higher cortical areas.On the other hand, while in vision and audition stimuli can be systematically varied by frequency; there is not an equivalent metric for olfaction. The relationship between odour and structure is hardly understood.Artificial Olfaction Systems combine an array of chemical sensors with partial specificity with pattern recognition systems for complex odour detection and identification. While the concept is more than 30 years old, most of the attention has been devoted to chemical sensor technology. Since the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology for Linda Buck and Richard Axel in 2004 for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system, the research link to biology and to the psychophysics of olfaction has been strengthened.In this sense, the field of computational intelligence for artificial sensing is growing fast. The new trend is not just to build computational neuroscience models of olfaction and touch, but to construct engineered artefacts where the operation of those models can be tested and validated. However, this path is just starting. The aim of the special session is to present latest’s advances in computational intelligence for Artificial Olfaction and Touch. The session will mainly focus on biologically inspired algorithms, although statistical learning techniques are also considered.

Topics: We encourage submissions addressing the following issues:

– Large sensor arrays: chemical and mechanical

– Sensor diversity and redundancy

– Noise reduction techniques

– Computational models of olfaction and touch

– Computational Intelligence Techniques applied to Olfaction and Tactile Data

– Analysis of biological data with computational intelligence tools.

– Psychophysics of Touch and Olfaction: Scenarios for algorithm testing.

– Benchmarking of Artificial Sensing Systems

– Robots with Olfactory/Tactile capabilities.

– Active Chemical/Mechanical Sensing

– Embedded algorithmic implementation for real-time operation.

Paper submissionAll instructions and templates for submission can be found in the WCCI’10 web site (http://www.wcci2010.org/submission). Please, contact to the special session organizers if you are planning to submit any paper.

Important Dates

Deadline for paper submissionJanuary 31, 2010Notification of acceptanceMarch 15, 2010Final Paper SubmissionMay 2, 2010

Organizers– Santiago Marco, Institut for BioEngineering of Catalonia & Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, smarco@el.ub.es– Agustín Gutierrez, Institut for BioEngineering of Catalonia & Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, agutierrez@el.ub.es– Tony J Prescott, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, t.j.prescott@sheffield.ac.uk

5th International Symposium Percepnet: Olfative Perception: Emotion, Information and Education
2010-07-02 08:00 - 19:00
Olfactory perception: emotion, information, education

Smell is a “door in the shadows” of our sensory system, one channel through which information pours mind is barely able to process and less streamlined. And yet, of that information depends largely on our health care and quality of life, our system of preferences, our emotions and even our social position. We have more inertia that initiatives regarding the use of olfactory perception, and despite this, almost no one today is how to learn to use a tool such powerful.

It’s time to learn, reflect and discuss some of the specific properties of the olfactory system and its influence increasingly explicit in the diganosis medical, food, identity and consumption.

TOMORROW8:00 a.m. Attendees Reception

Welcome 8:15 a.m. organization Jaume Estruch, president of SECS Josep de Haro, Congress president PS2010

8:30 a.m. Opening Ana Isabel Pérez Neira, vice chancellor for research Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

DEBATE SESSION I

The processing of olfactory information using optimization mechanisms that influence learning and memory. However, there are performances of olfactory perception beyond the identification of aromatic molecules. The sensomedicina, a rapidly expanding discipline, polls sensory profiles generated prematurely in the brain of patients with neurodegenerative diseases and that shows us that reality is a compromise between experience and processing capacity.

9:00 a.m.: sensory receptors and SENSOMEDICINA OLFACTORY Moderator: Laura Lopez Mascaraque, Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid , Pierre-Marie Lledo 9:10 a.m. Laboratory of Perception and Memory, Pasteur Institute, CNRS, France “The flexible olfactory brain”Adolfo Toledano Muñoz 9:40 a.m.Fundación Hospital Alcorcón, Madrid. Member of Spanish Olfactory Network “Role of olfaction in neurologic dysfunction (Alzheimer, Parkinson)

10:10 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. Debate

SENSORY EXPERIENCE 10:25 a.m. [COFFEE]

DISCUSSION SESSION II

Eating is a balancing act between our needs and low food availability. When the abundance reverses the equation activate mechanisms that avoid excessive intake. Abundant statistical work around the world are overweight in the population show that in modern societies these mechanisms are no longer efficient. So science is looking for, and finding, answers in other areas such as in information theory and sensorial anthropology: are new paradigms for new forms of food.

10:50 a.m.: SMELL AND FOOD. INFLUENCE AND DEPENDENCE Moderator: Francesc Montejo, Flavours Inn Rianne Ruijschop 10:50 a.m. NIZO Food Research, The Netherlands “Induction of Satiety by sensory profiles»Monica Flores 11:20 a.m.IATA, CSIC, Valencia “Aroma and flavor.The paradigm meat (hamburger at jabugo)

11:50 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. Debate

24:10: CULTURE smell. PHYSIOLOGICAL BASES, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL Moderator: Pere Monagas, CRESCA-UPC Camille 24:20 Ferdenzi Affective Swiss Center for Sciences (CISA), University of Geneva, Switzerland, “Olfactory perception: Why Gender Matters”24:50 Mara DierssenCenter for Genomic Regulation (CRG), PRBB “The mouse chocoadicto: influence of odor in binge eating”

1:20 p.m. to 1:35 p.m. Debate

SENSORY EXPERIENCE 1:35 p.m. [LUNCH] AFTERNOON

SCIENTIFIC POSTERS

Coordinator: Carlos Dominguez, IMB-CNM, CSIC 2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Visit poster, presentation and discussion PRESENTATIONS

3:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Sponsors SECS Upcoming events: Workshop 2010, SQS2011, PS2012

WORKSHOPS

Smell is a paradigm of personal identity, consumer and prescriber emotional factor. The relationship between smell and forms a complex genre that goes beyond theory to settle in the everyday. Educating the senses, smell is to educate our ability to perceive reality. School professionals, researchers need an education program that enhances their capabilities.

4:15 p.m.: THE SMELL, PARADIGM OF IDENTITY, AND CONSUMER Prescriber EDUCATION FACTOR Moderator: Francesc Fort, James Woods Advisors Joël Candau 4:30 p.m. Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France “Essentialism sensory and Identity”

Jean-Noël Jaubert 5:30 p.m. IAP Sentic, Evreux, France ‘Senses education methods. The field of odor “

Jaume Estruch 6:30 p.m. Spanish Society of Sensory Science (SECS) Education sensory presentation of educational and training program of SECS ‘

7:00 p.m. Conclusions, closing and farewell

International Workshop on Dynamical Olfaction, 30 June - 2 July, 2010, Brighton, UK
2010-06-30 00:00 - 2010-07-02 23:59
First call for Abstracts, International Workshop on Dynamical Olfaction, 30 June – 2 July, 2010, Brighton, UK

Animals are able to experience complexly structured plumes of different combinations of chemicals as individual olfactory percepts. It appears that the olfactory system utilizes rich temporal dynamics to achieve this goal but exactly how is still an open challenge for modern neuroscience. In the last few years rapid progress has been made in our understanding of olfactory information processing. In this focused workshop on Dynamical Olfaction we will share recent developments, both experimental and theoretical, between the active researchers in the field.

Confirmed keynote speakers include:

Maxim Bazhenov, University of California Riverside, USAC. Giovanni Galizia, University of Konstanz, GermanyHong Lei, The University of Arizona, USAJohannes Reisert, Monell Chemical Senses Center, USAMark Stopfer, National Institutes of Health, USAMassimo Vergassola, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

The programme committee is formed by

Jean-Pierre Rospars, INRA VersaillesDominique Martiney, LORIA Nancy & INRA VersaillesThomas Nowotny, University of SussexSylvia Anton, INRA Versailles

The workshop is financed by the BBSRC in the framework of the PheroSys project, part of the ANR-BBSRC SysBio initiative. Registration IS FREE OF CHARGE but mandatory for our planning.

Important Dates:

First call for abstracts (this call)February 12, 2010Registration opensMarch 15, 2010Deadline for abstract submissionsApril 15, 2010Abstract acceptance notificationsApril 30, 2010The workshop startsJune 30, 2010

Participation is limited to 100 participants. Contributors will have preferential treatment over other participants.

To submit an abstract, direct your browser tohttp://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/users/tn41/signupPhero2010/abstract

Further information is available and will be updated regularly on the workshop websitehttp://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/users/tn41/PheroSys2010/index.html

If you have additional questions, please contact the local organiser, Chris Buckley at C.L.Buckley@sussex.ac.uk .

IMTeC 2010; First European Conference on Micro-Analysis
2010-06-01 23:00 - 2010-06-02 23:00
The exhibition Forum LABO & BIOTECH hosts this year

the first European Congress on Micro-Technologies: IMTeC.

Forum LABO & BIOTECH will take place from 1 to June 4, 2010 in Paris. IMTeC: 2nd and 3rd June.

For the 2010’ edition, the Interprofessional Committee of Laboratory Suppliers – /Comité Interprofessionnel des Fournisseurs du Laboratoir/, CIFL, the owner of this event, has decided to expand the supply of goods and services sector to the process sector in order to meet the changing demand within the profession, always seeking new ways and solutions to gain speed and productivity.

This opening allows at Forum LABO & BIOTECH cover all applications, from RESEARCH to ONLINE ANALYSIS via the CONTROL, to attract discerning visitors, both public and private sector and industry.

Forum LABO & BIOTECH present in this complete offer:

8000 sqm *exhibitionnearly *300 exhibitors*,4 exhibition areas: the physico-chemical, biotechnology, Process Analytics, and sustainable development. and nearly 10,000 visitors (9,800 in 2008). The file is given to visitors after the show, IMTEC Congress: First European Conference on Micro-analysis expert forums, moderated by renowned experts. 2010’ themes on sustainable development (topics selected by a panel of visitors of the latest edition 2008), and a communications plan important in leading journals.

About IMTeC 2010:

Process Analytical Technology (PAT) has provided value to the chemical and pharmaceutical industries for years in improving productivity and quality by gathering data to develop and monitor processes. PAT has been the enabling tool to implement Quality by Design (QbD) as a way to achieve Process Understanding. Recent advances in analytical and sampling technology have continued to improve measurement capabilities.

New technology for micro-machining, along with new material development, has allowed for advances in the miniaturization of instrumentation and sampling systems. A good example of this is in the development of the New Sensor and Sampling System (NeSSI), growing out of the forum created by the Center for Process Analytical Chemistry (CPAC) in the USA. This has enabled developments in operational devices such as micro-reaction equipment for process optimization and new micro-analytical tools for characterizing process samples.

IMTeC will be a venue to describe to European companies the use of NeSSI and related analytical devices as valuable tools to consider in achieving the ultimate goal of Process Understanding, the key to achieving improved productivity and quality in products via effective implementation of process control.

IMTeC will cover:

Micro Technology and the LaboratoryAnalyzer sampling system, components, and diagnosticNeSSI componentsProcess Automation Technology

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Sensor + Test 2010
2010-05-17 23:00 - 2010-05-19 23:00
The Sensor + Test 2010 is a trade show and conference covering the entire spectrum of measuring and testing system expertise.

Free admission passes are available via the website of JLM Innovation: http:www.jlm-innovation.de

ISOCS / S3 Spring School 2010
2010-05-10 14:00 - 2010-05-14 13:00
MOX Semiconductors Gas Sensor Technology – From basics to application

Joint School of ISOCS and the S3 research project

10-14 May 2010 – Rimini, Italy

Registration is closed!

The venue is the Hotel Sporting in Rimini.

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The S3 Spring School 2010 will cover topics including:

Chemical Sensing Mechanisms (Modelling)Synthesis of Materials and DepositionElectrical Characterization (Operation)Spectroscopic Investigation (Understanding)Driving Electronics and System AspectsApplication Issues

Speakers:

Prof. Elisabetta Comini, CNR-IDASC SENSOR Lab, ItalyProf. Guido Faglia, CNR-IDASC SENSOR Lab, ItalyProf. Udo Weimar, University of Tübingen, GermanyProf. Sanjay Mathur, University of Cologne, GermanyDr. Gerhard Müller, EADS, GermanyProf. J. R. Morante, IREC & University of Barcelona, SpainProf. Alexander Gaskov, Moscow State University, RussiaDr. Marina Rumyantseva, Moscow State University, RussiaProf. Alexey Vasiliev, Kurchatov Institute, Russia

Who should attend?

The S3 School will mediate knowledge over the entire spectrum of the semiconductor gas sensor technology. This activity particularly addresses younger researchers and doctoral students and aims at ensuring comparable levels of technological and scientific skills.

ISOCS Winter School 2010
2010-03-25 00:00 - 2010-03-30 23:59
Smart Circuits, Systems and Micro-technologies for Chemical and Biological Sensing

25-30 March 2010 – Selva di Val Gardena, Italy

The ISOCS Winter School will be held in Selva di Val Gardena, in the middle of the well known skiing area Dolomiti Superski in Italy.

The school will take place at Hotel Oswald: http://www.hoteloswald.it/eng/index.html

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The Winter School 2010 will covered topics including:

Microelectronics and Sensing TechnologiesSmart Chemical Sensor SystemsBiosensors and BiomimeticsData Handling and Sensor NetworksFuture trends and Commercial Opportunities

Speakers:

Prof. Florin Udrea, University of Cambridge, UKDr. Marina Cole, University of Warwick, UKProf. Krishna Presaud, University of Manchester, UKProf. Julian Gardner, University of Warwick, UKDr. Jan Mitrovics, JLM Innovation, Germany

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EC Workshop on Infochemical Communication Technology
2010-03-10 00:00 - 2010-03-11 23:59
This workshop brings together researchers interested in the fields of molecular interaction & chemical communication at different levels of organisation in both biological and technological systems, i.e the development of new infochemical communication technologies.

We will consider the infochemical communication problem in two stages, within both biological and technological domains – generating precisely controlled infochemical signals and the complementary detection problem of recovering chemical information in a receiver. Animal models, particularly from the insect kingdom, are ideal for this purpose since known pheromones mediate behaviours that are often robustly reproducible, many of the biosynthesis steps are understood, the molecular biology of the complementary receptors have been characterised and the neuroscience of pheromone processing in insects has been widely studied.

A key aim of the workshop is therefore to identify potential routes from our knowledge of biological chemical communication through to technological implementation.

Register now! Limited places available only!

For a full programme and conditions visit http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/eed/research/ichem/

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ISOCS Summer School 2009
2009-09-28 00:00 - 2009-10-02 23:59
The first ISOCS Summer School was held in Barcelona from 28th September to 2nd October 2009.

School Organizer: Prof. Santiago Marco.

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