WELCOME
Dear colleagues and guests, it is our great pleasure and honor to invite you to participate in the YBERC 2026 conference. The event is intended for both experienced and early-career researchers in the fields of biomedical engineering and medical informatics. We look forward to seeing you all at the YBERC 2026 conference on the pleasant campus of VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava.
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
Academic Excellence
- Lectures by excellent researchers and emerging young scientists
- Workshop on scientific writing and publication
- Best Abstract Competition
- Best Presentation Competition
- Publication of accepted abstracts in ISBN-indexed conference proceedings
- Publication opportunities for selected contributions in the Clinician and Technology Journal, indexed in Scopus
Social Events
- Spectacular festival Art & Science
- Fox hunting – Amateur radio direction finding
- Laboratory tour and the world behind the curtain
- Social outing to explore Ostrava
CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS
CONFERENCE TOPICS
CONFERENCE TOPICS LIST
- Artificial intelligence in biomedical engineering
- Machine learning for healthcare and diagnostics
- Digital health and telemedicine
- Wearable and implantable biosensors
- Neuroengineering and brain–computer interfaces
- Rehabilitation engineering and assistive technologies
- Clinical engineering and healthcare technology management
- Computational biology and bioinformatics
- Systems biology and physiological modeling
- Nanotechnology in medicine / nanomedicine
- Drug delivery systems and pharmaceutical engineering
- Genomic and precision medicine technologies
- Biomedical optics and laser applications
- Robotics in surgery and rehabilitation
- Augmented and virtual reality in medicine
- Smart healthcare systems and Internet of Medical Things / IoMT
- Health data analytics and big data in medicine
- Biosignal-based diagnostics and monitoring systems
- Personalized and predictive medicine
- Ethics, regulation, and standards in biomedical engineering
- Education in Biomedical Engineering and Strategy
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Join us for three days of innovation, science, and networking in Ostrava.
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Registration of conference participants Main Entrance in Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science VŠB-TUO (Exploring the intersection of technology and art in campus) |
Main Entrance FEECS VŠB-TUO |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch | VSB-TUO – Mensa building |
| 13:00 | Opening Ceremony Welcome to Art & Science 2026 |
EC3 – FEI, VSB-TUO |
| 13:10 | Keynote Speech Prof. Dr. Azeddine Boutkhil Beghdadi - Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Paris, France TAKING PART IN THE AI REVOLUTION BETWEEN COGNITIVE SURRENDER AND HUMAN-CENTERED INTELLIGENCE Chairman: prof. Ing. M. Penhaker, Ph.D. |
EC3 – FEI, VSB-TUO |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Papers Presentations Chairman: prof. Ing. M. Augustynek, Ph.D. 13:30 Madeleine Alabdah, Roman Jakubíček - UBMI FEKT VUT Brno, Czechia - AN EXPLAINABLE CALIBRATED LATE-FUSION FRAMEWORK FOR BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE PREDICTION FROM DCE-MRI 13:45 Borys Aleksandrenko, Martin Súkeník, Karel Sedlář - UBMI FEKT VUT Brno, Czechia - MODULE EXTENDING THE CHI.BIO BIOREACTOR WITH IN SITU PH MEASUREMENT 14:00 Katarína Dudová, Norbert Ferenčík, Bibiána Ondrejová, Jozef Živčák, Jaroslav Majerník - BME, FS , TU Košice, Slovakia - DESIGN AND LABORATORY CALIBRATION OF A LOW-COST INTERFACE PRESSURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR PERSONALIZED COMPRESSION ORTHOSES 14:15 Ilenia De Meis, Danniele Bibbo, Martin Cerny, Silvia Conforto - UNIROMA Tre, Roma, Italy - STATE-MACHINE CLASSIFICATION OF INDOOR CO2 DYNAMICS IN A SIMULATED CARE-ROOM: A PILOT STUDY 14:30 Norbert Ferenčík, Katarína Dudová, Bibiána Ondrejová, Tomáš Bálint, Radovan Hudák - BME, FS , TU Košice, Slovakia - SPECTRAL DEPENDENCY OF CELLULAR METABOLISM UNDER CONTROLLED OPTICAL RADIATION 14:45 Shalini Garg, Ilenia De Meis, Martin Cerny, Avinash Bansal – BME, FEECS, VŠB- TU Ostrava, Czechia - ROOM OCCUPANCY MONITORING USING SINGLE CEILING-MOUNTED MMWAVE RADAR |
EC3 – FEI, VSB-TUO |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break | EC3 – FEI, VSB-TUO |
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Papers Presentations Chairman: prof. Ing. Aleš Richter, CSc. 15:30 Radka Gromošová, Gleb Donin – FBMI, ČVUT Praha, Czechia - MULTIDIMENSIONAL HEALTHCARE TRAJECTORIES IN CROHN'S DISEASE AND ULCERATIVE COLITIS USING ADMINISTRATIVE HEALTH DATA 15:45 Ondřej Hykl, Marketa Jakubickova, Stanislava Kralova, Helena Vitkova - UBMI FEKT VUT Brno - EXTENDED ABSTRACT: COMPUTATIONAL WORKFLOW FOR THE DETECTION AND PRIORITIZATION OF RIPP BIOSYNTHETIC GENE CLUSTERS IN ANTARCTIC BACTERIA 16:00 Matyáš Kloc, David Vrba – FBMI, ČVUT Praha, Czechia - DESIGN OF A MATCHING CIRCUIT FOR A LOW-FIELD MRI RF COIL 16:15 Miroslav Kohan, Alena Findrik Balogová, Viktória Rajťúková, Radovan Hudák, Jozef Živčák - BME, FS , TU Košice, Slovakia - MECHANICAL TESTING OF TPU SCAFFOLDS MANUFACTURED BY FFF TECHNOLOGY 16:30 Jakub Kollár, Barbora Šmahelova, Jan Vrba, Ondřej Fišer – FBMI, ČVUT Praha, Czechia - EX VIVO–DERIVED NUMERICAL MODELS OF HEPATIC ABLATION ZONES FOR MICROWAVE IMAGING–BASED ABLATION MONITORING 16:45 Ľudmila Králiková, Juraj Spanik, Branko Babusiak - BME, FEEIT , University of Žilina, Slovakia - A MULTIMODAL EEG-GSR PROCESSING PIPELINE FOR PRICE-DRIVEN DECISION UPDATING: A PILOT STUDY |
EC3 – FEI, VSB-TUO |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Interactive Workshops | EC3 – FEI, VSB-TUO |
| 17:00 - 22:00 | Dinner and Art & Science Exploring the intersection of technology and art and evening snacks at the food stands (Quantum Computer and IT4 Innovation visiting). Dress code: CASUAL |
VSB-TU Ostrava Poruba campus |
Thursday, September 3, 2026
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Invited Lecture Prof. Dr. Mohammad Derawi - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Gjøvik, Norway E-TECHNOLOGY IN THE HEALTH SECTOR - GAIT BIOMETRICS AND WIRELESS ECG - FROM SENSOR TO CLINICAL INSIGHT Chairman: Dr. Karla Reyese |
EC3 – FEI, VSB-TUO |
| 09:00 - 10:40 | Papers Presentations Chairman: Dr. Karla Reyese 09:00 Kateřina Krejčí, David Krieg, Vlastimil Novák, Přemysl Stejskal, Roman Jakubíček, Klára Balážová, Lumír Hrabálek, Jan Valošek - UBMI FEKT VUT Brno, Czechia & BME University Hospital Olomouc, Czechia - MRI-BASED ANALYSIS OF MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES IN DEGENERATIVE CERVICAL MYELOPATHY 09:15 Michal Labuda, Veronika Wohlmuthova - BME, FEEIT , University of Žilina, Slovakia - A TAXONOMY OF MOTION ARTIFACTS IN HEAD-MOUNTED PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY IMAGING 09:30 Zdeněk Linha, Barbora Šmahelová, Jakub Kollár, Jan Vrba – FBMI, ČVUT Praha, Czechia - RAPID DESIGN OF IPA-BASED LIQUID DIELECTRIC PHANTOMS FOR BIOMEDICAL MICROWAVE APPLICATIONS 09:45 Dmytro Malakhov, Tatiana Kelemenová, Miroslav Dovica - BME, FS , TU Košice, Slovakia - MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY IN BIOMARKER-BASED DIAGNOSTIC DECISIONS: A PROBABILISTIC APPROACH 10:00 Marek Malina, Jana Schwarzerova, Stefan Reguli, Lukas Evin, Valentýna Provaznik - Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czechia - EXPERT-VALIDATED BENCHMARKING FRAMEWORK FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS IN MKN-10 DIAGNOSTIC CODING 10:15 Yunmin Jung, Young-Joo Kim, Kunwoo Noh, Sunmi Lee, Minsuk Kwak – LERCO, FNO Ostrava, Czech Republic, OSU, Ostrava Czech Republic, IBCNS, Seoul, Korea, Yonsei University, Seoul Korea - DNA ORIGAMI-BASED CHOLESTEROL NANO-PATCHES (CNPS) FOR ONSTRUCTING SYNTHETIC LIPID RAFTS ON T CELL MEMBRANES. 10:30 Ing. Jaroslav Burdík – FEECS, VŠB – TU Ostrava, Czechia - ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF THE FEI BUILDING |
EC3 – FEI, VSB-TUO |
| 10:40 - 10:45 | Coffee break | EC3 – FEI, VSB-TUO |
| 10:45 - 12:00 | Lab Tour A tour of Ostrava’s past and present • Biomedical Imagining Lab - Jan Kubíček • Biomedical Sensor Lab – Eva Hrubá • Biomedical technology Lab - Jaroslav Vondrák • HealthLab - Chiara Pollastrini • Renewable Energy Center – Jaroslav Burdík |
Meeting Point: EC3 Lobby |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch | VSB-TUO – Mensa building |
| 13:00 - 18:00 | Social program 13:00 Meeting in front of FEI VŠB-TU Ostrava 13:15 Departure to ZOO Ostrava parking lot 14:00 Walk/Climbing to Halda Ema - living waste & highest part of Ostrava 15:15 Meeting at ZOO Ostrava parking lot - bus 15:30 Departure to Dolni oblast Vitkovice (DOV) parking lot 15:50 Partial activities: Climbing wall, HopJump, U6 Science World 17:45 Meeting at DOV parking lot - bus departure to P.U.O.R. Slezská restaurant |
Meeting Point: FEI VŠB-TUO |
| 18:00 - 22:00 | Gala Dinner Gala Dinner at P.U.O.R. Slezská Restaurant and Bowling Activities. Networking and light refreshments. Dress code: SMART CASUAL |
P.U.O.R. Slezská Restaurant |
| 22:00 | Bus departure to Hotel Garni |
DOV parking lot |
Friday, September 4, 2026
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Invited Lecture Prof. Dr. Faouzi Alaya Cheikh - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Gjøvik, Norway FROM RESEARCH TO INNOVATION Chairman: Ing. Jan Kubíček, Ph.D. |
EC3 – FEI, VSB-TUO |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Papers Presentations Chairman: Ing. Jan Kubíček, Ph.D. 09:30 Christophe Mouallem, Karel Sedlář - UBMI FEKT VUT Brno, Czechia - A LOW-COST 3D-PRINTED MODULAR RETROFIT OF AN OPEN-SOURCE BIOREACTOR PLATFORM FOR BIOMEDICAL BIOPROCESS APPLICATIONS 09:45 Beáta Ondrušová, Claudia Muttenthaler, Argyrios Petras, Johannes Szasz, Jens Meier, Luca Gerardo-Giorda - Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria - CAN COMPUTATIONAL MODELING PREDICT THE BENEFIT OF CANNULA REPOSITIONING ON VV-ECMO PERFORMANCE? A PATIENT-SPECIFIC CASE STUDY 10:00 Veronika Sedláková, Radovan Hudák, Dmytro Malakhov, Mojmír Trebuňák, Teodor Tóth - BME, FS , TU Košice - A REVIEW OF VIBRATIONAL DEVICES FOR CELL STIMULATION 10:15 Tomáš Souček, Vojtěch Lindauer, Aleš Richter – Faculty of Social Science TU Liberec, Czechia - VZTAH MEZI MAKROSKOPICKÝMI A MIKROSKOPICKÝMI POLI V ELEKTROFYZIOLOGII |
EC3 – FEI, VSB-TUO |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Coffee break | EC3 – FEI, VSB-TUO |
| 10:45 - 12:30 | Papers Presentations Chairman: Ing. Jaroslav Vondrák, Ph.D. 10:45 Barbora Šmahelová, Jakub Kollar, Ondrej Fiser, Jan Vrba – FBMI, ČVUT Praha, Czechia - INFLUENCE OF NOISE ON REGULARIZATION IN MICROWAVE IMAGING TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION 11:00 Juraj Špánik, Ľudmila Králiková, Maroš Šmondrk, Branko Babušiak - BME, FEEIT, University of Žilina, Slovakia - NON-CONTACT CAPACITIVE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY: A COMPARISON OF VARIOUS ACTIVE CAPACITIVE ELECTRODES 11:15 Lucia Bednarčíková, Teodor Tóth, Monika Michalíková, Magdaléna Kordošová, Jozef Živčák - BME, FS , TU Košice, Slovakia - INTRA-SESSION REPEATABILITY OF STATIC PEDOBAROMETRIC MEASUREMENTS IN HEALTHY ADULTS 11:30 Ľubomír Trpiš, Maroš Šmondrk, Branko Babušiak - BME, FEEIT, University of Žilina, Slovakia - REGIONAL SPECTRAL EEG CHANGES BEFORE AND AFTER MICROSLEEP EPISODES DURING SIMULATED DRIVING 11:45 Vorochta Jevhenij, Jakubickova Marketa, Jakubicek Roman, Kralova Stanislava, Vitkova Helena - UBMI FEKT VUT Brno, Czechia - NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURES FOR DIRECT GENE RECOGNITION IN RAW NANOPORE SIGNALS 12:00 Veronika Wohlmuthova, Michal Labuda, Mariana Benova - BME, FEEIT, University of Žilina, Slovakia - A THREE-AXIS ASSESSMENT OF STATIC AND EXTREMELY LOWFREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELDS AROUND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT UNDER REAL-USE CONDITIONS 12:15 Ing. Tomáš Klinkovský – FEECS, VŠB- TU Ostrava, Czechia - SCI-FI IN REALITY |
EC3 – FEI, VSB-TUO |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Award Ceremony & Closing Ceremony | EC3 – FEI, VSB-TUO |
| 12:30 | Lunch | VSB-TUO – Mensa building |
Up to date program can be found here
Conference Presentation
Presentation Title Slide
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COMMITTEES
To be announced...
Members
| prof. Ing. Marek Penhaker, Ph.D. | FEI, VSB, Ostrava, CZ |
| prof. Ing. Martin Černý, Ph.D. | FEI, VSB, Ostrava, CZ |
| prof. Ing. Martin Augustynek, Ph.D. | FEI, VSB, Ostrava, CZ |
| Ing. Daniel Barvík, Ph.D. | FEI, VSB, Ostrava, CZ |
| Ing. Jana Bahrová | FEI, VSB, Ostrava, CZ |
| Ing. Kryštof Capek | FEI, VSB, Ostrava, CZ |
| Ing. Marie Chadrabová | FEI, VSB, Ostrava, CZ |
| Ing. Tereza Hrnčířová | FEI, VSB, Ostrava, CZ |
| Ing. Dan Hrubý | FEI, VSB, Ostrava, CZ |
| Ing. Terezie Kauzlaričová | FEI, VSB, Ostrava, CZ |
| and other staff and PhD students | FEI, VSB, Ostrava, CZ |
Members
| prof. Ing. Marek Penhaker, Ph.D. | FEI, VSB, Ostrava, CZ |
| prof. Ing. Radovan Hudák, PhD. | FME, TUK, Košice, SK |
| prof. Ing. Karel Roubík, Ph.D. | FBME, CTU Prague, CZ |
REGISTRATION & FEES
Registration
Join us for YBERC 2026. Please fill the registration form via Google Forms:
Register via Google Forms
Accommodation guaranteed until 2 August.
Conference Fees
| Category | Fee |
|---|---|
| Early Registration | 3000,- CZK |
| Late Registration | 4000,- CZK |
Payment Information
Payment details will be sent to your email address after successful registration.
CONFERENCE SITE
The conference will be held at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava.
GPS: 49.831900, 18.161039
Location
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VŠB-TUO17. listopadu 2172/15
708 00, Ostrava-Poruba
FEI (EA)
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is available at the Hotel Garni VŠB, located directly on the university campus.
Dormitory GPS: 49.8366N, 18.1593E
Accommodation guaranteed until 2 August 2026 for conference participants.
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