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CALL FOR PAPERS/PARTICIPATION:
MindCare - The 6th International Symposium on Pervasive Computing Paradigms for Mental Health
November 28-29, 2016
Barcelona, Spain
SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER 22
Website:
www.mindcaresymposium.org <http://mindcaresymposium.org/>
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Gustavo Deco, Head of the Computational Neuroscience Group and Director of the Center of Brain and Cognition Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
Prof. Jakob Bardram, Director of the Copenhagen Center for Health Technology (CACHET), Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen
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MindCare 2016 continues the tradition of being a place where technological, psychiatric and psychological disciplines meet. It hosts top researchers and practitioners focused on exploiting technological advancements to maintain and/or improve mental health.
Technology is allowing the acquisition of unprecedented information related to individuals’ mental wellbeing as well as the provision of novel methods of treatment. The MindCare Community leverages the opportunities offered by the technological advancements to provide an improved diagnosis, a better support to both healthy subjects and patients, but also to extend the theoretical knowledge.
We are soliciting high-quality papers in the following topics (but not limited to):
Sensing and data processing
Wearable computing
Smart environments
Biomedical devices
Speech Analysis
Big data for individual or 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
Important dates
Paper submission due - September 22nd, 2016
Acceptance Notification - October 17th, 2016
Camera-ready deadline - October 24th, 2016
Paper Submission
Authors are invited to submit papers in the following categories: regular papers up to 10 pages, short papers up to 6 pages and poster papers up to 3 pages. Papers should be formatted using the Springer's LNICST <http://www.springer.com/lnicst/> Authors' Kit. The submissions should be made through the Easychair electronic system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mindcare2016 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mindcare2016> All the submissions will be reviewed anonymously by 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.
Publication
The accepted papers will be published by Springer (the series will be confirmed shortly) 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).
Accepted authors will be invited to submit an extended version of their work through the following EAI endorsed publication: EAI Endorsed Transactions on Pervasive Health and Technology <https://be-mn1.mag-news.it/nl/web?h=2tg0ntir8rl12nrq9pn58gjktd&i=2s7&iw=1&p=H552616211&s=lp&sl=eng&sn=18d&z=rb0>.
The MindCare 2016 General Chairs
Nuria Oliver, Telefonica I+D, Spain
Aleksandar Matic, Telefonica Alpha, Spain
Pietro Cipresso, Instituto Auxologico Italiano, Italy
Silvia Serino, UniversitĂ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano
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