Sixth IEEE International Workshop on
Pervasive Context-Aware Smart Cities and Intelligent Transportation Systems (PerAwareCity)
March 22, 2021 in Kassel, Germany
Theme: Smarter Cities for Better Social Good
Update: Given the current COVID-19 situation, PerCom 2021 will be virtual (synchronous zoom meeting).
Key Note Speech
Title: Enabling Smart Cities to Become Even Smarter Through Design for Disability
Abstract: The accessibility of a city to everyone, including people with disabilities (PWD) is complex and includes factors often missed by typical city scrutiny and data collection methods. Interestingly, improving the accessibility of infrastructures for PWD improves not only access for the targeting population, but more generically creates a more inviting and welcoming city for everyone. Improved accessibility can be achieved in two ways; one obvious and direct, and the other more tangential. First, directly increasing the accessibility of the city infrastructures and programming is preferred, but is difficult to finance and can be a lengthy process. Second, a less direct, but maybe even more powerful method is to create information systems for city patrons that describes and rates barriers. This way city users can plan which services to use and how best to access them.
Speaker Bio: Dr. Smith is professor of Occupational Therapy and Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the Director of the Rehabilitation Research Design & Disability R2D2 Center which provides an interdisciplinary home for basic research, applied research and development, as well as innovative instruction related to technology and disability. Dr. Smith's research focuses on measurement related to disability and the application of assistive technology and universal design. In measurement, Smith examines assessments to determine their reliability and validity in use. He has created a software-based evaluation system that uses a branching question structure called TTSS (Trichotomous Tailored Sub-branching Scoring). Smith also investigates the effectiveness of assistive technology and universal design interventions on the lives of people with disabilities. Currently, Smith directs several federally-funded projects, has served as primary author and director for more than 35 grant and contract awards of sponsored research and training programs.
Important dates
Workshop paper submission deadline : December 09, 2020
Notification of paper acceptance : January 10, 2021
Submission of camera-ready deadline : February 05, 2021 [FIRM]
Workshop: March 22, 2021