ESAS 2023: The 18th IEEE International Workshop on e-Health Systems & Web Technologies

Technical Program

*= in-person presentation in Torino

An Improved Data Management Approach for IoT-Enabled Smart Healthcare: Integrating Semantic Web and Reinforcement Learning
Aytug Turkmen and Ozgu Can

Aphluentia: Supporting Communication for People with Fluent Aphasia*
Samuel Silva, Cátia Azevedo, Ana Rita Valente, Ana Rocha, Marisa Lousada, Luciana Albuquerque and António Teixeira

A System for Selective Disclosure of Information about a Patient with Intractable Disease*
Erika Sugita, Ryosuke Abe, Shigeya Suzuki, Keisuke Uehara and Osamu Nakamura

Authors are invited to submit original technical papers and novel research contributions in any aspect of the following topics and covering but not limited to the topics of interest listed below:

Track 1: Smart health and applications (e-Health) 

Health management and analytics; Big data in health; Healthcare IoT applications; IoT Medical Devices; Electronic health records; Knowledge management, data and text mining in health; Algorithms and methods for gathering clinically-relevant knowledge from IoT devices; Health applications using social media technologies and services; Clinical decision support systems and tools; Expert Systems for Healthcare; Evidence-based practice; E-health oriented software architectures; E-health applications; Semantic web and E-health systems; Smart health systems and applications; Biomedical semantics; Health informatics and its applications; Modeling of health service usage; Innovations and future developments in healthcare technologies; Security, privacy and protection of personal data in health systems; IoT and IoE for healthcare; Cloud sensors for healthcare systems; Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks; Secure data transmission in healthcare and medical sciences; Medical data storage and processing in Cloud; Training and learning algorithms in healthcare systems; Reliability and Fault-Tolerant in healthcare systems; Wearable and implantable medical devices; Telecare and telehealth; Home monitoring systems; E-Health & M-Health with advanced computing techniques; IoT-based Active and Healthy Ageing technologies; Blockchain technology in healthcare; Cancer detection, treatment and care using IoT, Fog & Cloud Computing approaches; IoT medical devices’ energy efficient design and development; Energy efficient communication for smart monitoring in IoT medical.

Track 2: Artificial Intelligence with Web Technologies and Data (AIWD) 

Data science and Machine learning models; Applications of machine learning; Machine learning for schema matching, instance matching, search and retrieval; Machine learning models on knowledge bases and semantic networks; Linked data management and analytics; Big data analytics and applications; Automated and traditional information retrieval and applications; Data mining and applications; Deep Learning and applications; Data driven services and applications.

Track 3: Recommendation Systems (RS) 

Recommendation systems and algorithms; Information filtering; Machine learning for recommendation; Multi-agent recommender systems; Recommendation and social networks; Context-aware recommenders; Recommender system user interfaces.

Track 4: Web Technologies, Services and Applications (WTSA) 

Web technologies, frameworks, languages, appliances, and services; Semantic Web, ontology and Web services; Web services challenges on trust, security, performance, scalability; Web & IoT, data management and analytics; Cyber physical systems; Distributed systems, edge computing and streaming data analysis; Smart city applications; Platforms, technologies, mechanisms and case studies.

Paper Templates


IEEE Paper templates are available in MS Word 2003 and LaTex. All submissions must use US 8.5×11 letter page format.

Important Dates


Main Conference/Symposium
Main conference/symposium papers due: 15 January 2023
Extended to 15 February 2023
Notification: 7 April 2023
Camera-ready and registration due: 7 May 2023 Updated: 18 May 2023

Journal then Conference Submissions
Due date: April 7, 2023
Notifications: April 30, 2023

Workshops, Fast Abstract, SRS Programs
EXTENDED: Workshop papers due: 21 April 2023
UPDATED: Notifications: 7 May 2023
UPDATED: Camera-ready and registration due: Updated: 18 May 2023

Submission Link


Please submit your paper on EasyChair

IEEE Conference Publishing Policies


All submissions must adhere to IEEE Conference Publishing Policies.

IEEE Cross Check


All submission will be screened for plagiarized material through the IEEE Cross Check portal.

Workshop Organizers

Atilla Elci
Hasan Kalyoncu University, Turkey
Email: atilla.elci@gmail.com

Duygu Celik Ertugrul
Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey
Email: duygucelik@msn.com, duygu.celik@emu.edu.tr

Program Committee

Melike Sah Direkoglu, Cyprus International University, North Cyprus

Alex Abramovich, Adyghe State University, Maykop, Russia

Amir Hossein Nabizadeh, Universidade do Porto, Department of Computer Science.

Atilla Elci, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Turkey

Basak Buluz Komecoglu, Gebze Technical University, Kocaeli, Turkey

Duygu Celik Ertugrul, Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus

Edelberto Franko, Taormina (Messina), Italy

Erdogan Dogdu, Angelo State University (Texas, USA)

Laurentiu Vasiliu, Peracton Ltd., Ireland

Mehmet Emin Aydin, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, University of the West of England, Frenchay Campus, Bristol, UK

Metin Zontul, Ayvansaray University, Turkey

Murat Osman Unalir, Egean University, Turkey

Okan Bursa, Egean University, Turkey

Onsen Toygar, Eastern Mediterranean University, Computer Engineering Department.

Ovunc Ozturk, Celal Bayar University, Turkey

Ozgu Can, Agean University, Turkey

Rani Hemamalini, St. Peters College of Engineering and Technology, ECE, India.

Riza Cenk Erdur, Agean University, Turkey

Tugba Ozacar Ozturk, Celal Bayar University, Turkey

Stelvio Cimato, University of Milan, Department of Computer Science, Milano, Italy

Vijayan Sugumaran, Oakland University, USA

Vito Walter Anelli, Information Systems Research Group, Department of Electrical & Information Engineering, Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy.

Yiltan Bitirim, Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus

Zeki Bayram, Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus