Seminar: Computational geometry algorithms for navigation planning and asset monitoring in medical applications, Dr. Marina L. Gavrilova, University of Calgary (11/13/2008)

The ICS Department and the HI'CHI lab will host a talk on:

Thursday, Nov 13, 2008 in POST 302

"Computational geometry algorithms for navigation planning and asset monitoring in medical applications"
 Dr. Marina L. Gavrilova
University of Calgary

Abstract:
A problem of optimal asset location in a hospital setting and its impact on clinical processes related to everyday operation of a medical ward are some of the notorious challenges faced broadly by the healthcare industry. Inability to locate the needed asset in time can lead to serious health implications for patients receiving care, waste valuable provider's  time and possibly delay care for other patients due to disruption in provider’s workflow. While some studies are currently undertaken to track assets in clinical settings through the use of recently emerged location tracking technology (RTLS), very few up to date have looked into the problem of asset location optimization from the computational geometry point of view.

This presentation will consist of two parts: the first one will provide some overview and specific examples in the area of computational geometry algorithms for optimal path planning on example of a GIS navigation problem. The second will discuss the new approach the complex asset and workflow optimization problem in a hospital setting through the utilization of formal mathematical models.

Marina L. Gavrilova is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary. Dr. Gavrilova research interests lie in the area of computational geometry, image processing, optimization, spatial and biometric modeling. Prof. Gavrilova is founder and co-director of two research laboratories: the Biometric Technologies Laboratory: Modeling and Simulation and the SPARCS Laboratory for Spatial Analysis in Computational Sciences. Prof. Gavrilova publication list includes over 100 journal and conference papers, edited special issues, books and book chapters. Prof. Gavrilova acted as a Co-Chair of the International Workshop on Biometric Technologies BT 2004, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2004, an Overall Chair of the Third International Conference on Voronoi Diagrams in Science and Engineering and recently as Organizational Chair of upcoming WADS 09. Prof. Gavrilova is an Editor-in-Chief of the LNCS Transactions on Computational Science Journal, Springer-Verlag and serves on the Editorial Board for the International Journal of Computational Sciences and Engineering and CAD/CAM Journal.