CFP - Health Web Science *HWSW2012 - CALL FOR PAPERS*

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*HWSW2012 - CALL FOR PAPERS*

2nd Health Web Science Workshop
A workshop at Web Science 2012.
Friday June 22, 2012, Evanston, IL, USA,
Next to Chicago on the shores of Lake Michigan
http://www.websci12.org/
http://www.unbsj.ca/sase/csas/data/hwsw2012/

*Keynote Speaker*
ACTION-ABLE PERSONALIZED HEALTH INFORMATION ON THE WEB
- Dr. Mark Wilkinson, Isaac Peral Distinguished Researcher,
Polytechnic University of Madrid, and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of
Medicine, University of British Columbia.

*Important Dates*
Paper submission - June 10
Acceptance notification - June 15
HWSW2012 workshop - June 22

*Workshop Themes*
- Engaging individuals in services provided via the web.
- Personalization of Health Applications and data input via the web.
- Engaging communities in services and as communities on the web.
- Health Web Services and Semantics.
- Techniques for measuring healthcare quality.
- Future directions of Health services using the Web
- Health Web Applications
- Health Web Challenges

*Submissions*
We invite workshop papers (3000 words / 8 pages) and demonstrations.
Manuscripts should be focused around a specific challenge with a
HEALTH context where they suggest a solution, demonstrate feasibility
and possibly also a meaningful evaluation.

Pre-submission enquiries may be made to the workshop organisers
Submissions should be uploaded to Easychair:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=websci12ws

*Journal Special Issue*
http://www.unbsj.ca/sase/csas/data/hwsw2012/sic.html

* Workshop Organizers / Special Issue Editors*

Dr. Joanne S. Luciano - Tetherless World Constellation, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, USA

Prof. Grant Cumming - MBChB, MD, MRCOG. Consultant Obstetrician and
Gynaecologist NHS, UK,

Associate Prof. Dr. Christopher J.O. Baker - Innovatia Research Chair,
University of New Brunswick. Canada

Dr. Erik Cambria - Temasek Laboratories, National University of
Singapore, Singapore


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Joanne S. Luciano, PhD                                 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Research Associate Professor                      110 8th Street, Winslow 2143
Tetherless World Constellation                     Troy, NY 12180, USA
Department of Computer Science                 Email: jluciano@rpi.edu<mailto:jluciano@rpi.edu>
Office Tel. +1.518.276.4939                              Global Tel. +1.617.440.4364 (skypeIn)
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