Information Technology plays an ever larger part in the delivery of today's health services, and this is especially the case in the display of medical information using computers. From the simple presentation of the contents of a patient's health record on a specialist's display, through to the use of cutting-edge imaging technology and networks for the use in remote medicine, interactions amongst the computer systems involved are many and varied. These provide many challenges along with opportunities for exciting multidisciplinary research.

The Sensors and Imaging for Biomedical Systems (SIMBIOSES) group is an interdisciplinary and collaborative research and development lab working at the intersection of software engineering, imaging and biomedical sciences. Its mission is to develop advanced information technologies providing better and more cost-effective health care in the Province of British Columbia and through Canada. Members of the group are particularly interested in investigating the usefulness of embedded small-scale, networked and knowledge-based computing that seamlessly supports continuous and pervasive health care delivery.

SIMBIOSES is a joint laboratory at UVic's Department of Computer Science, the Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering, the School of Health and Information Science, and UBC's Faculty Of Medicine (Department of Family Practice).