6th International Summer School
on
Biocomplexity from System to Gene


Committee

 

 

 Prof. Metin Akay received his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey in 1981 and 1984, respectively and a Ph.D. degree from Rutgers University in 1990.
He has played a key role in promoting the biomedical education in the world by writing several prestigious books and editing the Biomedical Engineering Book Series published by the Wiley and IEEE Press Prof Akay is author/coauthor/editor of 14 books and giving more 50 keynote, plenary and invited talks at the international meetings including the first, second and third Latin-American Conference on Biomedical Engineering'98, 01, 04.
He is the founding chair of the Annual International Summer School on Biocomplexity from System, to Gene sponsored by the NSF and Dartmouth College and technically co-sponsored by the IEEE EMBS, of the Satellite Conference on Emerging Technologies in Biomedical Engineering. He is also the founding chair of the International IEEE Conference on Neural Engineering, in 2003. These activities were sponsored by the NSF and largely attended by the women and minorities.
Chair
 

 
Dr. Yasemin M Akay is currently a Research Assistant Professor in the Harrington Department of Bioengineering, Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University. She received her B.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey in 1980 and M.S. and Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering from the Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA in 1991 and 1998, respectively. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Physiology and Pharmacology Departments, Dartmouth Medical School and at the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Boston University, School of Medicine. She was also an assistant editor for the IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Book Series from September 2001 to May 2004 and managing editor for the Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering from May 2004 till present. Her current research interests include Molecular Neuroengineering, Neural Growth and Neurodegeneration.
International Program Director
 
   

Prof. H Ozcan Gulcur received the B.Sc. and the M.Sc. Degrees in electrical engineering from the Middle East Technical University,Ankara, Turkey, in 1968 and 1970, respectively and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1973. He is presently associate professor and associate director of the Biomedical, Engineering Institute at the Bogazici University. His research interests include neural networks, physiological system modeling, biological signal processing, medical instrumentation systems, event related brain potentials, passive acoustic imaging, artificial intelligence, nonlinear control.
Local Chair
   

David Akkurt grew up in Istanbul, Turkey and came to the US in 1990. He attended the University of Arizona where he graduated with an Honors Bachelor's degree in Mathematics in May, 2003. At the University of Arizona he also completed a minor in Anthropology and Chemistry. There is also a patent pending on his invention of a cutting edge, innovative electrical motor which will serve as a key advancement in the technology of Hybrid Car Engineering. In Fall 2005, David joined the ASU Neuro-Informatics Lab as a research assistant and Ph. D student. His vast mathematical, informatics and electrical background have been and continue to be an integral part of the team. His interests include number theory, Dynamical System Analysis.
Web Master
 
 
   

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