IEEE IRI 2022

Introduction and Scope: The aim of this workshop is to bring together academics, students and industry researchers to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Artificial Intelligence for HealthCare. This workshop is co-located with IEEE IRI 2022, August 9-11 which will take place virtually.

All the authors will be invited to expand and submit their papers for possible publication in a Sensors (MDPI) journal Special Issue entitled "Information and Communication Technologies for Social Good and Healthcare".

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Health care information systems interoperability, security and efficiency;
Ambient intelligence for wellbeing and e-health applications, supported by RFID technology and Wireless Sensor Networks;
Mobile applications and ubiquitous devices in Healthcare and lifestyle training;
Robotic systems and devices for health care and medicine;
Technologies to promote a healthy and secure society;
Big Data Analytics for e-health;
Assessment of Acceptance/Adoption models Cultural Evaluation of e-health;
Acceptance e-health and economic growth Factors affecting e-health adoption;
Machine learning for healthcare;
Intelligent systems for young and elderly people using mobile devices;
Human factors, efficient cost control and management in society;
Intelligent decision support and data systems in health care, medicine and society;
Innovation in people supporting activities (e.g. health care, schooling and services);
Embedded systems for healthcare;
IT Acceptance Models Acceptance of e-health services;
Major barriers and facilitators for e-health;
Biosignal Acquisition, Analysis and Processing;
Semantic Technologies and Cognition;
Physiological Computing in Mobile Devices;
Augmented Reality in Healthcare using Wearable devices;
Cloud computing for healthcare;
Mobile application concepts and technologies for different mobile platforms.

Important dates: Abstract Submission deadline: April 15, 2022; Paper Submission deadline: May 17, 2022; Paper notification: June 1, 2022; Camera ready submission deadline: June 18, 2022; Conference events: August 9-11, 2022

Paper submission: Submitted papers must be unpublished and not considered elsewhere for publication. Submissions will undergo a rigorous review process handled by the Technical Program Committee. Papers will be selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Only electronic submissions in PDF format through the EasyChair submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=techaal2022 will be considered. Papers must be in English, up to 8 pages in IEEE format, including references and appendices. The IEEE LaTeX and Microsoft Word templates, as well as formatting guidelines, can be found on the paper submission instructions available at the main conference website.

Paper Publication: At least one of the authors must register and present each accepted paper. Registered and presented papers will be published as workshop papers in the IEEE IRI conference proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society Press and included in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. All the authors will be invited to expand and submit their papers for possible publication in Sensors (MDPI) journal Special Issue entitled "Information and Communication Technologies for Social Good and Healthcare".

Workshop Chair: Ivan Miguel Pires, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal and Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal

Program Committee: Eftim Zdravevski, Saints Cyril and Methodius University, North Macedonia; Nuno Garcia, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal; Susanna Spinsante, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy; Petre Lameski, Saints Cyril and Methodius University, North Macedonia; Juliana Sá, Hospital Center of Oporto, Oporto, Portugal, and Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal; María Vanessa Villasana, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Cova da Beira, Covilhã, Portugal