Assisted Living Technologies in Health Promotion
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomedical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2024) | Viewed by 4843
Special Issue Editor
Interests: computer vision; machine learning; multi-sensor data processing; smart sensors and systems; ambient intelligence; ambient assisted living; smart living technology
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Dear Colleagues,
Our societies increasingly rely on advancements in Information and Communication Technologies to enhance the lives of those who require assistance. With an emphasis on fostering autonomy and independent living, the development of such technologies has become central to our day-to-day activities, promoting increased quality of life while minimizing the need for external intervention. This importance is even more pronounced in the field of Health promotion, an intrinsic human necessity, where pervasive and ubiquitous systems have the potential to greatly amplify our control over our health.
Despite considerable progress, research in assisted living technologies specifically geared towards health promotion applications has yet to reach a level of maturity that meets the rising demand. This gap exists due to a myriad of challenges across various disciplines, including rigorous randomized controlled trials, the development of all-inclusive design methodologies, a paradigm shift from “Ambient Assisted Living” to “Active and Assisted Living”, addressing security and privacy issues such as cyber threat detection, data integrity, designing advanced systems for data processing and communication such as Internet-of-Healthcare-Things infrastructures, wireless sensor networks, development of next-generation pervasive electronic devices, and much more.
In alignment with the mission of our journal, Sensors, we are dedicating this Special Issue to “Assisted Living Technologies in Health Promotion.” We aim to encapsulate and highlight the most recent research, reviews, and breakthroughs that tackle the abovementioned challenges. We encourage the submission of manuscripts that provide experimental and theoretical results in exhaustive detail, enabling reproducibility and facilitating a collective growth of knowledge.
We look forward to collecting valuable contributions in this journey towards developing innovative and effective solutions to the challenges in assisted living technologies for health promotion.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in IJERPH.
Dr. Giovanni Diraco
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ambient assisted living
- healthy and active aging
- smart homes and environments
- smart sensors and systems
- mobile health monitoring
- home care monitoring
- artificial intelligence-powered solutions
- inclusive design
- technology adoption and impact
- security and privacy
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