Video Health Monitoring in Hospitals

Dr. Wenjin Wang is an associate professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology in China. He previously held the position of an assistant professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands and worked as a scientist at Philips Research, also in the Netherlands. His ongoing research centers around camera-based health monitoring and the development of intelligent healthcare applications. He earned his PhD from TU/e in 2017, focusing on the topic of camera-based physiological measurement.

Dr. Wang has (co-)authored over 70 journal and conference publications in this field, holds 16 granted patents, and has been involved in the creation of 4 consumer products. His research has been supported by prestigious programs such as the Excellent Young Scholars fund (Overseas) from the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC), the National Key R&D Program of China (Young Scientist category), the General Program of NSFC, and the Peacock Team Program of Shenzhen.

Dr. Hongzhou Lu serves as the director of the Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen and the National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases. He holds the position of full professor of Internal Medicine at Fudan University. He is recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and was acknowledged as one of Stanford University's top 2% scientists in 2021.

Dr. Lu earned his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University in 1999. A prominent expert in HIV and influenza in China, he has authored over 340 refereed papers in international journals. Among his notable achievements are three original articles in the New England Journal of Medicine, notably as the physician who reported the first case of H7N9 avian influenza A virus infections in humans. Dr. Lu played a vital role in clinical management, academic discourse, and public education during the H7N9 avian influenza outbreak in China.

Furthermore, Dr. Lu was among the initial group of Chinese public health experts who dedicated over 65 days to combat Ebola in Sierra Leone. Presently, he serves on the editorial boards of five international journals and holds positions on various boards of significant government and academic organizations in China. His accolades include recognition as a Leading Figure in China's Combat against SARS and the Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award.

Dr. Zhong Nanshan is a renowned respiratory physician and serves as the director of the National Clinical Medical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University. Dr. Zhong has played a pivotal role in leading China's efforts against both SARS and COVID-19.

In September 2020, he was chosen as part of the World Health Organization's roster of COVID-19 response and assessment experts. Later that year, he received the Science and Technology Achievement Award from the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation. He was also bestowed with an honorary doctoral degree by Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Grand Lotus Medal of Honor by the Macao SAR Government in December. Notably. Dr. Zhong was granted the Medal of the Republic, one of China's highest national honors.

Throughout his career, Dr. Zhong has dedicated himself to extensive research, prevention, and treatment of major infectious respiratory diseases and chronic respiratory conditions, accumulating a wealth of significant accomplishments. He earned a place among China's top 10 scientists in 2010. During the COVID-19 pandemic originating in Wuhan, Hubei Province, Dr. Zhong emerged as a leading advisor in crisis management, offering evidence-based control strategies to contain the disease and sharing successful treatment approaches with the global community.

Albertus C. den Brinker received the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering in 1983 from Eindhoven University of Technology (EUT). In 1989, he received the Ph.D. degree for his work on dynamic models of the human visual system.

From 1987 to 1999 he worked in the Signal Processing Group at the Department of Electrical Engineering, at Eindhoven University of Technology. His educational activities included electrical network theory and digital filter theory. His research activities concerned diverse topics from fields like approximation, identification, digital signal processing and applications of orthogonal series expansions to (local) signal analysis and adaptive filtering.

In 1999, he joined the Digital Signal Processing Group at Philips Research Laboratories Eindhoven, being active in the field of Signal Processing of Audio and Speech.

One of the activities concerned standardization of audio coders, especially standardization within MPEG. Major contributions were made to MPEG-4 Amendment 2 (High-quality Parametric Audio Coding) and MPEG Surround. Thereafter, systems and algorithms for classification and interpretation of audio signals became one of the key expertises. Recent activities include signal processing, data analysis and data mining for healthcare applications, in particular contactless monitoring of patients.

Dr. den Brinker publishes regularly in international scientific journals and proceedings of scientific conferences and is (co-)author of various patents.