MindCare 2018: 7th EAI International Symposium on Pervasive Computing Paradigms for Mental Health Boston, MA, United States, January 9-10, 2018 |
Conference website | http://mindcaresymposium.org |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mindcare2018 |
Submission deadline | October 31, 2017 |
7th EAI International Symposium on Pervasive Computing Paradigms for Mental Health (MindCare)
Submission Guidelines
- Full papers should be up to 10 pages in length.
- Short papers should be up to 6 pages in length.
- Poster should be up to 3 pages in length.
- Previously published work may not be submitted, nor may the work be concurrently submitted to any other conference or journal. Such papers will be rejected without review.
- The paper submissions must follow the SPRINGER formatting guidelines (see Author's kit section).
- Read the Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement.
The papers should be formatted according to the Springer Author Guidelines (Word or Latex). The submissions should be made through the Easychair electronic system. All the submissions will be reviewed anonymously by at least three expert reviewers. Papers will be judged on originality, correctness, clarity and relevance. Submitted papers must be original work, and may not be under consideration for another conference or journal.
List of Topics
Sensing and data processing
- Wearable computing
- Smart environments
- Biomedical devices
- Speech Analysis
- Big data for individual / public health
- Computational Psychometrics
- Combined sensing systems and infrastructures
- Computer-enhanced self reporting
- Machine learning and data mining methods
User experience
- Novel interfaces
- Usability studies
- Visualizations
- Augmented reality
- Virtual reality approaches
Applications
- Mental wellbeing support
- Stress / Emotional response analysis
- Affective computing
- Serious games for mental health
- Cognitive stimulation
- Life-logging methods
- Monitoring activities relevant to mental health
- Psychological treatments of mental disorders
- Systems to support patients and / or caregivers
- Using technology to improve the understanding of cognitive processes
- Tools for Neuropsychological Assessment and Rehabilitation
- Mental health promotion and disorders prevention
Committees
Local Chairs
Yuri Ostrovsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA
Justin T. Baker, McLean Institute for Technology in Psychiatry and Harvard Medical School, MA, USA
Symposium General Chairs
Silvia Serino, Catholic University of Milan, Italy
Pietro Cipresso, Istituto Auxologico, Milan, Italy
Daniela Villani, Catholic University of Milan, Italy
Publicity Chairs
Irene Alice Chicchi Giglioli, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, i3B, Valencia, Spain
Poster Chair
Elisa Pedroli, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Italy
Publication
The accepted papers will be published by Springer and they will appear in the SpringerLink - one of the largest digital online libraries that covers a myriad of scientific disciplines. In addition, the proceedings are submitted for inclusion to the leading indexing services: DBLP, Google Scholar, Thomson Scientific ISI Proceedings, EI Elsevier Engineering Index, CrossRef, Scopus, as well as ICST's own EU Digital Library (EUDL).
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to p.cipresso@auxologico.it and/or silvia.serino@unicatt.it