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Dr. Melissa Boswell is a scientist, founder, and researcher working at the intersection of biomechanics, artificial intelligence, health, and human performance. She is the Founder and CEO of Rethink Health, a digital health company developing science-based programs to improve musculoskeletal health and movement confidence. Dr. Boswell received her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Stanford University, where her research focused on developing digital tools for large-scale biomechanical assessment outside of traditional laboratory settings using computer vision and movement analysis. Her work has since expanded to include wearable technologies, markerless motion capture, and AI-driven approaches for understanding human movement in sport, rehabilitation, and ageing. She will join Wake Forest University School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Fall of 2026.

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From Data to Decisions in Human Performance

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Dr. Attila Biro is a researcher, technology strategist, and scientific innovator working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, applied mathematics, health sciences, and software engineering. His work focuses on AI-driven cybernetics, sports science, rehabilitation, digital health, and intelligent decision-support systems. Dr. Biro holds two PhDs: one in Informatics from UMFST G.E. Palade of Targu Mures (RO), and another in Health Sciences from the University of Malaga (ES). He is currently pursuing a third PhD in Applied Mathematics at Obuda University (HU), while also conducting postdoctoral research in the field of MedTech at UMFST G.E. Palade. Over the past years, his research has expanded toward AI-supported biomedical systems, wearable technologies, uncertainty-aware machine learning, rehabilitation sciences, and sports performance analytics. Currently, he serves as a research fellow at Obuda University (HU), a researcher within the Clinimetria Group at the University of Malaga (ES), and a lecturer at UMFST G.E. Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology and Sapientia EMTE Hungarian University of Transylvania (RO). His interdisciplinary work combines artificial intelligence, cybernetics, and health sciences to develop next-generation approaches for human performance, medical decision support, and intelligent healthcare technologies.

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Brain Connectome Age as an Intelligent Tool for Understanding Risk Factors in Healthy Aging

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Professor Jesús M. Cortés is a Full Professor at Ikerbasque and Founder and Head of the Computational Neuroimaging Laboratory at the BioBizkaia Health Research Institute, Bilbao, Spain. His research focuses on computational neuroscience, brain connectivity, neuroimaging, and clinical machine learning. He also teaches Brain Connectivity and Neuroimaging in the Biomedical Engineering Master’s program at the University of the Basque Country. Dr. Cortés obtained his PhD in Physics from the University of Granada and completed postdoctoral training at the Radboud University Nijmegen, the Salk Institute, and the University of Edinburgh. He has secured more than €9.3 million in research funding, led 15 research projects, published 135 scientific papers, and delivered over 130 invited talks in 15 countries. He is also Director of Research at NeuronUP and Chief Science Officer at Biometriks Health. His distinctions include the Fulbright Fellowship, Ramón y Cajal Fellowship, EPSRC Fellowship, and serving as Ambassador for Spain at NeurIPS.