Our colleagues Oliver Jung, Eva Hollauf and Veronika Hornung-Prähauser, together with Tess den Uyl and Kasper van Zon from VicarVision in Amsterdam, were awarded the Best Poster Award at dHealth 2023.

The award-winning research is dedicated to promoting healthy ageing with the help of a robotic assistance system and the recognition of emotions:

The ageing population brings challenges such as loneliness, limited mobility and medical problems. To address these issues, a proposed robotic platform offers personalised suggestions to change wellbeing. Developed through a user-centred process involving surveys and focus groups, and tested with an initial prototype, the system is ideal for people with ‘special social needs’. Technical results suggest that emotion recognition is valuable, with attention and valence being the most important metrics. User acceptance and the quality of face/speech analysis for older users remain a challenge.

To the Short Paper: Promoting Healthy Aging Using a Robot Support System and Emotion Recognition

dHealth 2023 – 17^th Annual Conference on Health Informatics meets Digital Health

The conference took place from 16 to 17 May 2023 in the Apothecary Wing at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna.

Since 2007, the dHealth conference series, formerly known as the eHealth Conference, has attracted more than 300 participants from academia, industry, government and healthcare organisations. Under the motto “Health Informatics meets Digital Health”, the event provides a platform for researchers, practitioners, decision-makers and providers to discuss innovative health informatics and dHealth solutions. The focus is on improving the quality and efficiency of healthcare. The unique selling point of this event is that research and application meet at eye level and provide new insights from both a scientific and practical perspective.

Website: dhealth.at