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iWOAR 2018 -- Call for Papers

5th International Workshop on
Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Interaction

20-21 September 2018, Berlin - Germany

in-cooperation with ACM, SIGAI and SIGCHI
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Wearable sensors potentially enable for a better and unobtrusive recognition of human activity and the state of rest, sleep, stress and drive the ongoing trend of the quantified self-movement. As an enabling technology, powerful, while yet inexpensive MEMS-Chips (micro-electro-mechanical system) push the penetration of a broad variety of mobile devices. Thereby, these devices gain high interest, not only in terms of general customer products, but also as integrated systems in an industrial context, either way to enable continuous monitoring of complex life processes and workplace situations.
Another challenge that research is facing concerns the limited human abilities of interaction in context of mobility and in situations, in which high attention is being demanded. New and alternative ways are needed to be found in order to take advantage of all human capabilities to enable safe and unobtrusive interaction.

This conference-like workshop is initiated and organized by the Fraunhofer IGD and the University of Rostock. It offers scientists, interested parties, and users in the area of sensor-based activity recognition and interaction the possibility to an exchange of experiences and a presentation of best-practice examples, as well as technical and scientific results. The workshop focuses on technologies for human activity recognition and interaction via inertial sensors (accelerometers, gyroscopes etc.) and their scientific applications.

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Topics
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The topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to:

-Human Activity Recognition
-Human Performance Measuring
-Human Monitoring
-Wearable Sensing in Healthcare Informatics
-Wearable Computing
-Interaction Techniques
-Intelligent User Interfaces
-Input & Output modalities
-Context Awareness
-Machine Learning
-Artificial Intelligence
-Deep Learning
-Feature Extraction
-Data Classification
-Data Imputation
-Signal Reconstruction and Interpolation

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Application Fields
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-Ambient Assisted Living
-Technologies for Senior Living
-Quantified Self
-Lifestyle & Behavior Change
-Pervasive Healthcare
-Occupational Health, Health Care and Wellness
-Telemedicine and Biotechnology
-Assisted Production
-Maintenance and Service
-Alternative Control of Everyday Life's Products
-Assistive Technologies for Urban Environments

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Important dates
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Submission deadline: 15 June 2018
Notification: 30 July 2018
Camera ready version: TBA
Author registration: 05. September 2018
Workshop: 20 – 21 September 2018

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Submission and Review
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All submissions undergo a peer review process to ensure the
presentation of high quality content. Accepted submissions will be
published in the iWOAR 2018 Proceedings.

Submitting your research requires the author to prepare a paper using
the ACM SIGCHI Paper Format. Paper length is 4 to 10 pages
(including references and appendix). Papers are to be submitted
through the EasyChair submission system.

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Conference chairs
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- Bodo Urban, Fraunhofer IGD, GER
- Thomas Kirste, University of Rostock, GER

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Organizing committee
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- Marian Haescher, Fraunhofer IGD, GER
- Max Schröder, University of Rostock, GER

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Program committee chairs
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- Gerald Bieber, Fraunhofer IGD, GER
- Denys J.C. Matthies, University of Auckland, NZL
- Kristina Yordanova, University of Rostock, GER

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Program committee
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- Ahmed Rabee Sadik Fraunhofer IGD, GER
- Albert Hein University of Rostock, GER
- Alfred Hesener Infineon, USA
- Andreas Bulling Max Planck Institute for Informatics, GER
- Andreas Braun Fraunhofer IGD, GER
- Anke Lehmann TU Dresden, GER
- Arjan Kuijper Fraunhofer IGD, GER
- Bodo Urban Fraunhofer IGD, GER
- Charalampos Doukas CREATE-NET, IT
- Denys J.C. Matthies University of Rostock, GER
- Dieter W. Fellner Fraunhofer IGD, GER
- Florian Daiber Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz, GER
- Gerald Bieber Fraunhofer IGD, GER
- Hans-Joerg Schulz University of Rostock, GER
- Jochen Huber Synaptics, USA
- Kristina Yordanova University of Rostock, GER
- Kristof van Laerhoven University of Siegen, GER
- Majid Mirmehdi University of Bristol, GBR
- Marcel Jacomet University of Bern, CH
- Mario Aehnelt Fraunhofer IGD, GER
- Marian Haescher University of Rostock, GER
- Max Schröder University of Rostock, GER
- Oliver Amft Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, GER
- Rebekka Alm University of Rostock, GER
- Sebastian Bader University of Rostock, GER
- Soledad Ballesteros National Distance Education University, ESP
- Stefan Göbel TU Darmstadt, GER
- Stefan Lüdtke University of Rostock, GER
- Thijs Roumen Hasso-Plattner-Institut Potsdam, GER
- Thomas Kirste University of Rostock, GER
- Uwe Kaulbars Institute of Occupational Safety & Health, GER
- Vangelis Metsis Texas State University, USA


For further information regarding the workshop and paper submission,
please visit our webpage (www.iwoar.org) or contact the organizing committee at
info@iwoar.org

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