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Health Lifestyle Data-Driven Applications Using Pervasive Computing

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Big Data, Big Challenges: A Healthcare Perspective

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In this chapter, we overview the current and future impact of pervasive computing in the health domain. In this context, we focus on some of the crucial aspects of data-driven applications. We present examples of recently proposed lifestyle applications and highlight the ethical issues with such applications. We discuss challenges and opportunities in the process of transforming the raw data collected from wearables and mobile devices into insights. Finally, the last part of this chapter provides insights into socio-ethical aspects which are raising in the context of data-driven health applications based on pervasive computing technologies.

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  1. Qatar Computing Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

    Luis Fernandez-Luque, Michaël Aupetit, Joao Palotti & Abdelkader Baggag

  2. Droobi Health, Doha, Qatar

    Ayman Fadlelbari

  3. Division of Information and Computing Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

    Kamran Khowaja & Dena Al-Thani

  4. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

    Meghna Singh

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Fernandez-Luque, L. et al. (2019). Health Lifestyle Data-Driven Applications Using Pervasive Computing. In: Househ, M., Kushniruk, A., Borycki, E. (eds) Big Data, Big Challenges: A Healthcare Perspective. Lecture Notes in Bioengineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06109-8_10

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