Second Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Function, Disability, and Health

August 20-21, 2021, 11am-2pm EDT (3pm-6pm UTC)
Virtual event (IJCAI-21 in Montreal, Canada)

About AI4Function

The Second Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Function, Disability, and Health (AI4Function 2021) invites the submission of abstracts, short and long papers describing research that focuses on applying informatics methods, artificial intelligence (AI) or data mining techniques in the area of whole-person care, disability, and functional status information. Functional Status Information (FSI) describes physical and mental wellness at the whole-person level (as opposed to the cellular or organ level), and includes information on activity performance, social role participation, and environmental and personal factors that affect well-being and quality of life. Collecting and analyzing this information is critical to addressing the data needs in caring for aging global populations, and providing effective care for individuals with chronic conditions, multi-morbidity, and disability. However, FSI has proven difficult to capture systematically within existing paradigms, leaving a space ripe for technological innovation.

AI4Function is a venue for researchers cutting across data science and AI methods to discuss new ways to collect and utilize FSI within healthcare delivery, public health, and social well-being. The first AI4Function workshop brought together researchers from fields as diverse as natural language processing, in-home sensing, psychometrics, and health policy, and we aim to continue this multidisciplinary exchange in the second iteration of the workshop.

Why Join Us

  • Showcase your original research on AI and function/disability
  • Present your previous research to a new audience
  • Learn from other research from around the world
  • Set the course of research on AI for functional status information

Schedule

All times are given in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).

Corresponding times for world locations:

  • Eastern United States: UTC-4 (11am - 2pm)
  • Central United States: UTC-5 (10am - 1pm)
  • Pacific United States: UTC-7 (8am - 11am)
  • Western Europe: UTC+2 (5pm - 8pm)

11:00AM - 11:30AM EDT

Opening Remarks

AI4Function 2021 Organizing Committee

11:30AM - 12:30PM EDT

Keynote Presentation: Digital Intervention for Improving Function and Health: Potential for Machine Learning

Bambang Parmanto, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Health Information Management, University of Pittsburgh

12:30PM - 1:00PM EDT

Break

1:00PM - 1:20PM EDT

An Ontology-Based Coaching Solution for Increasing Self-Awareness of Own Functional Status

Mauro Dragoni, Tania Bailoni, Esteban Guerrero, Helena Lindgren, Jean-Claude Martin

1:20PM - 1:40PM EDT

Assessing Daily Life Activities of Dementia Patients: A Multi-Modal Approach

Daniela Gawehns, Matthijs van Leeuwen

1:40PM - 2:00PM EDT

AnyNets: Adaptive Deep Neural Networks for Medical Data with Missing Values

Maria Kalweit, Gabriel Kalweit, Joschka Boedecker

2:00PM - 2:10PM EDT

Day 1 Closing Remarks

AI4Function 2021 Organizing Committee

11:00AM - 11:10AM EDT

Day 2 Opening Remarks

AI4Function 2021 Organizing Committee

11:10AM - 11:30AM EDT

Extracting Body Function from Clinical Text

Guy Divita, Jessica Lo, Chunxiao Zhou, Kathleen Coale, Elizabeth Rasch

11:30AM - 11:50AM EDT

Natural language processing tool for extraction of patient-reported outcomes from a national multi-EHR registry

Marie Humbert-Droz, Zara Izadi, Gabriela Schmajuk, Jinoos Yazdanay, Suzanne Tamang

11:50AM - 12:00PM EDT

Break

12:00PM - 12:30PM EDT

Introducing NIH’s Common Fund Bridge to Artificial Intelligence Program: Opportunity for Technology Innovation in AI4Function

Toyin Ajisafe, PhD, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development

12:30PM - 1:00PM EDT

Break

1:00PM - 2:00PM EDT

Panel Discussion: Data Sources and Technologies for Information on Function and Disability

Thomas Bulea, PhD Staff Scientist, Functional & Applied Biomechanics Section, Rehabilitation Medicine Department, NIH Clinical Center

Kelly N Daley, PT, MBA Director of Rehabilitation Informatics, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Shivayogi V Hiremath, PhD Assistant Professor of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Temple University

Min Lee PhD Student, Carnegie Mellon University

Elizabeth Rasch, PT, PhD Staff Scientist and Chief, Epidemiology & Biostatistics Section, Rehabilitation Medicine Department, NIH Clinical Center

2:00PM - 2:10PM EDT

Closing Remarks

AI4Function 2021 Organizing Committee

Call for Papers

Important Dates

All times are anywhere on Earth (AoE)
  • Submissions due: May 5, 2021 May 7, 2021
  • Notification of acceptance: May 25, 2021
  • Camera-ready versions due: June 11, 2021
  • Workshop: August 20-21, 2021

Topics and Data Sources

Relevant topics for the workshop include, but are not limited to:

  • Informatics methods applied to FSI, including information extraction, information retrieval, and classification of FSI (e.g. mobility, self-care, mental functioning)
  • Applications of AI for functional status measurement
  • Usage of FSI to model health outcomes/resource utilization
  • Terminologies and ontologies related to functional status
  • Analysis of FSI data (e.g., language data, wearable measurements)
  • Combinations of multi-modal data to capture functional status

Data sources of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Medical records
  • Disability and work programs
  • Health and human services data
  • Wearable devices
  • Social media

Targeted data types include, but are not limited to:

  • Unstructured (free text) narrative
  • Structured medical data (e.g., lab reports, range of motion assessments)
  • Semi-structured reports (e.g., state welfare visit reports)
  • Standardized clinical surveys (e.g., PROMIS, AM-PAC, PHQ-9)
  • Population surveys
  • Wearable device measurements
  • Video and audio recordings

Submission Instructions

All submissions to AI4Function should be anonymous using the EasyChair submission site. Accepted papers will be published on CEUR-WS.org, and submissions should follow the single-column CEURART style available for download here .


At least one author of each accepted paper/abstract must purchase a registration for and attend the workshop.

Submission Types

We invite the following types of submissions:

  • Long papers must be no longer than eight pages for the main body of the paper (including tables and figures), with unlimited space for references. Long papers are expected to describe reports of original, unpublished research.
  • Short papers must be no longer than four pages for the main body of the paper (including tables and figures), with unlimited space for references. Short papers must describe original, unpublished research, and are appropriate for preliminary results, work in progress, etc.
  • Abstracts - Abstracts must be less than two pages, including references. Abstracts are appropriate for presenting previously-published research and work in progress.

Authors are required to submit their papers/abstracts in PDF format. Papers that are longer than the page limit will be rejected without review.

All submissions to AI4Function will go through a double-blind reviewing process. Accepted abstracts will be presented in the poster session. Accepted papers will be presented as either a talk or a poster, depending on the reviewers’ recommendations. Accepted short and long papers will be published in the workshop proceedings on CEUR-WS.

Ethical/Societal Impact

It is optional, but highly recommended, for authors to include a statement of the potential broader impact of their work, including its ethical aspects and future societal consequences. This statement should be included after the main body of the paper, and does not count towards page limits.

Reviewing Process

All submissions to AI4Function will go through a double-blind reviewing process. Accepted abstracts will be presented in the poster session. Accepted papers will be presented as either a talk or a poster, depending on the reviewers’ recommendations.

Accepted short and long papers will be given an additional page to accommodate responses to reviewer feedback; no author response period will be used. Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings on CEUR-WS.

Preprint Policy

The existence of non-anonymous preprints (on arXiv, medRxiv, social media, websites, etc.) will not result in rejection provided that the preprints was submitted at least one month before the abstract submission deadline of AI4Function 2021. Note that the submission to EasyChair must always be anonymized regardless of whether a preprint has been released. Reviewers will be instructed not to actively look for such preprints, but encountering them will not constitute a conflict of interest. Preprints (last update) uploaded no more than one month before the AI4Function 2021 abstract submission deadline will be considered as violating anonymity.

Confidentiality Policy

AI4Function will adopt the IJCAI confidentiality policy, where all submissions will be treated in strict confidence until the publication date.

Conflict of Interest Policy

All individuals involved in the AI4Function review process must adhere to the IJCAI conflict of interest policy. Details can be found at the IJCAI website.

Have any questions about submissions?

Organizing Committee

Denis Newman-Griffis
University of Pittsburgh
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Bart Desmet
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Ayah Zirikly
Johns Hopkins University
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Suzanne Tamang
Stanford University
Hongfang Liu
Mayo Clinic

Program Committee