Call for Papers

SEGAH 2017
5TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SERIOUS GAMES AND APPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH
April 2 – 4, 2017
Perth, Western Australia
co-located with 26^th International World Wide Web Conference, 2017 (http://www.www2017.com.au/)

View this call online at: http://www.segah.org/2017/

Supported by:
Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave, IPCA, Barcelos, Portugal
Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 30th, 2016

Dear Colleagues,

The 5^th IEEE International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SEGAH 2017, will be held in Perth, Western Australia, from 2-4 April, 2017.

The overall objectives of the conference are the discussion and sharing of knowledge, experiences and scientific and technical results, related to state-of-the-art solutions and technologies on serious games and applications for health and healthcare, as well as the demonstration of advanced products and technologies. The 5th edition of SEGAH also features a special-topic workshop on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Wearable Technologies.

We particularly welcome research on topics in the following areas:

CONFERENCE TOPICS:

• Virtual and Augmented Reality
• Patient education
• Game-based learning
• Exercising and active living
• Natural user interface
• Human-computer interface
• Assistive technologies
• Accessibility
• Diagnosis
• Algorithms
• Game design and development
• Artificial intelligence
• Signal processing
• E-learning and Education
• Public Health Informatics
• Telemedicine and real-time monitoring
• Clinical training
• Healthcare professionals training
• Rehabilitation
• Public health education
• Medical imaging processing, Analysis and Visualization
• Augmented reality for Minimally-invasive surgery
• Techniques and tools for Minimally-invasive surgery
• Robotic surgical Procedures
• Robotic instruments for surgery

WORKSHOP TOPICS:

• Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality
  • Tracking and sensing
  • Interaction devices
  • Immersive projection and display technology
  • Haptic technologies
  • Audio technologies
  • Modelling and simulation
  • Computer graphics techniques
  • Hardware graphics acceleration
  • Avatars
  • Presence, immersion and interaction
  • Virtual Environments and Intelligent Agents
  • Locomotion and navigation in virtual environments
  • Multi‐user and distributed computing
  • VR systems and toolkits
  • Perception and cognition
  • Teleoperation and telepresence
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Applications
• Wearable technologies
  • Smart devices
  • Displays
  • Power management
  • UX/UI design
  • Sensors and actuators
  • Sensor and Body networks
  • Data Collection and Privacy
  • Smart textiles
  • Wearable development: biocompatibility; functionality, quality and reliability
  • Applications
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Big Data and Internet-of-Things

IMPORTANT DATES:

Full Paper Submission: October 30, 2016
Short Paper Submission (extended abstract): October 30, 2016
Tutorial Submission: October 30, 2016
Demo Submission: October 30, 2016
Special-Topic Workshop Submission: October 30, 2016
Authors Notification: December 7, 2016
Final Paper Submission and Registration: January 13, 2017
Early Registration: January 13, 2017

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS:

Nuno Dias, Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal
Sara de Freitas, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS:

João Vilaça, Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal
Kevin Wong, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

Please check the program committee members at
http://www.segah.org/2017/committees.html

CONTACT:

Questions about the conference should be directed to the organisers through the email secretariat@segah.org