Developing User-centric AAL Systems

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Dr. Augusto is Professor of Computer Science at Middlesex University, London, UK.  His main research interest is in the design and implementation of Intelligent Environments, especially on applications which had to do with health and well-being.  He is the Head of the Research Group on Development of Intelligent Environments and of the Smart Spaces Lab. This research group and lab won the 2019 edition of the “Real A.I.” competition organized by the British Computing Society. He has contributed to the research community in several ways: more than 280 publications, several keynotes and tutorials for international workshops and conferences, created workshops to stimulate discussions on specific areas which need further development,  taken prominent roles in some of the most important events in this area, is Editor in Chief of a book series and scientific journals, participated an directed numerous research projects, assessed for the European Union and for several other national scientific organizations.

 

 

Cloud Computing and Big Data Can Improve the Quality of Our Life

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Prof. Victor Chang is a Professor of Business Analytics at Operations and Information Management, Aston Business School, Aston University, UK, since mid-May 2022. He was previously a Full Professor of Data Science and Information Systems at the School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies, Teesside University, UK, since September 2019. He was previously a Senior Associate Professor, Director of Ph.D. and Director of MRes at International Business School Suzhou, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China. He was also a very active contributing key member at the Research Institute of Big Data Analytics, XJTLU. Before that, he worked as a Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University, UK. Within 4 years, Prof Chang completed Ph.D. (CS, Southampton) and PGCe rt (Higher Education, Fellow, Greenwich) while working for several projects at the same time. Before becoming an academic, he has achieved 97% on average in 27 IT certifications. He won 2001 full Scholarship, a European Award on Cloud Migration in 2011, IEEE Outstanding Service Award in 2015, best papers in 2012, 2015 and 2018, the 2016 European award: Best Project in Research, 2016-2018 SEID Excellent Scholar, Suzhou, China, Outstanding Young Scientist award in 2017, 2017 special award on Data Science, 2017-2022 INSTICC Service Awards, Talent Award Suzhou 2019, Top 2% Scientist 2019-2022, Highly Cited Researcher 2021, Outstanding Reviewer of several Elsevier journals 2018-2019 and Outstanding Editor of FGCS (stepped down). He is the Associate Editor of IEEE TII, JGIM, Expert Systems and IJBSR and an Editor of Information Fusion, Scientific Report and IDD journals. He is the Editor-in-Chief of IJOCI and OJBD journals, and holds important or lead guest editor roles in several prestigious journals. Prof Chang was involved in different projects worth more than £14 million in Europe and Asia. He has published 3 books as sole author and the editor of 2 books on Cloud Computing and related technologies. He gave 48 keynotes at international conferences. He is widely regarded as one of the most active and influential young scientists and experts in IoT/Data Science/Cloud/Security/AI/IS, as he has the experience to develop 10 different services for multiple disciplines. He is the founding conference chair for IoTBDS, COMPLEXIS and FEMIB to build up and foster active research communities globally with positive impacts.

 

 

Auditory Displays for Ambient Intelligence – Perspectives for Smart Environments

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Thomas Hermann is director of the Ambient Intelligence Group within the Center of Excellence in Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC) at Bielefeld University, Germany. His research interests include sonification, ambient intelligence, human-computer interaction, and cognitive interaction technology. After his physics degree he received a PhD in computer science from Bielefeld University. He served on the Board of Directors of ICAD (2004-2013), as vice-chair of the EU COST Action Sonic Interaction Design (2007-2011) and coordinated the working group on Sonification therein. He is member of the scientific board of directors of CITEC at Bielefeld University. He cofounded together with Andy Hunt the Interactive Sonification Workshop series and coedited The Sonification Handbook (Logos Verlag, 2011) together with Andy Hunt and John Neuhoff.

 

 

Community Assessment of Risk Screening and Treatment Strategies (CARTS) - An Update

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The Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation (CGR), School of Medicine, U.C.C. is led by Prof David William Molloy, Geriatrician and Chair in Clinical Gerontology, and is based in St Finbarr’s Hospital. The Centre was established in September 2010 is funded by Atlantic Philanthropies with a specific remit to establish interdisciplinary teaching and learning in Gerontology, Rehabilitation and End of Life Care in UCC and to raise the standard of care of the elderly in the South of Ireland. Prof Molloy received his medical degree from University College Cork in 1977 and became a member of the Royal College of Physicians Ireland (RCPI) in 1980. He then moved to Canada where he was appointed Professor of Medicine at McMaster University (1988) and  St. Peter’s McMaster Chair in Aging (2002) where he remained until 2010 when he returned to Ireland to take up his position as Chair of Clinical Gerontology. Vastly experienced in the area of cognitive impairment, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, Prof Molloy has a proven track record in successful grant applications, co-ordinating multi-centre studies and recruiting large numbers of patients for research. Since his arrival in U.C.C., the CGR has secured funding from a number of sources including the Health Research Board (HRB) and the Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF).  Prof Molloy is a co-investigator in NILVAD and PERSSILAA (EU-FP7 funded trials). A recognised expert on capacity he has published over 140 peer-reviewed articles and several books.  To promote the autonomy of the elderly, he wrote the advance health care directive, “Let Me Decide”.  It has had 25 editions and is published in several languages and has recently been published in Ireland for the first time.