Welcome to student biomedical competition

Biosignal Challenge 2024

on apnoe detection from polysomnographic signals

Why to participate in this competition?

Great experience

Have fun while coding state-of-the-art algorithms with your friends and compete with other students.

High-value prizes

Sponsors donated valuable prizes for the best teams. Program the best algorithm and win 15.000 Kč.

Upgrade your CV

Good placement in this competition can be a foundation for interest of renowned companies in your abilities.

Awards ceremony

Enjoy a pleasant ceremony during the last week of summer semester and chat with other competitors.

Organisational team

We are working hard to bring you an interesting MATLAB competition in biosignal processing with valuable awards. If you have any questions, contact us at bsch@fel.cvut.cz.

Roman Čmejla

Founder of the biomedical signal processing group and professor at FEE CTU, he specializes in analysis and processing of speech signals

Roman is repsonsible for fundraising and overall management of the competition.

Ivana Chrtková

Ph.D. student at the signal biomedical signal processing group, she specializes in preclinical models of mental disorders and electric organ discharge analysis

Ivča is responsible for data preparation and coordination with National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). She also prepares the scripts for accuracy computation.

Filip Šlapal

Ph.D. student at the signal biomedical signal processing group, he specializes in facial video processing and biosignal processing

Filip is responsible for the competition web page and also prepares the scripts for accuracy computation with Ivča.

Vlastimil Koudelka

Researcher at NÚDZ, he specializes in high density EEG processing.

Vlasta is a supervisor and main organizator from NIMH. He is also responsible for preparing evaluation metrics.

Partners & sponsors

Previous events

 2024

Detection of sleep apnea

 2020

Detection of syllables in childrens’ speech

 2019

Detection and localization of epileptic seizure onset zones

 2018

Detection of Parkinson’s from speech

 2017

Detection of epileptic microseizures

Mentions of previous events

Cooperation with MathWorks

MathWorks has participated in previous events as a sponsor and supporter who encourages young prospective students to enhance the future.

The best solution in local TV news

The best solution of 2018 event regarding detecting Parkinson’s from speech was introduced on Czech TV news.

The best solution in student magazine

The best solution of 2019 event regarding detection and localization of seizure onset zones in patients struggling with epilepsy.