Perspectives of eHealth at Sofia University

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Perspectives of eHealth at Sofia University

• Roumen Nikolov
• Sofia University, Bulgaria

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Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
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SU - Educational and Scientific Centre of the
Country

• Over 35,000 students
• 16 1 Faculties (a Medical Faculty is under
  re-establishment)
• 76 3 Bachelors and over 200 Masters degree
  programmes
• Over 3000 teachers and researchers
• Very important role for the development of the
  country
• Challenges economic and social changes, new
  models of education, new role of universities,
  brain drain
• European Space of Higher Education
• Sofia University a National educational,
  scientific and cultural centre
• Sofia University to become a National and
  Regional Centre of High-Technologies, Innovations
  and Entrepreneurship

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Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics

• Established 1889 ?.
• over 2500 students
• Over 180 teachers/researcher
• Increasing No of students and teachers

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eHealth Developments at Sofia University

• Education
• Research and development
• Innovation, technology transfer and
  entrepreneurship

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Education

• BSc Programmes Mathematics Applied
  Mathematics Mathematics and Informatics
  Informatics ACM/IEEE Computing Curricula based
  Computer Science, Information Systems, Software
  Engineering
• Towards interdisciplinary studies, incl.
  Bio-Medical Informatics
• MSc Programmes Bio-Medical Informatics Software
  Engineering Information Systems, eBusiness
  Mobile Technologies and Distributed Systems
  Artificial Intelligence Computational Science
  and Engineering eLearning Statistics
  Mathematical Modeling Mathematical Modeling in
  Economics, IT Management (Stevens Institute of
  Technology), Information Security (under
  development), Innovation Technology Transfer
  (under development), etc.
• Bio-Medical Informatics MSc Programme at Faculty
  of Mathematics and Informatics (established at
  2002, 25 students enrolled in 2004-5)
• Bio-Medical Informatics PhD programme (5 PhD
  students enrolled)
• Advanced Bio-Medical Informatics Programme at
  Faculty of Medicine (under accreditation
  procedure)
• Advanced technological environment at the new
  Faculty of Medicine (Lozenetz Hospital) and
  Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics

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Research and development Centre of IST
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SU achievements at EC RTD Programmes

• 7 projects under 6FP, 15 projects under 5FP, 7
  projects under 4FP, etc.
• 6FP IP Project GUIDE Creating an European
  Identity Management Architecture for
  eGovernment, http//www.guide-project.org
• 6FP NoE Project KALEIDOSCOPE Concepts and
  methods for exploring the future of learning with
  digital technologies, http//www.noe-kaleidoscope
  .org/
• FP6-2004-IST-NMP-2 PRIME Providing Real
  Integration in Multi-disciplinary Environments
• 6FP SSA Science.and.Society.7 Project PARCEL
  Participatory Communication Activities on
  E.Learning
• 6FP MOBILITY-2004-SSA REKS Researchers in
  European Knowledge Society
• 6FP BulRMCNet Bulgarian Network of Research
  Mobility Centres
• FP6 SSA 016020 ATVN-EU-GP Academic Internet
  Television Showcases the Best of Good Practice
  Activities

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EC RTD Projects (cont.)

• 5 FP IST-1999-21148 (2000-2002) "Best Practice
  Pilot for the implementation of Integrated
  Internet Based Remote Working Places for Virtual
  Teams developing their work at SMEs (IWOP)"
  http//www.ideko.es/eng/proyec/iwop/
• 5 FP IST-1999-20852 (2000-2002) "Best Practice
  Pilot for the Promotion and Implementation of
  Teleworking Tools at European SMEs of the Service
  Sector (PROTELEUSES)" http//www.cbt.es/proteleuse
  s/
• 5 FP IST-1999-12646 (2000-2002) "A Picture of
  Social Observation of Call Centre (TOSCA)" -
  http//www-it.fmi.uni-sofia.bg/tosca/
• 5 FP IST Project "DIOGENE A Training Web Broker
  for ICT Professionals" - http//www.diogene.org/
• 5 FP 2001/C 321/17 (2002-2005) GEM-Europe
  Project Global Education in Manufacturing 5 FP
  IST-2001-32790 (2001-2002) WG-ECUA European
  COTS Working Group Extension - http//www.esi.es/e
  cua/
• 5 FP IST-2001-34488 (2002- 2004) EXPERT Project
  Best Practice on E-project Development Methods
• 5 FP IST-2001-37460 COCONET Context Aware
  Collaborative Environments for Next Generation
  Business Networks
• 5 FP Innovation and SMEs Thematic Networks,
  BIGEAR NET Thematic Network on Stimulation of
  Business Innovation and Growth from Exploitation
  of Academic Research" - http//www.bigear.info
• 5FP Innovation and SMEs IPS-2001-41103 PROMOTOR
  Project Collaborative Validation and Transfer
  of Regional Support Measures for Start-ups and
  Growth in Five NACs Regions"

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GUIDE Vision Mission
Vision
Europe as world-leader in e-Government solutions
Mission

• To research and develop an open identity
  management architecture as core technology for
  e-Government solutions
• To create a world-class and innovative European
  e-Government market
• To demonstrate and evaluate solutions in the
  three major areas of e-Government services A2A,
  A2B A2C

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The GUIDE vision An open Identity architecture
driving effective eGovernment and security
services across Europe
Government Administration
A2A A Apps
A2B Apps
A2C Apps
Open Identity Architecture
Business
Citizens
Identity Data Sources
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GUIDE Project Interoperable Identity Benefits
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• Concepts and methods for exploring the future
• of learning with digital technologies

Nicolas.Balacheff_at_imag.fr Laboratoire Leibniz
IMAG - CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, Institut
National Polytechnique de Grenoble MeTAH
research group
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To implement tools to the service of TEL research

• The Virtual Doctoral School an instrument for
  integration
• To have researchers and PhD students interact
  and exchange so that they can develop a coherent
  understanding of concepts and methods
• To help the community to face its diversity and
  to break the related deadlocks
• To develop communication across discipline, by
  the co-construction of a shared language

• The Shared Virtual Laboratory a research
  accelerator
• Effective research programme of transferability
  and of reusability emerging from concept and
  model building
• Capitalisation of projects technological
  outcomes (e.g. prototypes)
• Structured description and shared documentation
  of the outcomes
• Availability of research tools a service to the
  community

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To implement tools to the service of TEL research
The Academy-Industry Digital Alliance to build
the interface with industry, TEL producers and
providers, through
The Kaleidoscope Userss Group to build the
interface with individual and institutional TEL
users at school, in the universities, at work, at
home, through
The Advanced Training activities to directly
address the non-research audience, such as
teachers, e-Learning and TEL experts, HRD
experts, policy makers
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Example of an eHealth Proposal Electronic
Primary care Research Integration and Management
in Europe ePRIME IST Call 4 (2-4-11)
Integrated Project Proposal

• Further develop an existing secure, authenticated
  web-portal for primary care clinical trials.
• Develop an open standards, open source
  Grid-enabled platform for randomised clinical
  trials with the potential to provide full
  coverage of Primary Care practices in the EU.
• Provide researchers with easy-to-use, seamless
  and robust tools for
• the design, efficient running and analysis of
  trials,
• trial data ontology, curation, federation and
  meta-analysis,
• secure access to health records and
  pseudo-anonymisation,
• automated mechanisms for patient recruitment,
  data extraction and longitudinal follow-up from
  Primary Care computerised systems,
• cross-linking with other health-care platforms,
  and
• modelling and analysis based on the outcomes.
• Facilitate training and communications for the
  Primary Care research community.
• Link with a similar projects

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Partners

• University of Birmingham Foundation for
  Research and Technology Hellas NICE
  Medialogic University of Siena University of
  Sofia University Brno University of Technology
  ANCO S.A. CAS Software AG University of
  Minnesota University of Dundee Nivel Institute
  EGPRN (Health Services) University of Crete
  Q-Plan S.A Tekever INTRO Solutions TIGA
  Technologies Language and Computing University
  California San Francisco Norwegian Centre for
  Telemedicine Hewlett Packard University of
  Leuven University of Hanover Ortikon
  Interactive VTT Finland

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eHealth RTD areas of priority

• Electronic Helthcare Systems (EHR) cooperation
  with National Health Insurance Fund for building
  an electronic illness classifier and further
  development of a modern patient record system,
  and in general a modern integrated
• Medical imaging - PET imaging (PET image
  enhancement, based mainly on Monte Carlo
  simulations Image recognition and
  interpretation Image databases Cooperation with
  ENST France Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
  Center, New York Technical University Munich)
• Fusion of data obtained from different sources
  (cooperation established with Computer Aided
  Medical Procedures and Augmented Reality
  Division - Technical University Munich and
  Harvard Medical School)
• Biomedical Robotics and its applications to
  minimal invasive surgery
• Telemedicine (satellite communications and iTV -
  cooperation with ITVPARTNER)
• Diagnostic and educational systems
• Machine learning (from medical data to medical
  knowledge)
• Methods and systems for improved medical
  knowledge discovery and understanding through
  integration of biomedical information (e.g. using
  modelling, visualisation, data mining and grid
  technologies)
• Interoperability of eHealth systems, HelthGrid
  technologies and applications
• Nanotechnologies in eHealth applications

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Innovation, technology transfer and
entrepreneurship

• Education, training and RTD best instrument for
  attracting investments and generating economic
  growth and competitiveness.
• Participation in EC Innovation Projects PAXIS,
  IRE, regional projects
• Cooperation with industry Microsoft, CISCO,
  Oracle, Rila Solutions, Fadata, SAP Labs, IDS
  Scheer (through Latona), ITVPartner, Siemens,
  Mobiltel, BASSCOM, BAIT, ASTEL, Metalife AG -
  Germany and its BG Branch METAGEN, etc.
• Conferences, workshops, training

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Association for Advanced Studies, Innovations and
Entrepreneurship

• April 19th, 2004 Founding meeting of
  Association for Advanced Studies, Innovations and
  Entrepreneurship
• Founding members Deans of three elite
  faculties Faculty of Mathematics and
  Informatics, Sofia Uni Faculty of German
  Engineering Education, Technical Uni Faculty of
  Medicine, Medical University Director of
  Business Park Sofia (Lindner) Siemens BG
  Bulgarian Foreign Investment Agency Gruender
  Regio M and Bayern Bulgarian Students
  Association etc.
• Main Goals to open Sofia (Bulgaria) for
  transfer of know-how from EU by using the already
  accumulated expertise in Munich, to help young
  Bulgarian graduate students through targeted
  training and internships in Germany and other EU
  countries to become entrepreneurs and establish
  their innovative companies and to strengthen the
  participation of Sofia as an Associated PANEL
  member in the further PAXIS activities.
• Close Plans building an business incubator in
  the field of medical techniques and medical
  informatics by following the best practice model
  of the GATE incubator in Munich MSc Programme in
  Medical Techniques and Medical Informatics young
  entrepreneurs education and training etc

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Sofia University a Regional CISCO Academy
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SU- member of the MICROSOFT IT ACADEMY PROGRAM
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European Day of the Entrepreneur, 2003
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Associate Member of PANEL - PAXIS
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European Day of the Entrepreneur, 4-5 November,
2004
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