Following the success of last year, the IET International Conference on Technologies for Active and Assisted Living (TechAAL 2016) is running for a second time this year!
The two day conference will consist of invited keynotes along with several author presentations.
We are delighted to announce that our Keynote speaker for Monday 24th October is:
Nadia Bianchi-Berthouze, Professor and Deputy Director of UCLIC.
About Nadia:
Nadia Bianchi-Berthouze is a Full Professor in Affective Computing and Interaction at the Interaction Centre of the University College London (UCL). She received her PhD in Computer Science for Biomedicine from the University of the Studies of Milan, Italy. Her research focuses on designing technology that can sense the affective state of its users and use that information to tailor the interaction process. She has pioneered the field of Affective Computing and for more than a decade she has investigated body movement and more recently touch behaviour as means to recognize and measure the quality of the user experience in full-body computer games, physical rehabilitation and textile design. She also studies how full-body technology and body sensory feedback can be used to modulate people’s perception of themselves and of their capabilities to improve self-efficacy and copying capabilities. She has published more than 170 papers in Affective Computing, HCI, and Pattern Recognition. She was awarded the 2003 Technical Prize from the Japanese Society of Kansei Engineering and she has given a TEDxStMartin talk (2012).
Nadia's presentation will be looking at: "Empowering everyday self-managed physical rehabilitation through affective-aware sensing technology"
Abstract:
The emergence of low-cost full-body sensing technology has opened new possibilities to support physical rehabilitation in long-term conditions and in everyday life. Building on lessons learnt from the EPSRC-funded interdisciplinary Emo&Pain project, I will discuss how such technology could lead to more effective self-managed physical rehabilitation through integrating it in everyday activities and supporting people at both physical and psychological levels. I will also discuss how this sensing technology allows us to go beyond simply measuring and reflecting on one’s behaviour by exploiting embodied bottom-up mechanisms that enhance the perception of one’s body and its capabilities. In doing so, I will also highlight the challenges we need to address and the opportunities that are emerging.
Join Nadia plus more and register for the event at: http://www.theiet.org/techaal
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Other speaker highlights:
Arlene J. Astell
Ian Spero