The conference proceedings, including the workshop papers, will be a volume in the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series in the ACM Digital Library.The ISBN number assigned to PETRA '21 is 978-1-4503-8792-7.

Research areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

    Healthcare Informatics
    Big Data Management
    Data Privacy and Remote Health Monitoring
    Games for Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
    User Interface Design and Usability
    Reasoning Systems and Machine Learning
    Affective Computing
    Cyberlearning : Theory, Methods and Technologies
    Human-Robot Interaction
    Human-Centered Computing
    Human monitoring
    Haptics
    Gesture and Motion Tracking
    Cognitive Modeling
    Wearable Computing
    Interactions and the Internet of Things (IoT)

Applications include, but are not limited to:

    Sensor networks for pervasive health care
    Mobile and wireless technologies
    Healthcare privacy and data security
    Smart rehabilitation systems
    Game design for cognitive assessment and social interaction
    Behavior monitoring systems
    Computer vision in healthcare
    Virtual and augmented reality environments
    Ambient assisted living
    Navigation systems
    Collaboration and data sharing
    Wearable devices
    Drug delivery evaluation
    Vocational safety and health monitoring
    Eyetracking
    Telemedicine and biotechnology
    Technologies for senior living
    Social impact of pervasive technologies
    Intelligent assistive environments
    Technologies to provide assessment and intervention for Stroke recovery, spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis
    Technologies for improving quality of daily living
    Robotics research for rehabilitation and tele-rehabilitation
    Innovative design for smart wheelchairs and smart canes
    Computer based training systems for artificial limbs and prosthetics
    Disability computing: Smart systems to assist persons with visual, hearing, and loss of limb functionalities
    Smart Cities of the Future