With scientific content on the frontier of science: • to conduct and promote research and development in the frontier of knowledge in scientific computing and its applications in medicine, especially the computer modeling and simulation of physiological systems that comprise the human body; • to promote the development of medical imaging processing, scientific visualization and virtual reality in the development of innovative medical applications which are aimed at computer-aided diagnosis, integration of genomics an proteomics data to new predictive algorithms for decision-support, treatment, surgical planning, medical training and accreditation; • to employ the most modern techniques of communication and multimedia transmission, to develop and manage high-performance computing environments that meet the needs of the country in terms of Medicine Assisted by Scientific Computing; • to develop human resources and promote the technology transfer and innovation in the area of healthcare assisted by scientific computing for the society as a whole and for the public and private sectors; • to promote and consolidate, on both national and international levels, the Cooperative and Integrated Networks of R&D and HRD in Medicine Assisted by Scientific Computing.