Recent Advances in Intelligent Assistive Technologies: Paradigms and ApplicationsAuthor(s): Hariton Costin, Bjrn Schuller, Adina Magda Florea\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG\nISBN-13: 9783030308193, 978-3030308193\nSynopsis\nThis book illustrates the rapid pace of development in intelligent assistive technology in recent years, and highlights some salient examples of using modern IT technologies to provide devices, systems and application software for persons with certain motor or cognitive disabilities. The book proposes both theoretical and practical approaches to intelligent assistive and emergent technologies used in healthcare for the elderly and patients with chronic diseases. Intelligent assistive technology (IAT) is currently being introduced and developed worldwide as an important tool for maintaining independence and high quality of life among community-living people with certain disabilitie.