5th International Workshop on Ubiquitous Health and Wellness (UbiHealth 2010)
in conjunction with 12th ACM International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp 2010)
Copenhagen, Denmark, 26th September 2010
http://www.create-net.org/ubint/ubihealth
Authors of papers of high merit will be invited to submit Full Papers to Personal and Ubiquitous Computing journal, Special Issue on “Mental Health and the Impact of Ubiquitous Technologies”.
Submission deadline: 15th July 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS
This workshop continues the line of UbiHealth workshops organized at the Ubicomp conference in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. Up till now, the majority of research within Ubiquitous Healthcare (UbiHealth) has focused on ubiquitous computing for somatic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, and obesity. Research on these topics is still very relevant and represents the main contribution to UbiHealth.
This year, however, we intend to expand the participation to include researchers working with ubiquitous computing for mental disorders and maintenance of mental health. While, some research has been directed towards dementia and autism, less focus has been given to the major mental disorders, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and chronic stress. However, mental disorders affect around a quarter of all people at some time during their life. These disorders are universal – affecting all countries and societies, and individuals at all ages. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), mental disorders have a major negative direct and indirect impact on economy and on the quality of life of individuals and families.
CONTRIBUTIONS
We invite researchers and practitioners from a variety of backgrounds such as engineering, computer science, pervasive computing, human computer interface design, psychology, psychiatry and other medical sciences. The main objective of the workshop will be to strengthen the cooperation within the growing community in pervasive healthcare research, allowing lively exchange of ideas and foster new collaborations.
The workshop seeks research work on the topics including, but not limited to:
- Bio and physiological measurement technology
- Unobtrusive long-term monitoring systems
- Wearable sensors and brain to computer interfaces
- Innovative algorithms for assessment of long-term physiological and behavioral data
- Prediction of disease or episode onset
- Decision support for therapy planning
- Tele health and mobile technology
- Interaction Designs and Applications for patient self-care
- Virtual reality systems for therapy
- Persuasive technologies and approaches for changing behaviors
- Games in assessment and therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy, speech therapy, music therapy and development of new therapies
- Support for preventative measures
- Supporting maintenance of mental wellness
SUBMISSIONS
We invite authors interested in these topics to submit a camera ready paper of 2-4 pages using the UbiComp 2010 Submission Template for Papers and Notes. Papers should address themes from this workshop in the format of a position paper, preliminary results, field studies or technology prototypes. Please submit papers by email to:
ubihealth [-at-] create-net.org
Authors of papers of high merit will be invited to submit Full Papers to Personal and Ubiquitous Computing Journal, Special Issue on “Mental Health and the Impact of Ubiquitous Technologies”.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission Deadline: July 15th, 2010
Notification of Acceptance: August 16th, 2010
Camera-ready deadline: September 6th, 2010
Workshop date: September 26th, 2010
ORGANISERS
Bert Arnrich (http://www.ife.ee.ethz.ch/people/arnrichb/index), ETH Zurich
Venet Osmani (http://www.create-net.org/ubint/venet-osmani.htm), CREATE-NET
Giuseppe Riva, Catholic University of Milan
Jakob Bardram (http://www.itu.dk/~bardram/), IT University of Copenhagen