Conference Schedule

Keynotes, notes & workshops

Keynote: Toward digital enabled connected health and well-being

Prof. Huiru Zheng (h.zheng@ulster.ac.uk)

School of Computing and Mathematics
Ulster University


Population ageing has become a global phenomenon and traditional health systems are under pressure from rising costs, growing consumer expectations in caring for their elderly. With the rapid advance of digital technology, it is increasingly possible to drive early interventions to better manage health outcomes and risks and to provide an effective solution for people with lower healthcare cost. In this talk, Prof. Zheng will highlight recent research work in digital health. The applications to well-being and self-management of chronic conditions will be presented. The presentation will conclude with the discussion of challenges and opportunities in connected health.


 

Prof. Huiru Zheng

is a Professor of Computer Science with School of Computing. Her research interests include machine learning, integrative data analysis, complex network analysis, and assistive technology and their application in healthcare informatics and bioinformatics. She has a successful track record of winning research funding as a Principal Investigator and has been a grant holder of research projects funded by EPSRC, TSB, DEL, NHS, Invest NI and European Commission including SMART Self Management, NOCTURNAL, CLARCH COPD Self Management, Self Management Platform for Connected Health, CardioWorkBench, SenseCare, MetaPlat, STOP and MENHIRE. She is co-leader of WG4 in the COST ACTION – OpenMultiMed. The products of her research have been reflected in her over 330 peer reviewed journal and conference publications. Prof. Zheng is a Senior Member of IEEE. She serves on the editorial board of several international journals and serves as co-chairs and program committees of a number of international conferences.

Note

Mentioned times are given in Irish Standard Time! The detailed session schedule is available here: Session Schedule Thursday, 9 September 2021 and Session Schedule Friday, 10 September 2021. An introduction for our presenters ist located in Information for presenters.

Thursday, September 09, 2021

Link to virtual conference system: www.cerc-conf.eu/open-vcs

09:00

Welcome and Opening

Dr. Haithem Afli

09:10

Keynote Speech Dr. Bruno Gabriel Nascimento Andrade on “Microbiome, Health and Data Science: Current applications and future prospects”

09:50

Coffee Break and Networking

10:00

Presentation Sessions

11:20

Coffee Break and Networking

11:30

Presentation Sessions

12:30

Lunch Break

13:30

Presentation Sessions

14:30

Coffee Break and Networking

15:45

Workshop »The Future of Education«

17:00

End of Day One

Friday, September 10, 2021

Link to virtual conference system: www.cerc-conf.eu/open-vcs

09:00

Welcome and Opening

Dr. Haithem Afli

09:10

Keynote Speech Prof. Huiru Zheng on “Toward digital enabled connected health and well-being”

09:50

Coffee Break and Networking

10:00

Presentation Sessions

11:20

Coffee Break and Networking

11:30

Presentation Sessions

12:30

Lunch Break

13:30

Presentation Sessions

14:10

Coffee Break and Networking

14:50

Awarding Ceremony: Best Paper and Best Presentation Awards

15:20

Closing

Dr. Haithem Afli

15:30

End of Day Two