The PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA) conference is a highly interdisciplinary conference that focuses on computational and engineering approaches to improve the quality of life and enhance human performance in a wide range of settings, in the workplace, at home, in public spaces, urban environments, and other. Outcomes of this conference have a broad impact in application areas that include, manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, energy systems, security and safety, robotics, biomedicine, environment and conservation, and many others. PETRA brings together very different types of technologies to also address important social and healthcare issues for sensitive populations, such as the elderly, persons suffering from chronic conditions such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Cerebral Palsy, and other disabilities or traumas.

We would like to invite researchers working in the area of healthcare and assisted living to submit their original research findings to the PETRA conference.


Research areas of interest include, but are not limited to --
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Healthcare Informatics
Big Data Management
Data Privacy and Remote Health Monitoring
Games for Physical Therapy and Rehabilitatioin
User Interface Design and Usability
Reasoning Systems and Machine Learning
Affective Computing
Human-Robot Interaction
Human-Centered Computing
Haptics
Gesture and Motion Tracking
Cognitive Modeling
Wearable Computing

Applications include, but are not limited to --
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Sensor networks for pervasive health care
Mobile and wireless technologies
Healthcare privacy and data security
Smart rehabilitation systems
Game design for cognitive assessment and social interaction
Behavior monitoring systems
Computer vision in healthcare
Virtual and augmented reality environments
Ambient assisted living
Navigation systems
Collaboration and data sharing
Wearable devices
Drug delivery evaluation
Vocational safety and health monitoring
Eyetracking
Telemedicine and biotechnology
Technologies for senior living
Social impact of pervasive technologies
Intelligent assistive environments
Technologies to provide assessment and intervention for Stroke recovery , spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis
Technologies for improving quality of daily living
Robotics research for rehabilitation and tele-rehabilitation
Innovative design for smart wheelchairs and smart canes
Computer based training systems for artificial limbs and prosthetics
Disability computing: Smart systems to assist persons with visual, hearing, and loss of limb functionalities