INFORMATION as THE bridge between DATA and KNOWLEDGE

7th Conference of the Austrian Computer Society (OCG)
Workgroup: Human-Computer Interaction&  Usability Engineering (HCI&UE)

Proceedings: Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (SCI listed)

Venue: LKH-University Hospital Graz
(one of the largest and best ranked in Europe)
organized by
Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation
Medical University Graz

Date: November, 25-26 (Fr-Sa), 2011
Workshop on HCI and Knowledge Discovery Nov, 24, (Thu), 2011

Web:http://www.meduni-graz.at/imi/usab2011

Keynote: Vimla PATEL and Edward SHORTLIFFE
(University of Texas, Houston)

Special Thematic Sessions, Tutorial and Workshop-Proposals welcome.

Best Paper Award - Best Presentation Award

Doctoral Students Session

Best PhD Award

Christkindlmarket opening on Saturday evening.

This conference will be different:

The conference will focus on the hypothesis that modern information
management can bridge the hiatus theoreticus, the gap between scientific and theoretical knowledge in medicine on one hand and its application within medical practice on the other hand.

In their daily routines, medical practitioners are confronted with
individuals, who exhibit variations in the expressions of diseases with
respect to etiology, symptoms, the course of the disease as well as
psycho-social aspects, requiring the tailoring of scientific knowledge to personalize practicable diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions.
Crucial to this process is the usability of information, extracting maximum potential for the highest quality outcome. We challenge the scientific community to present outstanding ideas and solutions for information usage in the context of:

Information Usability and  ...

    * ... Accessibility
    * ... Clinical Routine, Pathways and Workflows
    * ... Decision Making Support
    * ... (Governmental) Health Services
    * ... Education (in Health, Medicine, Life Sciences, ...)
    * ... Privacy, Safety and Security
    * ... Visualization, Perception and Cognitive Science
    * ... Patient Empowerment
    * ... Methodologies and Methods
    * ... Information Retrieval and Knowledge Discovery

and more related topics!

All submissions will be reviewed by at least three independent reviewers.
Accepted contributions will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series, listed in Science Citation Index Expanded.

More information see:
http://www.meduni-graz.at/imi/usab2011