Grand challenges for multimodal bio-medical systems

The Multimodal Bio-Medical Systems Workshop (MBM) was held on October 22 in Maryland and it focused on challenges for multimodal bio-medical systems. The workshop was initiated by life sciences and physical sciences experts to identify and highlight new computational paradigms and technology infrastructure in biomedicine owing to recent advance in biosciences and instruments. The workshop targeted both the micro/nano level and the macro level of biomedical systems. This invitation workshop brought together a selected group of about 40 worldclass experts in the areas of biology, engineering and public and exnvironmental health for a full-day interaction and discussion in the Lister Hill Auditorium.