加拿大信息领域首席科学家、加拿大科学院及工程院双院士、美国物理学会院士、IEEE fellow
Information and Communications Technologies for Ubiquitous-Healthcare
Prof. M. Jamal Deen FRSC
ECE Department, McMaster University, Hamilton ON L8S 4K1, Canada (jamal@mcmaster.ca)
Over the past century, in most developed and rapidly developing countries, there has been a continual increase in life expectancy primarily due to improvements in public health, nutrition and medicine. However, this is now coupled with aging population demographics and falling birth rates, which when combined, are expected to significantly burden the socio-economic well-being of many of these countries. In fact, never before in human history have we been confronted with such a large aging population, nor have we developed solid, cost-effective solutions for the healthcare and social needs and well-being of the elderly.
In our work, we are using advances in information technology, wireless communication, web-based technologies and autonomics, to develop new, smart and cost-effective solutions for the health wellness of the elderly. Such a solution would enable elderly to lead independent lifestyles in their own homes while being continuously monitored for the early detection of symptoms, so diseases can be treated earlier than in later stages as is currently done; to promote health wellness; as well as to treat chronic illnesses. In particular, through a few examples, we will discuss our ongoing work and the challenges we have uncovered, plus some of the research issues we are pursuing. In particular, we will focus on the critical role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in developing innovative, low-cost and high impacting solutions to the pending elderly demographic crisis.
Dr. M. Jamal Deen is currently Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and holder of the Senior Canada Research Chair in Information Technology at McMaster University, Canada. His current research interests are microelectronics/ nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, nanotechnology and their emerging applications to health and environmental sciences. Dr. Deen’s research record includes more than 450 peer-reviewed articles (about 20% are invited), 14 invited book chapters, seven best paper awards and 6 patents which have all been used in industry.
As an undergraduate student at the University of Guyana, Dr. Deen won the Chancellor’s medal as the second best graduating student and the Irving Adler prize as the best mathematics student (1978). As a graduate student, he was a Fulbright-Laspau Scholar (under the Latin American program) from 1980 to 1982 and an American Vacuum Society Scholar from 1983 to 1984. He was an NSERC Senior Industrial Fellow in 1993 and is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Electron Device Society since 2001. His other awards and honors include the 2002 Thomas D. Callinan Award from the Electrochemical Society; the Distinguished Researcher Award, Province of Ontario in 2001; a Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 2006; an IBM Faculty Award in 2006; the Eadie Medal from the Royal Society of Canada in 2008; the 2011 Electronics and Photonics Division Award from the Electrochemical Society; the 2011 Fessenden Medal from IEEE Canada; and the degree Doctor of Engineering Honoris Causa from University of Waterloo in 2011 and Doctor Honoris Cause from Universifdad de Granada in 2012. Dr. Deen’s peers have elected him Fellow in eight national academies and professional societies including The Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) - The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada, The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (FIEEE), The American Physical Society (FAPS), and The Electrochemical Society (FECS).
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