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Special Session on
Wearable HealthCare - WHC 2026

2 - 4 March, 2026 - Marbella, Spain

Within the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - BIOSTEC 2026

*** THIS SATELLITE EVENT WAS CANCELLED ***

CO-CHAIRS

Vítor Carvalho
Applied Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, School of Technology - Polytechnic University of Cávado and Ave & Algoritmi Research Centre, School of Engineering - University of Minho
Portugal

 
Short Bio
Vítor Carvalho is an Associate Professor with Habilitation at the Polytechnic University of Cávado and Ave (UPCA), Portugal, and an integrated researcher at the Applied Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (2Ai). He received his PhD in Industrial Electronics in 2008 and his Habilitation in Electrical Engineering in 2024. His research focuses on artificial intelligence, biomedical instrumentation, wearable and intelligent healthcare systems, signal and data processing, and serious games. He has authored more than 200 scientific publications and has coordinated and participated in several national and international R&D projects, particularly in digital health, wearable monitoring and applied AI. He served as Dean of IPCA's School of Technology from 2017 to 2025 and has participated in European Commission expert groups addressing AI, data and digital technologies.
Filomena Soares
Algoritmi Research Centre, School of Engineering - University of Minho
Portugal

 
Short Bio
Filomena O. Soares is an Associate Professor with Habilitation at the Department of Industrial Electronics, School of Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal, and a researcher at the ALGORITMI Research Centre. She holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering and an MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her research interests include system modelling and control, biomedical engineering, rehabilitation technologies, human–robot interaction and the application of serious games and socially assistive robotics in health and education. She has extensive experience in multidisciplinary research involving engineering, rehabilitation and human-centred technologies, as well as in the supervision of MSc and PhD students.
José Machado
MEtRICs, School of Engineering - University of Minho
Portugal

 
Short Bio
José Machado concluded Habilitation degree in February 2019 at University of Minho, Portugal. He received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering – Automation, from University of Minho, Portugal and, in simultaneous, from Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, France, in 2006. He is Deputy Director of MEtRICs Research Center and Assistant Professor at Mechanical Engineering department of University of Minho. He has authored, or co-authored, more than 220 refereed journal and conference proceedings papers. He coordinates and has coordinated - and participated as collaborator - in several Research and Technology Transfer Projects on Mechatronics and Automation domains. His main interests are related with Industry 4.0, more specifically, on the design and development of Cyber-Physical Systems; design and analysis of dependable controllers for obtaining dependable mechatronic systems; and mechatronic systems design with special focus on medical or biomedical applications, wellbeing and/or rehabilitation. He is member of IEEE and member of IFAC.
Demétrio Matos
Institute for Design, Media and Culture, School of Design - Polytechnic University of Cávado and Ave
Portugal

 
Short Bio
Demétrio Matos is an Assistant Professor at the School of Design of the Polytechnic University of Cávado and Ave (UPCA), Portugal, and an integrated researcher at the Research Institute for Design, Media and Culture (ID+). He holds a PhD in Design and conducts research at the intersection of Product Design, Medical Devices, Wearable Technologies and Healthcare Design. His work focuses particularly on user-centred design, ergonomics, usability, wearable prostheses and the relationship between the human body and technology. He participates in national and international research projects involving healthcare technologies and contributes to the development and validation of human-centred medical and wearable systems.

SCOPE

MOTIVATION:
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.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
  • Mobile Healthcare
  • Home Healthcare
  • Wearable Healthcare
  • In-Car Healthcare
  • Body Sensor/Area Networks
  • “Intelligent” Medical Devices and Systems
  • Ambient Assistive Living
  • Tele-healthcare

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission: December 17, 2025 (expired)
Authors Notification: January 14, 2026 (expired)
Camera Ready and Registration: January 22, 2026 (expired)

SPECIAL SESSION PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Camelia Avram, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania
Karolina Celi, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
Frantisek Gazdos, Faculty of Applied Informatics, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czechia
Pedro Morais, 2Ai- Applied Artificial Intelligence Lab, School of Technology, IPCA, Portugal
Erika Ottaviano, Dept of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Mazio, Italy
Filipe Pereira, ISEP, IPP, Portugal
António Rocha, IPCA - Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal
Daniel Rocha, INL, Portugal, Portugal
Helena Torres, 2Ai, Portugal
Fernando Veloso, 2Ai, IPCA, Portugal

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PAPER SUBMISSION

Prospective authors are invited to submit papers in any of the topics listed above.
Instructions for preparing the manuscript (in Word and Latex formats) are available at: Paper Templates
Please also check the Guidelines.
Papers must be submitted electronically via the web-based submission system using the appropriated button on this page.

PUBLICATIONS

After thorough reviewing by the special session program committee, all accepted papers will be published in a special section of the conference proceedings book - under an ISBN reference and on digital support - and submitted for indexation by SCOPUS, Google Scholar, DBLP, Semantic Scholar, EI and Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index.
SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/) and every paper is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier).
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library

SECRETARIAT CONTACTS

BIOSTEC Special Sessions - WHC 2026
e-mail: biodevices.secretariat@insticc.org
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