2. SPSETU - the oldest Electrotechnical University in Europe (year of foundation is 1886) Radio Inventor Alexander Popov was the first elected director of the University Professor Zhores I. Alferov, a graduate and the former Chair of the Optoelectronics Department of ETU, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics (2000) Today about 9 000 students, including international students from different countries, study in LETI simultaneously. Today the staff of LETI includes about 2300 people with more than 900 professors and PhDs, 20 laureates of national and international Prizes, 5 correspondent members of Russian Academy of Science 2

3. The first department in the Soviet Union which started training in the field of biomedical engineering Currently one of the leading department in the sphere of biomedical engineering in Russia The main science and education directions: telemedicine technologies, technologies of prosthetics and rehabilitation, biomedical signals processing, decision support systems 3 levels of education: bachelor’s program - 4 years, 3 Master’s programs -2 years, post graduate program “Devices, systems and products of medical purpose” 3

4. 4 Excursion to A.S. Popov laboratory. History of the university and radio inventing Aksenov A.Y., PhD. The Basic Principles of Research Design in Biomedical Engineering Student research proposal challenge. Kick off meeting

5. 5 Introduction lecture “Computer analysis of biomedical signals” + 3 workshops: digital filtering, correlation, spectral analysis. The workshop shows the possibility of computer processing (Matlab) for the analysis of various normal and pathological medical signals

6. 6 Workshops with competition elements: 1.Electronic Board Design using Arduino platform 2.Beam robots in Biomedical Engineering

7. 7 1 lecture: Motion capture solutions for gait analysis and rehabilitation 1 workshop: Computer evaluation of foot structural and functional parameters

8. 8 1 extra lecture (will be specified soon) + time for the preparation of student research proposal

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10. 10 Excursion to the world-famous St. Petersburg suburb (Peterhof, Tsarskoye Selo) Student society event – breaking stereotypes (each participant should prepare the small report about home country) Incomparable beauty of St. Petersburg in white nights period!

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