Medical Robots with Soft/Miniature Designs: From Bench to Bedside
Medical robotics with soft/miniature designs is an interdisciplinary and fast-growing research field, which involves not only researchers in engineering and science, but also medical professionals with different expertise. Medical professionals’ engagement and ideas are indispensable in the clinical translation of medical robotics for generating real social impact. Hence, the Croucher Advanced Study Institutes 2024 (ASI) aims to bridge the communities of robotics and medicine, focusing on engineering innovation with a strong emphasis on medical robotics with soft/miniature designs and their clinical translation. It will provide tutorials and updates to the latest and rapid advances in the related medical robotics fields. Lecturers consist of pioneers in medical soft/miniature robots and leading international experts in the relevant fields across the world, including the United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Italy, Australia, Singapore and Korea. Moreover, local medical professionals covering a wide range of specialties will be engaged to further the breadth and depth of expertise involved in this ASI.
ASI 2024 will be the first-of-its-kind in Hong Kong. It will serve as a forum for training, brainstorming and discussion of research strategies and advancements from engineering aspects, and challenges and clinical needs from medical aspects.
Distinguished Invited Speakers (Alphabetical Order)
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Professor Hongsoo Choi
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
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Professor Wei Gao
California Institute of Technology, USA
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Professor Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh
The University of Sydney, Australia
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Professor Dae-Hyeong Kim
Seoul National University, South Korea
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Professor Arianna Menciassi
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy
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Professor Bradley Nelson
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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Professor Oliver Schmidt
Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
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Professor Yu Sun
University of Toronto, Canada
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Professor Pietro Valdastri
University of Leeds, UK
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Professor Liu Wang
University of Science and Technology of China
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Professor Liangfang Zhang
University of California San Diego, USA
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Professor Yihui Zhang
Tsinghua University, China
Invited Speakers from the Greater Bay Area (Alphabetical Order)
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Professor Jason Ying Kuen Chan
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
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Professor Wai Tsz Chang
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
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Professor Kelvin Kam Lung Chong
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
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Professor Wai Kit Chu
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
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Professor Jacqueline Pui Wah Chung
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Professor James Yun Wong Lau
Department of Surgery
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Professor Jeremy Yuen Chun Teoh
Department of Surgery
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Professor Qingsong XU
University of Macau
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Professor Tiantian XU
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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Professor Lidong YANG
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Professor Jiangfan YU
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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Professor Simon Chun Ho Yu
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
Sponsors
Organizers
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Li ZHANG
director
City University of Hong Kong, HK
General Inquiries
Carol Ho
Project Coordinator
[email protected]
Venue
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