TechAAL 2019: 3rd IET International Conference on Technologies for Active and Assisted Living IET London: Savoy Place London, UK, March 25, 2019 |
Conference website | https://events.theiet.org/techaal/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=techaal2019 |
Submission deadline | December 21, 2018 |
Active and assisted living (AAL) makes "use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in a person's daily living and working environment to enable them to stay active longer, remain socially connected and live independently into old age" (http://www.aal-europe.eu). Research efforts in AAL have increased rapidly to support independent living, as the social and economic impact of aging population has become a more concrete problem in our European society. The impact of the European demographic change is widely recognised making critical the need to address the problem both from a societal and economic standpoint. In the light of this, research into aging, age-related conditions and into supporting an aging population has become a priority for many governments around the world.
AAL aims to provide assistive solutions for people affected by a wide range of physical and cognitive challenges, in particular elderly persons. AAL applies the paradigm of the Internet of Things where sensing technology is embedded in objects, or in the environment or worn on the person to promote health and enhance wellbeing, or to help maintain an independent life at home. Captured sensor data are analysed to detect activity and infer knowledge about the physical or cognitive status of a monitored person; recognising and classifying patterns, detecting trends, and unusual or anomalous behaviour.
AAL systems should be intelligent, able to learn and adapt to a wide variety of needs and requirements in real-time, synchronised with the specific need and designed and implemented to pre-empt, whenever possible, accidents and incidents that might occur in an assisted environment.
Nowadays, this is a very relevant area for research and innovation. Therefore, this event will serve as an important channel to present the latest advances in this area. Being a multidisciplinary area, the event would attract researchers and professionals with different expertise: technological, health, care and social sciences, business.
Topics of interest include but not limited to:
Technologies:
- Smart homes
- Intelligent sensors
- Interaction with the smart home (wearable, gesture recognition, affective computing)
- Data fusion
- Computer vision for AAL
- Reasoning systems
- Networks and integration platform
- Assistive and social robotics
Applications:
- Tele-care and tele-health
- Fall prevention, detection and intervention
- Gait analysis
- Prevention and management of chronic conditions
- Support to activities of daily living (ADL)
- Mental health and cognitive stimulation
- Indoor and outdoor mobility
- Well-being, social interaction and isolation
- AAL at work
Associated issues:
- Interoperability
- Usability and accessibility
- Privacy and ethical issues
Submission Guidelines
Full papers are invited on all aspects of active and assistive living from academia, industry and others to be selected for oral presentations through a peer reviewed system. Papers should be submitted online via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=techaal2019. All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
Important dates
- 21 December 2018 (EXTENDED) - Submission of full papers
- 18 January 2019 - Notification of acceptance
- 1 February 2019 - Submission of camera-ready papers
- 25 March 2019 - Conference
Committees
Program Committee
- To be confirmed
Organizing committee
- Francisco Florez-Revuelta, Universidad de Alicante, Spain (chair)
- Ashley Rowe, The Institution of Engineering and Computing (local organisation)
Publication
TechAAL 2019 proceedings will be published by the IET and indexed by INSPEC (IET Digital Library), provided that at least one author registers and presents the work,
Venue
The conference will be held at IET London venue at Savoy Place located in the heart of London.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to:
- Francisco Florez Revuelta for information regarding research issues; and
- Ashley Rowe for conference queries or about event sponsorship/exhibition opportunities.