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CALL: The Home and Electronic Assistive Technology, York, 16-17th March 2004
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Call for Papers
HEAT 2004 - The Home and Electronic Assistive Technology
16-17th March 2004, King's Manor, University of York
Electronic Assistive Technology (EAT)can support people with disabilities
and the elderly to increase their independence and quality of life, but to
do so it must be dependable. The HEAT workshop provides a forum for
discussion and debate on issues of dependability as they apply to the
different types of EAT in the home.
The workshop will be concerned with dependability issues as they apply to:
The needs of people with disabilities and the elderly
Security and confidentiality
The psychological and social impact of EAT
Assistive technology
Ubiquitous computing and Smart Homes
Telecare/Telehealth/ Telemedicine
Systems specification and design
Research methods
Strategies Policy issues
We invite submissions of short papers and posters (submit an extended
abstract of no more than 2 pages) and long papers (not more than 4000
words). All accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings.
Extended abstracts and papers must be submitted for review, in their final
form, by 30th October 2003. Authors will be notified by 3rd December 2003.
Full details of conference topics and how to submit can be found at
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~am1/HEAT.html
Informal enquiries should be directed to
Gordon Baxter ([log in to unmask]) or
Guy Dewsbury ([log in to unmask]).
INVITED SPEAKERS:
Dr Roger Orpwood (Bath Institute of Medical Engineering) "Dependability
Issues In Smart House Design"
Elisabeth Sergeant (Autism Design Consultant, Scotland)
"Dependability and Electronic Assistive Technology: A Service Provider
Perspective".
ORGANIZED BY the Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration in Dependability
of Computer-Based Systems (DIRC) in association with the CUHTec the Centre
for Usable Home Technology.
Guy Dewsbury
CSEG, Computing Department, Faculty of Applied Sciences
Engineering Building, Lancaster University
Lancaster, UK, LA1 4YR
Tel: +44 (0) 7752-892735
Fax: +44 (0) 1524 593608
mailto:[log in to unmask]
www.smartthinking.ukideas.com
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