Special sessions are very small and specialized events to be held during the conference as a set of oral and poster presentations that are highly specialized in some particular theme or consisting of the works of some particular international project. The goal of special sessions (minimum 4 papers; maximum 9) is to provide a focused discussion on innovative topics. All accepted papers will be published in a special section of the conference proceedings book, under an ISBN reference, and on digital support. All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library. SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef and every paper is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier). The proceedings are submitted for indexation by SCOPUS, Google Scholar, DBLP, Semantic Scholar, EI and Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index.
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SPECIAL SESSIONS LIST
BENEFICIAL 2023, Special Session on Engineering and Fabrication of Biocompatible and Bioinspired Materials
Chair(s): Saibal Mitra
Cognitive Computing for Healthcare 2023, Special Session on Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Preventive Healthcare and Clinical Decision Support
Chair(s): Tahir Hameed and Syed Ahmad Chan Bukhari
WHC 2023, Special Session on Wearable HealthCare
Chair(s): Vítor Carvalho, José Machado, Demétrio Matos and Filomena Soares
Special Session on Engineering and Fabrication of Biocompatible and Bioinspired Materials -
BENEFICIAL
2023
Paper Submission:
December 22, 2022
Authors Notification:
January 10, 2023
Camera Ready and Registration:
January 18, 2023
Scope
Nature has created, through evolution, robust and sustainable solutions to myriad challenges. This has inspired researchers to engineer biomimetic interactive materials for industrial, medicinal and environmental applications. The focus of BENEFICIAL will be on designing principles and functional materials inspired by nature. The session will highlight engineering approaches (growth, characterization and properties), biocompatibility and functionality of designed materials. However, the scope of bioinspired materials goes beyond the extent of these domains. Therefore, the critical aim of BENEFICIAL is to establish an international, interdisciplinary network (forum) of scientists from fields such as materials science and engineering, physics, biology, chemistry and medicine to discuss current state-of-art and future directions of bioinspired materials.
Special Session on Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Preventive Healthcare and Clinical Decision Support -
Cognitive Computing for Healthcare
2023
Paper Submission:
December 22, 2022
Authors Notification:
January 10, 2023
Camera Ready and Registration:
January 18, 2023
Scope
Machine learning has transformed healthcare by improving disease prediction, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatments. Using large but relatively structured datasets like electronic health records (EHRs), scans, and labs, they provide indispensable tools and decision support to healthcare providers and patients. Lately, with bigger, more complex and unstructured datasets available, healthcare apps and clinical decision support systems (CDSS) have started to leverage deep learning to refine these recommendations. Such systems not only have prediction but learning capabilities also. Consequently, they enable preventive and rehabilitative healthcare that is highly personalized and adaptive. This session seeks completed research on applications of deep learning and cognitive computing in preventive care, personalized treatments and adaptive CDSS aiming to better health outcomes, patient satisfaction and costs.
Special Session on Wearable HealthCare -
WHC
2023
Paper Submission:
December 22, 2022
Authors Notification:
January 10, 2023
Camera Ready and Registration:
January 18, 2023
Scope
Wearable HealthCare is part of the actual human daily life. Nowadays, we are able to find these devices and systems practically everywhere, as integrated, among others, in our homes, body, mobile devices and vehicles, with the objective of improving our safety, comfort, performance and quality of life.
Following this trend, we invite investigators, academics and professionals to submit original research and review articles that will contribute to the dissemination of Wearable HealthCare in the Engineering domain.