Visiting scientists (staying at least 2 weeks)

1. Ghassan Hamarneh, Rafeef Abugharbieh 
   Address: School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University; and Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia; Vancouver, Canada 
   Hosts: Ingela Nyström, Cris Luengo, Ewert Bengtsson, Gunilla Borgefors 
   Date: 110110-110130 
   Comment: Hamarneh and Abugharbieh were at CBA for 3 weeks to explore possible future collaborations between Uppsala and Vancouver.
2. Dr K Sujathan 
   Address: Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvanantahpuram, India 
   Host: Ewert Bengtsson 
   Date: 110927-111009 
   Topic: Collecting identified cell images for training annd testing classifiers 
   Comment: A two week visit as part of our joint project.
3. Olivier Kossan Bagui
   Address: Institute National Polytechnique Dept. Genie Electrique et Electronique, Institut National, Polytechnique Felix Houbhouet-Boigny, Cote d' Ivoire 
   Host: Carolina Wählby 
   Date: 111031-120110 
   Topic: Joint project on malaria detection using LED spectral microscopy 
   Comment: Zoueu came for a short visit 110927 while Kossan Bagui stayed and worked with us at CBA on blood cell segmentation for about 3 months.
4. S. Issac Niwaas 
   Address: National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli, Tamil, Nadu, India 
   Host: Ewert Bengtsson 
   Date: 111208-
   Topic: Visiting PhD student 
   Comment: Niwas is a visiting PhD student doing research on breast cancer image analysis for at least 6 months, probably until end of May 2012.