The conference begins on the afternoon of Sunday 7th with a special symposium entitled “Data-driven Learning, Discovery, and Innovation” to be held at the MIT Media Laboratory conference center. A reception starts at the end of the symposium. The scientific sessions of the conference begin on Monday morning at 0800. During the afternoon, the traditional social program will take place. Scientific sessions will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday. Sessions include both oral presentations and poster sessions.

Pre-Conference Critical Data Marathon

On 5–7 September, concluding just before the Sunday Symposium begins, there will be a separate event—not a part of the conference, but allied with it—that may be of interest to conference attendees: a critical data marathon that will bring together frontline healthcare providers (nurses, pharmacists, doctors) with data scientists to answer clinically-relevant questions over the course of a weekend. The Sunday Symposium will include a presentation of the data marathon results.

Further information is available at the Critical Data Marathon website.

Pre-Conference Workshop in Inverse Electrocardiography

On Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, the 6th and 7th of September, before the formal beginning of the conference, the BioMedical Imaging and Signal Processing Lab in the Biomedical Signal Processing, Imaging, Reasoning, and Learning (B-SPIRAL) group at Northeastern is organizing an informal pair of discussions about inverse electrocardiography.

The first event, on Saturday afternoon, will bring together researchers in inverse ECG to discuss current challenges and future perspectives on the inverse ECG from the technical and clinical points of view.

The second meeting, to be held Sunday morning, before the Sunday Symposium, will discuss ideas and plans to organize a "hackathon" on inverse ECG problems in the near future.

The discussions will be held at 140 Fenway on the edge of the Northeastern campus.

We invite all interested researchers to join us at one or both meetings. If there is interest we can also organize a self-pay group meal on Saturday evening. To indicate that you plan to attend either or both meetings, or for further information on timing, location, or any other logistics, please contact Jaume Coll-Font at jcollfont@ece.neu.edu.

Scientific Sessions

• Program Overview
• Program Schedule (pdf file)
• Abstract Book (pdf file)

The scientific sessions of the conference are all held in the Royal Sonesta Hotel, and begin on Monday morning at 0800 with presentations by the finalists in the Rosanna Degani Young Investigators Competition, followed by parallel sessions for the remainder of the morning. The social program begins at 1300 and is described below.

Scientific presentations resume on Tuesday morning at 0815, and continue throughout the day. The Tuesday poster session is scheduled at 1200 and includes a buffet lunch. The final day of the conference, Wednesday, begins again at 0815. The Wednesday poster session starts at 1245 and also includes lunch.

Social Program

The social program is designed to provide conference attendees with an intimate view of the city of Boston, and also to provide ample time for networking and renewing old friendships. The program begins immediately after the last scientific session at 1300 with a short (10 minute) walk around the corner to the Museum of Science. Lunch will be served on the museum’s pavilion with a beautiful view of the Charles River, the Esplanade, the Boston skyline, and the MIT campus. After lunch the attendees will divide into the activist and passivist groups.

Passivist Program

Immediately following lunch, the group will have a limited time to explore the fascinating exhibits in the Museum of Science. The group will next enjoy a guided exploration of the city of Boston’s history. You will visit all the places that make Boston the birthplace of freedom and a city of firsts, from the golden-domed State House to Bunker Hill and the TD Banknorth Garden, Boston Common and Copley Square to the Big Dig, Government Center to fashionable Newbury Street, Quincy Market to the Prudential Tower, and more. And, as Boston unfolds before your eyes, your guide will be giving you lots of little known facts and interesting insights about our unique and wonderful city. The tour will conclude at the waterfront where you will join your activist colleagues on board the Odyssey ship for a delightful harbor Starlight Dinner Cruise. Trolley buses will return you to the hotel, probably around 2200.

Activist Program

Immediately after lunch the activists will participate in the guided and narrated tour of Boston as described above. You will then be deposited somewhere in the city and will divide into competitive teams. An intellectually and physically challenging treasure hunt has been planned to explore the rich traditions and legends of the early 18th century freedom fighters (also known as patriots or as terrorists depending on one’s point of view) in their early struggles against the British Empire. Boston was a hotbed of radicals where the American Revolution had its birth. You will explore the Boston “massacre”, the Boston tea party, the “Intolerable Acts”, the role of Paul Revere in the Battle of Lexington and Concord, and other historical landmarks. Winning the hunt will require speed and cunning, and the race will be lots of fun. The hunt concludes at the waterfront in time to board the Odyssey ship for the Starlight Dinner Cruise. Trolley buses will return you to the hotel, probably around 2200.