BOSTON, MA - MONTREAL, CANADA JANUARY 18, 2010.
Dr. Dennis Underwood, co-founder and CEO of Praxeon (http://www.praxeon.com), has been asked to speak at the upcoming Conference on Semantics in Healthcare & Life Science (CSHALS). His talk, entitled Using Semantic Methods to Access Medical Information for Healthcare Professionals and their Patients, will review Praxeon's award winning work in the Health 2.0 field where they have focused on delivering the most up-to-date healthcare information and developments to physicians and at the same time providing them with a platform to exchange ideas, thoughts and best practices.
CSHALS was created to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of practical semantics-based approaches, including challenges faced and applications that are working. This years conference will feature Prof. Jim Hendler (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Dr. Martin D. Leach (Merck & Co. Inc) and Dr. Lynn H. Vogel (University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) in addition to a host of notable speakers from industry, government and academia. Presentation and presentation topics will highlight specific applications of semantic technologies to show where advances have been made, determine what the current needs are, and anticipate where the field is headed in order to prepare and advance with the field.
Ted Slater, Conference Chair of CSHALS and an Associate Director at Boehringer Ingelheim said, "We are delighted to have Dennis speak at this years CSHALS. Praxeons work in applying semantic methods and techniques to Healthcare and Life Science are great examples of how semantics applications have evolved from discussion to practical use. We look forward to hearing more from Dennis at the conference and discussing first-hand their experiences with Curbside.MD and its utilization by the medical community."
"The 2010 CSHALS promises to be an engaging meeting place and platform for all of us involved in using semantics to get to the heart of the knowledge harvesting. We look forward to welcoming all those interested in how semantics have been applied thus far and discussing future directions for the discipline," Slater went on to say.
"We are honored to have been asked to present our work at this notable conference. Praxeon was created to allow healthcare professionals as well as researchers in drug discovery to move beyond data access. We have strived to develop semantic-based applications that move to the next level of true knowledge building and practical application through such portals as our www.Curbside.MD and www.MyDailyApple.com. Our talk will cover the best ways to apply semantic integration methods to assist those in the medical field to truly optimize their access to critical data and usage of the resulting knowledge", said Dennis Underwood.
C-SHALS takes place February 24-26, 2010 in Cambridge, MA. The "Early-bird" registration deadline is: January 20, 2010. To register please go to: http://www.iscb.org/cshals2010-registration
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