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The population of elderly people keeps increasing rapidly, which becomes a predominant aspect of our societies. As such, solutions both efficacious and cost-effective need to be sought. Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) is a new approach which…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2014-01-14 Hong Sun , Vincenzo De Florio , Ning Gui , Chris Blondia

Radiotherapy (RT) planning is complex, subjective, and time-intensive. Advances with artificial intelligence (AI) promise to improve its precision and efficiency, but progress is often limited by the scarcity of large, standardized…

The demand for real-time, affordable, and efficient smart healthcare services is increasing exponentially due to the technological revolution and burst of population. To meet the increasing demands on this critical infrastructure, there is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-03-24 Vahideh Hayyolalam , Moayad Aloqaily , Oznur Ozkasap , Mohsen Guizani

Existing strategies for managing risks from advanced AI systems often focus on affecting what AI systems are developed and how they diffuse. However, this approach becomes less feasible as the number of developers of advanced AI grows, and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-01-24 Jamie Bernardi , Gabriel Mukobi , Hilary Greaves , Lennart Heim , Markus Anderljung

Artificial intelligence algorithms are increasingly adopted as decisional aides by public bodies, with the promise of overcoming biases of human decision-makers. At the same time, they may introduce new biases in the human-algorithm…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-06-09 Saar Alon-Barkat , Madalina Busuioc

In this report, we argue that there is a realistic possibility that some AI systems will be conscious and/or robustly agentic in the near future. That means that the prospect of AI welfare and moral patienthood, i.e. of AI systems with…

America has one of the best medical systems in the world. The medical treatment care options offered by the medical system make it sophisticated. However, many American patients are not receiving health care on a regular basis, and at the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-07-05 Seongwoo Choi

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being adopted across the world and promises a new revolution in healthcare. While AI-enabled medical devices in North America dominate 42.3% of the global market, the use of AI-enabled medical devices in…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-06-14 Attrayee Chakraborty , Mandar Karhade

Traditionally, caregivers, whether formal or informal, have taken the responsibility of providing assistance and care to patients with cognitive decline. Usually, both the caregiver and the patient are subjected to financial and emotional…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-09-29 Saeid Alimoradi , Xinghua Gao

Current radiation therapy treatment planning is limited by suboptimal plan quality, inefficiency, and high costs. This perspective paper explores the complexity of treatment planning and introduces Human-Centric Intelligent Treatment…

Medical Physics · Physics 2025-10-16 Adnan Jafar , Xun Jia

Artificial intelligence (AI) holds great promise for supporting clinical trials, from patient recruitment and endpoint assessment to treatment response prediction. However, deploying AI without safeguards poses significant risks,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-09 Yao Chen , David Ohlssen , Aimee Readie , Gregory Ligozio , Ruvie Martin , Thibaud Coroller

Successful deployment of machine learning algorithms in healthcare requires careful assessments of their performance and safety. To date, the FDA approves locked algorithms prior to marketing and requires future updates to undergo separate…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-01-01 Jean Feng , Scott Emerson , Noah Simon

As AI is increasingly being adopted into application solutions, the challenge of supporting interaction with humans is becoming more apparent. Partly this is to support integrated working styles, in which humans and intelligent systems…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-10-02 Maria Fox , Derek Long , Daniele Magazzeni

With the advancement in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques, researchers are striving towards employing these techniques for advancing clinical practice. One of the key objectives in healthcare is the early…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-02-06 Khansa Rasheed , Adnan Qayyum , Junaid Qadir , Shobi Sivathamboo , Patrick Kwan , Levin Kuhlmann , Terence O'Brien , Adeel Razi

Research on decision support applications in healthcare, such as those related to diagnosis, prediction, treatment planning, etc., have seen enormously increased interest recently. This development is thanks to the increase in data…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-03-25 Jussi Tohka , Mark van Gils

The increasing number of older adults who experience cognitive decline places a burden on informal caregivers, whose support with tasks of daily living determines whether older adults can remain in their homes. To explore how agents might…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Alicia , Lee , Mai Lee Chang , Sreehana Mandava , Destiny Deshields , Hugo Simão , Aaron Steinfeld , Jodi Forlizzi , John Zimmerman

AI systems are often used to make or contribute to important decisions in a growing range of applications, including criminal justice, hiring, and medicine. Since these decisions impact human lives, it is important that the AI systems act…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-03-16 Duncan C McElfresh , Lok Chan , Kenzie Doyle , Walter Sinnott-Armstrong , Vincent Conitzer , Jana Schaich Borg , John P Dickerson

Decisions impacting human lives are increasingly being made or assisted by automated decision-making algorithms. Many of these algorithms process personal data for predicting recidivism, credit risk analysis, identifying individuals using…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-09-02 Furkan Gursoy , Ioannis A. Kakadiaris

As the rapid proliferation of AI systems and harms spurs efforts in AI governance around the world, prioritizing among competing policy options has become increasingly challenging for policymakers and researchers. We introduce a methodology…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Julia Barnett , Kimon Kieslich , Natali Helberger , Nicholas Diakopoulos

In practically every industry today, artificial intelligence is one of the most effective ways for machines to assist humans. Since its inception, a large number of researchers throughout the globe have been pioneering the application of…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2022-05-09 Chottiwatt Jittprasong