COSUR2018
COSUR is back this year! After a successful first edition, the ALTAIR Lab's summer school will takeplace 9-13. July, 2018 at the Department of Computer ScienceUniversity of Verona, Italy.
"Altair Robotics Lab, in collaboration with the ERC project ARS (Autonomous Robotic Surgery) and the European project SARAS (Smart
Autonomous Robotic Assistant Surgeon), organises the
2nd Biannual Summer School onControl of Surgical Robots (COSUR 2018) 9-13 July, 2018.
2nd Biannual Summer School onControl of Surgical Robots (COSUR 2018) 9-13 July, 2018.
The school is funded by the ARS project, the SARAS projects, the
MURAB project, the Doctoral Program in Natural Sciences and Engineering
and the Department of Computer Science of the University of Verona.
The main objective of COSUR2018 is to introduce PhD students and
Post-Doctoral fellows to the multidisciplinary research field of
surgical robotics, with particular focus on the control algorithms used
in robotic surgery and the impact of cognition in directing the control.
We will offer lectures, hands-on laboratory experience, and opportunity
for informal interaction with clinicians and leading experts from
academia and industry. The school will go beyond the current approach of
doctoral schools and will give trainees an in depth understanding of
cognition and control in robotic surgery.
Important dates
Application deadline: 30 April 2018
Acceptance by: 15 May 2018
Registration deadline: 30 June 2018
Acceptance by: 15 May 2018
Registration deadline: 30 June 2018
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
The main themes faced during the school include:
- Control and Sensing in robotic surgery
- Teleoperation and Haptics
- Image-guided robotic surgery and interventions
- Human-Robot Interaction and Cooperation
- Partially autonomous tasks in robotic surgery
Besides the technical aspects, the lecturers of the school will
present the medical context in which robotic surgery is being used and
the research perspective given by relevant projects.
The school will include tutorial presentations on the technical
topics, medical scenarios presented by clinicians, research perspectives
given by the coordinators of recently funded projects, and laboratory
sessions that will let students apply the concepts introduced during the
lectures.
The school will end with a team project, which will be evaluated by
the school lecturers. Students will receive a certificate of attendance,
to obtain credits in their universities.
APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION
The school is opened to PhD students and Post-Doctoral fellows
working in the field of Robotic Surgery, provided that they have a basic
knowledge of control systems and image processing. Due to space
availability limitations, the applicants will be selected based on their
CV and a motivation letter.
Application
The applicants need to send an email attaching
their CV and a motivation letter that should include a statement of
research specifying why they intend to attend the school. In the email,
the applicants need to specify if they need a visa for Italy.
The deadline for applications is April 30th, 2018.
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Prof. Paolo Fiorini (Università degli Studi di Verona)
Dr. Marta Capiluppi (Università degli Studi di Verona)
Dr. Riccardo Muradore (Università degli Studi di Verona)
Dr. Marta Capiluppi (Università degli Studi di Verona)
Dr. Riccardo Muradore (Università degli Studi di Verona)
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