Final Program
- 17 Sep Day 1
- 18 Sep Day 2
- 15 Jun SEO & Content Marketing Strategies
- 12 Sep Emerging Technologies & Innovation Trends
Registration /Tea & Coffee
Welcome by General Chairs
Keynote talk: Mary P. Czerwinski, Microsoft Research
Coffee Break
Technical Session 1 - Patient Empowerment 1
From Monitoring to Empowerment: Revolutionizing Elderly and Bedridden Care with Low-Cost Privacy-First Technology - de Pinho Andre, Rafael (EMAp – FGV); Fonseca, Almir (EMAp – FGV); Westfal, Lucas (EMAp – FGV)
Serious Games for Children with Motor Dysgraphia: Context and Requirements Analysis and Participatory Design Thinking Ideation-Rettinger, Lena (University of Applied Sciences, FH Campus Wien); Hauser, Carina (University of Applied Sciences, FH Campus Wien); Gstöttner, Lisa-Sophie (University of Applied Sciences, FH Campus Wien); Goldschmid, René (University of Applied Sciences, FH Campus Wien); Schönthaler, Erna (University of Applied Sciences, FH Campus Wien); Putz, Peter (University of Applied Sciences, FH Campus Wien)
The potential for digital physical behaviour outcomes to support disease prevention and treatment- Speirs, Craig (University of Strathclyde); Dunlop, Mark (University of Strathclyde); Roper, Marc (University of Strathclyde)
Design Considerations for
Self-Management Technologies for People Living with Dementia and Informal Carers - Perspectives of Healthcare Professionals and Charity Workers - Doyle, Julie (NetwellCASALA, Dundalk Institute of Technology); Moran, Orla (NetwellCASALA, Dundalk Institute of Technology); Wilson, Michael (NetwellCASALA, Dundalk Institute of Technology); O’Neill, Siobhán (Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda); Smith, Suzanne (NetwellCASALA, Dundalk Institute of Technology); Turner, Jonathan (School of Computer Science, Technological University Dublin); O’Sullivan, Dympna (School of Computer Science, Technological University Dublin)
A Knowledge Graph Question Answering System for Personalized Nutrition and Recipes Recommendation- Tsampos, Ioannis (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hellenic Mediterranean University); Marakakis, Emmanouil (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hellenic Mediterranean University)
Does Personalization of Motivational Messages Enhance Adherence to Walking Interventions Among Cancer Patients?- Lisowska, Aneta (Vrije Universiteit); Lewis, Nehama (University of Haifa); Wilk, Szymon (Poznan University of Technology); Peleg, Mor (University of Haifa)
You are not you when you are tired: The effects of ego depletion on stress levels reporting- Bellanger, Antoine (University of Geneva); Matias, Igor (University of Geneva); Wac, Katarzyna (University of Geneva)
Lunch
Technical Session 2 - Patient Empowerment 2
The causal effect of personality traits on the mental health in breast cancer patients under the occurrence of negative life events-Petrakis, Aristeidis (Computational Biomedicine Laboratory, FORTH-ICS, Heraklion, Greece); Mylona, Eugenia (FORTH); Kourou, Konstantina (MedLab); Manikis, Georgios (Computational BioMedicine Laboratory, Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas); Kondylakis, Haridimos (FORTH-ICS); Marias, Kostas (FORTH); Poikonen-Saksela, Paula (Helsinki University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center and Helsinki University, Finland); Simos, Panagiotis (School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece); Karademas, Evangelos (Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece); Mazzocco, Ketti (Applied Research Division for Cognitive and Psychological Science, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy); Pat-Horenczyk, Ruth (Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel – The Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma, Herzog Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel); Sousa, Berta (Breast Unit, Champalimaud Clinical Centre/ Champalimaud Foundation, Champalimaud Research, Lisboa, Portugal); Fotiadis, Dimitrios (University of Ioannina)
Preliminary Validation of an IMU-based Physiotherapy Assessment System for the Lower Extremities-Bonfiglio, Alessandro (University of Trento); Petrucelli, Cecilia (Politecnico di Milano); Villa, Giacomo (Politecnico di Milano); Bongers, Raoul M. (University Medical Center Groningen); Farella, Elisabetta (Fondazione Bruno Kessler)
Exploring Interruptions and Task Resumption Strategies for Designing Digital Home Health Assessments-Tang, Charlotte (University of Michigan Flint); McGrenere, Joanna (University of British Columbia); Jacova, Claudia (Pacific University)
Bias in Context: Clinicians Perceptions of Womens Healthcare -Heaney, Andrea (Technological University Dublin); Murphy, Emma (Technological University Dublin); Hickey, Eugene (Technological University Dublin)
Exploring Stress Management and Coping Mechanisms of Indian International Students: A Pilot Study-Mohamed, HousamEldin Adel-Ragab (University of Michigan-Flint); Shuva, Imrul K. (University of Michigan-Flint); Tang, Charlotte (University of Michigan-Flint)
Measuring Contextual Factors that Influence Real-World Walking Speed-Ireson, Neil (The University of Sheffield); Lanfranchi, Vita (The University of Sheffield)
DIGITAL TWINS IN MEDICINE: WHERE WE STAND?-Chrysanthakopoulou, Dionysia (University of Patras); Koutsojannis, Constantinos (University Of Patras)
Coffee Break
Technical Session 3 - AI
Dropout Prediction Using Advanced Machine Learning Models in a School and Community-Based Intervention to Promote Healthy Lifestyle and Prevent Type 2 Diabetes: Feel4Diabetes-ziastas, Christos (Centre for Research and Technology Hellas); Triantafyllidis, Andreas (Centre for Research and Technology Hellas); Alexiadis, Anastasios (Centre for Research and Technology Hellas); Votis, Konstantinos (Centre for Research and Technology Hellas); Cardon, Greet (Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium); Lindström, Jaana (Population Health Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.); Iotova, Violeta (Department of Social Medicine and Health Care Organization Medical University of Varna, Varna, Bulgaria); Rurik, Imre (Semmelweis University, Department of Family Medicine, Budapest); Moreno, Luis A. (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD) Research Group, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain); Karaglani, Eva (Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Science & Education, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece); Mavrogianni, Christina (Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Science & Education, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece); Manios, Yannis (Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Science & Education, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece)
A Parkinson's Disease Gait Identification Model based on Attention Mechanism and Long Short-Term Memory Network- Jianxian, Zhang (Fuzhou University); Xianghan, Zheng (Fuzhou University); Huan, Wang (Fuzhou University); Jing, Cai (Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine); Ying, Liu (Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine)
Towards PTSD Diagnosis Through ECG Anomaly Detection based on Autoencoders- Skaramagkas, Vasileios (Hellenic Mediterranean University); Kyprakis, Ioannis (Hellenic Mediterranean University); Karanasiou, Georgia (Unit of Medical Technology Intelligent Information Systems); Fotiadis, Dimitrios (Unit of Medical Technology Intelligent Information Systems); Tsiknakis, Manolis (Computational BioMedicine Laboratory (CBML) FORTH-ICS)
Enhancing Asthma Attack Predictions with Neural Network Architectures in Electronic Health Record Data- Budiarto, Arif (University of Edinburgh); Sheikh, Aziz (University of Edinburgh); Wilson, Andrew M (The University of East Anglia); Price, David B (Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute); Shah, Syed Ahmar (University of Edinburgh)
Anemoi: Breath Analytics for Ailment Prediction and Recovery Tracking- Wajid, Faizan (University of Maryland, College Park); Agrawala, Ashok (University of Maryland, College Park)
Temporal Analysis on Topics Using Word2Vec: Insights from Health and Sports News-Sandhu, Angad (John Hopkins University); Narayan, Vishesh (University of Maryland); Wajid, Faizan (University of Maryland); Agrawala, Ashok (University of Maryland)
Detecting Sleep Disruptions in Adolescents Using Context-sensitive EMA: A Feasibility Study- Lakshminarayanan, Rithika (Northeastern University); Uppal, Arushi (Northeastern University); Le, Ha (Northeastern University); Spilsbury, James C (Case Western Reserve University); Intille, Stephen (Northeastern University)
3rd IOT-HR: WORKSHOP ON INTERNET OF THINGS IN HEALTH RESEARCH
Enhancing In Vitro Fertilization with Environment Optimization Utilizing Artificial Intelligence (EIVF-AI)
Khoshkangini, Reza
Performing Audiometry using Pupillometry: State-of-the-Market and Sensor Selection
Crivello, Antonino
Multisensor setup for functional capacity testing: the Malisa dataset
Salvi, Dario
Objective Characterization of Timed up and Go Test via Sensorized Mats
Eriksson, Hedda
A flexible IMU-based unit for validation studies: a step counting application
Angelucci, Alessandra
Break
Gala Dinner
Keynote talk : Nicos Maglaveras, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Coffee Break
Technical Session 4a - Medical Imaging
Review of Deep Learning Applications in the Enhancement of Pneumonia Medical Image Analysis: A Case Study of West-Meru Hospital- Kimeu, Japheth Mumo (Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology); Michael, Kisangiri (Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology); Mbelwa, Hope (Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology); Leo, Judith (Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology)
Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Segmentation System in MS with Deep Neural Networks-Adamides, Giorgos (3aHealth); Panayides, Andreas (CYENS CoE); Loizou, Christos (Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering and Informatics, Cyprus University of Technology); Nicolaou, Andria (Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus); Pantzaris, Marios (University of Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics); Pattichis, Constantinos (Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus)
Radiomics Prediction of Pathologic Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer: Interpretation and Imaging Pitfalls - Ioannidis, Georgios S. (Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas); Joshi, Smriti (University of Barcelona); Kalliatakis, Grigorios (Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas); Nikiforaki, Katerina (Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas); Kilintzis, Vassilis (Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas); Kondylakis, Haridimos (Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas); Diaz, Oliver (University of Barcelona); Bobowicz, Maciej (University of GdaĹ„sk); Lekadir, Karim (University of Barcelona); Marias, Kostas (Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas)
Technical Session 4b - Education
Applying virtual reality in older adult healthcare education - A case study- Hu, Yan (Blekinge Institute of Technology); Sundstedt, Veronica (Blekinge Institute of Technology); Berner, Jessica (Blekinge Institute of Technology); Perlesi, Ivan (Virotea AB)
Design and Evaluation of an AR-Assisted Tool for Enhancing Breast Self-Examination and Awareness- Wang, Yijing (Georgia Institute of Technology); Aflatoony, Leila (Georgia Institute of Technology)
The Virtual Co-design of Sleep Solved – A Case Study of an Educational Sleep App Designed with Teens- Duffy, Anthony (Simon Fraser University); Bennett, Sarah E (University of Bristol); Yardley, Lucy (University of Bristol); Moreno, Sylvain (Simon Fraser University)
Digital didactic tool for the development of vascular microsurgery skills in students of medical-surgical specializations-Aguirre Ramos, Javier Adolfo (Universidad Icesi); Aguilar Toledo, Juan Carlos (FundaciĂłn Valle del Lili)
Applying virtual reality in older adult healthcare education - A case study- Hu, Yan (Blekinge Institute of Technology); Sundstedt, Veronica (Blekinge Institute of Technology); Berner, Jessica (Blekinge Institute of Technology); Perlesi, Ivan (Virotea AB)
Technical Session 2 - Patient Empowerment 2
Technical Session 5 - mHealth & Telemonitoring
: Smartphone based Behaviour Monitoring and Health Recommendation in a Weight Loss Intervention Study-Ivezić, Dijana (University of Freiburg); Keppel, Jonas (University of Duisburg-Essen); Becker, Christine (Bodymed AG); Walle, Hardy (Bodymed AG); Schneegass, Stefan (University of Duisburg-Essen); Amft, Oliver (University of Freiburg)
H2Office: Harnessing a Smartwatch and Water-Gauge System to Hydrate Knowledge Workers-Ahire, Shashank (Leibniz University Hannover); Almahayni, Abdalrazak (Human-Computer Interaction, Leibniz University Hannover); Rohs, Michael (University of Hannover)
A gamified smartphone application to improve the adherence to the Mediterranean diet in cardiac patients: a usability and feasibility study-Habets, Wald (Human-Computer Interaction and eHealth, Faculty of Sciences, Hasselt University); Xu, Linqi (Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University); Dendale, Paul (Heart Centre Hasselt, Jessa Hospital); Coninx, Karin (Human-Computer Interaction and eHealth, Faculty of Sciences, Hasselt University)
mCARE: Integrating Mobile Phones, Caregivers, and Health Practitioners to Provide Regular Monitoring and Care for the Children with ASD in Bangladesh- Haque, Md (Butler University); Zarif, Md Ishrak Islam (Ubicomp Lab, Department of Computer Science, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA); Rabbani, Masud (Marquette University); Das, Dipranjan (Marquette University); Schwichtenberg, Amy (College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA); Bansal, Naveen (Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, United States); Soron, Tanjir (Neuro-Developmental Disability Protection Trust); Parveen, Shahana (Institute of Paediatric Neurodisorder & Autism, Dhaka, Bangladesh); Akhter, Shaheen (National Institute of Mental Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh); Begum, Azima (Telepsychiatry Research and Innovation Network Ltd, Dhaka, Bangladesh); Patwary, Shah Alam (Butler University); Schmidt, Austin (Butler University); Ahmed, Syed Ishtiaque (University of Toronto); Ahamed, Sheikh Iqbal (Marquette University)
Gamifying a chronic pain management mHealth intervention: do's and don'ts-Szymanski, Maxwell (KU Leuven); De Croon, Robin (KU Leuven); Verbert, Katrien (KU Leuven); Vanden Abeele, Vero (e-Medialab, Belgium)
Evaluation Of Level System Structures On The Engagement Of Participants In mHealth Applications- James, Lorenzo (Eindhoven University of Technology); Genga, Laura (Eindhoven University of Technology); Nuijten, Raoul (Eindhoven University of Technology); Montagne, Barbara (Center for Mental Health Care); Hagenaars, Muriel (Utrecht University); Van Gorp, Pieter (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Perspectives on Contextual Information in Dutch Cardiac Rehab: Implications for Holistic Telemonitoring- Serban, Irina Bianca (Eindhoven University of Technology); Houben, Steven (Eindhoven University of Technology); Colombo, Sara (Delft University of Technology); Brombacher, Aarnout (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Enhancing IoMT Security: An Improved ChaCha Algorithm for Secure Data Transmission on IoMT Devices- jabari, khawla (Engineering Sciences Lab, ENSA, University Ibn Tofail, Kenitra, Morocco); ABDELLAOUI, Abderrahim (Engineering Sciences Lab, ENSA, University Ibn Tofail, Kenitra, Morocco)
Coffee Break and Poster session
Using Predictive Analysis and Wearables to Increase Physical Activity among Individuals with Disabilities- SMART Design-Mohanraj, Sangeetha (University of Alabama at Birmingham); Thirumalai, Mohanraj (University of Alabama at Birmingham); Mendonca, Christen John (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
BeClean: Designing Personalized Eco-Feedback Application for Pro-Environmental Behavior-Mahapasuthanon, Pattiya (George Mason University); Genaro Motti, Vivian (George Mason University)
Use of Gamified Monetary Rewards as a Means of Motivation towards Daily Self-Monitoring of Diabetes Management Behaviors-Thirumalai, Mohanraj (The University of Alabama at Birmingham); John, Tejossy (The University of Alabama at Birmingham); Mehta, Tapan (The University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Physical Activity, Physical Function and Quality of Life in Midlife Women.-Giggins, Oonagh (Dundalk Institute of Technology); Cullen-Smith, Suzanne (Dundalk Institute of Technology); Broeckx, Leen (Thomas More University of Applied Sciences); Sels, Romy (Thomas More University of Applied Sciences); Helsen, Kim (Thomas More University of Applied Sciences); Cuppens, Kris (Thomas More University of Applied Sciences)
Social Media and Its Impact on Orthorexia Nervosa. A Systematic Literature Review.- Lecaj, Rron (SMK College of Applied Sciences)
No One Teaches Me How to Do This: Clinical Research Coordinators Confront Challenges in Digital Clinical Trials-Han, Jiyoon (Sungkyunkwan University); Lee, Mangyeong (Sungkyunkwan University); Cho, Juhee (Sungkyunkwan University); Oh, Dongryul (Samsung Medical Center); Ahn, Jinseok (Samsung Medical Center)
The user-centred design, and evaluation of the MyGDM prototype mHealth tool: Poster- Kirkwood, Jasmine R (University of Edinburgh); Dickson, Jane (University of Dundee); Stevens, Marryat (MyWay Digital Health); Manataki, Areti (University of St Andrews); Lindsay, Robert S (University of Glasgow); Wake, Deborah J (University of Edinburgh and MyWay Digital Health); Reynolds, Rebecca M (University of Edinburgh)
Unveiling Inequalities in Mobile Health Utilization Across Different Implementation Phases: Analyzing Factors Associated with Access, Adoption, Adherence, and Maintenance-Yang, Seongwoo (Sungkyunkwan University); Cha, Myoung Jin (Sungkyunkwan University); Lee, Mangyeong (Samsung Medical Center); Cho, Juhee (Samaung Medical Center)
Diagnostic Hysteroscopy Electronic Health Record System-Theodosiou, Alexandros (3AE Health LTD)
Improving Personalized Medicine via AI-based Precision Tracheostomy-
Toulkeridou, Evropi (CYENS Centre of Excellence); Kosmidou, Panagiota (German Oncology Center, Limassol, Cyprus); Vevis, Kristis (German Oncology Center, Limassol, Cyprus); Antoniou, Zinonas (3aHealth); Kallinos, Loizos (3aHealth); Valiandi, Ioanna (CYENS CoE); Panayides, Andreas (CYENS CoE)
Best Paper Award + Invitation to Pervasive Health 2025
Enhancing In Vitro Fertilization with Environment Optimization Utilizing Artificial Intelligence (EIVF-AI)
Khoshkangini, Reza
Performing Audiometry using Pupillometry: State-of-the-Market and Sensor Selection
Crivello, Antonino
Multisensor setup for functional capacity testing: the Malisa dataset
Salvi, Dario
Objective Characterization of Timed up and Go Test via Sensorized Mats
Eriksson, Hedda
A flexible IMU-based unit for validation studies: a step counting application
Angelucci, Alessandra
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