14th International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics

After thirteen successful conferences held in France (2003), Singapore (2004), Canada (2005), Northern Ireland (2006), Japan (2007), USA (2008), France (2009), Korea (2010),Canada (2011), Italy (2012), Singapore (2013), USA (2014) and Switzerland (2015), the 14th International Conference on Smart homes and Health telematics will be organized in China and hosted by Huazhong University of Science and Technology, located in the beautiful and historical city of Wuhan.

ICOST is a premier venue for the presentation and dissemination of research in the design, development, real-world deployment and evaluation of Smart Environments, Assistive Technologies, Robotics and Health Telematics systems. ICOST takes a holistic approach by bringing together stakeholders from academic (computing and engineering), clinical,and industrial perspectives along with end users, family caregivers, and providers to explore how to utilize technologies properly to foster independent living and improve quality of life. ICOST 2016 invites participants to present and share their experience in designing, developing, deploying and evaluating assistive and telehealth systems. Ethical,governmental and professional practice issues are also equally important to ICOST and submissions in these areas are encouraged. The conference features a dynamic program incorporating a range of technical, clinical and industrial keynote speeches, oral and poster presentations along with technical demonstrations and an industrial exhibit.