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CALL FOR PAPERS

The 7th International Conference On Smart homes and health Telematics (ICOST2009) Theme: "Ambient assistive health and wellness management in the heart of the city". 1-3 July, 2009 - Paris, France www.icost-conference.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES - All submissions (papers/demos): 24 January, 2009 - Author notification : 2 March, 2009 - Camera-ready copy : 5 April, 2009

Organizer: Institut TELECOM / TELECOM SudParis

Publication: Conference Proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag as a volume in LNCS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current advances in enabling technologies coupled with evolving care paradigms allow us to foresee novel applications and services for improving the quality of life for ageing and disabled people, both inside and outside of their homes. ICOST intends to present the latest approaches and technical solutions in the area of Smart Homes, Health Telematics, and emerging enabling technologies. Specifically we wish to provide the opportunity to present the latest results in the successes of real deployment of systems and services. This addresses technical and social solutions beyond the home environment and covers the use of assistive technologies in the heart of the community. Technical topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Intelligent Environments with emphasis on Smart Homes - Personal Medical Data Collection and Processing (Health Vaults) - Devices, Systems and Algorithms for Vision/Hearing/Cognitive/ Communication Impairments - Home Networks and Residential Gateways - Human-Machine Interface and Ambient Intelligence - Home Health Monitoring and Intervention - Wearable Sensors / Integrated Micro/Nano Systems - Tele-Assistance and Tele-Rehabilitation - Assistive and Rehabilative Robotics and Smart Wheelchairs - Social/Privacy/Security Issues - Context Awareness / Autonomous Computing - Middleware Support for Smart Home and Health Telematic Services - Modelling of Physical and Conceptual Information in Intelligent Environments - Real World Deployments and Experiences in Smart Homes, Hospitals, and Living Communities - Elder Perspectives on Smart Home Technologies - Assistive Technology to Improve Quality of Life for Older Adults and their Caregivers - Gerontechnology, Social Science and Health Care Technology

ICOST2009 will have the focus on the deployment of technology and usage with the involvement of both industrials and end users. Demonstration sessions and brainstorming sessions with users will be organised in addition to regular paper and poster presentation sessions.

SUBMISSION

There will be a combination of presentations including scientific papers, posters and technology demonstrations. Prospective authors are invited, in the first instance, to submit papers for oral presentation in any of the areas of interest for this conference. The initial submission for evaluation should be in the form of a 4-8 page paper outline. Authors are strongly recommended to submit the full 8-page English language version. Springer LNCS format should be used for submission.

GENERAL CHAIRS

- Mounir Mokhtari, Institut TELECOM/TELECOM SudParis, France - Daqing Zhang, Institut TELECOM/TELECOM SudParis, France - Chris Nugent, University of Ulster, United Kingdom

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

- Z. Zenn Bien, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea - Keith Chan, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ, Hong Kong - Carl K. Chang, Iowa State University, USA - Sylvain Giroux, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada - Sumi Helal, University of Florida, USA - Mounir Mokhtari, Institut TELECOM/TELECOM SudParis, France - Chris Nugent, University of Ulster, United Kingdom - Toshiyo Tamura, Chiba University, Japan - Tatsuya Yamazaki, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan - Xingshe Zhou, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China - Daqing Zhang, Institut TELECOM/TELECOM SudParis, France

PROGRAM CHAIR

- Ismail Khalil, Johannes Kepler University, Austria

PUBLICITY CHAIRS

- Sergio Guillen, ITACA, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain - Shiuh-Jeng Wang, Central Police University, Taiwan - Bessam AbdulRazak, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada

INDUSTRY LIAISON CHAIRS

- Daby Sow, IBM Watson Lab, USA - Mahmoud Ghorbel, Alcatel-Lucent, France

LOCAL ORGANIZATION CHAIR

- Jérémy Bauchet, Institut TELECOM/TELECOM SudParis, France

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