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CALL FOR PAPERS
IEEE International Conference on Orange Technologies (ICOT 2013)
March 12–16, 2013, Tainan, Taiwan
Sponsored by IEEE and IEEE Tainan Section
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The first ever World Happiness Report has been published recently by the United Nations, which reflects a new worldwide demand for more attention to happiness as criteria for government policy. This also calls upon science and technology in both natural and social domains to be developed for promoting a happy and healthy lifestyle in our modern society. Orange technology is a newly defined interdisciplinary research area for integration and innovation of health, happiness, and care technologies in order to meet this world trend. The research scope includes computer science, electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, psychological/physiological science, cognitive science, social science, and dechnology (design + technology). The representative color of orange technology originates from a harmonic fusion of red (representing brightness of health and happiness) and yellow (representing warming care). Instead of emphasizing the relations between environments and humans, as proposed by green technology, the objective of orange technology aims to bring more health, happiness, warming care, and more mental wellness to the society.

The 2013 IEEE International Conference on Orange Technologies (ICOT 2013) sponsored by IEEE Tainan Section will be held in Tainan, Taiwan. The objective of this conference is to stimulate the establishment of Orange Technologies and to bring together scientists, engineers and other interdisciplinary professionals to share innovation ideas. With tutorial, keynote, special, and regular sessions, the ICOT 2013 aims to promote the research, developments and applications of bio-medical innovation and intelligent computing for orange technologies. Authors are encouraged to submit original papers in any area related to orange technologies, including but not limited to the following topics:


Health Technology
Biomedical Engineering and Applications
Information Technology in Biomedicine
Medical Imaging Processing
fMRI-Based Neuro-Computing
Biomedical Sensors, Transducers, and BioMEMS
Biomedical Circuits and Systems
Intelligent Health Instrumentation
Rehabilitation Technology
Telehealth and Telecare

Happiness Technology and Index
Affective Computing for Happiness Detection
Long-Term Positive Emotion Detection
Smiling Faces and Laughter Detection
Happiness Detection from Psychological/Physiological Bio-Signals
System Design for Happiness Promotion
Theory and Measurement of Gross National Happiness (GNH) Index
Cultural Difference and Cross National Comparison in GNH
National Policy Making and Strategies for Enhancing GNH

Warming Care Technology
Information Technology in Health and Mental Care
Friendly and Affordable Human-Machine Interface for Senior and Children Care
Cloud Health and Mental Care Services
Assistive Technology and Senior Companion Robot
Smart Living for Elderly and Children Care
Body-Mind Fitness Care

All the accepted papers will be indexed by EI and IEEE Xplore.


Important Dates
Submission Deadline for Special Session Proposals October 15, 2012
Acceptance Notification of Special Session Proposals October 25, 2012
Paper Submission Deadline for Regular & Special Sessions November 15, 2012
Notification of Paper Acceptance December 31, 2012
Submission Deadline for Final Camera-ready Papers January 18, 2013
Deadline for Author Registration January 25, 2013
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Honorary Chairs
Hwung-Hweng Hwung, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Michael M. C. Lai, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
General Chairs
Jhing-Fa Wang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Kirk Shung, University of Southern California, USA
Fong-Chin Su, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Program Chairs
Qiang Fang, RMIT University, Australia
Chien-Hung Tsai, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Shuenn-Yuh Lee, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
Special Session Chairs
Nicola Robinson, Editor-in-Chief of European Journal of Integrated Medicine, UK
Xiaohong Peng, Aston University, UK
Ching-Hsing Luo, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Rong-Shean Lee, National Science Council, Taiwan
Kuo-Sheng Cheng, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Shu-Mei Guo, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Shyhnan Liou, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Shi-Huang Chen, Shu-Te University, Taiwan
Po-Chuan Lin, Tung Fang Design University, Taiwan
Bo-Wei Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Ta-Wen Kuan, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Tutorial Chairs
Chung-Hsien Wu, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Vincent Tseng, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Organization Chairs
Jar-Ferr Yang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Mingyue Ding, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Publication Chairs
Pei-Yin Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Chia-Ling Wei, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Ming Zhao, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Finance Chair
Chien-Hung Tsai, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Publicity Chair
Darby Tien-Hao Chang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Local Arrangement Chairs
Chin-Lung Yang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Hung-Yi Wang National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan