Organizing Committee

Dr. Wassila ISSAADI is a Doctor of Sciences in Department of Automatics, Electronics, and Electrical Engineering, University of Bejaia, Algeria and received her Doctorat (PhD) degree in September 2016 at the age of 25 years. She obtained Magister degree in 2013, and the diploma of state engineer in 2011. Her current research interests include Robotics, Automatics, adaptives and robust control, Photovoltaics and its Controls, Artificial Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic Theory. She is author of many research papers published at both International and National journals (Elsevier and IEEE), Conference proceedings. Now she works as Editor for Nova Science Publisher and Springer Publisher for four collections of Books in Robotics and Renewable Energy, and also as Guest Editor for upcoming collection for the journal of Advances in Mechanical Engineering for publisher Sage. She is an Editorial Board Member for reputed in International Journals She is also a reviewer in renowned journals: Applied Energy APEN (Elsevier), Energy Strategy ES (Elsevier), Solar Energy SE (Elsevier), International Journal of Renewable Energy Research-IJRER Cited in SCOPUS, EBSCO and Thomson Reuters and International Journal of Energy Research (Wiley), International Journal of Management, Information Technology and Engineering and many others journals and serving as an Editorial Board Member of reputed conferences and both an Editorial Board Member and Reviewer in many conferences events.

Dr. Wassila ISSAADI is a Doctor of Sciences in Department of Automatics, Electronics, and Electrical Engineering, University of Bejaia, Algeria and received her Doctorat (PhD) degree in September 2016 at the age of 25 years. She obtained Magister degree in 2013, and the diploma of state engineer in 2011. Her current research interests include Robotics, […]

Dr. Hua is an Associate Professor in the F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging at Kennedy Krieger Institute, and the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology at Johns Hopkins University. His research
has centered on the development of novel MRI technologies for in vivo functional and physiological imaging in the brain, and the application of such methods for studies in healthy and diseased brains. These include the development of human and animal MRI methods to measure functional brain activities, cerebral perfusion and oxygen metabolism at high (3 Tesla) and ultra-high (7 Tesla and above) magnetic fields. He is particularly interested in novel MRI approaches to image small blood and lymphatic vessels in the brain. Collaborating with clinical investigators, these techniques have been applied 1) to detect functional, vascular and metabolic abnormalities in the brain in neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntingdon’s disease (HD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), Alzheimer’s
disease (AD) and mental disorders such as schizophrenia; and 2) to map brain functions and cerebrovascular reactivity for presurgical planning in patients with vascular malformations, brain tumors and epilepsy.

Dr. Hua is an Associate Professor in the F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging at Kennedy Krieger Institute, and the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology at Johns Hopkins University. His research has centered on the development of novel MRI technologies for in vivo functional and physiological imaging in the brain, and the […]

Dr.Jean-Pierre Changeux worked on the bacterial regulatory enzyme, l-threonine deaminase which led to the general discovery that chemical signals that regulate the biological activity of proteins act at “allosteric” sites distinct from the biologically active sites(1961)as a Ph.D. student in Jacques Monod Laboratory, and involved a cooperative conformational transition (Monod-Wyman-Changeux 1965) viewed as a general molecular mechanism of signal transduction. His subsequent career led to the chemical identification of eukaryotic acetylcholine nicotinic receptor, the first identified neurotransmitter/drug membrane receptor and ion channel together with the demonstration of its allosteric properties and of its structural homology with prokaryotic receptors. In addition to the novel concept of allosteric modulators that creates a revolution in the field of drug design, he has brought new perspectives on nicotine addiction, the higher function of the brain and their pathologies.

Dr.Jean-Pierre Changeux worked on the bacterial regulatory enzyme, l-threonine deaminase which led to the general discovery that chemical signals that regulate the biological activity of proteins act at “allosteric” sites distinct from the biologically active sites(1961)as a Ph.D. student in Jacques Monod Laboratory, and involved a cooperative conformational transition (Monod-Wyman-Changeux 1965) viewed as a general […]

Dr.Sihem Darouich, MD, is a Fetopathologist at the University Hospital Habib Bougatfa of Bizerte and Assistant Professor of Histology and Embryology at the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunisia. Over the last several years, she has interested in investigating the value of Electron Microscopy in the diagnosis of the Glomerular Diseases. She has several publications and peer-reviewed some publications in areas related to renal diseases. Her recent work (since 2013) has focused on fetal genetic syndromes, especially syndromic multicystic renal dysplasia. She is a member of the French Society of Fetopathology (SoFFoet).

Dr.Sihem Darouich, MD, is a Fetopathologist at the University Hospital Habib Bougatfa of Bizerte and Assistant Professor of Histology and Embryology at the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunisia. Over the last several years, she has interested in investigating the value of Electron Microscopy in the diagnosis of the Glomerular Diseases. She has several publications […]

Dr.Valeria Righi is a researcher at the University of Bologna since 2012. She is professor of biochemistry. Her research activity is focused on metabolomics sciences through the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). She was involved in the study of cerebral cancer pathologies and the gastrointestinal system cancer diseases. Recently, she has focused her attention on skin diseases (in particular those defined as non-melanoma skin cancer) to the study of tissues and bio-fluids and also to diseases linked to behavioural disorders due to food. Metabolomics is a science that allows us to evaluate metabolic changes even when histological analyses do not detect cellular alterations. She held part of her doctorate and post-doc at the “Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas Alberto Sols” Madrid (Spain) and she was post doc at the Harvard Medical School of Boston (USA) in 2008-2009. She was awarded by L’Oreal and Unesco in 2009. She is author and co-author of over 45 publications in high-impact international scientific journals and has presented numerous works at national and international conferences

Dr.Valeria Righi is a researcher at the University of Bologna since 2012. She is professor of biochemistry. Her research activity is focused on metabolomics sciences through the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). She was involved in the study of cerebral cancer pathologies and the gastrointestinal system cancer diseases. Recently, she has focused her attention […]

Dr.Matrone Carmela obtained her PhD in the field of Biomedical sciences at the Medical faculty University Federico II of Naples where she is currently employed as associate professor in Pharmacology and where she has established her independent group, working on Alzheimer’s disease and related diseases. She was trained as post doc at European Brain Research Institute in Rome working in the prof RL Montalcini lab (Nobel prize for NGF discovery in 1986). In 2012, she moved to the University of Health in Aarhus, Dept of Biomedicine, (DK) where she became associate professor in pharmacology in 2014 and where she is currently a guest lecturer. She is involved in extensive international collaborations with eminent scientists and she is member of several associations in the Neuroscience field. She has authored more than 50 scholarly publications (journal articles, monographs, book chapters, and copyrighted assessment instruments). She has made approximately 50 research and professional presentations at international, national, regional conferences as speaker, moderator, as well as an organizer. She is an experienced peer reviewer for international scientific journals and as well as for international granting agencies in the Alzheimer’s disease field.

Dr.Matrone Carmela obtained her PhD in the field of Biomedical sciences at the Medical faculty University Federico II of Naples where she is currently employed as associate professor in Pharmacology and where she has established her independent group, working on Alzheimer’s disease and related diseases. She was trained as post doc at European Brain Research […]

Dr.Michaela Defrancesco has completed her university education in medicine and PhD in neuroscience in 2013 at the Innsbruck Medical University and finished her psychiatric residency in 2015. She is the head of the memory clinic of the psychiatric department of the University Clinic of Innsbruck. Her scientific work focuses on early signs and predictors of conversion from Mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer´s disease.

Dr.Michaela Defrancesco has completed her university education in medicine and PhD in neuroscience in 2013 at the Innsbruck Medical University and finished her psychiatric residency in 2015. She is the head of the memory clinic of the psychiatric department of the University Clinic of Innsbruck. Her scientific work focuses on early signs and predictors of […]

Dr.Jaseja has worked as a faculty member in a Medical school for more than 33 years. His main research interest has been in epilepsy and epileptogenesis; in 2013, he was ranked Second in Epilepsy Research in India.
He has published papers on various aspects of epilepsy, especially association of epilepsy with sleep. He had advocated consideration of diagnosis of epilepsy even after the first epileptic attack (in 2009) long before the ILAE definition of epilepsy in 2014 that permits clinical diagnosis of epilepsy even after one epileptic attack associated with a 60% risk of a recurrent attack. Until this definition, clinicians usually waited for occurrence of a second attack thus delaying the initiation of anti-epileptic medication, causing anxiety and stress in the patients due to uncertainty and unpredictability of a second attack.His current work has been on Deep brain stimulation (DBS) in intractable epilepsy (IE). He has postulated a new target for DBS, namely Pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN), claiming that its stimulation is superior in therapeutic efficacy and success over the conventional DBS of anterior thalamic nucleus (ATN) in patients with IE.In 2005, Dr Jaseja initiated a debate on the epileptogenic potential of Meditation. He has published new guidelines for treatment of patients with cerebral palsy (CP), based on EEG. He has claimed that CP, contrary to popular belief, can change its course and progression with time and therefore, observation of new guidelines, quality of life of patients with CP may be improved.
He has studied the effects of vagal nerve stimulation and has shown and claimed its efficacy in patients with CP, post which, CP has been included in the list of indications of VNS, the links to which are: (http://www.aetna.com/cpb/medical/data/100_199/0191.html,http://www.anthem.com/medicalpolicies/policies/mp_pw_a053286.htm).
He has worked on interpretation of an EEG and shown how its misinterpretation can be prevented; further, he has also ideated how the yield of EEG-findings can be enhanced in patients with epilepsy. He has shown that the hallmarks of epileptiform activity namely ‘spike’ and ‘sharp’ waves (which hitherto were considered having same significance) posses differential clinical significance especially in patients with epilepsy.Interestingly, he has shown that the Indian traditional application of Shoe-smell in Epilepsy has a sound scientific basis. In a small study, shoe smell was reported to posses beneficial effect (reduction in duration and severity) during an epileptic attack.

Dr.Jaseja has worked as a faculty member in a Medical school for more than 33 years. His main research interest has been in epilepsy and epileptogenesis; in 2013, he was ranked Second in Epilepsy Research in India. He has published papers on various aspects of epilepsy, especially association of epilepsy with sleep. He had advocated […]

Dr.Andrew C. Papanicolaou, Ph.D received his doctoral degree in 1977 from the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. His dissertation focused on the cerebral excitation profiles in language processing with regards the photic probe paradigm. He is currently Professor and Chief of the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Clinical Neurosciences and Professor at the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the University of Tennessee. He also is Co-Director at the Neuroscience Institute at LeBonheur Hospital. Furthermore, he is Director of the Neuropsychology Graduate Program at the Aegineteion Hospital at The National University of Athens as well as Member of the Governing Council at the University of Ioannina. Since 2014, He has been an Honorary Member of the Hellenic Clinical Neurophysiology Society

Dr.Andrew C. Papanicolaou, Ph.D received his doctoral degree in 1977 from the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. His dissertation focused on the cerebral excitation profiles in language processing with regards the photic probe paradigm. He is currently Professor and Chief of the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Clinical Neurosciences and Professor at the Department of […]

Dr.Robert Yves Carlier is Head of the Medical Imaging Services Department at Teaching hospital group of Paris Ile de France Ouest (GHU PIFO), France, and head of the imaging Medico-Universitary Department of the GH APHP Paris Saclay University. He graduated with a degree in medicine from the Faculty of Medicine Paris-Sud (Kremin-Bicêtre), Paris, France in 1991, and proceeded to complete a diploma in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and in maxillofacial imaging, in 1991, at the same institution.From 1991 to 1994, he completed a fellowship in radiology at the KreminBicêtre Hospital, and at the Raymond Poincaré Hospital. He obtained a diploma in biological engineering, specializing in bio-imaging from the Faculty of Créteil and Bobigny, France, in 1993, and a research qualification from the University of Versailles-St Quentin en Yvelines, France, in 2004. His research focuses on diagnostic neuroradiology, interventional and diagnostic musculoskeletal radiology, and, in particular, whole-body muscle imaging. He is a member of national and international societies including the French Society of Radiology and Medical Imaging, the French Society of Neuroradiology (SFNR), the European College of Radiology (ECR). He has authored or co-authored many articles published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Neuroradiology, the Journal of Radiology, Spine, Radiology, European Radiology, Neurology, Neuromuscular disorders, American Journal of Radiology.

Dr.Robert Yves Carlier is Head of the Medical Imaging Services Department at Teaching hospital group of Paris Ile de France Ouest (GHU PIFO), France, and head of the imaging Medico-Universitary Department of the GH APHP Paris Saclay University. He graduated with a degree in medicine from the Faculty of Medicine Paris-Sud (Kremin-Bicêtre), Paris, France in […]