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Call for Papers: ELEMENT-2014, Wuerzburg, Germany, September 24, 2014, organized by EU ICT COST Action 1303, AAPELE
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The 1st International Workshop on Enhanced Living EnvironMENTs (ELEMENT-2014)
http://www.aapele.eu/element2014/
In conjunction with 6th International Conference on Mobile Networks and Management (MONAMI 2014)
September 24, 2014
Wuerzburg, Germany
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Important Dates
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Submission Deadline (hard deadline): June 29th, 2014
Notification of acceptance: July 29, 2014
Author Registration: August 12, 2014
Final Manuscript: August 12, 2014
Workshop Date: September 24th, 2014

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AIM and SCOPE
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The first edition of the First International Workshop on Enhanced Living EnvironMENTs, ELEMENT-2014, is dedicated to the dissemination and evaluation of original contributions to the architectures, techniques, protocols, components, orchestration, choreography and development related to the ELE area. Investigations, discussions and exchange of experiences from different stakeholders? perspective on AAL technologies are welcome. The event is organized in the framework of the ICT COST Action IC1303 Algorithms, Architectures and Platforms for Enhanced Living Environments (AAPELE).

The focus of this workshop is on new architectures, methods, techniques, protocols, components and tools related to the Ambient Assisted Living Systems. These may include, but are not limited to the following topics:
• Sensing and Monitoring
• ICT instrumentation and Middleware support for Smart Environments
• Human-Computer Interaction at AAL environments
• Environment Adaptation based on intelligence
• Intelligent Healthcare and Homecare Environments
• ELE Architectures and Platforms
• Key applications domains
Do not hesitate to contact the Lead TPC Chair to clarify if a particular topic is in the scope of ELEMENT-2014.

Authors are invited to submit research and application papers following the SPRINGER Manuscripts style. Papers should be submitted through EAI 'Confy' system, and have to comply with the SPRINGER format.

We solicit the submission of academic workshop papers (14 pages) representing original, previously unpublished work. Submitted papers will be carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Papers should be prepared as the .pdf files and submitted electronically to the MONAMI 2014 online submission system (The workshop title should be selected).

The conference proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the LNICST series. The event features a Best Paper Award. Selected papers may be invited in a Special Issue, dedicated to the event (more info will soon be available, kindly check the ELEMENT website).

Submission: http://confy.eai.eu/
Author's kit: http://mon-ami.org/2014/show/authors-kit

The workshop will be followed by a half-day industry day event, organized in the framework of the AAPELE COST Action (on September 25th). Participants will give short talks, show their products, and discuss research challenges and prospects for cooperation.

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CONTACT
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Workshop Co-Chairs
Nuno Garcia, University of Beira Inteiror, Portugal (nuno {dot} mgarcia {at} gmail {dot} com)
Rossitza Goleva, Techn. University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Periklis Chatzimisios, ATEITHE, Greece
Thomas Plagemann, University of Oslo, Norway
Steering Committee
Marilia Curado, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Katarzyna Wac, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Kiril Belov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Emilio Corchado, Salamanca University, Spain
Ciprian Dobre, Univ. Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Local Organizers
Thomas Zinner , University of Wuerzburg, Germany