ICOST 2018

Submission timeline

• 30 Mar 2018 Full paper 1 Mar 2018 → 16 Mar 2018 +15 days
  16 Mar 2018 → 30 Mar 2018 +14 days
• 16 Apr 2018 Notification 2 Apr 2018 → 16 Apr 2018 +14 days

• 9 Jul 2018 Conference opens

What to submit

Format

12 pages LNCS

Proceedings

Springer LNCS — Paywalled, for-profit

The theme chosen for 2018 will focus on Urban Living Environment and inclusion of frail people in our societies. Warning: double blind submission! Abstract not required.

Call for papers

• As first published ICOST-2018.txt · TXT · shown below

The call, as published

Reproduced verbatim from the organisers’ announcement. The conference’s own page is at www.icostconference.org/.

Call for Papers
ICOST 2017 - 16th International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics

Urban Assisted Living 
 
9-11 July 2018
Singapore
 
www.icostconference.org
Email: icost2018@easychair.org
 
 

After fifteen very successful conferences held in France (2003), Singapore (2004), Canada (2005), Northern Ireland (2006), Japan (2007), USA (2008), France (2009), Korea (2010), Canada (2011), Italy (2012), Singapore (2013), USA (2014), Switzerland (2015) and China (2016), France (2017) the 16th International Conference on Smart homes, Assistive Technologies and Health Telematics will be hosted in Singapore, from 9th to 11th July 2018.


ICOST provides a premier venue for the presentation and discussion of research in the design, development, deployment and evaluation of Smart Urban Environments, Assistive Technologies, Chronic Disease Management, Coaching and Health Telematics systems. ICOST brings together stakeholders from clinical, academic and industrial perspectives along with end users and family caregivers to explore how to utilize technologies to foster independent living and offer an enhanced quality of life. ICOST 2018 invites participants to present and discuss their experiences in design, development, deployment and evaluation. The conference features a dynamic program incorporating a range of technical, clinical and industrial related keynote speakers, oral and poster presentations along with demonstrations and technical exhibits.


We look forward to welcoming you to ICOST2018 in Singapore!


IMPORTANT DATES

    Full Papers Submission: 1st March 2018
    Demonstration Proposals Submission: 15 March 2018
    Papers Acceptance Notification: 2 April 2018
    Demonstrations Acceptance Notification: 16 April 2018
    Camera-Ready Papers and Registration: 16 April 2018

SCOPE AND AIMS

In regards to HORIZON 2020 Each year, ICOST has a specific theme. The theme chosen for 2018 will focus on Urban Living Environment and inclusion of frail people in our societies. ICOST 2018 is especially interested in receiving submissions, focused on ubiquitous IoT technologies for Enhanced Wellbeing and Health. Topics will include but are not limited to:

    Intelligent Environments: Smart Urban Spaces and new Assistive Living Space Concepts in the Smart City
    Internet of Things for smart environments and e-Health
    Technology design in the Smart City
    Public health and urban Data Collection and Processing
    Artificial Intelligent for Participatory and Personalized Health
    Urban design for wellbeing and e-health
    Participatory Telehealth in the Smart City
    Future Smart Cities for wellbeing
    Translational medicine for Wellbeing
    Persuasive and Supportive Mobile and e-Health
    E-Health and Chronic Diseases Management
    Assistive Technology for ageing and dependent people
    E-Health and Therapeutic Education
    Coaching and Serious Gaming for e-Health
    Virtual personal assistant for e-Health
    Personal Robotics and Smart Wheelchairs
    Human Factors, Ethics and Usability for Persons with Cognitive Impairments
    Modeling of Physical and Conceptual Information in Intelligent Environments
    Cognitive technologies across the lifespan and functional abilities
    Tele-Assistance and Tele-Rehabilitation
    Protective systems/devices against common and emerging infectious diseases.
    Smart Homes / Home Networks / Residential Gateways
    Middleware Support for Smart Home and Health Telematic Services
    Wearable Sensors / Integrated Micro/Nano Systems / Home Health Monitoring
    Context Awareness / Autonomous Computing
    Human-Machine Interface / Ambient Intelligence
    Social acceptance / Privacy / Security Issues
    Health Technology Assessment and Impact Analysis
    Policy and Guidelines for Public Health 2.0 and Quality of Life in Smart City
    Health in All Policies (HiAP)

ICOST 2018 invites participants to present and discuss their experiences in the design, development, deployment and evaluation of technologies that demonstrate significant contributions in the areas of smart homes, health telematics, chronic disease management and assistive technologies focused on indoor living spaces (e.g., homes, nursing homes and assistive living facilities) as well as the outdoors (e.g., urban smart spaces or the entire smart city). ICOST 2018 will provide a dynamic program which will incorporate a range of technical, clinical and industrial related international keynote speeches, panels, and oral and poster presentations along with demonstrations and technical exhibits.

Proposals for special sessions or plenary panels addressing any of the following specific topics are especially welcome:

    Studies detailing large-scale service deployment and impact evaluation
    The application of cost-effective and readily available ‘everyday’ technologies to support elders people with chronic conditions and others with cognitive disabilities at home, school, work or play
    Health economic evaluation of technology based solutions
    Challenges for truly ‘smart living environments and inclusive communities
    Societal impact and policy formulation
    Technology solutions to inspire policy makers

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

There will be a combination of presentations including scientific papers, posters, exhibits and technology demonstrations. Prospective authors are invited, in the first instance, to submit papers for oral presentation in any of the areas of interest for this conference as well as proposals for Special Sessions. The submission for evaluation should be in the form of a 12 pages paper written in English.

Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by Springer. Submitted papers shall not exceed 12 pages and must follow the guidelines found on the conference website http://www.icostconference.org/authorinstructions.html

Submission: Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF or RTF/DOC format at the following address: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icost2018


SUBMISSION OF DEMONSTRATION PROPOSALS

Researchers and industrial with significant contributions in the areas of smart cities, urban design, smart homes, health telematics, chronic disease management and assistive technologies are encouraged to participate and present research prototypes or innovative systems to ICOST participants. ICOST 2018 invites interested researchers and industrial to send a description of the system that will be demonstrated and a short presentation of the research teams/industrial involved in the demo. The description should be limited to one page and should be submitted to: icost2018@easychair.org.

Authors interested to provide a short demonstration in conjunction with paper presentations should append a section in their papers with heading: ‘demonstration description’ detailing the scenario to be demonstrated.

Organization committee will review the proposals and select a limited number of demos due to the available space constraint. ICOST will provide free space for nominated demos pending that presenters are registered as regular participants to the conference. Demo’ presenters will be responsible for bringing and setting up any computer equipment needed for the demo.


Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to icost2018@easychair.org