invited session
Technical papers on the aspects related to (but not limited to) those in the topics of interest are invited for oral presentation. Length of the full paper is limited within 4 pages (max). The program committee encourages the submission of invited sessions with at least five manuscripts on a well-defined subject of current interest. If you are interested in this, please email us the title of the session, the name and full contact details of the session organizer, and a list of the proposed session contributions, including titles, authors, and the corresponding author of each paper. All papers in invited sessions will be subject to review and assessment by the Program committee.
Topic
(IV1) Future Smart Living Domains: Intelligent Environments Integrating IoT, Health Technologies, and Social Inclusion
Session Chairman
Prof. Chih-Tsung Chang*; Prof. Yu-Cheng Wang**
*Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University
**Department of Mathematics and Information Education, National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan
Session description
This invited session explores the rapidly evolving landscape of future smart living domains, where intelligent environments, driven by IoT, health technologies, and principles of social inclusion, are reshaping how humans and animals cohabit and interact. As smart systems become more pervasive in homes, communities, and cities, they present transformative opportunities—and critical challenges—in designing inclusive spaces that support the well-being, safety, and autonomy of all inhabitants, human and non-human alike. Moving beyond traditional notions of smart homes or pet care, this session adopts a multispecies and multi-domain perspective, encouraging research that investigates how ambient intelligence, AI, robotics, and connected sensing systems can support adaptive, ethical, and harmonious co-living. This includes but is not limited to smart pet systems, as we delve into broader integrations across residential, healthcare, and urban environments. We welcome contributions that examine intersections among Smart Home (Theme D), Smart Healthcare (Theme C), and Smart City (Theme B) technologies, particularly in the context of human-animal interaction. Topics of interest include: Designing adaptive environments that respond to the behaviors and needs of both humans and animals; Developing integrated health and wellness monitoring systems across species; Leveraging AI for interspecies communication, behavioral understanding, and well-being enhancement; Addressing ethical, legal, and privacy implications of shared data in multi-entity living systems; Exploring urban infrastructure innovations that promote socially inclusive and animal-friendly cities. This session emphasizes a holistic, transdisciplinary approach—drawing insights from human-computer interaction, veterinary informatics, environmental design, and ethics—to envision intelligent environments that are inclusive, sustainable, and empathetic. We invite papers presenting technological frameworks, system implementations, user experience studies, and ethical or policy-based analyses that contribute to this emerging and impactful domain.
Status
Open for Submission