April 3, morning: Pervasive Healthcare Applications

Prof. Dr. Paul Lukowicz (Head, Institute for Computer Systems and Networks, UMIT—University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Tirol, Austria) and Oliver Amft, Wearable Computing Lab, ETH Zurich

The tutorial is aimed at researchers from the areas of sensor networks and ubiquitous computing who are interested in applications related to health care and wellness.

It will begin with a discussion of the requirements and of different types of health care related applications including core health monitoring, health related lifestyle monitoring/assistance, wellness and rehabilitation, cognitive aids, assisted living solutions for the elderly and the handicapped, process optimization in hospitals as well as information access solutions for the medical staff. It will then discuss key technologies and solution relevant to the individual fields. examples of specific topics are physiological monitoring, dietary monitoring, behavioural monitoring and motion analysis. Finally specific examples of projects, including large European Union sponsored projects (AMON, MyHeart, WearIT@Work) will be given.