Abstract:
The new era of mobile health ushered in by the wide adoption of ubiquitous computing and mobile communications has brought opportunities for governments and companies to ...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
The new era of mobile health ushered in by the wide adoption of ubiquitous computing and mobile communications has brought opportunities for governments and companies to rethink their concept of healthcare. Simultaneously, the worldwide urbanization process represents a formidable challenge and attracts attention toward cities that are expected to gather higher populations and provide citizens with services in an efficient and human manner. These two trends have led to the appearance of mobile health and smart cities. In this article we introduce the new concept of smart health, which is the context-aware complement of mobile health within smart cities. We provide an overview of the main fields of knowledge that are involved in the process of building this new concept. Additionally, we discuss the main challenges and opportunities that s-Health would imply and provide a common ground for further research.
Published in: IEEE Communications Magazine ( Volume: 52, Issue: 8, August 2014)
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Agusti Solanas [m04] is head of the Smart Health Research Group and an associate professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics at the Rovira Vir-gili University (URV) of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. He obtained his B. Sc. and M.c. degrees in computer engineering from URV in 2002 and 2004, respectively, the latter with honours (Outstanding Graduation Award). He received a Ph.D. in telematics engineeri...Show More
Agusti Solanas [m04] is head of the Smart Health Research Group and an associate professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics at the Rovira Vir-gili University (URV) of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. He obtained his B. Sc. and M.c. degrees in computer engineering from URV in 2002 and 2004, respectively, the latter with honours (Outstanding Graduation Award). He received a Ph.D. in telematics engineeri...View more
University of Piraeus
Constantinos Patsakis is a lecturer in the Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, Greece. He received his B. Sc. in mathematics from the University of Athens, Greece, and his M. Sc. in information security from Royal Holloway, University of London. He also received a Ph.D. from the University of Piraeus. His main areas of research include cryptography, security, privacy and number theory. He has participated in...Show More
Constantinos Patsakis is a lecturer in the Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, Greece. He received his B. Sc. in mathematics from the University of Athens, Greece, and his M. Sc. in information security from Royal Holloway, University of London. He also received a Ph.D. from the University of Piraeus. His main areas of research include cryptography, security, privacy and number theory. He has participated in...View more
University of Padua
Mauro Conti [sm] obtained his Ph.D. from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, in 2009. After his Ph.D., he was a postdoctoral researcher at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Since 2011, he is an assistant professor at the University of Padua, Italy. He has been a visiting researcher at GMU (2008), the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) (2010), UCI (2012, 2013), and TU Darmstadt (2013). He has been ...Show More
Mauro Conti [sm] obtained his Ph.D. from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, in 2009. After his Ph.D., he was a postdoctoral researcher at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Since 2011, he is an assistant professor at the University of Padua, Italy. He has been a visiting researcher at GMU (2008), the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) (2010), UCI (2012, 2013), and TU Darmstadt (2013). He has been ...View more
LESSR, Medical School of Athens
Ioannis S. Vlachos received his B. Sc. from the Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, and his M. Sc. in Bioinformatics from the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Athens. He worked as a lecturer from 2007 to 2012 at the Laboratory for Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, Medical School of Athens. Since 2011 he is also part of DIANA-lab, BSRC, and Fleming. His research focus ...Show More
Ioannis S. Vlachos received his B. Sc. from the Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, and his M. Sc. in Bioinformatics from the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Athens. He worked as a lecturer from 2007 to 2012 at the Laboratory for Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, Medical School of Athens. Since 2011 he is also part of DIANA-lab, BSRC, and Fleming. His research focus ...View more
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Victoria Ramos [m90] received her Ph.D. in biomedical Engineering and telemedicine from the University of Alcala, Madrid, Spain, in 2005. Since 1996, she has been a research scientist, and now she is a tenured scientist OPI at the Health Institute Carlos III in the Research Area of Telemedicine and e-Health in Madrid, Spain. Her research focuses on the area of wireless communications applications for home care and telemed...Show More
Victoria Ramos [m90] received her Ph.D. in biomedical Engineering and telemedicine from the University of Alcala, Madrid, Spain, in 2005. Since 1996, she has been a research scientist, and now she is a tenured scientist OPI at the Health Institute Carlos III in the Research Area of Telemedicine and e-Health in Madrid, Spain. Her research focuses on the area of wireless communications applications for home care and telemed...View more
Universidad Pública de Navarra
Francisco Falcone [m05, S received his telecommunications engineering degree (1999) and Ph.D. in communications Engineering (2005), both from the Universidad Publica de Navarra (UPNA) in Spain. From 1999 to 2000 he worked as a microwave commissioning engineer at Siemens-Italtel. From 2000 to 2008 he worked as a radio network engineer in Telefónica Móviles. In 2009 he cofounded Tafco Metawireless. From 2003 to 2009 he was ...Show More
Francisco Falcone [m05, S received his telecommunications engineering degree (1999) and Ph.D. in communications Engineering (2005), both from the Universidad Publica de Navarra (UPNA) in Spain. From 1999 to 2000 he worked as a microwave commissioning engineer at Siemens-Italtel. From 2000 to 2008 he worked as a radio network engineer in Telefónica Móviles. In 2009 he cofounded Tafco Metawireless. From 2003 to 2009 he was ...View more
Instituto de Telecomunicacões/ ISCTE-IUL, Lisboa
Octavian Adrian Postolache [m99, Sm graduated in electrical engineering at the Gh. Asachi Technical University of lasi, Romania, in 1992, and received his Ph.D. degree in 1999 from the same university. In 2000 he became a principal researcher of Instituto de Telecomunicações and an assistant professor of EST/IPS Setubal and ISCTE-IUL Lisboa in 2001 and 2012, respectively. He is the founder and leader of the Pervasive Sens...Show More
Octavian Adrian Postolache [m99, Sm graduated in electrical engineering at the Gh. Asachi Technical University of lasi, Romania, in 1992, and received his Ph.D. degree in 1999 from the same university. In 2000 he became a principal researcher of Instituto de Telecomunicações and an assistant professor of EST/IPS Setubal and ISCTE-IUL Lisboa in 2001 and 2012, respectively. He is the founder and leader of the Pervasive Sens...View more
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Pablo A. Perez-mart Ínez is a Ph.D candidate at the CRISES Research Group and the UNESCO Chair in Data Privacy in the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics at URV. He obtained his B. Sc. degree in computer science from the University of Lleida and his M. Sc. in computer science and security from URV. His main fields of interest are privacy and security in location-based services.
Pablo A. Perez-mart Ínez is a Ph.D candidate at the CRISES Research Group and the UNESCO Chair in Data Privacy in the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics at URV. He obtained his B. Sc. degree in computer science from the University of Lleida and his M. Sc. in computer science and security from URV. His main fields of interest are privacy and security in location-based services.View more
Università di Roma Tre
Roberto Di Pietro [m] is an assistant professor in computer science at Universita di Roma Tre, Italy. His main research interests include security and privacy for wireless systems, cloud and virtualization security, security and privacy for distributed systems, applied cryptography, computer forensics, and role mining for access control systems. He has published more than 150 scientific contributions in these topics, rece...Show More
Roberto Di Pietro [m] is an assistant professor in computer science at Universita di Roma Tre, Italy. His main research interests include security and privacy for wireless systems, cloud and virtualization security, security and privacy for distributed systems, applied cryptography, computer forensics, and role mining for access control systems. He has published more than 150 scientific contributions in these topics, rece...View more
LESSR, Medical School of Athens
Despina N Perrea received her B. Sc. from the Chemical School of the University of Patra (1973) and Ph.D. from Athens Medical School (1982). From 1982 to 1990, she was a lecturer at the Department of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research of Athens Medical School. In 1990 she became an assistant Professor; in 1998 she was made an associate professor; and in 2010 she became a full professor. She has directed the labora...Show More
Despina N Perrea received her B. Sc. from the Chemical School of the University of Patra (1973) and Ph.D. from Athens Medical School (1982). From 1982 to 1990, she was a lecturer at the Department of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research of Athens Medical School. In 1990 she became an assistant Professor; in 1998 she was made an associate professor; and in 2010 she became a full professor. She has directed the labora...View more
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Antoni Martinez-balleste is a tenured assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics at URV). He received his M. Sc. degree in computer engineering from URV in 2002. He obtained his Ph.D. in telematics engineering from Universitat Polit écnica de Catalunya in 2004 with honours. His research interests include security and privacy aspects of information and communications technologies and their us...Show More
Antoni Martinez-balleste is a tenured assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics at URV). He received his M. Sc. degree in computer engineering from URV in 2002. He obtained his Ph.D. in telematics engineering from Universitat Polit écnica de Catalunya in 2004 with honours. His research interests include security and privacy aspects of information and communications technologies and their us...View more
Contents Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Agusti Solanas [m04] is head of the Smart Health Research Group and an associate professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics at the Rovira Vir-gili University (URV) of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. He obtained his B. Sc. and M.c. degrees in computer engineering from URV in 2002 and 2004, respectively, the latter with honours (Outstanding Graduation Award). He received a Ph.D. in telematics engineering from the Technical University of Catalonia in 2007 with honours. His fields of activity are mobile health, smart health, data privacy, ubiquitous computing, clustering, pattern recognition, evolutionary computation, and artificial vision. He has authored over 100 publications. He has served as Chair, Programme Committee member, and reviewer for several conferences and journals. He has served as an external reviewer for the Romanian National Council for Scientific Research. He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Agusti Solanas [m04] is head of the Smart Health Research Group and an associate professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics at the Rovira Vir-gili University (URV) of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. He obtained his B. Sc. and M.c. degrees in computer engineering from URV in 2002 and 2004, respectively, the latter with honours (Outstanding Graduation Award). He received a Ph.D. in telematics engineering from the Technical University of Catalonia in 2007 with honours. His fields of activity are mobile health, smart health, data privacy, ubiquitous computing, clustering, pattern recognition, evolutionary computation, and artificial vision. He has authored over 100 publications. He has served as Chair, Programme Committee member, and reviewer for several conferences and journals. He has served as an external reviewer for the Romanian National Council for Scientific Research. He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).View more
University of Piraeus
Constantinos Patsakis is a lecturer in the Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, Greece. He received his B. Sc. in mathematics from the University of Athens, Greece, and his M. Sc. in information security from Royal Holloway, University of London. He also received a Ph.D. from the University of Piraeus. His main areas of research include cryptography, security, privacy and number theory. He has participated in several research and development European-funded projects. He has taught several computer science courses in Greek and Catalan universities. In the past, he worked as a researcher at the CRISES Research Group and the UNESCO Chair in Data Privacy in the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics at URV and as a research fellow at the Distributed Systems Group, Department of Computer Science, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Constantinos Patsakis is a lecturer in the Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, Greece. He received his B. Sc. in mathematics from the University of Athens, Greece, and his M. Sc. in information security from Royal Holloway, University of London. He also received a Ph.D. from the University of Piraeus. His main areas of research include cryptography, security, privacy and number theory. He has participated in several research and development European-funded projects. He has taught several computer science courses in Greek and Catalan universities. In the past, he worked as a researcher at the CRISES Research Group and the UNESCO Chair in Data Privacy in the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics at URV and as a research fellow at the Distributed Systems Group, Department of Computer Science, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.View more
University of Padua
Mauro Conti [sm] obtained his Ph.D. from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, in 2009. After his Ph.D., he was a postdoctoral researcher at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Since 2011, he is an assistant professor at the University of Padua, Italy. He has been a visiting researcher at GMU (2008), the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) (2010), UCI (2012, 2013), and TU Darmstadt (2013). He has been awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship (2012) by the European Commission, and a Fellowship from the German DAAD (2013). His main research interest is in the area of security and privacy. In this area, he has published more than 70 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He was a Panelist at ACM CODASPY 2011 and General Chair of SecureComm 2012 and ACM SACMAT 2013.
Mauro Conti [sm] obtained his Ph.D. from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, in 2009. After his Ph.D., he was a postdoctoral researcher at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Since 2011, he is an assistant professor at the University of Padua, Italy. He has been a visiting researcher at GMU (2008), the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) (2010), UCI (2012, 2013), and TU Darmstadt (2013). He has been awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship (2012) by the European Commission, and a Fellowship from the German DAAD (2013). His main research interest is in the area of security and privacy. In this area, he has published more than 70 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He was a Panelist at ACM CODASPY 2011 and General Chair of SecureComm 2012 and ACM SACMAT 2013.View more
LESSR, Medical School of Athens
Ioannis S. Vlachos received his B. Sc. from the Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, and his M. Sc. in Bioinformatics from the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Athens. He worked as a lecturer from 2007 to 2012 at the Laboratory for Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, Medical School of Athens. Since 2011 he is also part of DIANA-lab, BSRC, and Fleming. His research focus is biomedical data analysis, bioinformatics, and machine learning. He has 12 awards for best presentation, scholarships, and distinctions in international competitions. He has 43 publications in peer-reviewed journals and more than 80 congress announcements. His publications have been cited more than 400 times.
Ioannis S. Vlachos received his B. Sc. from the Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, and his M. Sc. in Bioinformatics from the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Athens. He worked as a lecturer from 2007 to 2012 at the Laboratory for Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, Medical School of Athens. Since 2011 he is also part of DIANA-lab, BSRC, and Fleming. His research focus is biomedical data analysis, bioinformatics, and machine learning. He has 12 awards for best presentation, scholarships, and distinctions in international competitions. He has 43 publications in peer-reviewed journals and more than 80 congress announcements. His publications have been cited more than 400 times.View more
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Victoria Ramos [m90] received her Ph.D. in biomedical Engineering and telemedicine from the University of Alcala, Madrid, Spain, in 2005. Since 1996, she has been a research scientist, and now she is a tenured scientist OPI at the Health Institute Carlos III in the Research Area of Telemedicine and e-Health in Madrid, Spain. Her research focuses on the area of wireless communications applications for home care and telemedicine applications focusing on new emergent health services. It involves standards related to human exposure, medical devices immunity, and radio communication EMC. She takes part in several European and Spanish standardizations committees.
Victoria Ramos [m90] received her Ph.D. in biomedical Engineering and telemedicine from the University of Alcala, Madrid, Spain, in 2005. Since 1996, she has been a research scientist, and now she is a tenured scientist OPI at the Health Institute Carlos III in the Research Area of Telemedicine and e-Health in Madrid, Spain. Her research focuses on the area of wireless communications applications for home care and telemedicine applications focusing on new emergent health services. It involves standards related to human exposure, medical devices immunity, and radio communication EMC. She takes part in several European and Spanish standardizations committees.View more
Universidad Pública de Navarra
Francisco Falcone [m05, S received his telecommunications engineering degree (1999) and Ph.D. in communications Engineering (2005), both from the Universidad Publica de Navarra (UPNA) in Spain. From 1999 to 2000 he worked as a microwave commissioning engineer at Siemens-Italtel. From 2000 to 2008 he worked as a radio network engineer in Telefónica Móviles. In 2009 he cofounded Tafco Metawireless. From 2003 to 2009 he was also an assistant lecturer at UPNA, becoming an associate professor in 2009. His research area is artificial electromagnetic media, complex electromagnetic scenarios and wireless system analysis. He has over 350 contributions in journal and conference publications. He was the recipient of the CST Best Paper Award in 2003 and 2005, Best Ph.D. in 2006 awarded by the Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación Doctorate award 2004–2006 awarded by UPNA, Juan Lopez de Penalver Young Researcher Award 2010 awarded by the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain, and Premio Talgo 2012 for Technological Innovation.
Francisco Falcone [m05, S received his telecommunications engineering degree (1999) and Ph.D. in communications Engineering (2005), both from the Universidad Publica de Navarra (UPNA) in Spain. From 1999 to 2000 he worked as a microwave commissioning engineer at Siemens-Italtel. From 2000 to 2008 he worked as a radio network engineer in Telefónica Móviles. In 2009 he cofounded Tafco Metawireless. From 2003 to 2009 he was also an assistant lecturer at UPNA, becoming an associate professor in 2009. His research area is artificial electromagnetic media, complex electromagnetic scenarios and wireless system analysis. He has over 350 contributions in journal and conference publications. He was the recipient of the CST Best Paper Award in 2003 and 2005, Best Ph.D. in 2006 awarded by the Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación Doctorate award 2004–2006 awarded by UPNA, Juan Lopez de Penalver Young Researcher Award 2010 awarded by the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain, and Premio Talgo 2012 for Technological Innovation.View more
Instituto de Telecomunicacões/ ISCTE-IUL, Lisboa
Octavian Adrian Postolache [m99, Sm graduated in electrical engineering at the Gh. Asachi Technical University of lasi, Romania, in 1992, and received his Ph.D. degree in 1999 from the same university. In 2000 he became a principal researcher of Instituto de Telecomunicações and an assistant professor of EST/IPS Setubal and ISCTE-IUL Lisboa in 2001 and 2012, respectively. He is the founder and leader of the Pervasive Sensing and Computing research group. His fields of interest are smart sensors, and pervasive sensing and computing. He is author and co-author of 9 patents, 7 books, 14 book chapters, 61 peer reviewed papers in international journals, and more than 200 papers in proceedings of international conferences. He is an ACM professional member, Chair of IEEE MeMeA 2014, Technical Chair of ICST 2014, and an Associate Editor of IEEE Sensors Journal. He received the IEEE I&M outstanding reviewer and IEEE Best Associate Editor Awards.
Octavian Adrian Postolache [m99, Sm graduated in electrical engineering at the Gh. Asachi Technical University of lasi, Romania, in 1992, and received his Ph.D. degree in 1999 from the same university. In 2000 he became a principal researcher of Instituto de Telecomunicações and an assistant professor of EST/IPS Setubal and ISCTE-IUL Lisboa in 2001 and 2012, respectively. He is the founder and leader of the Pervasive Sensing and Computing research group. His fields of interest are smart sensors, and pervasive sensing and computing. He is author and co-author of 9 patents, 7 books, 14 book chapters, 61 peer reviewed papers in international journals, and more than 200 papers in proceedings of international conferences. He is an ACM professional member, Chair of IEEE MeMeA 2014, Technical Chair of ICST 2014, and an Associate Editor of IEEE Sensors Journal. He received the IEEE I&M outstanding reviewer and IEEE Best Associate Editor Awards.View more
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Pablo A. Perez-mart Ínez is a Ph.D candidate at the CRISES Research Group and the UNESCO Chair in Data Privacy in the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics at URV. He obtained his B. Sc. degree in computer science from the University of Lleida and his M. Sc. in computer science and security from URV. His main fields of interest are privacy and security in location-based services.
Pablo A. Perez-mart Ínez is a Ph.D candidate at the CRISES Research Group and the UNESCO Chair in Data Privacy in the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics at URV. He obtained his B. Sc. degree in computer science from the University of Lleida and his M. Sc. in computer science and security from URV. His main fields of interest are privacy and security in location-based services.View more
Università di Roma Tre
Roberto Di Pietro [m] is an assistant professor in computer science at Universita di Roma Tre, Italy. His main research interests include security and privacy for wireless systems, cloud and virtualization security, security and privacy for distributed systems, applied cryptography, computer forensics, and role mining for access control systems. He has published more than 150 scientific contributions in these topics, receiving more than 3200 citations. He was awarded a Chair of Excellence (2011–2012) from University Carlos III, Madrid. He is a member of ACM and the IEEE Computer Society.
Roberto Di Pietro [m] is an assistant professor in computer science at Universita di Roma Tre, Italy. His main research interests include security and privacy for wireless systems, cloud and virtualization security, security and privacy for distributed systems, applied cryptography, computer forensics, and role mining for access control systems. He has published more than 150 scientific contributions in these topics, receiving more than 3200 citations. He was awarded a Chair of Excellence (2011–2012) from University Carlos III, Madrid. He is a member of ACM and the IEEE Computer Society.View more
LESSR, Medical School of Athens
Despina N Perrea received her B. Sc. from the Chemical School of the University of Patra (1973) and Ph.D. from Athens Medical School (1982). From 1982 to 1990, she was a lecturer at the Department of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research of Athens Medical School. In 1990 she became an assistant Professor; in 1998 she was made an associate professor; and in 2010 she became a full professor. She has directed the laboratory since 2000. Her research focus includes experimental pathobiochemistry, nutrition, atheromatosis, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and research protocols using animal models. She has participated in more than 40 research programs both nationally and internationally funded. She has more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 10 letters in indexed journals, and 223 chapters in books/congress publications.
Despina N Perrea received her B. Sc. from the Chemical School of the University of Patra (1973) and Ph.D. from Athens Medical School (1982). From 1982 to 1990, she was a lecturer at the Department of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research of Athens Medical School. In 1990 she became an assistant Professor; in 1998 she was made an associate professor; and in 2010 she became a full professor. She has directed the laboratory since 2000. Her research focus includes experimental pathobiochemistry, nutrition, atheromatosis, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and research protocols using animal models. She has participated in more than 40 research programs both nationally and internationally funded. She has more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 10 letters in indexed journals, and 223 chapters in books/congress publications.View more
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Antoni Martinez-balleste is a tenured assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics at URV). He received his M. Sc. degree in computer engineering from URV in 2002. He obtained his Ph.D. in telematics engineering from Universitat Polit écnica de Catalunya in 2004 with honours. His research interests include security and privacy aspects of information and communications technologies and their users, specifically privacy in video surveillance. He is also interested in e-health. He has authored over 70 publications.
Antoni Martinez-balleste is a tenured assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics at URV). He received his M. Sc. degree in computer engineering from URV in 2002. He obtained his Ph.D. in telematics engineering from Universitat Polit écnica de Catalunya in 2004 with honours. His research interests include security and privacy aspects of information and communications technologies and their users, specifically privacy in video surveillance. He is also interested in e-health. He has authored over 70 publications.View more
