Opening Speaker
Chuan Yi Tang (CSIE, PhD)
Department of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
Tang is the President of Providence University and a top researcher in algorithms, computational molecular biology, parallel processing and computer aided engineering. He received Outstanding Research Award in 2000 and 2003 respectively.He has developed tools for multiple sequence alignments and evolutionary trees by using the concept of compact set and the technologies of approximation.
唐傳義是靜宜大學校長和演算法、計算分子生物學、並行處理和計算機輔助工程的傑出研究員。他分別在2000年和2003年獲得國科會傑出研究獎。他利用緊空間和近似算法，開發了多序列比對和進化樹的軟體套件。
Guests of Honor
Yi-Han Henry Sun (PhD)
Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica
Yi-Han Henry Sun is a Distinguished Research Fellow in the Institute of Molecular Biology at Academia Sinica. His lab is focuses on the molecular mechanism controlling the development of the visual system in Drosophila, studying the specification of the eye fate, control of cell proliferation in eye disc, and brain-eye interaction. He served as the Deputy Minister of the National Science Council in Taiwan.
孫以瀚是中央研究院分子生研究的所特聘研究員。他的研究興趣在果蠅視覺系統的發育的分子調控機制，主要研究方向如何決定細胞發育為眼睛，如何控制複眼發育中的細胞增殖及複眼與腦在發育過程中的交互作用。孫博士曾任中華民國行政院國家科學委員會副主任委員。
Gen Sobue (MD, PhD)
Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
Gen Sobue is a distinguished professor of the Department of Neurology, leader of the Brain and Mind Research Center at Nagoya University, and organizer of the Brain Protein Aging and Dementia Control project. He received Toshihiko Tokizane Memorial Award in 2005 and Chunichi Culture Award in 2007. He has been working on elucidation of the pathogenesis and therapy development for neurodegenerative disorders. Especially novel therapy for motor neuron disease is developed to the level of doctor-led clinical trial.
Sobue現任名古屋大學神經內科學系特聘教授及名古屋大學的腦與心智科學研究室和腦蛋白質老化與失智症控制研究組主持人。Gen Sobue於2005年獲日本神經科學學會頒發Toshihiko Tokizane紀念獎，於2007年獲頒中日文化獎。他的主要研究主軸為神經退化疾病之病因以及發展其治療方法。特別是開發運動神經元疾病之新療法，並將其發展至可做臨床測試的階段。
Keynote Speakers
William Shi-Yuan Wang (PhD)
Department of Electronic Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong
William Shi-Yuan Wang is the Wei Lun Research Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering at Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research on language utilises an interdisciplinary perspective, involving engineering, linguistics, and biological sciences. In recent years, Prof. Wang has collaborated with biologists and computer scientists in a common search for the origin of language and patterns in language differentiation. He was the President of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics and is an Academician of the Academia Sinica. The honors he has received also include a Guggenheim Fellowship and two fellowships from the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.
王士元是香港中文大學電子工程學系的偉倫研究教授。他對語言的研究利用跨領域的角度，涉及到工程、語言學和生物科學。近年來，王教授與生物學家和資訊科學家共同合作研究語言的起源和語言模式的分化。他曾擔任國際中國語言學協會的主席並且是中央研究院院士。他過去的榮譽也包括古根漢獎學金及並從史丹佛大學先進行為科學研究中心的兩個研究金。
Eric Tatt Wei Ho (PhD)
International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
Eric Tatt Wei Ho is a senior lecturer at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS as well as a Malaysia Node Coordinator at International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF). His awarded patents included Motion Detection Using Multi-resolution Image Processing and Microscopy Imaging Device with Advanced Imaging Properties.
Eric Tatt Wei Ho是國油大學的資深講師以及International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility（INCF）的馬來西亞的統籌人。他的獲頒專利包括使用多解析度影像處理和顯微成像設備符合高級成像性能來偵測動態。
Kuu-Young Young (PhD)
Department at Electronic Engineering, National Chiao Tung University
Kuu-young Young is a professor of electrical engineering at NCTU, Taiwan. He is an expert in robotics and biological control system.He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Northwestern University, USA.
楊谷洋在交通大學(NCTU)擔任電機工程系教授，他的專長在於機器人學和生物控制系統。他於美國西北大學取得了電機工程博士學位。
Focus Lecture Speakers
Toshiharu Nakai (PhD)
NeuroImaging & Informatics, National Center for Geriatrics & Gerontology
Toshiharu Nakai, received his PhD degree in bioimaging from the Graduate School of Kyoto University, School of Medicine, Japan in 1992. He is recently attempting to evaluate the early change of brain activity during cognitive training using neuroimaging techniques and initiated this joint project with NTU/NUS. He is a member of International Societies for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine(ISMRM), Organization for Human Brain Mapping(OHBM), International Neuroinformatics Coordination Facility(INCF) and IEEE(BME, CS/senior member). He is also a visiting professor of Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine.
Toshiharu在1992年位於日本京都大学大学院医学研究科取得了生物成像博士學位。他現在與NTU/NUS啟動了嘗試於去評估腦袋在認知訓練期間的早期的活動變化的項目。他現在是國際社會醫學磁共振(ISMRM)、人類大腦圖譜組織(OHBM), International Neuroinformatics Coordination Facility(INCF)和IEEE(BME, CS/senior member)的一員，同時也是在名古屋大学大学院医学系研究科當客座教授
Epifanio Bagarinao (BIO-PHYS, PhD)
Brain and Mind Research Center, Nagoya University
Bagarinao is an Associate Professor of real-time fMRI system. He has and attentively engaged in the development and applications of real-time fMRI systems. He also actively involved in the analysis of neuroimaging datasets from different pain-related studies including the use of machine learning algorithms to detect chronic pelvic pain and analysis of resting state fMRI to characterize neuropathic pain. Previously, he worked at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and did research on topics related to real-time fMRI.
Bagarinao 是即時功能核磁共振成像系統領域的副教授。他從事開發和開發即時功能核磁共振成像系統的應用軟體。他也積極參與從神經影像資料庫研究不同程度疼痛相關研究，包括利用機器學習算法來檢測慢性盆腔疼痛和靜息狀態功能性磁振造影分析表徵神經性疼。過去，他曾在先進工業科學和技術研究所，做即時功能核磁共振成像研究。
Bai-Yi Chiu
Show Chawn Memorial Hospital
Bai-Yi Chiu, graduated from the Institute of Chung Shan Medical University. His expertise includes seniledementia , Parkinson's disease , insomnia, stroke , movement disorders , debilitating brain , memory dysfunction , language dysfunction, cognitive or other behavioral disorders.
邱百誼（Bai-Yi Chiu）醫生，畢業於中山醫學大學醫學研究所博士。專長的疾病治療包括老年失智症、巴金森症、腦中風失眠、動作障礙、腦神經衰弱、記憶功能障礙、語言功能障礙、其他認知或行為異常。
Kaoru Sekiyama (PhD)
Faculty of Letters, Kumamoto University
Kaoru Sekiyama is a professor of cognitive psychology and specializes in experimental psychology and brain imaging (fMRI, PET, EPR, MEG) development. She received the Neuroscience Research Excellent Paper Award in 2004. Her research includes topics of experience-based modification of cognition, development, aging, neuroplasticity, auditory-visual speech perception, adaption to reversed vision, body schema, visuomotor coordination, multisensory perception, face-to-face communication, and reading with presbyopia.
Kaoru Sekiyama是認知心理學的教授，專長是實驗心理學與神經成像(fMRI, PET, EPR, MEG)的發展。2004年得到北京大學神經科學優秀論文獎（最佳論文獎）。她的研究包括具有認知系統上的經驗效果，開發，年齡相關的變化，神經可塑性，言語感知，視野反轉，身體意象，多感官知覺，面對面的交流，老花眼閱讀。
Fan-Pei Gloria Yang (PhD)
Center for Cognition and Mind Sciences, National Tsing Hua University
Fan-Pei Gloria Yang is an associate professor and the founding director of Center for Cognition and Mind Sciences at the National Tsing Hua University. She integrated diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and fMRI approaches to study patients’ neural connectivity, and expanded her research methods to magnetoencephalography (MEG). Her current research interest is to study the neural basis for metaphor, neural plasticity, interactions of language and other cognitive functions in healthy adults, patients, elderly and bilinguals with multimodal imaging methods.
楊梵孛教授是國立清華大學認知與心智科學中心的創始主任。她使用擴散張量成像（DTI）和功能磁共振成像方法來研究病人的神經連接，並擴大了研究方法到腦磁圖（MEG）。她目前的研究興趣是用以多模式磁振照影來研究比喻的神經基礎、神經可塑性、健康的成年人、病人、老年人的認知功能並它與語言之間的互動。
Tetsuya Iidaka (MD, PhD)
Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University
Tetsuya Iidaka is a Professor in the Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University. He is also a member Brain & Mind Research Center, Nagoya University. His main research area is neuroimaging in psychiatry. In particular, he is recently investigating face processing and recognition, functional anatomical connectivity, and cross-cultural imaging of social brain.
飯高哲也是名古屋大學醫學研究所精神醫學部的副教授。他的主要研究領域是精神病學的神經影像學。飯高教授最近在研究臉孔的處理和辨識、功能性結構連通性以及社會腦的跨文化成像。
Shohei Kato (ECE, PhD)
Department of Computer Science, Nagoya Institute of Technology
Shohei Kato is a Professor of Computer Science and a leader of intelligent informatics. He received The Prizes for Science and Technology, Research Category in 2015 and Japan Society of Kansei Engineering Paper Award in 2013. He has been working on perceptual information processing, kansei informatics, computer system and multimedia database
加藤是資訊工程學教授，智能信息學的領導者。在2015年，他獲得科學和技術研究領域獎項，以及於2013年獲得日本感性工學會論文獎，他的研究包含感知信息處理、感性信息學、計算機系統和多媒體數據庫
Wen-Jiun Shiu
Chang Gung Medical Foundation
Wen-Jiun Shiu is the director of the North District dementia center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. He has obtained dual master degree in Epidemiology and Bio-statistics at Harvard University. His main research area includes neuropsychology, dementia, cerebrovascular disease and general neurological disorders.
徐文俊是長庚北院區失智中心主任。於美國哈佛大學流行病學與生物統計學取得雙碩士學歷。徐醫師研究專長為神經心理學、失智症、腦學管疾病以及一般神經疾病。
Wen-Chen Ouyang
Lu-Tung Christian Hospital
Wen-Chen Ouyang is the director of Lu-Tung Christian. He has received master and doctoral degree in public health from National Yang-Ming University. Ouyang's research area is Epidemiology of mental illness, geriatric mental and disaster psychiatry
歐陽文貞醫師為鹿東基督教醫院院長，於陽明大學公共衛生所取得碩士及博士學位。歐陽醫師研究專長為精神疾病流行病學， 老年精神醫學及災難精神醫學。
Cheng-Yu Wei
Show Chawn Memorial Hospital
Cheng-Yu Wei is the director of Department of Neurology at Show Chuan Memorial Hospital. He has obtained his master of medical science from Tzu Chi Medical College. His research interest area include Stroke, atherosclerosis, dementia, Parkinson's disease, sciatica and other neurological diseases, autonomic nervous system diseases, infectious diseases and molecular diagnosis of genetic diseases
魏誠佑是秀傳紀念醫院彰化院區神經內科主任，自慈濟醫學院醫學研究所取得醫學碩士。魏醫師的研究專長包含腦中風、動脈硬化、失智症、巴金森氏症、坐骨神經痛等神經科疾病、自律神經疾病以及傳染病與遺傳病分子診斷。
Che-Sheng Chu
Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Puli Branch
Che-Sheng Chu, graduated from the National Defense Medical Center. He finished General Psychiatry Residency and the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Training Program in Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital and Taichung Veterans General Hospital, respectively. He received the Young investigator travel award of Taiwan Society of Geriatric Psychiatry in 2015. His expertise includes delirium, senile dementia, insomnia, and geriatric nutrition.
朱哲生醫師，從國防醫學院醫學系畢業。他分別為高雄榮民總醫院和台中榮民總醫院，精神科住院醫師和老年精神病學特殊訓練員。曾獲得2015年台灣老人精神醫學會年輕研究學者獎，專長包括急性認知失調(delirium)，老年癡呆(senile dementia)，失眠(insomnia)和老年營養(geriatric nutrition)。