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Pervasive Health and Smart Sensing Conference at IS’22

Pervasive Health and Smart Sensing at the Information Society 2022 Call for papers Scope Recent advances in sensor technologies and their pervasiveness allow the development of numerous applications and services to improve people’s health. The conference on Pervasive Health and Smart Sensing invites papers presenting novel research on utilizing sensors placed on users’ bodies and …

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WideHealth Newsletter #2 | June 2022

Dear reader, in this WideHealth newsletter we are sharing the details of the WideHealth Summer School on Human Factors in Pervasive Health to be held in Lisbon 11th-15h July, 2022. The newsletter also shares information about other upcoming events (co)organized by the project. In addition, you will find the recordings of the seminars, as well …

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Special Issue on “Smart Sensing for Pervasive Health” in MDPI Sensors

We are honored to announce that WideHealth is organizing and supporting a Special Issue of the MDPI Sensors journal on Smart Sensing for Pervasive Health. We are particularly interested in novel approaches as well as significant applications. Examples include sensing devices, methods, and applications for obtaining and analyzing different categories of data (physiological, behavioral, emotional, …

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13th WideHealth Seminar: Tine Kolenik, “Persuasive technology for mental health”

Registration link: https://bit.ly/3zdRkyhRegistration is free (zoom link shared before the session to those who register) Date: To be announced Speaker: Tine Kolenik Title: Persuasive technology for mental health Abstract: Mental healthcare seems to universally contain barriers to access where the vast majority of people struggle to get help from a mental health professional. Introducing technology to help …

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12th WideHealth Seminar: Stefan Konigorski, “StudyU: A platform for conducting digital N-of-1 trials that link personalized medicine and population health research”

May 31st, 2022 – 12:00 CET Registration link: https://bit.ly/3sTKt9qRegistration is free (zoom link shared before the session to those who register) Date: May 31, 2022 12:00 CET (11:00 in Portugal) Speaker: Stefan Konigorski Title: StudyU: A platform for conducting digital N-of-1 trials that link personalized medicine and population health research Abstract: Traditionally, effect estimates of health interventions have …

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11th WideHealth Seminar: Walter Maetzler, “Digital biomarkers for chronic diseases: Lessons learned”

May 17th, 2022 – 16:00 CET Registration link: https://bit.ly/3yznLXFRegistration is free (zoom link shared before the session to those who register) Date: May 17, 2022 16:00 CET (15:00 in Portugal) Speaker: Walter Maetzler Title: Digital biomarkers for chronic diseases: Lessons learned Abstract: In recent years, many -wearable- digital devices have conquered the consumer and fitness market, and the …

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10th WideHealth Seminar: Kyle Montague, “Democratising Healthcare Technologies: Wearables to cue for drooling in Parkinson’s Disease”

May 10th, 2022 – 16:30 CET Registration link: https://bit.ly/3KI8S7PRegistration is free (zoom link shared before the session to those who register) Date: May 10, 2022 16:30 CET (15:30 in Portugal) Speaker: Kyle Montague Title: Democratising Healthcare Technologies: Wearables to cue for drooling in Parkinson’s Disease Abstract: Digital technologies are rapidly transforming the healthcare landscape. Artificial Intelligence and Machine …

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9th WideHealth Seminar: Catia Pesquita, “Knowledge Science for trust in AI-based biomedical and clinical applications”

April 26th, 2022 – 14:00 CET Registration link: https://bit.ly/3uER094Registration is free (zoom link shared before the session to those who register) Date: April 26, 2022 02:00 PM CET (1PM in Portugal) Speaker: Catia Pesquita Title: Knowledge Science for trust in AI-based biomedical and clinical applications Abstract: Biomedical and clinical applications of artificial intelligence are increasingly popular in the …

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Meet the WideHealth team: JSI

Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) is a widening partner in the WideHealth project, and the leader of WP2 on early stage researcher and researcher training. JSI is also the largest research institute in Slovenia, founded in 1949 and currently employing over 1,000 staff. It pursues research in three broad areas: (1) physics, (2) chemistry, biochemistry, materials …

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