IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBS)

12/16/2025

TC-KANRecon introduces a powerful new approach to MRI reconstruction using adaptive KAN mechanisms and intelligent feature scaling, offering higher quality images and faster processing times.

This work pushes forward what’s possible in medical imaging and AI-driven healthcare technologies.

Read the full article from IEEE J-BHI: https://bit.ly/48ddF07.

12/15/2025

NER 2025 Attendee Spotlight

Read what a PhD student from Austria had to say about their experience at this year’s Neural Engineering Conference!

If you aren't taking part in EMBS's wide variety of conferences during the year, see why those who do attend keep coming back!

EMBS is proud to bring together researchers, clinicians, engineers, and innovators from around the world to advance biomedical engineering.

12/14/2025

Big news for the EMBS community!

Please join us in celebrating our newly elected IEEE EMBS Executive Committee leaders:

👏 President-Elect: Natalie Mrachacz-Kersting
👏 Vice President-Elect, Member & Student Activities: Esteban Pino
👏 Vice President-Elect, Conferences: Ahmed Abdelhadi Metwally

These leaders will help shape what comes next for EMBS, turning ideas into action, guiding key decisions, and strengthening the programs and people that power our global community. 🌍

👇 Drop a comment to congratulate Natalie, Ahmed, and Esteban** and help us give them a warm EMBS welcome as they step into these important roles!

12/14/2025

Better sleep is not just a personal health goal. It is a global health opportunity.

The latest IEEE Pulse article calls attention to how sleep research remains heavily centered in high-income countries, despite the profound impact that conflict, environmental stress, and economic instability have on sleep in vulnerable communities. Expanding research into low- and middle-income settings can unlock deeper insights into brain function, mental health, learning outcomes, productivity, and long-term well-being.

Read more about why advancing global sleep research is essential for health equity: https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/global-health-research-on-sleep-the-opportunity-for-better-sleep-means-better-health-for-all/

12/12/2025

Are you a student or early-career professional who attended NER 2025 and are passionate about the future of mental health, brain tech, and neuroinnovation? Apply now for the 2026 IEEE EMBS One Mind Accelerator Emerging Innovator Observership.

This is an exclusive opportunity to attend the 2026 Closing Week Program of the One Mind Accelerator - a two-day, invitation-only experience bringing together leaders in neuroscience, mental health policy, neurotechnology, startups, and investment. This program runs April 14–15, 2026 in Menlo Park, CA. You'll hear from pioneers shaping the future of psychiatry, explore startup demos, and build real connections with top experts and organizations across academia, nonprofits, industry, and venture.

Selected participants will receive access to the full, two-day program, networking events, and exclusive mentoring opportunities, all covered by IEEE EMBS.

The deadline for the 2026 IEEE EMBS One Mind Accelerator Emerging Innovator Observership application is December 31, 2025.

🔗 Apply now:

12/12/2025

New Research Highlight in IEEE J-BHI!

Introducing HighMPNN, a powerful Graph Neural Network (GNN)–based framework for structure-constrained cyclic peptide sequence design.

This paper presents a novel method that integrates:
• Molecular graph representations
• Structural constraints
• Automated peptide sequence generation
• High-fidelity molecular modeling

HighMPNN advances the state of the art in computational peptide design, supporting applications in therapeutics, biomaterials, and protein engineering.

🔗 Read the full article: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11202257.

12/11/2025

We are excited to feature Professor James Collins of MIT, who will be joining us in Toronto for EMBC 2026 to share insights and contribute to this year’s global conversation in biomedical engineering.

About the Speaker:
Jim Collins is the Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering & Science and Professor of Biological Engineering at MIT, as well as a Member of the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences & Technology Faculty. He is also a Core Founding Faculty member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, and an Institute Member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Collins is one of the founders of the field of synthetic biology, and his research group is currently focused on using synthetic biology to create next-generation diagnostics and therapeutics as well as programmable molecular tools for the life sciences. Collins is also the Director of the Antibiotics-AI Project at MIT and co-founder of Phare Bio, a non-profit focused on AI-driven antibiotic discovery. Collins has received numerous awards and honors, including a MacArthur "Genius" Award and the Dickson Prize in Medicine, and he is an elected member of all three national academies - the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Medicine.

Stay up-to-date with speakers, registrations, and all things EMBC at: https://embc.embs.org/2026/

12/11/2025

Search for Two Deputy Editors-in-Chief

Deadline: December 20, 2025

The Steering Committee for the IEEE Transactions of Medical Imaging, under the scope of the IEEE Engineering Medicine and Biology Society, the IEEE Signal Processing Society, the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society and the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, is undertaking a search for two deputy Editors-in-Chief. The Transactions publishes papers in all areas of biomedical imaging and publishes ~400 of over 4,000 submissions it receives each year, and is among the most highly cited biomedical imaging journals, serving a diverse and truly worldwide community of scientists and engineers.

Please click the link for more information on how to apply!

The Steering Committee for the IEEE Transactions of Medical Imaging, under the scope of the IEEE Engineering Medicine and Biology Society, the IEEE Signal Processing Society, the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society and the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, is unde...

12/10/2025

Congrats to the new Editors-in-Chief!

12/10/2025

Large language models are opening new possibilities in compiler optimization, but major challenges remain.

The latest IEEE Pulse article explores how LLMs like Code Llama and Codex are being applied to performance modeling, autotuning, and LLVM IR optimization, and why data scarcity, runtime variability, and HPC scale make this frontier so complex. The authors outline emerging solutions and future directions that could shape fully automated, intelligence-driven compilers.

Read more: https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/llms-in-compiler-optimization-challenges-and-future-direction/

12/10/2025

Did you know IEEE EMBS offers a dedicated Book Series that showcases cutting-edge advances in biomedical engineering, healthcare technologies, and interdisciplinary innovations?

The EMBS Book Series provides:
• Author support from proposal to publication
• Global distribution through IEEE Xplore®
• Opportunities to share expert knowledge with the wider scientific and engineering community
• High-impact resources for researchers, educators, and practitioners

Whether you're developing a foundational textbook, an advanced research monograph, or a practical guide for emerging technologies, the EMBS Book Series is an excellent home for your work.

Learn more and explore publishing opportunities: https://www.embs.org/publications/book-series/.

12/09/2025

Predictive Engineering to Develop Compelling Medical Devices
Friday, December 12 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Engineers traditionally use modeling in their tasks, but challenges for developing and optimizing medical devices inspire us to venture beyond deterministic to probabilistic or stochastic modeling, expanding on deterministic models with probabilistic modeling using Monte Carlo Simulation or Bayesian Networks to optimize the design. The melding of engineering modeling with probabilistic thinking develop confidence that medical device will meet or exceed expectations over a comprehensive range of use conditions.

https://r6.ieee.org/phoenix/event/predictive-engineering-to-develop-compelling-medical-devices/