TechAAL 2019

The programme for @TechAAL 2019 has been published at events2.theiet.org/techaal/progra…. The conference will take place in London on 25th March.

The best part of my job is that I get to mix with people, who are smarter than me :) Fascinating discussions at @TheIET #TechAAL2019 #AssistedLiving #opportunities #Education

Blur, pixelate, mask, cartoonise ... @SalahObaidi @sheffielduni anomysing video data to protect + preserve privacy ... a major challenge to adoption of data + digital tech in human environments solved @TechAAL @IETevents #HealthyAgeing #TemporalSalience #Mapping

When #engineers see solutions! Fascinating presentation Kevin Hung from Open University Of #HongKong Application of tech to track heart rate and blood pressure variabilities by monitoring changes in eye pupil size @TechAAL @IETevents #cardiovascular #health

The last presentation of this year's edition is by Salah Al-Obaidi with a method for visual privacy preservation that allows human activity recognition

Bo Tan speaks about using low resolution thermal sensors for human activity recognition

@tokyotech_en’s Naoki Kobayash explains how Bestic - a tabletop, video-enabled robot - has helped to provide mealtime support and improve nutrition for care home residents in project w/ @CamanioCare, Waseda and Karlstad universities @TechAAL @IETevents #HealthyAgeing

Naoki Kobayashi presents a case study of a robotic assistive device for the frail elderly

Overcoming the present day shortage of 110,000 care workers needed for UK social care sector! Praminda Caleb-Solly @praminda @BristolRobotLab @UWEBristol How assistive robots can help to fill the gap! There is so much more that @TechAAL engineers can do! #cognitive support req’d!

Marius Dragoi speaks about an AAL scenario involving automatic data collection and robotic manipulation

What are the challenges for using social robots - @praminda Caleb-Solly

Approximately 30% of people abandon use of their assistive technology - @praminda Calleb-Solly

@praminda Caleb-Solly is our second keynote speaker. She will present her work on assistive robots

Kevin Hung presents his work on the design of a mobile health system for continuous monitoring of ocular behaviour and cardiovascular variabilities

Trialled on US West Coast, adaptive ICT #UniperCare platform dramatically reduced feelings of loneliness and improved well-being among 40 eight-five yr olds. Great story for our oldest old told by @HaifaUniversity’s Iris Cohen @TechAAL turning yr TV into yr social organiser+

Athanasios Lentzas is presenting their work on human activity recognition with smartphones

Iris Cohen is introducing the preliminary results of a technology to address loneliness of older people

Richly informative talk by @johndinsmore at @TheIET @TechAAL on the design and deployment of digital health technologies - exploring the many complexities as addressed within @ProACT2020 for people with multi morbidities

Ian Poyner, from @UniofReading, speaks about how to improve access to healthcare in rural communities using IoT

Behaviour change targets in @ProACT2020 project @johndinsmore

@johndinsmore is speaking about how to manage muiti-morbidity inside complex multi-stakeholder ecosystems of care. More than half of the population over 65 suffers of at least 2 diseases. That goes to more than 70% for the over 75s