The 5th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments is organized by the University of Texas at Arlington, USA.

Announcement

• New! "DISCOVERY AND ONGOING WORK" (DISCO) session  
  • A new feature of PETRA 2012 will enable future authors to submit a 400 word abstract to a special "DISCOVERY AND ONGOING WORK" session. The aim is to promote the dissemination of exciting new work and especially help junior researchers receive feedback of their work early on.(Deadline: March 01, 2012). Click here for details.
• PETRA 2012 submission deadline is extended to Feb. 05, 2012
• STUDENT TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES  
  • NSF travel funding scholarships for students

Workshops Affiliated With the Conference

Deadline for Workshop Submission: March 01, 2012

1. Tutorial: DAT: "Disability and Assistive Technologies : Let the experts tell us how to select, adjust and evaluate technologies for persons with severe physical disabilities"
2. ABRA: Affect and Behaviour Related Assistance in Support For the Elderly
3. SN2AE: Social networks and sensor networks in assistive environments
4. PSPAE: Privacy and Security in Pervasive e-Health and Assistive Environments Workshop

Conference Theme

The PETRA Conference brings together different types of technology to address an important social and healthcare issue: as the world's population ages, there is growing interest in solutions for the in- home care of the elderly as well as for the care of people with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other disabilities or traumas. PETRA (which means "stone" in Greek) reflects the needs of the domestic environment, or "Oikos" as it was known in ancient Greece, but from a technological perspective. People's living environments are particularly important in an increasingly crowded and complex world where the need for inclusiveness and connectivity with the rest of the world is key. PETRA addresses the fact that, as people grow older, they will increasingly rely on technology to be able to stay in their homes.

Sponsors

• College of Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington
• The National Science Foundation (NSF)
• HERACLEIA Human Centered Computing Laboratory at UTA.
• University of Central Greece, Department of Informatics with Appliances in Biomedicine
• Technological Educational Institution of Athens (Department of Informatics),
• Demokritos National Center for Scientific Research (NCSR),
• Ionian University
• University of the Aegean
• Institute of Computer Science (ICS) of the Foundation for Research and Technology
• Fullbright Foundation, Greece

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