Dear All, the corona pandemic is still present these days, even more intense than in march. For now, several countries prohibit traveling for their residents and we expect that this will not change this year.
We are afraid of a possible second wave and its consequences for all of us. Unfortunately, we have to cancel the iWOAR’20 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We do not think that hosting a virtual workshop for the sake of publishing papers hold up to our own expectation.
Our goal of the iWOAR is to get in contact physically, having discussions and talks in an intermediate and uncomplicated way. We do not assume that this may be accomplished through a virtual event. We will keep you informed about the next iWOAR in Rostock, Germany.
If you have any questions or need additional information, do not hesitate to email us.

Wearable sensors potentially enable for a better and unobtrusive recognition of human activity and the state of rest, sleep, stress and drive the ongoing trend of the quantified self-movement. As an enabling technology, powerful, while yet inexpensive MEMS-Chips (micro-electro-mechanical system) push the penetration of a broad variety of mobile devices. Thereby, these devices gain high interest, not only in terms of general customer products, but also as integrated systems in an industrial context, either way to enable continuous monitoring of complex life processes and workplace situations.
Another challenge that research is facing concerns the limited human abilities of interaction in context of mobility and in situations, in which high attention is being demanded. New and alternative ways are needed to be found in order to take advantage of all human capabilities to enable safe and unobtrusive interaction.

This conference-like workshop is initiated and organized by the Fraunhofer IGD and the University of Rostock. It offers scientists, interested parties, and users in the area of sensor-based activity recognition and interaction the possibility to an exchange of experiences and a presentation of best-practice examples, as well as technical and scientific results. The workshop focuses on technologies for human activity recognition and interaction via inertial sensors (accelerometers, gyroscopes etc.) and their scientific applications.
Thereby, the following topics and fields of application will be addressed:

iWOAR 2020 aims to foster the relationship between academia and industry. We strongly encourage industry participants to present challenges, ideas, experiences, novel applications, and studies of existing methods. Accepted industrial papers will be presented in an industrial session during the workshop.