PETRA '18

International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA)

The 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. 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.

PETRA (which means "stone" in Greek) addresses important human living needs. From a technological perspective, PETRA motivates and inspires new scientific thrusts, innovations and discoveries to improve living environments, a particularly important issue, in an increasingly crowded and complex world where the need for inclusiveness and connectivity with the rest of the world is key. For the elderly in particular, PETRA addresses the fact that, as people grow older; they will increasingly rely on technology to be able to prolong staying in their homes and enjoy an independent life.

The PETRA 2018 proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library as part of the ACM ICPS Digital Library.

Workshops

PETRA 2018 is hosting seven regular workshops, and three industrial workshops. Regular workshops are targeted more towards academic research and cover various topics, and they will be on the same days as other conference sessions (June 27-29, 2018). On the other hand, industrial workshops are targeted towards practitioners and professionals working in the field of assistive technology and human-robot collaboration. The industrial workshops will be on June 26, 2018.

Regular Workshops:

1. Accessibility and the Smart City: Technological Challenges and Open Accessibility Issues
2. DAEM2: The 2nd International Workshop on Designing Assistive Environments for Manufacturing
3. NOTION: Human Behaviour Monitoring, Interpretation and Understanding
4. PEARL: Patient data acquisition, analysis, profiling and personalized care plan
5. RobAssist: Robotic Assistive Systems for People with Disabilities
6. Social Robots: A Workshop on the Past, the Present and the Future of Digital Companions
7. Inclusive Smart Cities: Enhancing Citizens' Life and Activities

Inudstrial Workshops:

1. Assistive Technologies For Seniors
2. Instructive Assistance Systems For Manual Assembly Tasks
3. Human-robot Collaboration : Training Issues, Challenges And Methods

Contact

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at: petrae@uta.edu