Prof. Dr. Elske Ammenwerth studied Medical Informatics (Dipl.-Inform. Med.) at the University of Heidelberg/University of Applied Sciences Heilbronn. She obtained her doctorate degree (Dr.sc.hum.) from the University of Heidelberg in 2001. In 2002, she joined UMIT TIROL - Private University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology as an assistant professor and head of the Research Group on Assessment of Health Information Systems. She was appointed full professor for health informatics at UMIT and head of the Institute of Medical Informatics in 2005.

Her research comprises medication safety, electronic health records and patient portals, management of hospital information systems, evaluation of IT in health care, evidence-based health informatics, and learning analytics. Dr. Ammenwerth is the founder and co-chair of the Working Group on Assessment of Health Information Systems of EFMI (European Federation for Health Informatics) and co-chair of the Austrian Health Informatics Working Group (AK-MI). Between 2008 and 2016, she was the co-organizer of the annual Austrian eHealth Conference in Vienna and of the conference European Nursing Informatics - ENI focussing on IT usage in nursing and social care.

Ms. Lisa Maria Norz is a research assistant in the Institute of medical diagnostics of UMIT, Austria.

Dr. Nissim Harel is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Computer Science at HIT. Dr. Harel received his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), Haifa, Israel, his M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Atlanta, US.

Dr. Harel has an extensive experience in transforming abstract research concepts into a vibrant business. He is the co-founder of ClickFox, an Atlanta-based startup that analyses user behavior in Internet and IVR environments. Dr. Harel served as a CTO of the company between the years 2000-2006 and was awarded five US patents.

His current areas of research are data mining, Big Data and healthcare informatics, specifically abstractions models of medical information and the ability to use these models to summarize medical information, enabling efficient clinical workflows as well as the execution of epidemiological research.

My work is centered around the professional development (PD) of mathematics teachers at the secondary level. The projects I direct combine design, implementation and research, with the overarching aim of understanding and improving teachers' professionalization processes. In addition, I am interested in the professional development of lead teachers and PD facilitators.

I believe that the major goals of studies in the area of Mathematics Education are to contribute to the actual practice of mathematics teaching and learning, to enhance equity and access of different learners to mathematical ideas, and to continuously advance our perceptions about mathematical thinking and how people might be engaged with it and even enjoy it.

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I got my Mathematics Degree at Universidad de La Laguna (ULL, Tenerife-Spain) in 1984. I enroll ULL in 1990 and since I have been professor and also assume many administratives positions.

My PhD in Mathematics (1996) was on Complex Analysis and Approximation Theory. Then, I switch to Harmonic Analysis area, focusing on weighted estimates of maximal and singular integral operators. Due to the strong relationship with Fourier Analysis, the transition to more applied areas was a natural pathway, strongly motivated by my experience as Chairman of of the Open Source Office (2007-2010), Chairman of TTO (OTRI 2010-2011) and Vicechancellor of Research and Internationalization (2011-2015).

These three high-executive positions on technology and management of the research have provided me a long experience on strategic support, communication with stakeholders, negotiation with firms, agreements with partners, etc. All these experience is incorporated to this research group to support alliances and collaborations, one of the main challenges of this new times on research on Biosciences.

On the other hand, due to my transfer technology experience, the analysis of impact of research on both economical and societal dimensions also provide to the group a wider view on the impact potential of our research.

Finally, I have long experience on international projects (EU funding). This will provide to the research group a wider international vision on research and transfer of knowledge.

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Dr. Konstantinos Petridis received his Bachelor in 1996 from the Department of Physics of the University of Crete and his MSc in Optoelectronics and Laser Devices from the University of St-Andrews in Scotland UK in 1996. In 1998 he joined the Nonlinear Optics Group of the University of St-Andrews in Scotland, UK as a research student. In 2001 he awarded his PhD. Dr. Konstantinos Petridis in 2003 joined, as post-doctoral researcher in The Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona, Spain. In 2004 he joined the Department of Electronics of Technological Educational Institute of Crete (TEIC) as a contract assistant professor and as a researcher in the Optoelectronics, Lasers and Plasma Physics Research Group of TEI of Crete. Now he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering of the Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU) and also since 2020 he is the Director of the International relations Office in the HMU in Crete. He is the Academic Coordinator of the H2020 European University Project ATHENA (2020 – 2023), from the HMU site, that has received 7.500.000 Euros for funding (750.000 Euros for the HMU)

His research interests involve Organic BHJ Photovoltaics, application of Graphene based materials in OPVs, CW laser systems & technology, laser process of graphene and its derivatives, laser production & decoration of 2D materials, laser induced forward transfer (LIFT), laser patterning, gas sensing and modern educational methods in HEIs. He is the Academic coordinator of the CBHE iTEM.

About the speaker:

Ing. Jiri Hozman, PhD completed his engineering studies in Electrical Engineering from the Czech Technical University in Prague(CTU FEL), Czech Republic in 1988, then joined CTU FEL as an assistant professor. In 2002, he started his PhD studies in Electrical Engineering and graduated in 2006. In 2005, he joined the Department of Biomedical technology, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering(FBME) CTU. In 2008 he received his Associated Professor position in the field of Electronics and Medical Technology. His research interests are medical imaging systems. His current interests are analysis and synthesis of medical imaging systems, methods of diagnostic imaging and their optimization. He has experience from clinical practice within Motol University Hospital in Prague in the field of medical imaging systems. Currently, he serves as a vice-dean for development and external relationships and guarantor of the bachelor study program “Biomedical Technician”. He is a president of the committee “Czech Society for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Informatics” of the Czech Medical Association of J. E. Purkyně. He is one of the four teachers (lecturers) of a course “Selected Topics from Mathematics for Biomedical Engineers”. He supervised about 150 student bachelor and diploma theses. He was responsible person for a few ESF projects and for Erasmus Mundus Master's Course Program within the international consortium. He is an author and co-author over 50 publications with 50 citations in the field of biomedical engineering and 12 confirmed applications in industrial and clinical practice. Co-author of five utility models in the field of specialized systems for evaluating the instantaneous position of the eyes, head, shoulder and body in neuroscience, which have been deployed in clinical practice and co- author of one patent. Reviewer of plenty of conference papers and journal articles.

Abstract:

In the lecture will be presented different projects focusing on new ways of teaching and learning mathematics at university level. Students will be given the possibility to experience some of the methods and give some feedback.

Obs! Students need computers.

Mirela Vinerean Bernhoff is a senior lecturer in mathematics at Karlstad University since 2011 and an accomplished university teacher since 2016. She teaches mathematics for the engineering and teacher education programs. Her research interest is from the beginning in applied mathematics, more exactly kinetic theory, and in the last years in mathematics education with a focus on the use of digital technology for mathematics teaching. Her latest research is based on various pedagogical projects on the development of mathematics teaching for engineering students and prospective teachers in mathematics.

New ways of learning mathematics (16th of September)

Abstract:

The lecture will present different projects focusing on new ways of teaching and learning mathematics at university level. Students will be given the possibility to experience some of the methods and give some feedback.

Dr. Yosief Wondmagegne received his doctoral degree in Applied Mathematics in 2005 from the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. In 2011, he joined Karlstad University as a senior lecturer.

His research interest includes mathematical and computational aspects of kinetic theory of gases and moving boundary problems. His recent interest include the use of Computer Assisted Assessment (CAA) system as part of Mathematics teaching and questions related to assessment, specifically in understanding the way feedback could play in enhancing the learning of Mathematics.