Liebschner/Zhong Feature 2007

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Liebschner and Zhong receive funding from Microsoft Research Biomedical Computing program

Microsoft Research has announced that Assistant Professor Michael Liebschner, Department of Bioengineering and Assistant Professor Lin Zhong, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have been awarded funding for their collaborative research project, OsteoConduct: Musculo-Skeletal Conduction for Secure Data Communication. This research will help improve the accuracy, efficiency, and security of body-area communication using the human body. The development of this technology will ultimately lead to improved user interfaces for hands-free operation of wearable or mobile computing devices, highly secure data transmission and user authentication for reliable and protected access to confidential data, and new mechanisms for cost-effective diagnostic services using mobile computing devices. Initial results from this collaboration were presented at the Second International Conference on Body Area Networks Florence, Italy in June 2007.

The Microsoft Research Biomedical Computing Program is highly selective only six projects nation-wide were funded this year. For more information http://research.microsoft.com/

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Liebschner and Zhong create more buzz:

See Bones Could Become Conduits for Data Swaps
(Slashdot, June 15, 2007)
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/15/149224&from=rss

See Bones are Making Noise in Science
(Houston Chronicle, June 25, 2007)
http://chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4916750.html

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Liebschner and Zhong receive funding from Microsoft Research Biomedical Computing program