The UCL/ICTEAM IEEE Student Branch along with prof. David Bol and Laurent Francis is glad to invite you to the following seminar :
Vision on medicine in 2050 and the role of electronic sensors as enabler
given by Rudy Lauwereins, Vice-president at imec and part-time Full Professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
The event will be held on Monday 26th of October at 16:15 pm in the BARB 92 room (Sainte-Barbe building). Drinks and appetizers will be served after the presentation and the questions-and-answers session.
Registration is free but mandatory, please sign up at the bottom of this page.
Abstract:
Today’s medical practice lacks prevention, is slow and expensive, and often treats symptoms instead of root causes.
In this visionary presentation, I will predict how medicine could look like in 2050, enabled by modern electronics.
Based on advanced prototypes of today, I will motivate why these visionary scenarios might become a reality.
And I will leave the audience behind with a massive amount of ethical questions.
Biography:
Dr. Rudy Lauwereins is Vice President at imec, an organization that performs world-leading research and delivers industry-relevant technology solutions through global partnerships in nano-electronics, ICT, healthcare and energy.
As the Director of imec’s Smart Systems Technology Office, he guides the strategic research decisions in energy efficient green radios, vision systems, (bio)medical and lifestyle electronics, wireless autonomous transducer systems, large area organic electronics, photovoltaic systems, battery systems, and More than Moore technologies.
Dr. Lauwereins is also a part-time Full Professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, where he teaches Computer Architectures in the Master of Science in Elektrotechnical Engineering program.
Dr. Lauwereins holds a Doctorate in Electrical Engineering. Before joining imec in 2001, he held a tenure Professorship in the Faculty of Engineering at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven since 1993.
Professor Lauwereins has authored and co-authored more than 380 publications in international journals, books and conference proceedings. He is a fellow of the IEEE.