2011 - The 3rd Workshop on "Affect and Behaviour Related Assistance "

The 3rd Workshop on
"Affect and Behaviour Related Assistance "

(Call for Papers) (Workshop Website)
Workshop Theme and Goals

The third workshop of this kind will continue the interesting debate of ideas and solutions for supporting people in their daily environment with technologies respecting and taking into account cognitive, emotional, and behavioral aspects of the person. Reaching further, we want to expand the discussion from mainly home-based support systems to business applications and mobile solutions, opening many more possibilities for support and assistance of people in their daily life.

Persons in need of such assistance technologies are not only elderly people, but also or maybe even more those persons who need to balance work, family, and care for elderly relatives.

To provide assistance that really supports a person in a specific situation and context requires novel techniques for detecting situations in which assistance or attention is needed. Information need to be collected from many different sources like sensors or the Internet. Fusion and integration techniques as well as reasoning and visualization technologies for this new blend of data are required to allow for comprehensive solutions. This workshop wants to provide a platform for researchers and product developers alike to exchange and propose new ideas, discuss novel technologies and approaches, and not least to show latest developments and project results.

Topics of Interest

We particularly solicit contributions on the following subjects:
Non-obtrusive monitoring and analysis of activity, well-being, mental state
Ambient/mobile assistance in private life, for health care and therapy
Ambient/mobile assistance for business processes and documentation
Inclusion of social networking aspects
Serious games for affect and behaviour related assistance
Methods for visualizing activity and mental states
Assistive robots in the home and health context
Novel interaction methods tailored to the elderly
Studies on elderly and their attitudes to and interaction with technology