CIS news

• dV-Training at large; Mimics is advancing!
• Just an interesting list of Intuitive Surgical's established relationships:
• industry collaborations: IBM Corporation, Ethicon Endo-Surgery (Johnson&Johnson), Luna Innovations, Power Medical Interventions, Teleflex Medical, InTouch Health, Stryker, Novadaq, Mimic;
• Research partners: MIT, JHU and Heartport, Inc. (Johnson&Johnson).
•  Da Vinci failures blamed on instruments 
• Catherine Mohr's website on her perspective on da Vinci robotics
• JHU's urology robots 
• Vintage news from 1985
• Debugging tool for surgical robots' code form JHU and CMU
• The Robo-doctor will see you now
• Over-sales of da Vinci surgery takes victims

• Mindwalker mind-controlled exoskeleton to help the disabled
• Europe-wide survey: the public's view on robotics
• Rehab with NAO
• Rehab robot from UMASS students
• Osirix Imaging OS software for free

Conferences to consider:

• Medicon in September in Sevilla 
• IPCAI in July in Heidelberg
• Evaluating effectiveness and acceptance of robots in surgery WS at ICRA in May
• EIBIR Summer School on Neurology Imaging 
• SMIT in September in Baden-Baden

Jobs and opportunities:

• Postdoc opening at The University of Chicago in medical robotics
• Post-Doc positions at University of Maryland
• Funded positions for MSc, PhD, and  postdoctoral studies in medical robotics at the University of Alberta