Call for Papers
Ambient Assisted Living for Elderly People


Theme
The Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) for Elderly People track on ITNG 2010 is intended to provide a high-quality forum for researchers and practitioners to present their latest theoretical and practical work in this rapidly-changing area.You are invited to submit a paper for the special session on Ambient Assisted Living (AAL), including, but not limited to the following topics:
Case studies / use cases / scenarios / application domains
Requirements of WSN for ambient assisted living for elderly people and/or health care
Business models for wireless sensor network applications
Sensor hardware
Supporting technologies for elderly people
Middleware for wireless sensor network
Reference architectures
Standards (hardware/software/healthcare, etc.)
Concepts and tools for building wireless sensor network applications
Development models
Code generation for wireless sensor network platforms
Model-driven architectures and development
Data fusion and classification as well as context recognition
Tracking and localization of objects and individuals
Remote medical monitoring
Security and privacy issues
Performance and reliability issues
Deployment and maintenance
Energy and efficiency
Time and synchronization
Data acquisition models and routing


Paper Submission
Proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society. Electronic submission in PDF or MS Word format are required. Papers must represent high quality and previously unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop, or journal.

Interested authors should submit a 6-8 page summary of their original and unpublished work including 5 keywords in the IEEE format.
Your submission should include the author names, complete mailing addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and the email addresses of the authors.
For formatting and submission instructions, please refer to http://www.itng.info/submission.php
Please submit to https://www.softconf.com/a/itng2010/.


Evaluation Process
Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and soundness. Per ITNG policy, except for invited papers, all papers will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society and available on the IEEE digital library.

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: Novemebr 6, 2009 (extended)
Author Notification: December 4, 2009
Camera Ready Paper Due (6-8 pages): February 5, 2010


Track Chairs
Dr. Werner Kurschl, Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences, Austria, e-mail: werner.kurschl@fh-hagenberg.at