Centre Universitaire d'Informatique

Speaker:

Dr. Katarzyna Wac, University of Geneva - CUI - dept. of Information Systems

Title:

Mobile Patient Monitoring: From Research to Business

Abstract:

The emergence of high bandwidth public wireless networks and miniaturized personal mobile devices give rise to new mobile healthcare services. To this end, the MobiHealth system provides highly customizable vital signs tele-monitoring and tele-treatment system based on a body area network (BAN) and a mobile health care (m-health) service platform utilizing next generation public wireless networks. The developed system allows the incorporation of diverse medical sensors via wireless connections, and the live transmission of the measured vital signs to healthcare providers as well as real-time feedback to the patient. Since 2002 the system has undergone substantial development in consecutive EU and national research projects. Diverse trials with different healthcare scenarios and patient groups in different European countries have been conducted in all projects. These have been performed to test the service and the network infrastructure including its suitability for m-health applications. Moreover, a start-up company of the same name has been established, which successfully provides mobile healthcare services to its customers in different European countries.

Bio:

Dr Katarzyna Wac is a computer scientist with international educational background, currently working at University of Geneva. Her current research interests include mobile services with special emphasis on supporting adaptive multimedia protocols and Quality of Service mechanisms, especially in a mobile healthcare domain. Ms. Wac strives towards effective and efficient pervasive mobile computing and communication - meeting the end-user Quality of Service requirements and his Quality of Experience expectations.

Date: Lundi 11 octobre 2010 de 18h15 à 20h00

Lieu: Site de Battelle (bât. A, auditoire rez-de-chaussée) - 7 route de Drize - 1227 Carouge

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