Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics 

Bionics is broad area of innovative technologies emerging from the synergies of information technology, biotechnology and nanotechnology, with rapidly growing markets in the biomedical area. A new field of engineering and technology is emerging with highly complex products that are based on a parallel use of electronics, molecular and computer technologies. Applications include bio-imaging, lab-on-a-chip devices, prosthetics, drug delivery systems, and point of care personal medicine. The broad disciplinary pillars of this approach are molecular biology, integrated bioinformatics, micro and nano-scale electromagnetism and photonics, advanced computer architectures, neuroscience including brain research and microfuidics applications. The emerging technologies are of key importance also for economically deprived regions since they allow advanced medical or environmental tests to be carried out in remote areas so that the results can be sent via Internet to central laboratories. Future scientists and engineers capable of designing such systems need a special background, not readily available at Universities. The workshop aims to stimulate discussion in this area in order to define educational, innovational and funding priorities.

The event is planned as a one-day workshop at the Politecnico di Torino with short presentations. Part of the audience will include the students and researchers of the Politecnico di Torino.