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MindCare 2015 : 5th International Symposium on Pervasive Computing Paradigms for Mental Health | |||||||||||||
Link: http://mindcaresymposium.org/ | |||||||||||||
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Call For Papers | |||||||||||||
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------------ MindCare 2015 will continue the tradition of being a place where technological, psychiatric and psychological disciplines meet. It hosts top researchers and practitioners focused on exploiting technological advancements to maintain and/or improve mental health. Technology is allowing the acquisition of unprecedented information related to individuals’ mental wellbeing as well as the provision of novel methods of treatment. The MindCare Community leverages the opportunities offered by the technological advancements to provide an improved diagnosis, a better support to both healthy subjects and patients, but also to extend the theoretical knowledge. TOPICS ------------ In this regard, we are soliciting high-quality papers in the following topics (but not limited to): Sensing and data processing Wearable computing Smart environments Biomedical devices Speech Analysis Big data for individual / public health Computational Psychometrics Combined sensing systems and infrastructures Computer-enhanced self reporting Machine learning and data mining methods User experience Novel interfaces Usability studies Visualizations Augmented reality Virtual reality approaches Applications Mental wellbeing support Stress / Emotional response analysis Affective computing Serious games for mental health Cognitive stimulation Life-logging methods Monitoring activities relevant to mental health Psychological treatments of mental disorders Systems to support patients and / or caregivers Using technology to improve the understanding of cognitive processes Tools for Neuropsychological Assessment and Rehabilitation Mental health promotion and disorders prevention PUBLICATION --------------- Accepted papers will be published in one of the Springer's series (TDB which specific) and will appear in the SpringerLink - one of the largest digital online libraries which covers a myriad of scientific disciplines. In addition, the accepted papers will be available in EU digital library (EUDL) and indexed in Scopus and EI as well as submitted for indexing in ISI Proceedings. The confirmation on additional proceedings publisher is pending. Selected papers will be given a possibility to be extended for a journal publication. PAPER SUBMISSION ---------------- Authors are invited to submit papers in the following categories: regular papers up to 10 pages, short papers up to 6 pages and poster papers up to 3 pages. The papers should be formatted according to the Springer Author Guidelines (Word or Latex) - more information can be found here: http://mindcaresymposium.org/2015/show/cf-papers. The submissions should be made through the Easychair electronic system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mindcare2015 All the submissions will be reviewed anonymously by at least three expert reviewers. Papers will be judged on originality, correctness, clarity and relevance. Submitted papers must be original work, and may not be under consideration for another conference or journal. IMPORTANT DATES ----------------- Submission: 15 June, 2015 Notification: 17 August, 2015 Camera-ready: 1 September, 2015 CONFERENCE CHAIRS General Chairs Aleksandar Matic, Telefonica I+D, Spain Pietro Cipresso, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Italy Guillaume Lopez, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan Local Chair Silvia Serino, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Italy Program Chairs Dimitris Giakoumis, The Centre for Research and Technology, Greece Mads Frost, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Publicity Chairs Mirco Musolesi, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Monica Tentori, CICESE, Mexico Local Publicity Chair Daniela Villani, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan, Italy Publication Chair Charalampos Doukas, CREATE-NET, Italy |
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