About WellComp’19 workshop

Congratulations!
WellComp2019 Best Paper Award goes to
“Following the Heart – What Does Variation of Resting Heart Rate Tell about Us as Individuals and as Population”
Heli Koskimäki (Oura Health), Hannu Kinnunen (Oura Health), Salla Rönkä (Bitfactor) and Ben Smarr (Oura Health).

Congratz #Wellcomp2019 best paper award winners Heli Koskimäki et al! @UniOulu @ouraring @ubicomp_oulu pic.twitter.com/fA4gl0jGv5

— Dr Ella Peltonen (@Ella_Peltonen) September 9, 2019

With the advancements in ubiquitous computing, ubicomp technology has deeply spread into our daily lives, including office work, home and house-keeping, health management, transportation, or even urban living environments. Furthermore, beyond the initial metric of computing, such as “efficiency” and “productivity”, the benefits that people (users) benefit on a well-being perspective based on such ubiquitous technology has been greatly paid attention in the recent years. In our first “WellComp” (Computing for Well-being) workshop, we intensively discuss about the contribution of ubiquitous computing towards users’ well-being that covers both physical, mental, and social wellness (and their combinations), from the viewpoints of various different layers of computing. WellComp 2019 will bring together researchers and practitioners from the academia and industry to explore versatile topics related to wellbeing and ubiquitous computing.

In WellComp 2019, we will bring together people from industry and academia who are active in the areas of activity recognition, mental health, social good, context-awareness and ubiquitous computing. The main objective of WellComp 2019 is to share the latest research in various areas in computing, related to users’ physical, mental, and social well- being. Expected areas and topics include, but not limited to, systems research, user studies, networking, social computing, as listed below. Especially this year’s special attention will be paid for “Well-Being Metrics” and Well-Being Intervention”. Relevance to such topics will be considered in the paper review and selection process.