[Tccc] 5th UbiHealth Workshop and announcement of "Mental Health and the Impact of Ubiquitous Technologies" Special Issue

Two weeks to the deadline:

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

http://www.create-net.org/ubint/ubihealth



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