CenBRAIN Neurotech Center of Excellence held their annual second retreat

On August 29th to 31st, CenBRAIN NeurotechCenter of Excellence membersorganized their annual retreat in the Thousand Islands, 2 hours driving from Hangzhou. This retreat is a workshop where we met with our collaborators fromvarious institutions to summarize the annual overall contributions. Meanwhile, professors and students from our cooperation labs and institutes were all presented. The workshop included 7 technical sessions spread over three Days. At the opening ceremony, professor Sawan summarized the achievements: (1) CenBRAIN Neurotech was upgraded to the center of excellence; (2) The publications (journals, conference papers, and patents) and the number of collaborators have increased exponentially from 2019, the year CenBRAIN was founded; (3) The Zhejiang Key R&D program and the Zhejiang Innovation Team programs successfully passed the mid-term assessments. CenBRAIN Neurotech members also organized a brainstorming session presenting the annual research achievements and concluded actions our group should take to increase the impact of our contributions. During the meeting, all the members presented their aims for various projects and summarized the progress and contributions they had achieved. During the meeting, 4 staff members and 4 PhD students received awards for their achievements and other contributions and service to CenBRAIN Neurotech community. After the meeting, CenBRAIN Neurotech group enjoyed the retreat with the splendid scenery of the Thousand Islands. We look forward to more fruitful achievements in the coming year. Below, please find the content of this workshop, altogether with photography of attendees, charts of contributions evolution, and the logo of collaborators’ institutions.

Summary of the 3-day retreat

CenBRAIN Neurotech Center of Excellence Annual Retreat 2022

Simplified Program

    Day 1 (29^th):

        Learned lessons so far, likes, dislikes

    Day 2 (30^th)

        Morning Sessions: Sharing research activities

            Part 1:Biosignals, Bioimages and Biomarkers – I,Chair: Mohamad Sawan

            Part 2:Biosignals, Bioimages and Biomarkers – II,Chair: Yun-Hsuan Chen

        Afternoon Session: Sharing research activities (Cont’d)

            Part 1:Neurotechnologies, Biocircuits and Biosystems,Chair: Jie Yang

            Part 2:Biosensors and Biointerfaces,Chair: Sumin Bian

    Day 3 (31^st)

        V. Students’ session:

            Part 1:Theses, achievements, and perspectives - I,Co-chairs: Mohamad Sawan, Guoguang Rong

            Part 2:Theses, achievements, and perspectives - II,Co-chairs: Mohamad Sawan, Guoguang Rong

Fig.1: CenBRAIN Neurotech Center of Excellence 30 Aug. 2022

Fig.2: CenBRAIN Neurotech Center of Excellence Main Publications (2022 Data include Jan.-Aug. only).

Fig.3: 4 staff members and 4 PhD students received awards for their achievements and other contributions and service to the CenBRAIN Neurotech community.

Fig.4: Thanks are due to our collaborators