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<DIV>Sehr geehrte Kolleginnen und Kollegen,</DIV>
<DIV>ich darf einen ggf. interessanten Call weiterleiten,</DIV>
<DIV>beste Grüße, Elske Ammenwerth</DIV>
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<DIV> Call for Contributions<BR>======================================================================<BR> Bringing Together Indoor and Outdoor Mobility Solutions:<BR> Methodological Approaches for Navigation, Localization<BR> and Environment Modelling</DIV>
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<DIV> Workshop at the AAL Forum 2013<BR> Monday 23 September 2013, 13:30-18:30h, Norrköping, Sweden<BR>======================================================================</DIV>
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<DIV>Aim</DIV>
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<DIV>The central aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers, <BR>industry representatives, and end-users of ICT-based solutions in the <BR>realm of mobility assistance for Ambient Assisted Living. The primary <BR>focus will be on relevant AAL-JP projects, particularly from call 4. We <BR>see a definite plus, if not need, in sharing scientific and technical <BR>expertise and experiences, and are looking forward to input from indus- <BR>try and user organisations regarding overall requirements and business <BR>perspectives. The workshop will be open to general participation.</DIV>
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<DIV>Theme</DIV>
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<DIV>ICT-based solutions for increasing the mobility of elderly people in <BR>activities of daily living are dedicated to help answering two simple <BR>questions: “Where am I?” and “What is the route to my destination?” <BR>Whether the assistive system is given by a helpful app running on a <BR>portable device, or by a robotic device that additionally provides <BR>physical support: the two central questions address the following topics:</DIV>
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<DIV>* Route planning and accessibility: Given the actual and the desired <BR>pose of the user, how do we plan a feasible route that considers bar- <BR>riers, path conditions, and physical effort, i.e. a path that is <BR>completely accessible? How do we plan the route such that it accounts <BR>for certain points of interest, e.g. suggest a detour to the bakery?<BR>* Transportation modes, transition: How do we allow for different modes <BR>of transportation, e.g. as a pedestrian on foot, with a walker, on a <BR>wheelchair, by public transportation, etc.? How is a seamless tran- <BR>sition between these achieved?<BR>* Security, orientation: How can we assist users when they get lost, the <BR>technical assistance fails, there is an emergency or they need further <BR>orientation (e.g. in case of slight dementia)?<BR>* Navigation, indoor and outdoor localization: Observing the user’s <BR>position and orientation is a core topic of ICT-based approaches. <BR>Sensorial equipment like Global Navigation Satellite Systems, such as <BR>GPS or Galileo, gyroscopes, and acceleration sensors are widely avail- <BR>able in consumer electronics today. They facilitate outdoor localiza- <BR>tion up to a certain degree of precision. In contrast, indoor loca- <BR>lization solutions require more sophisticated sensorial equipment such <BR>as computer vision, lidar sensors, or an environment that is equipped <BR>with a specialised localisation infrastructure, for instance with <BR>radio-frequency identification tags. During the workshop we will raise <BR>the following questions: how do we achieve a combined indoor- and <BR>outdoor localization and navigation, with a smooth transition, in a <BR>framework that ideally shares a common infrastructure and sensorial <BR>equipment?<BR>How do we achieve a reasonable compromise between financial costs and <BR>achievable localization performance?<BR>* Environmental representations, maps: We want to discuss available map <BR>representations suitable for modelling outdoor navigation networks along <BR>with relevant impediments, and points of interests. We will further go <BR>into the question whether data from open community projects such as Open <BR>Street Map (OSM) are suitable for the above task w.r.t. reliability and <BR>availability. Other interesting issues are standardi-zation and <BR>integration approaches of indoor representations into OSM or comparable <BR>databases, and the approaches to obtain (indoor) navigation data.</DIV>
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<DIV>Sessions</DIV>
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<DIV>We plan 5 sessions for the above topics (with their length adapted to <BR>the expected contributions). There will be 10min presentations by the <BR>session chairpersons to introduce the relevant issues:</DIV>
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<DIV>* Route planning and accessibility<BR>chair: Eljakim Schrijvers, Eljakim Information Technology<BR>(AAL-JP project Happy Walker, <A href="http://www.aal-europe.eu/projects/happy-walker/">www.aal-europe.eu/projects/happy-walker/</A>)<BR>* Transportation modes, transition<BR>chair: Jan Alexandersson, DFKI<BR>(German BMBF project Mobia, <A href="http://www.mobia-saar.de">www.mobia-saar.de</A>)<BR>* Security, orientation<BR>chair: Cornelia Schneider, salzburg research<BR>(AAL-JP project Confidence, <A href="http://www.salzburgresearch.at/projekt/confidence">www.salzburgresearch.at/projekt/confidence</A>).<BR>* Navigation, indoor and outdoor localization<BR>chair: Christian Mandel, DFKI<BR>(AAL-JP project ASSAM, <A href="http://www.assam-project.eu">www.assam-project.eu</A>)<BR>* Environmental representations, maps<BR>chair: Andreas Rumsch, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts<BR>iHomeLab (AAL-JP project iWalkActive, <A href="http://www.iwalkactive.eu">www.iwalkactive.eu</A>)</DIV>
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<DIV>Desired Contributions</DIV>
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<DIV>We would like to encourage you to participate and make contributions to <BR>the discussions, with an initial 10 min presentation relating to the <BR>topics above. To select the presentations, in case there are too many, <BR>and to relate them to the above topics, we would like to ask you to send <BR>us a short statement (please indicate, which of the above topics it <BR>relates to most, in descending order, and state the AAL-JP project you <BR>refer to, if applicable).<BR>You are encouraged to submit your contribution as early as possible; you <BR>will then receive an early response within a week to make you travel plans.<BR>Deadline for contribution: 28 July 2013<BR>Notification: 21 August 2013<BR>Please refer to <A href="http://mobility-workshop.nmshost.de/">http://mobility-workshop.nmshost.de/</A> for instructions <BR>how to submit.</DIV>
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<DIV>Registration</DIV>
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<DIV>Deadline for registration: 8 September 2013<BR>Please register online at <A href="http://mobility-workshop.nmshost.de/">http://mobility-workshop.nmshost.de/</A> </DIV>
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<DIV>Contact persons</DIV>
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<DIV>Prof. Dr. Bernd Krieg-Brückner, Dr. Christoph Stahl<BR>Bremen Ambient Assisted Living Lab, CPS<BR>German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)<BR>Enrique-Schmidt-Str. 5<BR>D-28359 Bremen<BR>Germany<BR>Phone: +49 421-218-64220<BR>Mail: <A href="mailto:Bernd.Krieg-Brueckner@dfki.de">Bernd.Krieg-Brueckner@dfki.de</A>, <A href="mailto:Christoph.Stahl@dfki.de">Christoph.Stahl@dfki.de</A> <BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>