¸APTPUO - BMG5111 B - Winter 2027

Posting Reason:

New Position

Location:

Main Campus

Academic Period:

2027 Winter Semester

Faculty:

Faculté de génie / Faculty of Engineering

Academic Unit:

Département de génie mécanique \\ Department of Mechanical Engineering

Course Title:

Advanced Topics II Medical Informatics and Telemedicine

Course Code:

BMG5111

Section:

B

Course Description:

It is vital for healthcare service provider’s policy leaders, analysts, and healthcare managers to gain an understanding of how data science can be used to positively support the decision-making
processes of the health services, specially in the field of medical informatics and medical diagnosis.

A knowledge and skill base in data sciences is becoming an increasing desirable for individuals working in developing medical informatic applications. A strong understanding of data science
enables medical engineers to forecast emerging trends, identify potential future behavior, discover patterns, inform policy, and generate meaning from the vast amount of data that streams in and through the healthcare work environments. Essential data science concepts relevant to practical applications are covered in this course including problem formulation; data acquisition; data pre-preprocessing, modeling, simulation, and analysis. Hands on experience with data science tools, techniques and technologies will be discussed. Data integration, analysis, and presentation of results; comprehensive applications data warehousing and mining, data in areas medical informatics will be explained.

Posting limited to:

Professeur à temps-partiel régulier / Regular Part-Time Professor

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/10/02

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/11/02

Expected Enrolment:

25

Approval date:

2026/10/02

Number of credits:

3

Work Hours:

39

Hourly Rate:

Enseignement / Teaching: $239.47 (2024-2025)

The academic year starts on September 1 and ends on August 31.

These rates do not included vacation pay nor statutory pay.

These rates will be applied until a new collective agreement is ratified. Retro will be paid after the ratification.

Course type:

C

Posting type:

Régulier / Regular

Language of instruction:

Anglais | English

Competence in second language:

Passive

Course Schedule:

Mercredi | Wednesday 19:00-22:00 - - This courser will be offered in person.

Requirements:

Candidate Profile:

• PhD in Biomedical, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related discipline with specialization.
• Strong background and demonstrable expertise in the subject.
• Licensed or eligible for licensing as professional engineers with a Canadian engineering regulator.

Teaching mode:

Courses will be taught in person.

Please note that the teaching or work method may change due to health measures or other reasons. Acquisition of skills for effective online teaching is strongly encouraged.

Additional Information and/or Comments:

An acceptable level of education and/or experience could be viewed as being equivalent to the educational required and/or demonstrated experience. If you are invited to continue the selection process, please notify us of any adaptive measures you might require. Information you send us will be handled respectfully and in complete confidence. Employees are required under provincial law to successfully complete all mandatory legislated training. The list of training may be modified by provincial law.

The hiring process will be governed by the current APTPUO collective agreements; you can click here for the main unit, here for the OLBI unit, or here for the Toronto/Windsor unit to find out more.

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