CBR 2012 - International Workshop on CBR in the Health Sciences

Health science domains have provided fertile ground for CBR research and development since the earliest days of case-based reasoning. New advances into health science frontiers ensure that CBR will continue to play a vital role well into the future. This eighth Workshop on CBR in the Health Sciences aims to:
provide a forum for identifying important contributions and opportunities for research on the application of CBR to the health sciences
promote the systematic study of how to apply CBR to the health sciences
showcase applications of CBR in the health sciences
Some of the technical issues addressed, and potential outcomes of the workshop, are to identify challenges specific to applying CBR to the health sciences, required methodological improvements to fit this context's needs, preferred types and domains of applications, and guidelines to better develop CBR systems in this arena. A special issue of Expert Systems with Applications is planned to feature the contributions of this workshop as well as other outstanding work in the field. We welcome all those interested in the problems and promise of CBR in the health sciences, whether or not they have participated in past workshops. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
Integration of CBR in health care environments
CBR in medical decision-support systems
CBR in medical imaging
CBR in enabling technologies for those with physical disabilities or chronic health problems
CBR and knowledge discovery in medicine and the health sciences
Cognitive approaches to applying CBR to medicine
Theoretical framework for CBR in medical reasoning
CBR in bioinformatics
CBR and evidence-based medicine
Paper presentations will be interspersed with discussions in which we characterize, categorize, and discuss the benefits of specific CBR applications in the health sciences. A wrap-up round table discussion will summarize the lessons learnt, issues identified, and future directions.