2016 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ORANGE TECHNOLOGIES (ICOT2016)
http://www.icot-conference.org/2016

December 17-20, 2016

Melbourne, Australia

The 2016 IEEE International Conference on Orange Technologies (ICOT 2016) sponsored by IEEE will be held in Melbourne, Australia. 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, Invited, special, and regular sessions, the ICOT 2016 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



IMPORTANT DATES

Submission Deadline for Special Session Proposals Jun. 01, 2016 (passed)
Acceptance Notification of Special Session Proposals Jun. 20, 2016 (passed)
Paper Submission Deadline for Regular & Special Sessions August 15, 2016
Notification of Paper Acceptance September 15, 2016
Submission Deadline for Final Camera-ready Papers October 15, 2016
Deadline for Author Registration October 15, 2016

PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION

Prospective authors are invited to submit original technical papers for publication in the ICOT Conference Proceedings. Submitted papers should not exceeed four pages in length including including figures and references, in IEEE two-column format. including figures and references, in IEEE two-column format (http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html). Submissions should be made electronically in PDF format via the CMT submission system for the ICOT 2016 Conference at: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ICOT2016

All ICOT papers will be handled and reviewed electronically. Accepted papers will be presented at ICOT 2016 and indexed by EI and IEEE Xplore.


Conference Organization

Honorary Chairs
Hueyjen Su, National Cheng Kung University's (NCKU), Taiwan

General Chairs

Yanchun Zhang, Victoria University, Australia
Jhing-Fa Wang, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan

Program Chairs

Hua Wang, Victoria University, Australia
Zhonghua Fu, Northwestern Polytechnical University(NWPU), China
Tawen Kuan, National Cheng Kung University(NCKU), Taiwan
Anchao Tsai, Tajen University, Taiwan

Special Session Chairs

Jiannong Cao, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), Hong Kong
Chunghsien Wu, National Cheng Kung University(NCKU), Taiwan
Chunghsien Wu, Kaohsiung Medical University(KMU), Taiwan
Shyhnan Liou, National Cheng Kung University(NCKU), Taiwan
Lei Xie, Northwestern Polytechnical University(NWPU), China
Zhonghua Fu, Northwestern Polytechnical University(NWPU), China
Jia-Ching Wang, National Central University(NCU), Taiwan
Shi-Huang Chen, SHU-TE University, Taiwan
Tseng Shih-Pang, Meiho University, Taiwan
Lu Chuan-Ping, Tajen University, Taiwan

Tutorial Chairs

HuyQuan Vu, Victoria University, Australia

Organization Chairs

Jiangang Ma, Victoria University, Australia

Publication Chairs

Pochuan Lin, Tung Fang Design Institute, Taiwan
Shi-Huang Chen, Shu-Te University, Taiwan

Finance Chair

Irena Dzuteska, Victoria University, Australia

Publicity Chair

Xiaohui Tao, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

Local Arrangement Chairs

Rui Zhou, Victoria University, Australia

Web Chair

Dinesh Pandey, Victoria University, Australia