PETRA 2016

9th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA 2016)

The 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. PETRA brings together very different types of technologies to also address important social and healthcare issues for sensitive populations, such as the elderly, persons suffering from chronic conditions such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Cerebral Palsy, and other disabilities or traumas.

Topics and areas of interest included, but are not limited to:

• Healthcare Informatics
• Big Data Management
• Collaboration and Data Sharing
• Behavior Monitoring
• Computer Aided Rehabilitation
• Big Data Management
• Data Privacy and Remote Health Monitoring
• Wearable, Ambient and Wellness Technologies
• Assistive Robotics
• Machine Learning and Data Mining
• Sensor Networks for Healthcare
• Natural Language Processing
• Dialogue Systems
• Ambient Intelligence and Pervasive Computing
• Reasoning Systems
• Cognitive Behavior Analysis
• Privacy, Security and Risk Analysis
• Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Technologies
• Human-Centered Computing
• Telemedicine and Biotechnology
• Mobile and Wireless Technologies
• Virtual and Augmented Reality Environments

*All conference and workshop papers will be published in the ACM conference proceedings.
*If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at petrae@uta.edu

A flyer for the conference can be found here: http://petrae.org/docs/petra2016_flyer.pdf

Conference Chair

• Fillia Makedon