AAL 2012 - 2nd International Living Usability Lab Workshop on AAL Latest Solutions, Trends and Applications - AAL 2012

2nd International Living Usability Lab Workshop on
AAL Latest Solutions, Trends and Applications - AAL 2012
1-4 February, 2012 - Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal

In conjunction with the 5th International Joint Conference on
Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - BIOSTEC 2012

CO-CHAIRS
Miguel Sales Dias
Microsoft Language Development Center
ISCTE-Lisbon University Institute
Portugal
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António Teixeira
DETI/IEETA, Universidade de Aveiro
Portugal
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Daniela Braga
Microsoft Language Development Center
ISCTE-Lisbon University Institute
Portugal
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SCOPE
It is our great pleasure to invite you to participate in the event AAL 2012, Living Usability Lab Workshop on AAL latest solutions, trends and applications, to be held in Vilamoura - Algarve, Portugal on 1-4 of February 2012, co-located with BIOSTEC 2012.

This event aims to present the latest results in the field of Ambient Assisted Living and to provide a forum for discussing the results achieved in the context of the project Living Usability Lab (LUL) for Next Generation Networks and in other related AAL projects. The technical program will consist of a full day of oral presentations, showcasing both internal contributions to the LUL project and latest research and applications on Ambient Assisted Living.

The authors are invited to submit their research contributions. All papers will be peer reviewed by a team of referees composed by members of the LUL consortium as well as external experts and scientists. The event provides an opportunity to present state-of-art research and development in a variety of topics related with the LUL project, as well as an opportunity to come up-to-date on important issues involved in the enhancement of Ambient Assisted Living.
TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
Living Labs
Indoor Localization Methods
Wireless Body Sensors Networks
Next Generation Networks for AAL
Elderly Care Support
Ambient Intelligence
Speech Technologies
Signal Processing
Multimodal User Interfaces
Pervasive Monitoring Technologies
Cloud Computing for AAL
Service-oriented Architectures for AAL
Smart Homes
Assistive Technologies for Seniors, Handicapped People
Robots at Home
Software Engineering for Accessibility
Design for All
End-user Development for Accessibility
Accessibility and Usability
Adaptive Interfaces
Human Computer Interfaces
Gesture Interfaces
Speech Interfaces
Natural Language Interfaces
Tangible and Organic Interfaces
Independent Living and Active Ageing
IMPORTANT DATES
Regular Paper Submission: October 27, 2011
Authors Notification: November 18, 2011
Final Paper Submission and Registration: December 5, 2011
WORKSHOP PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Adérito Fernandes Marcos, Universidade Aberta, Portugal
Alexandra Queirós, ESSUA, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
António Neves, DETI/IEETA, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
António Teixeira, DETI/IEETA, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Catarina Oliveira, ESSUA/IEETA, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Daniela Braga, Microsoft Language Development Center, ADETTI/ISCTE-IUL, Portugal
Dirk Elias, Fraunhofer Portugal, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Eduarda Rodrigues, FEUP and INESC Porto, Portugal
Emmanuel Conchon, Centre universitaire de Formation et de Recherche Jean-François Champollion, France
Géza Németh, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary
Hugo Gamboa, PLUX e FCT Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Hyongsil Cho, Microsoft Language Development Center, ADETTI/ISCTE-IUL, Portugal
João Paulo Cunha, DETI/IEETA, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Joel Rodrigues, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
José Fonseca, Micro I/O e IT/ Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Luis Coelho, IPP - ESEIG, Portugal
Luis Paulo Reis, FEUP, Portugal
Miguel Sales Dias, Microsoft Language Development Center, ADETTI/ISCTE-IUL, Portugal
Nelson Rocha, SACS/IEETA, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Nuno Guimarães, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Nuno M. Garcia, Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies, Lisbon, Portugal
Nuno Lau, DETI/IEETA, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Patrick McCrae, Microsoft Language Development Center, ADETTI/ISCTE-IUL, Portugal
Paulo Novais, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Pedro Vieira, FCT Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Remi Bastide, Centre universitaire de Formation et de Recherche Jean-François Champollion, France
Rubén San-Segundo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Teresa Chambel, LASIGE, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Urbano Nunes, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Cristiano Chesi, University of Siena, Italy / Microsoft Language Development Center, ADETTI/ISCTE-IUL, Portugal
Antonio Fernando Coelho, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Carlos Teixeira, FCUL, Portugal
João Barroso, UTAD, Portugal
J. Norberto Pires, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Luís Corte-Real, FEUP, INESC Porto, Portugal
Vitor Santos, UTAD, UMinho, Portugal
PAPER SUBMISSION
Prospective authors are invited to submit papers in any of the topics listed above.
Instructions for preparing the manuscript (in Word and Latex formats) are available at: Paper Templates
Please also check the Submission Guidelines.
Papers should be submitted electronically via the web-based submission system at: http://www.insticc.org/Primoris
PUBLICATIONS
All accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings book, under an ISBN reference and on CD-ROM support.
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SciTePress Digital Library (http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/). SciTePress is member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/).
SECRETARIAT CONTACTS
BIOSTEC Workshops - AAL 2012
e-mail: biostec.secretariat-AT-insticc.org