Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. *********************************************************************** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION +++ International Workshop on Intelligent Healthcare Solutions (IHS'11) +++ held at the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI'11) July 18-21, 2011 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA *********************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES Submission Deadline: March 27, 2011 Notification of Acceptance: April 10, 2011 Camera-Ready Papers: April 24, 2011 *********************************************************************** WORKSHOP THEME Within the last years a variety of new healthcare concepts for supporting and assisting users in technology-enhanced environments emerged. These intelligent healthcare solutions are characterized by a combined use of information and communication technologies and health monitoring devices. The spectrum of emerging technical applications covers a broad variety of developments, reaching from internal technologies (implants for monitoring physiological signals) over devices integrated into clothes (wearable technologies) to healthcare robots or smart home technologies, which support older people in keeping up their independent life at home. Nevertheless, practical experience shows, that the brilliance and novelty of technical solutions does not guarantee the successful diffusion of these innovations. The success of (future) healthcare technologies depends decisively on the extent to which technical developments meet the specific needs and wants of users as well as their willingness to use and integrate the devices into their personal spaces. In order to fully exploit the potential of smart healthcare technologies, not only aspects of technical feasibility have to be considered. Intelligent healthcare technologies substantially depend on the patients’ acceptance to use them. Therefore, this workshop aims to bring together researchers from different disciplines to discuss the interrelation of medical, technical, and social factors and their consequences for the design, use and acceptance of intelligent healthcare systems. *********************************************************************** WORKSHOP TOPICS Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: Intelligent Healthcare Systems and Infrastructures * Intelligent Agents * Intelligent Networks * Intelligent Databases * Intelligent User interface * Decision Support Systems * Automated Problem Solving * Knowledge Acquisition * Intelligent Information Fusion Concepts and Applications * Novel Healthcare Concepts * Software Infrastructures and Architectures for Intelligent Healthcare Applications * Tools and Design Techniques for Healthcare Systems * Interaction Design * Multidisciplinary or Interdisciplinary Design * Emotional and Hedonic Design * Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing in Healthcare * Ambient Assisted Living Environments * Technologies and Devices for Smart Healthcare Systems Human-Computer Interaction * Human Aspects of Future and Emerging Healthcare Technologies * Human-Computer Interaction in Healthcare * User-Centered or Human-Centered Design * Emotion and Affective User Interface * Adaptive and Tangible User Interfaces for Intelligent Healthcare Systems * Universal (or Disability) Access Social and Ethical Aspects * Accessibility and Usability * User Diversity * Ethical and Normative Requirements * Gender Specific Healthcare Design * Economical, Legal, and Environmental Constraints * Technology Acceptance and Performance * Social and Societal Aspects of Intelligent Healthcare Solutions * Legal Issues in Intelligent Healthcare Applications * Privacy, Security, and Trust in Intelligent Healthcare Systems * Cultural Aspects of Intelligent Healthcare Systems *********************************************************************** SUBMISSION Interested researchers are invited to submit a paper (2-4 pages, IEEE format) to the workshop organizers ([log in to unmask] ) until March 27, 2011. The papers should focus on current research activities and/or interesting aspects of future work. All papers will be peer-reviewed and evaluated based on their novelty, originality, and relevance to the workshop theme. Authors of accepted position papers will be notified until April 15, 2011. Accepted workshop papers will be published in the ICAI conference proceedings. The workshop will be held at ICAI'11, July 18-21, 2011 in Las Vegas, USA. *********************************************************************** ORGANIZERS Carsten Röcker, RWTH Aachen University, Germany Martina Ziefle, RWTH Aachen University, Germany Andreas Holzinger, Medical University Graz, Austria Daniela Plewe, National University of Singapore, Singapore Carsten Magerkurth, SAP Research, Switzerland --------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send an empty email to mailto:[log in to unmask] For further details of CHI lists see http://listserv.acm.org ---------------------------------------------------------------