Call for Papers

SCOPE

Physiological data in its different dimensions, either bioelectrical, biomechanical, biochemical or biophysical, and collected through specialized biomedical devices, video and image capture or other sources, is opening new boundaries in the field of human-computer interaction into what can be defined as Physiological Computing. PhyCS is the annual meeting of the physiological interaction and computing community, and serves as the main international forum for engineers, computer scientists and health professionals, interested in outstanding research and development that bridges the gap between physiological data handling and human-computer interaction. PhyCS brings together people interested in creating novel interaction devices, adaptable interfaces, algorithms and tools, through the study, planning, and design of interfaces between people and computers that are supported by multimodal biosignals. We seek contributions that relate synergetic disciplines such as biomedical engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, affective computing, accessibility, usability, computer graphics, arts, etc. Researchers attending PhyCS seek to extend the state-of-the-art by harnessing the power of physiological data to refine the symbiosis between humans and computers in such way that the resulting interactive experiences lead to richer and improved outcomes. This may involve the design of new wearable devices that make physiological data acquisition more pervasive, the design of user interfaces capable of recognizing and adapting to changes in the physiological state of the user, and / or the creation of algorithms to enable robust and seamless control of computational resources using physiological data sources as input. We call for original submissions that describe novel technologies and applications in this field, and greatly encourage authors to complement their oral and poster communications with demonstrations showing novel physiological computing and interaction concepts or systems.

CONFERENCE AREAS

Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

1. DEVICES 2. METHODOLOGIES AND METHODS 3. HUMAN FACTORS 4. APPLICATIONS

AREA 1: DEVICES Biomedical Devices for Computer InteractionHaptic DevicesBrain-Computer InterfacesHealth Monitoring DevicesPhysiology-driven RoboticsWearable Sensors and SystemsCybernetics and User Interface TechnologiesAREA 2: METHODOLOGIES AND METHODS Biosignal Acquisition, Analysis and ProcessingPattern RecognitionNeural Networks Processing of Multimodal InputObservation, Modeling and Prediction of User BehaviorComputer Graphics and Visualization of Physiological DataVideo and Image Analysis for Physiological ComputingMotion and TrackingAREA 3: HUMAN FACTORS User ExperienceUsabilityAdaptive InterfacesHuman Factors in Physiological ComputingLearning and Adaptive Control of Action PatternsSpeech and Voice Data ProcessingAREA 4: APPLICATIONS Physiology-driven Computer InteractionBiofeedback TechnologiesAffective ComputingPervasive TechnologiesAugmentative CommunicationAssistive TechnologiesInteractive Physiological SystemsPhysiological Computing in Mobile Devices

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

PhyCS 2014 will have several invited keynote speakers, who are internationally recognized experts in their areas. Their names are not yet confirmed.

PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors should submit a paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, addressing one or several of the conference areas or topics. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. To facilitate the double-blind paper evaluation method, authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors, including the authors’ personal details, the acknowledgments section of the paper and any other reference that may disclose the authors’ identity. Only original papers should be submitted. Authors are advised to read INSTICC's ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism thoroughly before submitting and must make sure that their submissions do not substantially overlap work which has been published elsewhere or simultaneously submitted to a journal or another conference with proceedings. Papers that contain any form of plagiarism will be rejected without reviews. Authors can submit their work in the form of a Regular Paper, representing completed and validated research, or as a Position Paper, portraying a short report of work in progress or an arguable opinion about an issue discussing ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research focused on one of the conference topic areas. All papers must be submitted through the online submission platform PRIMORIS and should follow the instructions and templates that can be found under Guidelines and Templates. After the paper submission has been successfully completed, authors will receive an automatic confirmation e-mail.

PUBLICATIONS

All accepted papers (full and short) will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support. All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library (http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/). SCITEPRESS is member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/). All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library. The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP and EI (Elsevier Index).

IMPORTANT DATES

Conference Date: 7 - 9 January, 2014

Regular Papers

Paper Submission: July 30, 2013 Authors Notification: October 9, 2013 Camera Ready and Registration: October 22, 2013

Position Papers

Paper Submission: September 18, 2013 Authors Notification: October 28, 2013 Camera Ready and Registration: November 12, 2013

SECRETARIAT

PhyCS Secretariat Address: Av. D. Manuel I, 27A, 2º esq.              2910-595 Setúbal - Setubal Portugal Tel.: +351 265 520 184 Fax: +44 203 014 8813 e-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.phycs.org

VENUE

The Sana Lisbon Hotel is situated in the Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo (close to Marquês de Pombal), within walking distance of Lisbon historical center and easily reached from Lisbon International Airport or Santa Apolónia and Gare do Oriente Train Stations.

The hotel has eleven meeting rooms which are easily transformed for either small meetings or conferences for up to 900 people.

The modern and elegant decoration of all areas of the hotel have been conceived to create an atmosphere of comfort and tranquility to all guests.

Sana Lisbon Hotel's central location and good access routes are ideal for conferences, business meetings, social events and to explore the best that Lisbon has to offer.

CONFERENCE CHAIR

Hugo Plácido da Silva, IT- Institute of Telecommunications, Portugal

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Andreas Holzinger, Medical University Graz, Austria Stephen Fairclough, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom Dennis Majoe, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Julio Abascal, University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Uniberstitatea, Spain Luis Azevedo, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Juan-Manuel Belda-Lois, Instituto de Biomecánica de Valência, Spain Sergi Bermudez i Badia, Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Universidade da Madeira, Portugal Ahmet Çakir, ERGONOMIC Institute, Germany Mónica Cameirão, Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal Raul Carneiro Martins, IT - Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal Guillaume Chanel, University of Geneva, Switzerland Febo Cincotti, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Pietro Cipresso, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Italy Miguel Coimbra, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Portugal Rui Cortesão, University of Coimbra, Portugal Luca De Vito, University of Sannio, Italy Miguel Sales Dias, Microsoft Language Development Center / ISCTE-Lisbon University Institute, Portugal Pedro Fernandes, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal Mireya Fernández Chimeno, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain Nuno Garcia, University of Beira Interior, Portugal Kiel Gilleade, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom Daniel Gonçalves, INESC-id, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Tiago Guerreiro, University of Lisbon, Portugal Joyce H. D. M. Westerink, Philips Research, Netherlands Joris H. Janssen, Philips Research, Netherlands Leontios Hadjileontiadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Sergi Jorda, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain Joaquim Jorge, INESC-id, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Ricardo Jota, University of Toronto, Canada Iolanda Leite, INESC-id, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Paulo Lobato Correia, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Guillaume Lopez, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan Henrique M. D. Santos, University of Minho, Portugal Jorge Martins, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Silvano Mignanti, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Yehya Mohamad, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany Enid Montague, Northwestern University, United States Domen Novak, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Ian Oakley, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, Republic of Verónica Orvalho, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Portugal Richard Pak, Clemson University, United States Evan Peck, Tufts University, United States Danny Plass-Oude Bos, University of Twente, Netherlands Thierry Pun, University of Geneva, Switzerland Kenneth Revett, British University in Egypt, Egypt Luís  Rocha, University of Minho, Portugal João Sanches, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Carlos Santos, NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands Nilanjan Sarkar, Vanderbilt University, United States Dominique L. Scapin, INRIA, France Reinhold Scherer, Graz University of Technology, Austria Jordi Solé-Casals, University of Vic, Spain Jan Stage, Aalborg University, Denmark Miguel Tavares da Silva, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal António Teixeira, DETI/IEETA, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Pepijn Van de Ven, University of Limerick, Ireland Egon van den Broek, University of Twente / Radboud UMC Nijmegen, Netherlands Marjolein van der Zwaag, Philips Research Europe, Netherlands Nadir Weibel, University of California, San Diego, United States