INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON MACHINE LEARNING FOR NEURAL DISORDERS CAUSED BY ZIKA VIRUS

The “International school on machine learning for neural disorders caused by zika virus” is promoted by the Laboratório de Processamento da Informação Biológica and will occur at Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA), São Luís/MA, on November 22 to 23 of 2017. Brazilian and international guests will discuss relevant and current topics such as Zika Virus congenital syndrome (ZVCS), medicinal use of Cannabis in neurodegeneratives diseases treatments and the development/apply of machine learning in health researches. Therefore, verifying which techniques will be capable to induce the ZVCS early diagnosis positively.

Draft Program Schedule

Please note that the following program is subject to change.

Wednesday, November 22

Location: Centro Pedagógico Paulo Freire

07:30 as 09:00: Registration

08:00 as 09:00: Opening Ceremony

09:00 as 10:00:

“Congenital Zika syndrome: what do we know and what do we need to know?”

Antonio Augusto Moura da Silva (UFMA, Brazil)

10:00 to 11:00:

“Analysis of the retinal vasculature and eye-gaze parameters to identify the difference between case and control children.”

Dinesh Kumar (RMIT University, Australia)

11:00 to 12:00:

“Design thinking as a route to health innovation and needs-based biomedical engineering”

Tania Douglas (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

12:00 – 14:00: LUNCH

14:00 to 15:00:

"Cerebellar and brainstem malformations are associated with epileptiform paroxysms in patients with congenital Zika virus syndrome."

Claudio Queiroz (Instituto do Cérebro, UFRN)

15:00 to 16:00:

"The embryonic olfactory epithelium as a possible route for Zika virus brain infection."

Eduardo Sequerra (Instituto do Cérebro, UFRN)

16:00 to 17:00:

"Casa de Apoio Ninar: Um centro de Referência em Neurodesenvolvimento."

Patricia Sousa (UFMA, Brazil)

Thursday, November 23

Location: Centro Pedagógico Paulo Freire

14:00 to 16:00: Panel Discussion

Uso medicinal da Cannabis: Tratamento de doenças neurodegenerativas.

Moderator: Prof. Allan Kardec Duailibe Barros Filho (UFMA, Brazil)

1. Katy Lísias de Albuquerque (UFPB, Brazil)

2. Patricia Sousa (UFMA, Brazil)

3. Ricardo Ferreira (Especialista em dor e cirurgia de coluna)