Atlier 2013 - International Workshop on Atelier of Smart Garments and Accessories

Organizers: Maurizio Caon, Yong Yue, Giuseppe Andreoni, and Elena Mugellini
Workshop website: https://sites.google.com/site/ateliersmartgarments...
Wearable computing represented an important paradigm shift in engineering and computer science. At the present time, wearable computing is undergoing a new paradigm shift: the wearable systems that used to be transportable devices are actually weaving itself into ‘the fabric of everyday life’ (as predicted by Weiser). Indeed, the current trend of wearable computing is integrating the technology directly in the garments without introducing new body-worn systems. Clothes, shoes, eye-glasses, bracelets and watches are becoming smarter, seamlessly embedding more and more powerful computational resources and communication possibilities. The change has already begun and this workshop aims to bring together researchers from the academia and the industry in order to establish a multidisciplinary community interested in discovering and exploring the challenges and opportunities coming from this natural evolution of wearable computing. Moreover, the Atelier of Smart Garments and Accessories aims to build a network of researchers dealing with the issues related to the design and development of smart garments and accessories in order to prepare joint projects, funding applications and work towards a series of workshops. The workshop will discuss the development of a coherent but multi-disciplinary research agenda for smart garments and agree detailed proposals for future work in the area.