Multifaceted Approach to Biomedical Information Retrieval

1. Multifaceted Approach to Biomedical Information Retrieval Internet2 Spring Meeting Arlington, VA Josep Prous, Jr. Jesus Salillas Prous Science

2. For more than 40 years Prous Science has contributed to the advancement of biomedical research and clinical practice at an international level through the application of information and communication technologies breakthroughs.

3. Project goals • To build an experimental Internet platform that combines telecom companies, content service providers, technology providers, universities, Governmental institutions and final users. • To develop and to test new generations of applications, network services and network protocols and technologies. • To test the acceptance and the social impact of the new generation of internet by the final user. • The project started in 1999 and will finished in 2004

4. i2CAT Members

5. Patiens with GPRS mobile terminals. • UdL (Lleida) • UdG (Girona) • URV (Tarragona) • Kubic • CESCA • Can Ruti and Bellvitge Hospitals • CCRTV • MediaPark • CAP de Maragall • H. Germans Trias i Pujol • UDIAT. Parc Taulí Sabadell • H. Joan XXIII (Tarragona) UdL UdG H.Joan XXIII • CAP de Manso • BIT. Polígon Pedrosa • Prous Science URV • Institut FP Mare de Deu de Montserrat • UPF • UOC • UAB • H. Clínic • H. Vall d’Hebró i2CAT Consortium Participant institutions List of network providers interconnected to Gigacat

6. International Connection STAR TAP BARCELONA

7. i2CAT Clusters T E C H N O L O G I E S A U D I O V I S U A L B I O M E D I C A L E D U C A T I O N N E T W O R K Gigacat: GigaPOP interconnection node

8. Impact of Information Technology in Biomedical Research and Clinical Medicine • Processor potency • CADD, QSAR • Prediction of molecular properties • Statistical analysis • Data storage • Databases • Drug registration • Genomics / Proteomics • Communications infrastructure • Rapid exchange of research and clinical data

9. Biomedical Research Trends Bioactive Compounds Therapeutic Targets 150k 600 • Virtual Library Design • Genomics • In-silico Combinatorial Chemistry 150M 6.000

11. Internet2 advanced features and its impact on biomedical research and clinical medicine • Content access +++ • Multimedia features +++ • Interactivity ++ • Dynamic content update ++ • No time or space limits +

12. Internet2 Research Initiatives • Medical MegaConference • Pharma Collaboratory • TTMed Channel: a Scientific Conference Digital Archive • Speech Recognition

14. COLLABORATORY DEMO

15. A collaborative effort between Prous Science and the International Center for Advanced Internet Research in Chicago (IL) designed to provide: • On-demand archived video content • Interactive virtual access to live conferences • Telesurgeries • Medical megaconference • Digital Multimedia Educational Archive

16. Scientific Conference Digital Archive: • Seamlessly incorporating information from Scientific Conferences providing cross-linked data across any relevant media format: text, numerical, chemical substructure, audio, video or slides. • Will provide search capabilities over all media formats. • Direct access to speficic segments of relevant information.

21. Speech recognition advantages • Speaker independence • Vocabulary independence • Full-text indexing • Low complexity • Speed • Accuracy • Ease of adaptation to different languages • Fast Searches • Web enabled

22. AUDIO MINING DEMO