 | LASUFOSC-2017: Lagos State University Faculty of Science Conference Lagos State University, Ojo Lagos, Nigeria, October 11-14, 2017 |
| Conference website | http://www.fosconference.lasu.edu.ng/ |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lasufosc2017 |
| Abstract registration deadline | October 5, 2017 |
| Submission deadline | October 5, 2017 |
| Theme | Scientific Research: A gateway to national development |
LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF SCIENCE CONFERENCE (LASUFOSC-2017)
Theme: Cutting Edge Scientific Researches: A gateway to National Development.
Scientific research has brought about unquantifiable revolutions to all facets of human endeavours. Just to mention a few, Scientific research has greatly and positively influenced the way we think, quality of life, life expectance, the nature of governance, education, businesses and even our social engagements. One of the ways to appreciate scientific research is to imagine a world without Electricity, Computers, Cars, Mobile Phones or Televisions, such a world could be described as a complete desert. The impact of scientific research is so great to the extent that it is a major determinant of economic viability of a nation. This has led to the assertion that countries with higher scientific breakthroughs generally have better education, better health and higher life expectancy. This suggests that any country with a clear vision to succeed should be ready to embrace and invest in scientific research.
The current situation in Nigeria, most especially in the areas of economic stability, poor quality of education, insecurity, unemployment and political instability call for urgent attention. Unfortunately, little or no consultation has been made to scientific approach of solving these national problems. The focus of this conference is to bring academic scholars of our great country Nigeria and those of the leading nations of the world together to discuss the way forward in Nigerians’ national development. We hope to give researchers the platform to showcase their research findings, establish collaborations, develop new research ideas and identify the scientific approach and gateway to Nigeria’s national development.
We welcome contributions from all scientific disciplines including Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Fisheries, Botany, Zoology, Agricultural Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology and any other science related field. The conference will bring together many academic scholars from within and outside the country. Accepted abstracts will be published in the conference’s book of abstracts. Selected papers will be published as journal articles.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not previously or simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
- Abstract : Maximum of 250 words, structured abstract, to include introduction, aim, method, result and conclusion
- Full Papers : Selected abstracts will be published as full papers. Authors of selected abstracts will be contacted with guidelines of full paper submission.
- Presentations: Presentations will be in the form of Oral, Poster or ePoster.
List of Topics
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Sub-themes:We suggest the sub-themes below, but all papers related to science will be considered for presentation and publication
- Mathematics
- Operation Research and Optimisation (Real and Discrete)
- Mathematical Physics
- Solid Mechanics
- Differential Equation and Applications
- Computational and Numerical Analysis
- Algebra and Topology
- Biomathematics
- Chaos and Dynamical System Analysis
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Physics
- Engineering and Environmental challenges: Geophysics perspectives
- Geophysical processing in subsurface earth materials
- Effects of space weather on radio communication
- Nonlinear dynamics: Systems, Dynamics and Control
- Renewable energy: Materials, devices and effect on environment
- Nonlinear Dynamics: Chaos, System Dynamics, Control and Synchronization
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Computer Science.
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Any field of Computer Science is acceptable, but the contribution to knowledge must be clear from the abstract. The following are just few examples of Computer Science fields
- Software develoment
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computer Networking
- Data Communication
- Security and Privacy
- Applied Computing
- Computer Hardware
- Information Systems
- Human Centred Computing
a. Plants and Environment
Fisheries
- Fisheries and Hydrobiology
- Aquaculture and Environment
- Fisheries Ecology and Pollution
- Medical Microbiology
- Environmental Microbiology
- Food Microbiology
- Virology
Biochemistry
- Bioactive compounds in the treatment and management of metabolic diseases.
- Prospects in indigenous development of enzymes for industry
- Bioinformatics and Biotechnology: A veritable tool for development of small and medium enterprise
- Zoology – All fields
- Chemistry – All fields
Babak Kateb, MD is a neuroscientist with more than 20 years of research experience. His research has been focused on introduction of advance diagnostics and therapeutics into clinical neuroscience in order to rapidly identify and introduce game changing technologies to treat neurological disorders such as brain cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and other brain and spinal disorders. He did his educational training at TUSOM, USC, did his research fellowship at USC-keck School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery and also studied VLSI system design at USC Department of Electrical Engineering at the Ming Hsieh Institute.
Babak established the Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT) while doing his research fellowship 15 years ago at USC. Currently, he is the founding chairman of the board of directors & CEO Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT), President and Scientific Director of the Brain Mapping Foundation and Director of National Center for Nano-Bio-Electronics; the center is focused on integration of nanotechnology, cellular therapeutics/stem cell, medical device and imaging; he is also a director of Brain Technology and Innovation Park and CEO of Smart Microscopy Inc.
Babak was Director of Research and Development in the Department of Neurosurgery at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center where he established collaboration with NASA and published and pioneered the technique for using NASA multiwall carbon nanotubes to activate macrophages for brain cancer immunotherapy. While at City of Hope, he received NASA Tech Brief Award for his pioneering work on sniffing cancer cells using NASA’s electronic nose.
In 2010, he joined Department of Neurosurgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center as a research scientist where he developed partnership between Cedars-Sinai and NASA and established a clinical trial using NASA UV imaging for intraoperative brain mapping. He also patented a technology to microwave brain cancer, which was approval by the FDA for soft tissue; the technology also could be used for brain, liver, head and neck, prostate and breast cancer. He was also Scientific a Director and a Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at California Neurosurgical Institute from 2015-2017 where he co-authored a nanoneurosurgery paper in Nature-Scientific Reports.
In 2015, Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics and Brain Mapping Foundation Board of Directors presented him with Pioneer in Medicine award. He has been recognized by Vice President Biden, Mayor of Los Angeles, and Governor of California for his dedication in science. He is currently collaborating with Los Alamos National Lab (LANL) and had duel appointment with NASA/JPL as a visiting scientist. His research at NASA and LANL involves the use of Artificial Intelligence(AI), Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and supercomputing for brain mapping and therapeutics, use of LANL advance ultrasonic technology for brain stimulation; Babak has many patents in these areas.
He has established a new publication with PLoSOne, which is called PLoSOne_ NeuroMapping & Therapeutics, which he serves as editor-in-chief and was the force behind 3 successful NeuroImage-Brain Mapping and Therapeutics special issues. He is the editor of the inaugural Textbook of Nanoneuroscience and Nanoneurosurgery, published by, Taylor & Francis (2013) and the editor of the inaugural Neurophotonic and Brain Mapping (2017).
Babak has been deeply involved in global neuroscience legislation through his close collaboration with the US Congressional Neuroscience Caucus as well as members of Canadian Parliaments. He has chaired 6 Congressional briefings: Brain Mapping Days (2012-2017) at the United States Congress on Brain Mapping; one Brain Research Day at the Canadian Parliament in 2013 and one Brain Mapping Day at the joint sessions of Australian Senate and Parliament in 2015. His initiatives have impacted the health care delivery to the wounded soldiers in the US. He has been one of the key players in President Obama’s BRAIN initiative and co-author of the G20 World Brain Mapping and Therapeutics Initiative and African Brain Mapping Initiative. He has chaired G20 Brain Initiative Summits since 2014 inaugural meeting in Australia.
He is an artist who has had galleries for his paintings and currently does medical illustration for medical textbooks; he is also 15 times marathon runner.
Publication
LASUFOSC-2017 abstract will be published as book of abstract and full papers will be published as journal papers by Springer
Venue
The conference will be held in Lagos State University, Ojo, Nigeria
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to chairman.fosconfence@lasu.edu.ng or secretary.fosconference@lasu.edu.ng