This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on
Biomedical Informatics and Technology ACBIT 2013 held in Aizu-Wakamatsu Japan in September
2013. The ??? revised full papers presented together with 14 keynotes and invited talks were
carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. The papers address important problems in
medicine biology and health using image analysis computer vision pattern analysis and
classification information visualization signal processing control theory information
theory statistical analysis information fusion numerical analysis fractals and chaos
optimization simulation and modeling parallel computing computational intelligence methods
machine learning data mining decision support systems database integration and management
cognitive modeling and applied linguistics.