Dear friends & colleagues, a happy and productive New Year! Due to multiple extension requests, the submission deadline for full and short papers for ACM PETRA has been extended from January 17 to January 31. We cordially invite you to submit papers for both the main conference and the workshops: http://www.petrae.org/ The conference will be held in Corfu (Greece) from June 30 to July 3. The proceedings, including workshop papers, will be published in the ACM Digital Library. Deadlines - January 31: Full Papers (5-10 pages) and Short Papers (3-4) pages) - March 20: Workshop Papers (3-10 pages) and Poster Papers (1-2 pages) Research areas include, but are not limited to: - Healthcare Informatics - Big Data Management - Data Privacy and Remote Health Monitoring - Games for Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation - User Interface Design and Usability - Reasoning Systems and Machine Learning - Affective Computing - Cyberlearning : Theory, Methods and Technologies - Human-Robot Interaction - Human-Centered Computing - Human Monitoring - Haptics - Gesture and Motion Tracking - Cognitive Modeling - Wearable Computing - Interactions and the Internet of Things (IoT) Applications include, but are not limited to: - Sensor networks for pervasive health care - Mobile and wireless technologies - Healthcare privacy and data security - Smart rehabilitation systems - Game design for cognitive assessment and social interaction - Behavior monitoring systems - Computer vision in healthcare - Virtual and augmented reality environments - Ambient assisted living - Navigation systems - Collaboration and data sharing - Wearable devices - Drug delivery evaluation - Vocational safety and health monitoring - Eyetracking - Telemedicine and biotechnology - Technologies for senior living - Social impact of pervasive technologies - Intelligent assistive environments - Technologies to provide assessment and intervention for Stroke recovery, spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis - Technologies for improving quality of daily living - Robotics research for rehabilitation and tele-rehabilitation - Innovative design for smart wheelchairs and smart canes - Computer based training systems for artificial limbs and prosthetics - Disability computing: Smart systems to assist persons with visual, hearing, and loss of limb functionalities - Smart Cities of the Future - Assistive Technologies for Urban Environments We are looking to meet you in Corfu. Best, Oliver _______________________________________ Prof. Dr. Oliver Korn Director ACI: Affective & Cognitive Institute PC-Chair PETRA 2020 Offenburg University Badstr. 24, 77652 Offenburg, Germany Tel. +49 (0) 781 / 205 - 4690 www.affective-lab.org www.hs-offenburg.de --------------------------------------------------------------- For news of CHI books, courses & software, join CHI-RESOURCES mailto: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe from CHI-ANNOUNCEMENTS send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] For further details of CHI lists see http://listserv.acm.org ---------------------------------------------------------------