Call for papers

5th International Symposium

on Biomedical Simulation

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Link to the call for papers in pdf format: ISBMS 2010 Final Call for Papers PDF Acrobat Document

Topics of interest

  • Anatomical modeling from histological and medical images
  • Biomechanical modeling of soft and hard tissues
  • Biophysical properties of living tissues
  • Physiological modeling of organs and systems
  • Modeling and simulation of tissue formation
  • Multi-level and multi-scale modeling
  • Validation of biomedical models
  • Simulators for training and rehearsal
  • Evaluation and clinical integration of surgical training simulators
  • Real-time aspects of biomedical simulation
  • Virtual and augmented reality tools for simulation and surgery
  • Haptic feedback in biomedical simulation
  • Simulators in the operating room
  • GPU-based biomedical simulation

Key dates New!

Deadlines have been changed!
  • September 21 October 5, 2009 Submission of full anonymous (8 page) papers
  • October 26 November 8, 2009 Notification of acceptance
  • November 09 November 18, 2009 Camera-ready manuscripts

Steering Committee


  • F. Bello (Imperial College London), Chair
  • S. Cotin (INRIA Lille - North Europe), Co-Chair
  • N. Ayache (INRIA Sophia-Antipolis)
  • S. Dawson (CIMIT)
  • H. Delingette (INRIA Sophia-Antipolis)
  • M. Harders (ETH, Zurich)
  • D. Metaxas (Rutgers)
  • G. Székely (ETH, Zurich)

Program committee


  • R. Balaniuk (CU Brasilia)
  • C. Basdogan (KOC University)
  • E. Cueto (University of Zaragoza)
  • J. Dequidt (INRIA Lille - North Europe)
  • J. Duncan (Yale University)
  • C. Duriez (INRIA Lille - North Europe)
  • E. Edwards (Imperial College London)
  • A. Frangi (Pompeu Fabra University)
  • M.A. Gonzalez (Alma IT Systems)
  • D. Gould (University of Liverpool)
  • V. Hayward (McGill University)
  • K-H Hoehne (University Hamburg)
  • A. Holden (Leeds University)
  • R. Kerckhoffs (UC San Diego)
  • V. Luboz (Imperial College London)
  • E. Mazza (ETH, Zurich)
  • M. Miga (Vanderbilt)
  • K. Miller (University of Western Australia)
  • P. Neumann (CIMIT)
  • W. Niessen (University of Rotterdam)
  • M. Ottensmeyer (CIMIT)
  • S. Ourselin (University College London)
  • D. Pai (University of British Columbia)
  • Y. Payan (TIMC, University Joseph Fourrier)
  • J. Rabinov (Massachusetts General Hospital)
  • J. Samosky (University of Pittsburgh)
  • L. Soler (IRCAD)
  • T.S. Sorensen (Aarhus University)
  • P. Swider (CICT, University of Toulouse)
  • D. Szczerba (ETH, Zurich)
  • F. Tendick (UC San Francisco)
  • D. Thalman (EPFL)
  • M. Thiriet (INRIA Paris - Rocquencourt)
  • J. Troccaz (TIMC, University Joseph Fourrier)
  • M. Viceconti (Instituto Ortopedico Rizzoli)
  • P.F. Villard (LORIA, University Henri Poincaré)
  • S. Warfield (Harvard & Children’s Hospital)
  • X. Wu (Renci)
  • G-Z Yang (Imperial College London)