2009 International Workshop on Wireless Pervasive Healthcare (WiPH
2009), March 31, 2009, London UK
(http://www.wiph-workshop.org/)
to be held in conjunction with 3rd International Conference on
Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare 2009, April 1-3,
London UK
(http://www.pervasivehealth.org/cfp.shtml)
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Aim of the workshop
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Wireless access for pervasive healthcare is an emerging
cross-disciplinary subject, focusing on the research and developments
of pervasive and ubiquitous wireless technologies in order to improve
the quality of healthcare and wellness. With the recent advances in
hardware design and wireless communications, the evolution of new
generations of embedded wireless devices, which facilitates reliable,
comprehensive, and high-standard healthcare, has attracted intensive
attention from both industries and academic institutes. Particularly,
developments in wireless infrastructure, such as body-area networks or
pervasive health-monitoring system, have proved beneficial to deliver
telemedicine services regardless of a patient's physical location.
However, there still exist many challenges to overcome before the real
marketing stage due to requirements for reliable signal propagation
characteristics, low network latency, low packet loss, robust data and
image transmission, and the great need for safe, secure, and
dependable operation. In addition, cost issue is another key concern
for worldwide utilization of wireless devices for pervasive
healthcare.
The aim of the workshop is to bring together both the industry and
academia to present and discuss the problems, challenges, directions,
and state-of-art in the fields of wireless access for pervasive
healthcare. The workshop will try to build a bridge between the
industry and academic research so that future collaborations between
two sectors can be identified. In addition, we welcome demos of
state-of-the-art products.
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Topics of interests (not limited to)
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Topics of interest relating to wireless access techniques for
healthcare are (but not limited to):
· New network architectures
· RF techniques
· Propagation models, such as on-body/in-body propagation channel
models
· Transmission technologies and baseband signal processing
· Health sensing techniques
· Health imaging and localization by large bandwidth
communications, for example UWB
· Mobile, wearable and implantable sensor integration
· Ambient and home based technologies
· Sensors and mobile devices for continuous patient monitoring
· Wireless sensor networks for hospitals, operating rooms,
elderly monitoring, and other applications
· Enabling technologies for future medical devices and systems
· Embedded, real-time, networked system infrastructures
· Robust, verifiable, fault-tolerant networking protocols
· Real-time data acquisition, processing and analysis
· QoS and resource management
· Cognitive radio and dynamic spectrum sharing techniques
· Distributed control of wearable and implantable medical devices
· Security and privacy issues
· Testbeds, prototypes, and other novel applications
· Electromagnetic interference by wireless devices on medical
equipment
· Interoperability and standardization
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Submission Guidelines
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WiPH2009 accepts only novel, previously unpublished papers in the area
of wireless technologies for healthcare. Submissions can be a 2-page
extended abstract including results. Submission of a paper should be
regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at
least one of the authors will register for the conference and present
the work. All accepted submissions will be published in IEEE Xplore
Digital Library.
Detailed instructions to authors can be found in:
http://www.pervasivehealth.org/submission.shtml
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Important Dates
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Paper submission: February 10, 2009
Notification to Authors: February 20, 2009
Camera Ready: February 27, 2009
Workshop dates: March 31, 2009
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Local organizing committee
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Lingyang Song, Philips Research, UK
Rob Davies, Philips Research, UK
David Walker, Philips Research, UK
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Program committee
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Thomas Falck, Philips Research, Netherlands
Bert Gyselinckx, IMEC Eindhoven, Netherlands
Joseph Paradiso, The Media Laboratory, MIT, US
Alister Burr, University of York, UK
Bingli Jiao, Beijing University, China
Pankaj Vadgama, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Yuanting Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
Steffen Leonhardt, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
George Papadopoulos, University of Patras, Greece
Egidijus Kazanavicius, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Juanlius Navarro Mesa, Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Agnius Liutkevicius, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Aggeliki Prayati, Industrial Systems Institute, Greece
William G. Scanlon, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
Arunas Vrubliauskas, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Christos Koulamas, Industrial Systems Institute, Greece
Christos Antonopoulos, University of Patras, Greece
Guang-Zhong Yang, Imperial College, UK
Lars Schmitt, Philips Research Europe, Netherlands
Marco Sgroi, Wireless Sensor Networks Lab sponsored by Pirelli and Telecom
Italia, CA
Jon Adams, Freescale Semiconductor, US
Chris McLeod, Imperial College, UK
Yang Hao, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
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Contact Information
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Dr. Lingyang Song
Philips Research, 101 Cambridge Science park, Milton Road, Cambridge,
CB4 0FY, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 427523
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 427550
Email: lingyang.song@philips.com