June 2, 2022

BIA-2021 Day 1  (8:00 h CEST corresponds to 9:00 h Varna Time)

08:30 – 09:00 CEST

Online testing of equipment and software (link)

09:00 – 09:15 CEST

09:15 – 10:00 CEST

Opening of the BIA-2021 Conference (link)

Welcome address by officials from TU-Varna and KBC Group

Keynote Talk 1: "Complex Networks",

Prof. Ljiljana Trajkovic, USA, Distinguished IEEE Lecturer (online) (linkKT1)

10:00 – 10:15 CEST

10:15 – 12:00 CEST

12:00 – 13:00 CEST

13:00 – 15:00 CEST

15:00 – 15:15 CEST

15:15 – 17:00 CEST

17:00 CEST

Coffee break 1

S1: Biomedical Innovations 1 – Processes and Architectures (on-site presentations) (link)

Light Lunch

S2: Biomedical Innovations 2 – User-centered studies (online presentations) (link)

Coffee break 2

S3: Biomedical Innovations 3 – Human Aspects (on-site presentations) (link)

End of Day 1

18:00 CEST

Social Event at “The White House Hotel & Restaurant”

(Хотел-ресторант Бялата къща)

Venue: str. Rupi 108, Varna 

June 3, 2022

BIA-2021 Day 2  (8:00 h CEST corresponds to 9:00 h Varna Time)

08:45 – 09:00 CEST

Testing of Connection to BIA-2021 (link)

09:00 – 09:15 CEST

09:15 – 10:00 CEST

Opening of Day 2 (link)

Keynote Talk 2: "Overview of Phase-only Filters and their Application to Head Motion Classification",

Prof. Karl Sölvi Guðmundsson, Director of Technological Center at the University of Iceland, ICELAND (on-site) (link)

10:00 – 10:15 CEST

10:15 – 12:00 CEST

12:00 – 13:00 CEST

13:00 – 15:00 CEST

15:00 CEST

Coffee break 3

S4: Biomedical Innovations 4 (mixed on-site and online) (link)

Light Lunch

S5: Image and Audio Processing (online presentations) (link)

BIA-2021 Closing Remarks

08:30-09:00 CEST

Online testing of equipment and software (link)

09:15-10:00 CEST

KT.1 - Keynote Talk 1: "Complex Networks",

Prof. Ljiljana Trajkovic, USA, Distinguished IEEE Lecturer (online) (linkKT1)

10:00-10:15 CEST

Coffee break 1

10:15-12:00 CEST

S1: Biomedical Innovations 1 – Processes and Architectures (on-site presentations) (link)

Session Chair S1:  Prof. Evelina Pencheva, TU-Sofia

S1.P1: Assured Data Communications as a Service for Internet of Medical Things, Evelina Pencheva and Ivaylo Atanasov (on-site)

S1.P2: Artificial Intelligence in Open Radio Access Network: Use Case of Internet of Medical Things, Evelina Pencheva and Ivaylo Atanasov (on-site)

S1.P3: Latency Analysis for 5G Optical Transport Network, Stela Kostadinova, Valentina Markova, Nikolay Kostov, Ivelina Balabanova and Georgi Georgiev (on-site)

S1.P4: Wearable Heart Monitor, Hrafnkell Sighvatsson and Karl Gudmundsson (on-site)

S1.P5: Circular Microstrip Array Antenna Design for Advance Biomedical Applications, Cihat Şeker and Muhammet Tahir Güneşer (on-site)

S1.P6: Open Source Hardware - Advantages and Applications, Ivo Rakitin and Valentina Markova (on-site)

12:00-13:00 CEST

Light Lunch

13:00-15:00 CEST

S2: Biomedical Innovations 2 – User-centered studies (online presentations) (link)

Session Chair S2:  Prof. Ivaylo Atanasov, TU-Sofia

S2.P1: Assessment of the quality of user awareness of GDPR in healthcare IoT, Kadir Ider (online)

S2.P2: Homerow Improvements for Touch Typists - A 3-Month Real Life Experiment Turns Standard Keyboards to Ergonomic, Benny Platte (online)

S2.P3: Comparative evaluation of Machine Learning algorithms for Lung Cancer Type Classification, Ferid Ben Ali, Doraid Alrifai, Maria Braoudaki, Sola Adeleke and Iosif Mporas (online)

S2.P4: Digital Healthcare Innovations and Implementation Considerations Under the COVID-19 Pandemic, Christine Tan (online)

S2.P5: Effects of a Swing Time-based Vibro Tactile Biofeedback Protocol on Gait with Focus on Gait Variability among Healthy Older Adults, Alexandra Giraldo-Pedroza, Winson Chiu-Chun Lee and Maryam Ghahramani (online)

S2.P6: Combination of Isolation Forest, SMOTE and Ensemble Learning for the classification of Atrial Fibrillation and Ventricular Arrhythmias, Mercedeh Jafarkhanloo Rezaei, John Woodward, Julia Ramírez and Patricia Munroe (online)

S2.P7: Application of process mining approach to the developmental process of the roundworm C. elegans, Trifon Chervenkov, Stoyan Pavlov, Damyan Marinov, Hristo Hristov and Galina Momcheva (online)

15:00-15:15 CEST

Coffee break 2

15:15-17:00 CET

S3: Biomedical Innovations 3 – Human Aspects (on-site presentations) (link)

Session Chair S3:  Prof. Todor Ganchev, TU-Varna

S3.P1: Classification of Emotional States and Familiarity based on EEG Signals, Firgan Feradov (on-site)

S3.P2: EEG Features for Classification of Multimedia Stimuli from EEG Signals, Firgan Feradov (on-site)

S3.P3: EMD-based Features for Cognitive Load and Stress Assessment from PPG Signals, Firgan Feradov, Todor Ganchev, Valentina Markova and Neli Kalcheva (on-site)

S3.P4: Random forest and recurrent neural network for sentiment analysis on texts in Bulgarian language, Daniela Petrova and Violeta Bojikova (on-site)

S3.P5: Distress Study Through Machine-Learning Techniques, Ginka Marinova and Neli Kalcheva (on-site)

S3.P6: Comparison of BERT and XLNet accuracy with classical methods and algorithms in text classification, Neli Kalcheva and Ivelin Kovachev (on-site)

17:00 CEST

End of Day 1

18:00 CEST

Social Event at "The White House Hotel & Restaurant"

(Хотел-ресторант Бялата къща)

Venue: str. Rupi 108, Varna 

08:45-09:00 CEST

Testing of equipment and software (link)

09:00-09:15 CEST

Opening of Day 2 (link)

09:15-10:00 CEST

KT.2 - Keynote Talk 2: "Overview of Phase-only Filters and their Application to Head Motion Classification"

Prof. Karl Sölvi Guðmundsson, Director of Technological Center at the University of Iceland, ICELAND (on-site) (link)

10:00-10:15 CEST

Coffee break 3

10:15-12:00 CEST

S4: Biomedical Innovations 4 (link)

Session Chair S4: Dr Firgan Feradov, TU-Varna

S4.P1: Some guidelines on HDL selection for Digital Systems Design, Dimitar Kovachev, Sergey Belchev, Dilyana Nedeva and Trifon Uzuntonev (on-site)

S4.P2: Data clustering method, Dimitar Kovachev, Sergey Belchev, Dilyana Nedeva and Trifon Uzuntonev (on-site)

S4.P3: Ergonomic Analysis of the Conventional Water Bottle Grip Handle Design, Zoya Tsoneva, Aleksandrina Bankova, Momchil Tachev and Stefan Tenev (on-site)

S4.P4: Experimental study of communication channel by exchanging hydro-meteorological data, Marinela Petrova, Chavdar Alexandrov and Minko Kisyov (online)

S4.P5: Studying the Relationship "Occupational Health And Safety - Organizational And Management Factors - Efficiency of the Work Processes", Donika Stoyanova and Valentina Markova (online)

S4.P6: An assessment of posture-related MSDs risk in university employees using REBA method, Sonya Vachinska-Aleksandrova, Mariya Konsulova-Bakalova and Miroslav Markov (online)

12:00-13:00 CEST

Light Lunch

13:00-15:00 CEST

S5: Image and Audio Processing (online presentations) (link)

Session Chair S5: Dr Firgan Feradov, TU-Varna

S5.P1: A Method of Color Image Segmentation and Object Detection, Gergana Spasova (online)

S5.P2: A New Secure Image Encryption Model Based on Symmetric Key, Gergana Spasova and Milena Karova (online)

S5.P3: A Method of Color Images Compression, Gergana Spasova and Iliyan Boychev (online)

S5.P4: An Algorithm for Image Processing to Monitor and Evaluate the Change of Water Areas, Gergana Spasova and Iliyan Boychev (online)

S5.P5: Recognition of Noises and Noise Speech Signals by Artificial Neural Networks, Ivelina Balabanova, Stela Kostadinova and Georgi Georgiev (online)

S5.P6: Stress Recognition Using Sound Analysis, k-NN, Decision Tree and Artificial Intelligence Approach, Ivelina Balabanova, Stela Kostadinova and Georgi Georgiev (online)

15:00 CEST

BIA-2021 Closing Remarks

Oral Presentations:

We plan for 15 minutes per paper plus some spare time for switching between the speakers. All presenters (underlined with a single line in the technical programme) need to prepare a brief presentation of about 10-12 minutes so that there is time for a short Q&A exchange (3-5 minutes).