Conference: The 13th International Conference on Current and Future Trends of Information and Communication Technologies in Healthcare  (ICTH) Date: November 7 - 9, 2023 Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan   Website: http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/icth-23/ ********************************************************************************** Important Dates ------------------   - Workshop Proposals: May 16, 2023   - Paper Submission Due: June 16, 2023   - Author Notification: August 11, 2023   - Final Manuscript Due: September 11, 2023 Publication ------------- All ICTH 2023 accepted papers will be published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series on-line. Procedia Computer Science is hosted by Elsevier on www.Elsevier.com and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com), and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com) and by Thomson Reuters' Conference Proceeding Citation Index (http://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/). All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com) and Engineering Village (Ei) (www.engineeringvillage.com). This includes EI Compendex (www.ei.org/compendex). Moreover, all accepted papers will be indexed in DBLP (http://dblp.uni-trier.de/). The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. Selected papers will be invited for publication, in the special issues of:      - International Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, Springer (http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652)      - International Journal of Computing and Informatics (http://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/index)         - International Journal of Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks, IASKS (https://iasks.org/juspn)      - International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications, IGI Global (http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-health-medical-commu...)   ICTH 2023 will be held in conjunction with the 14th International Conference on Emerging Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks (EUSPN: http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/euspn-23/). Papers on either completed or ongoing research are invited: http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/icth-23/call-for-papers.html ICTH 2023 will be held in the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Almaty is located in the Southeastern region of Kazakhstan, with a population of 1.5 million. Almaty is the largest financial, economic and cultural center of Central Asia. It accommodates numerous business centers, theatres, museums, art galleries, exhibition halls and countless modern entertainment complexes. Throughout its 150-year-old history, the city saw construction of dozens of important monuments, architectural sites, museums, parks, and so on. Today, Almaty’s visitors can learn more about the history and culture of the city, which still continues to expand. In addition, the outer regions of Almaty are famous for various natural attractions and the famous skating rink Medeo. The conference venue will be held by Kazakh-British Technical University (KBTU), which is located in Almaty. KBTU’s research is focused on the main sectors of the Kazakhstani economy – oil and gas, information technologies, banking and finance, management and telecommunications. International Almaty Airport is located about 15 km from the Kazakh-British Technical University (KBTU). The university is located in the city center near many shops, restaurants, etc.   Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ----------------------------------------------------- - Ambient Assisted Living for Elderly Care - Ambient Intelligence and Intelligent Service Systems - Analysis and Evaluation of Healthcare Systems - Clinical Data and Knowledge Management - Cloud Computing for Healthcare - Collaboration Technologies for Healthcare - Context-aware Applications for Patient Monitoring and Care - Data mining Techniques and Data Warehouses in Healthcare - Data Visualization - Decision Support Systems in Healthcare - Design and Development Methodologies for Healthcare Systems - Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologies in Healthcare - Digital Hospitals - Drug Information Systems - E-health & m-health - Electronic Health Records (EHR) & Personal Health Records (PHR) - Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) - Healthgrids - Health Portals - Information and Knowledge Processing in Healthcare Environments - Middleware Support for Smart Homes and Intelligent Applications - Quantified Self for Pervasive Healthcare - Privacy, Confidentiality and Security Issues in Healthcare Systems - Related Real World Experimentations and Case Studies in Healthcare - RFID Solutions for Healthcare - Smart Homes and Home Care Intelligent Environments - Telemedicine and Health Telematics - Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing in Healthcare - Usability & Socio Technical studies - User Interface Design for Healthcare Applications - Virtual and Augmented Reality in Healthcare - Virtual Environments for Healthcare   Committees ------------- General Chairs   Heiko Gewald, The Neu-Ulm University of Applied, Germany   Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, National Institute of Telecommunications (Inatel), Brazil Program Chairs   Haroon Malik, Marshall University, USA   Hamid Mcheick, UQAC, Canada Local Chairs   Biloshchytskyi Andrii, Astana IT University, Kazakhstan   Katerina Kolesnikova, International Information Technology University, Kazakhstan   Anar Makhmetova, University of International Business,  Kazakhstan Workshops' Chair   Stephane Galland, Universite de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard, France International Journals Chair   Bin Guo, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China   Publicity Chairs   Ali Benzerbadj, University of Ain Temouchent Belhadj Bouchaib, Algeria   Batryshev Didar, Kazakh-British Technical University, Kazakhstan   Azamat Imanbayev, Kazakh-British Technical University, Kazakhstan   Orven E. Llantos, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Philippines Technical Program Committee   http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/icth-23/program-committees.html Steering Committee Chair   Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada Advisory Committee   Abdullah Ali Al-Maniri, Oman Medical Specialty Board, Oman   Sergio Camorlinga, Head eHealth Research, TRLabs, Canada   Kevin Daimi, University of Detroit Mercy, USA   Finn Kensing, University of Copenhagen, Denmark   Francesco Princiroli, Politecnico di Milano, Italy   Abdul Roudsari, University of Victoria, Canada Ali Benzerbadj Associate Professor, Ain Témouchent University Belhadj Bouchaïb, Ain Témouchent, Algeria Research Laboratory in Industrial Computing and Networks (LRIIR) Research team "Networks and QoS" University of Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella, Oran, Algeria Mob(s): +213 6 61622162E-mail(s): ali_benz@yahoo.fr, ali.benzerbadj@univ-temouchent.edu.dz