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Call for Papers: The 11th ACM PETRA Conference<br>
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June 26-29, 2018</p>
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Corfu, Greece<br>
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www.petrae.org<br>
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The 11<sup>th</sup> PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA) conference is a highly interdisciplinary conference that focuses on computational and engineering approaches to improve the quality of life and enhance human performance in
a wide range of settings, in the workplace, at home, in public spaces, urban environments, and other. Outcomes of this conference have a broad impact in application areas that include, manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, energy systems, security and
safety, robotics, biomedicine, environment and conservation, and many others. Please visit www.petrae.org for more information. </p>
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<span style="text-decoration:underline"><b>Important Submission Deadlines:</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">January</span> 23, 2018: Full/Short/Poster Papers
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January 23, 2018: Doctoral Consortium Applications <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> [EXTENDED]</span><br>
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March 02, 2018: Workshop Papers</p>
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<u><b>Workshops:</b></u></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:12pt"></span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span><span style="font-size:12pt">Accessibility and the Smart City: Technological Challenges and Open Accessibility Issues</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">DAEM2: The 2nd International Workshop on Designing Assistive Environments for Manufacturing</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">NOTION: Human Behaviour Monitoring, Interpretation and Understanding</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">PEARL: Patient data acquisition, analysis, profiling and personalized care plan</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">RobAssist: Robotic Assistive Systems for People with Disabilities</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">Social Robots: A Workshop on the Past, the Present and the Future of Digital Companions</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">Smart Cities: Enhancing Citizens’ life and activities</span><br>
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<li><span style="font-size:12pt">Supporting the Development of Assistive Systems for Older People</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">Industrial Perspectives on Assistive Systems for Manual Assembly Tasks</span><br>
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<span style="text-decoration:underline"><b>PETRA Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:</b></span></p>
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<li>Big Data Management<br>
</li><li>Data Privacy and Remote Health Monitoring<br>
</li><li>Games for Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation<br>
</li><li>User Interface Design and Usability<br>
</li><li>Reasoning Systems and Machine Learning<br>
</li><li>Affective Computing<br>
</li><li>Human-Robot Interaction and Haptics<br>
</li><li>Human-Centered Computing<br>
</li><li>Gesture and Motion Tracking<br>
</li><li>Cognitive Modeling<br>
</li><li>Wearable Computing and Devices<br>
</li><li>Sensor networks for pervasive health care<br>
</li><li>Mobile and wireless technologies<br>
</li><li>Healthcare privacy and data security<br>
</li><li>Smart rehabilitation systems<br>
</li><li>Game design for cognitive assessment and social interaction<br>
</li><li>Behavior monitoring systems<br>
</li><li>Computer vision in healthcare<br>
</li><li>Virtual and augmented reality environments ▪ Ambient assisted living<br>
</li><li>Navigation systems<br>
</li><li>Collaboration and data sharing<br>
</li><li>Drug delivery evaluation<br>
</li><li>Vocational safety and health monitoring<br>
</li><li>Telemedicine and biotechnology<br>
</li><li>Technologies for senior living<br>
</li><li>Social impact of pervasive technologies<br>
</li><li>Intelligent assistive environments<br>
</li><li>Technologies for improving quality of daily living<br>
</li><li>Robotics in rehabilitation and tele-rehabilitation<br>
</li><li>Design for smart wheelchairs and smart canes<br>
</li><li>Smart Cities of the Future<br>
</li><li>Assistive Technologies for Urban Environments<br>
</li><li>Disability computing: Smart systems for persons with visual and/or hearing issues, and prostheses<br>
</li><li>Technologies to provide assessment and intervention for Stroke, spinal cord injury, etc <br>
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