- J. Benois-Pineau, A. Briassouli, Alexander Hauptmann. 2013. ACM MM MIIRH 2013: workshop on multimedia indexing and information retrieval for healthcare. Abstract: Healthcare systems are depending on increasingly sophisticated and ubiquitous technology, while telehealth is rapidly gaining importance with the advent of low-cost and effective technological solutions in medicine. The increase in the worldwide elderly population and the burden this is inflicting upon the workforce, societies and economies are making remote care and independent living at home a necessity. MIIRH is the first workshop on multimedia analysis for remote care of and assisted living solutions which enable people that are incapacitated in some regard to continue living independently at home and remain active members of society. The topics addressed in MIIRH are extremely timely, as multitudes of cost-effective and high quality care solutions are already being developed and used, rendering the examination of new medical, healthcare paradigms an absolute necessity.
