1, Apr, 2009 to 3, Apr, 2009
UCLS, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Homepage: http://www.bodynets.org/
Sponsors: IEEE-CS
Deadline: 8, Dec, 2008

Networks of sensing, computing, and communication devices are increasingly being deployed as wearable, and even implantable, systems to form Body Area Networks (BodyNets). BodyNets allow for unidirectional (monitoring) and even bidirectional (effecting) interactions with subjects. BodyNets are now appearing in diverse applications, including physiological monitoring for diagnosing, treating, tracking, and studying diseases and disorders; biokinetic monitoring for improving physical medicine and rehabilitation; human-computer interactions; and education and entertainment through interactive games. This conference will explore and explain the scope and challenges of designing, building, and deploying BodyNets. This will also include sessions devoted to presenting applications that are creating new business opportunities as well as compelling research challenges. In this regard, the BodyNets conference, now in its fourth year, aims to establish a forum for convening research professionals from diverse fields, including computer science and electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, medicine, and other disciplines in both academia and industry to address the technical, social, and application opportunities being driven by BodyNets.
The conference invites original technical papers that were not previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Topics include, but are not limited to: BodyNets Systems and Technology In-vivo, on-body, and near-body networks Information systems including (but not limited to) architectures integrating sensing, signal processing, sensor data fusion, and related technologies Novel communication techniques and protocols supporting BodyNets System design issues including reliability, sensing integrity, system performance, energy, operating lifetime, security, and privacy HCI/Wearable Computing Wearable system architectures BodyNets entertainment technologies Assistive technologies for geriatric subjects and the disabled Social impact of BodyNets Medical Applications Pervasive health care and personal monitoring and guidance BodyNets for prosthetic devices Novel applications of BodyNets in healthcare The proceedings of the conference will be published by ACM and archived in the ACM Digital Library. Extended versions of technically superior papers will be invited for a special issue of ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS).