Scope

Wearable communications and personal health management are the future trends the healthcare procedures are nowadays heading for. To make this happen, new technologies are required to provide trustable measuring and communications mechanisms from the data source to medical health databases. Wireless body area networks (WBAN) are one major element in this process. Not only on-body devices but also technologies providing information from inside a body are in the focus of this Conference. Dependable communications combined with accurate localization and behavior analysis will benefit WBAN technology and make the healthcare processes more effective.

This conference will explore the scope and challenges of designing, building, and deploying body area networks (BodyNets). The conference aims to establish a forum to exchange ideas, discuss practices, raise awareness, and share experiences among researchers and practitioners in the field of computer science, electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, medicine, and other disciplines in both academia and industry.

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Topics

We seek novel, innovative, and exciting work in areas including but not limited to:

Technical Tracks:

Wearable Computing
Embedded Devices and Medical Applications
In-, On- and Off-Body Communications & Networking
Antennas and Propagation
Security and privacy of health data communications
Smart BAN for Social Inclusion
Socio-economic aspects of health caring
Medical device regulation
Human bond communications
Remote patient management and preventive care
Radio coexistence and interference management
Rehabilitation and activity monitoring
Wellness and sport applications of body area networks
ICT solutions for health and wellness education
Molecular Communications
WBANs supporting cognitive impairments

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Publication

All the presented papers will be included in the conference proceedings, published by Springer, made available through SpringerLink Digital Library.

Proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in leading indexing services, Ei Compendex, ISI Web of Science, Scopus, CrossRef, Google Scholar, DBLP, as well as EAI’s own EU Digital Library (EUDL).

Authors of selected best accepted and presented papers will be invited to submit an extended version to:

IEEE Access
Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220) (IF: 2.475)
Springer Wireless Networks (WINET) (IF:1.981)

All accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a fast track of:

EAI Endorsed Transactions on Security and Safety