Call For Papers and Demos
ICOST 2023
20th International Conference On Smart Living and Public Health
Digital Health Transformation and Smart Ageing in place with & to disability
7th - 8th July 2023
Wonju, Republic of Korea
icost_2023@easychair.orgSubmitted papers will be blindly peer reviewed by members of the Program Committee
Accepted papers will be published in Open Access by Springer
This year we are organizing the 20th ICOST conference which succeeded in bringing together a community from different continents over more than a decade and half and raised the awareness of frail and dependant people's quality of life in our societies.
After nineteen successful conferences held in France (2003), Singapore (2004), Canada(2005), Northern Ireland (2006), Japan (2007), Singapore (2008), France (2009), Korea (2010), Canada (2011), Italy (2012), Singapore (2013), USA (2014), Switzerland (2015), China (2016), France (2017), Singapore (2018), USA (2019), Tunisia (2020), and France (2022), ICOST 2023 edition will be hosted in Wonju, Republic of Korea, on the 7th and 8th July 2023. Our theme for this year will be "Digital Health Transformation and Smart Ageing in place with & to disability"
ICOST provides a premier venue for the presentation and discussion of research in the design, development, deployment and evaluation of Artificial intelligence for health, Smart Urban Environments, Assistive Technologies, Chronic Disease Management, Coaching and Health Telematics systems. Submitted papers will be blind reviewed by an international committee bringing together a multidisciplinary experts' renown worldwide in different field of research (Engineering, clinical, public health, humanities and social sciences, etc.). Accepted papers will be published by Springer as Open Access. Selected papers will be invited to submit extended version to be published in Special Issues of Sensors-MDPI Open-Access Journal (Impact Factor 3.576) and Frontiers in Digital Health Journal. The conference features a dynamic program incorporating a range of technical, clinical, and industrial related keynote speakers, plenary oral sessions, along with prototypes demonstrations and technical exhibits. ICOST brings together stakeholders from clinical, PHOs (Public Health Organizations), academics, NGOs, policy makers, and industrial perspectives to explore how to utilize technologies to foster future health management and prevention, independent living, offering an enhanced quality of life. ICOST 2023 invites all participants to share and discuss their experiences and lessons learned.
IMPORTANT DATES
10th April 2023: Full Paper Submission
20th May 2023: Full Paper Acceptance Notification
1st April 2023: Demonstration proposals submission
30th May 2023: Paper Camera-ready
15th June 2023: Registration
7th - 8th July 2023: Conference
SCOPE AND AIMS
ICOST 2023 invites participants to present and discuss their experiences in the understanding, design, development, test-beds deployment, and evaluation of technologies that demonstrate significant contributions in the areas of smart environments, public health policies, 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 has a specific theme each year. The theme for ICOST 2023 edition is "Digital Health Transformation and Smart Ageing in place with & to disability." ICOST 2023 is especially interested in receiving submissions, focused on technologies, humanities and social sciences, clinical, and public health for an Enhanced Wellbeing and Health for all nations.
ICOST 2023 topics include, but are not limited to:
Public Health Policy and Clinical studies
Public health and urban Data Collection and Processing
Policy and Guidelines for Public Health and Quality of Life in Smart City
Urban design for wellbeing and e-health
Design and Future Urban Cities for wellbeing
Health in All Policies (HiAP)
Electronic Health Records and Standards
E-Health and Chronic Diseases Management
Health Technology Assessment and Impact Analysis
Healthcare Systems Use and Evaluation
Human Factors, Ethics and Usability of Healthcare Systems
Emerging Technologies Applied for Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence for Participatory and Personalized Health
Deep learning for health and wellbeing
Big Data analytics for public health
Internet of Things (IoT) for smart living and e-Health
Blockchain applied for healthcare
Decision Support Systems for Healthcare
Data protection / Privacy / Security Issues
Sports, Mobility, and Exercise management
Sports data-driven systems
Smart rehabilitation and exercise systems
Health management exercise systems
Physical activity support systems
Ageing mobility enhancement
Systems and Platforms for Healthcare
Healthcare Preventive and Predictive Systems
Protective systems/devices against common and emerging infectious diseases.
Pervasive Health Systems and Services
Smart Homes / Home Networks / Residential Gateways
Context Awareness / Autonomous Computing
Wearable Sensors / Integrated Micro/Nano Systems
Tele-Assistance and Tele-Rehabilitation
Assistive Technology for ageing and frail people
Participatory Telehealth systems
Trusted systems and verification for health and wellness
Robotic Solutions for Healthcare
Collaborative Robotics (Cobots)
Medical and Healthcare Robotics
Diagnosis and Therapy Robotics
Rehabilitation Robotics
Assistance Robots
Disability Robots
Surgical Robots
Personal Robotics and smart Wheelchairs
Human Computer Interaction
Human-Machine Interfaces
Coaching and Urban Gaming for e-Health
Virtual Personal Assistant for e-Health
Behavior Modeling and Change
Supportive Mobile e-Health
SPECIAL SESSIONS PROPOSALS
Proposals for special sessions or plenary panels addressing any of the following specific topics are especially welcome:
Studies detailing with large-scale service deployment and impact evaluation
The application of cost-effective and readily available 'everyday' technologies to support people with chronic conditions and others with cognitive disabilities at home, school, work or play
Health economic evaluation of technology based solutions
Challenges for smart living environments and inclusive communities
Societal impact and policy formulation
Technology solutions to inspire policy makers
FOR INTEREDTED AUTHORS
Volumes published as part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series are indexed by the EI Engineering Index (Compendex and Inspec databases), Scopus and ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S), included in ISI Web of Science. Source can be found here: http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-1068921-0
ICOST conference is also ranked by the COmputing Research and Education (CORE) Conference portal: http://portal.core.edu.au/conf-ranks/2178/
Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to a dedicated ICOST'2023 special issue in Sensors Journal (Impact Factor 3.576) and Frontiers in Digital Health Journal.
Special fees will be applied for accepted papers submitted from universities and academic institutions from Economically Developing Countries.
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
There will be a combination of presentations including scientific papers, case studies, research and projects 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 papers written in English.
Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by Springer in Open Access. No registration extra fees will be applied for Open Access publication. Submitted papers must follow the guidelines found on the conference website http://www.icost-society.org/authorinstructions.html.
SUBMISSION OF DEMONSTRATION PROPOSALS
Researchers and industry experts 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 2023 invites interested researchers and industry experts 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: icost_2023@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.
The organization committee will review the proposals and select a limited number of demos. ICOST will provide free space for nominated demos pending that presenters are registered as regular participants to the conference. Demos' presenters will be responsible for bringing and setting up any computer equipment needed for the demo.