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Book Ambient Intelligence Perspectives II

Download or read book Ambient Intelligence Perspectives II written by Pavel Čech and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains selected papers from the second international Ambient Intelligence Forum - AmIF 2009, held in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. This book aims to point to a multifaceted nature of ambient intelligence. It presents ambient intelligence in five different perspectives.

Book Ambient Intelligence Perspectives

Download or read book Ambient Intelligence Perspectives written by Peter Mickulecký and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambient Intelligence Perspectives contains selected papers from the first international Ambient Intelligence Forum AmIF 2008 in Hradec Kraacute;loveacute;, Czech Republic. The forum is intended as the beginning of a series of rather broadly oriented discussion opportunities for discussing interdisciplinary, if not transdisciplinary aspects of rapidly evolving areas of Ambient Intelligence. Its aims were to review and discuss recent advances and promising research trends in AmI technology, intelligent environments, methods, middleware development, as well as applications in areas such as healthcare, product lifecycle and transport services. The intention to provide an opportunity of a very broad interaction among a wide rank of A01s coming from different surroundings means a great enrichment to all participants and gives ground to the success of the conference. Finally it led towards an interesting choice of three invited and twenty-five contributed papers, which are published in this book. All papers were carefully reviewed by the international program committee. Participants from twelve countries contributed to the scientific program and established a fruitful discussion atmosphere.

Book Handbook of Research on Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments

Download or read book Handbook of Research on Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments written by Nak-Young Chong and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book covers the cutting-edge aspects of AMI applications, specifically those involving the effective design, realization, and implementation of a comprehensive ambient intelligence in smart environments"--

Book Agents and Ambient Intelligence

Download or read book Agents and Ambient Intelligence written by Tibor Bosse and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of an intelligent agent - a computational system capable of performing certain tasks autonomously - derived from the growing potential of digital computers in the mid 20th century and had been widely adopted by the early 1990s. Partly in parallel with this concept, the perspective of ambient intelligence (AmI) emerged in the late 1990s. Agent technology and AmI have many similarities, and the main purpose of this book is to provide an overview of the state-of-the-art of the scientific area that integrates these two. The book addresses a wide variety of topics related to agents and AmI, including theoretical, practical, design, implementation, ethical and philosophical issues. The 12 chapters are arranged in four sections. The first consists of three chapters discussing ethical and philosophical issues; the second part explores various approaches that can be used to develop agent-based AmI Systems; the third part contains three chapters that share the goal to endow AmI systems with useful properties like intelligence and adaptivity and the last section presents concrete applications of agent-based AmI systems. This book provides an insight into recent achievements and future challenges at the intersection of agent technology and ambient intelligence and will assist the development of more intelligent, flexible, effective and user-friendly systems as well as posing critical questions about the future of the role of agents within the AmI perspective.

Book True Visions

    Book Details:
  • Author : Emile H.L. Aarts
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2006-12-13
  • ISBN : 3540289747
  • Pages : 454 pages

Download or read book True Visions written by Emile H.L. Aarts and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-12-13 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambient intelligence (AI) refers to a developing technology that will increasingly make our everyday environment sensitive and responsive to our presence. The AI vision requires technology invisibly embedded in our everyday surroundings, present whenever we need it that will lead to the seamless integration of lighting, sounds, vision, domestic appliances, and personal healthcare products to enhance our living experience. Written for the non-specialist seeking an authoritative but accessible overview of this interdisciplinary field, True Visions explains how the devices making up the AI world will operate collectively using information and intelligence hidden in the wireless network connecting them. Expert contributions address key AI components such as smart materials and textiles, system architecture, mobile computing, broadband communication, and underlying issues of human-environment interactions. It seeks to unify the perspectives of scientists from diverse backgrounds ranging from the physics of materials to the aesthetics of industrial design as it describes the emergence of ambient intelligence, one of today’s most compelling areas of innovation.

Book Ambient Intelligence   Software and Applications

Download or read book Ambient Intelligence Software and Applications written by Carlos Ramos and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambient Intelligence (AmI) is a recent paradigm emerging from Artificial Intelligence (AI), where computers are used as proactive tools assisting people with their day-to-day activities, making everyone’s life more comfortable. Another main concern of AmI originates from the human computer interaction domain and focuses on offering ways to interact with systems in a more natural way by means user friendly interfaces. This field is evolving quickly as can be witnessed by the emerging natural language and gesture based types of interaction. The inclusion of computational power and communication technologies in everyday objects is growing and their embedding into our environments should be as invisible as possible. In order for AmI to be successful, human interaction with computing power and embedded systems in the surroundings should be smooth and happen without people actually noticing it. The only awareness people should have arises from AmI: more safety, comfort and wellbeing, emerging in a natural and inherent way. ISAmI is the International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence and aiming to bring together researchers from various disciplines that constitute the scientific field of Ambient Intelligence to present and discuss the latest results, new ideas, projects and lessons learned, namely in terms of software and applications, and aims to bring together researchers from various disciplines that are interested in all aspects of this area.

Book The New Everyday

    Book Details:
  • Author : Emile H. L. Aarts
  • Publisher : 010 Publishers
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9789064505027
  • Pages : 366 pages

Download or read book The New Everyday written by Emile H. L. Aarts and published by 010 Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ambient Intelligence Perspectives

Download or read book Ambient Intelligence Perspectives written by Lišková T Mikulecký P (Cech P, Bureš V.) and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambient Intelligence Perspectives contains selected papers from the first international ambient Intelligence Forum - AmIF 2008 in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. The forum is intended as the beginning of a series of rather broadly oriented discussion opportunities for discussing interdisciplinary, if not transdisciplinary aspects of rapidly evolving areas of Ambient Intelligence. Its aims were to review and discuss recent advances and promising research trends in AmI technology, intelligent environments, ethods, middleware development, as well as applications in areas such as healthcare, product lifecycle and transport services. The intention to provide an opportunity of a very broad interaction among a wide rank of authors coming from different surroundigs means a great enrichment to all participants and gives ground to the success of the conference. Finally it led towards an interesting choice of three invited and twenty-five contributed papers, which are published in this book. All papers were carefull reviewed by the international program committee. Participants from twelve countries contributed to the scientific program and established a fruitful discussion atmosphere.

Book AALIANCE Ambient Assisted Living Roadmap

Download or read book AALIANCE Ambient Assisted Living Roadmap written by Seventh Framework Programme (European Commission) and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Title page -- AALIANCE - The European Ambient Assisted Living Innovation Platform -- Foreword -- Executive Summary -- Table of contents -- List of Roadmaps -- List of Scenarios -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- Structure of the Roadmap -- Roadmapping Process -- Scope of AAL -- Technological trends and barriers in AAL -- Technological trends -- Technological barriers -- AAL for persons -- AAL for health, rehabilitation and care -- Support for chronic disease management -- Biorobotics for neuro-rehabilitation -- Support for multi-disciplinary care teams -- Consolidated view -- Coping with impairments and disabilities -- Motor disabilities -- Personal activity management and monitoring -- Physical activity -- Mental activity -- Consolidated view -- Personal and home safety and security -- Open issues -- Safety in the face of specific threats -- Activities of Daily Life oriented support -- Other "common" activities -- Shopping -- Eat and drink -- Social interaction and communication -- AAL in the community -- Social inclusion -- Participation in community activities -- Creativity, hobbies and sports -- Cultural and experience exchanges -- Entertainment and leisure -- Training the brain -- Exercise and gaming -- Mobility -- Supporting individual physical mobility -- AA-driving (cars/private vehicles) -- Public transport -- AAL at work -- Background -- Work ability -- Employers' attitudes to older workers -- Training in and for the workplace -- Issues of work-life balance -- Needs of older workers in the workplace -- Access to working space -- Assuring environmental working conditions -- Support for working -- Prevention of diseases and injuries -- Safety and health regulations -- Enabling Technologies -- Sensing -- Sensors for safety and security in the environments -- Sensors for monitoring persons -- Sensor networks.

Book Workshop Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Intelligent Environments

Download or read book Workshop Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Intelligent Environments written by Ramón López-Cózar and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the combined proceedings of three workshops which make up part of the 6th International Conference on Intelligent Environments. The remarkable advances in computer sciences throughout the last few decades are already making an impact

Book Is Ambient Assisted Living the Panacea for Ageing Population

Download or read book Is Ambient Assisted Living the Panacea for Ageing Population written by Marco D'Angelantonio and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ageing population of Europe is a well-documented phenomenon and there is general agreement that it has serious implications for all European citizens as well as for policymakers and politicians. The current paradigm of caring for elderly citizens in residential homes is becoming untenable and it is also unpopular with many elderly people themselves. New ways of caring which engage and empower older adults more actively, and are also more cost-effective, must be found.The four-year DREAMING elDeRly-friEndly Alarm handling and MonitorING project carried out randomized controlled trials across six pilot sites to assess the impact

Book Ageing and Invisibility

Download or read book Ageing and Invisibility written by Emilio Mordini and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing an overview of the process of e-inclusion for older people and addressing the ethical, social and legal aspects of the process, this book is suitable for researchers, policy-makers, organisations and companies, as well as for those with an interest in the identification and promotion of good practice within an ageing society.

Book Emergent Trends in Robotics and Intelligent Systems

Download or read book Emergent Trends in Robotics and Intelligent Systems written by Peter Sinčák and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-03 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the Role of Intelligent Technologies in the Next Generation of Robots ? This monograph gives answers to this question and presents emergent trends of Intelligent Systems and Robotics. After an introductory chapter celebrating 70 year of publishing the McCulloch Pitts model the book consists of the 2 parts „Robotics“ and „Intelligent Systems“. The aim of the book is to contribute to shift conventional robotics in which the robots perform repetitive, pre-programmed tasks to its intelligent form, where robots possess new cognitive skills with ability to learn and adapt to changing environment. A main focus is on Intelligent Systems, which show notable achievements in solving various problems in intelligent robotics. The book presents current trends and future directions bringing together Robotics and Computational Intelligence. The contributions include widespread experimental and theoretical results on intelligent robotics such as e.g. autonomous robotics, new robotic platforms, or talking robots.

Book Workshop Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Intelligent Environments

Download or read book Workshop Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Intelligent Environments written by Juan A. Botía and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the proceedings of the workshops of the 8th International Conference on IntelligentEnvironments IE 12, held in Guanajuato, Mexico, in June 2012. Topics covered in the workshops includeintelligent environments supporting healthcare and well-being artificial intelligence techniques for ambientintelligence large-scale intelligent environments intelligent domestic robots intelligent environmenttechnology in education multimodal interfaces applied in skills transfer, healthcare and rehabilitation thereliability of intelligent environments and improving industrial automation using

Book Workshop Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Environments

Download or read book Workshop Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Environments written by J.A. Botía and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2013-07-26 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intelligent Environments (IE) play an increasingly important role in many areas of our lives, including education, healthcare and the domestic environment. The term refers to physical spaces incorporating pervasive computing technology used to achieve specific goals for the user, the environment or both. This book presents the proceedings of the workshops of the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE ‘13), held in Athens, Greece, in July 2013. The workshops which were presented in the context of this conference range from regular lectures to practical sessions. They provide a forum for scientists, researchers and engineers from both industry and academia to engage in discussions on newly emerging or rapidly evolving topics in the field. Topics covered in the workshops include artificial intelligence techniques for ambient intelligence; applications of affective computing in intelligent environments; smart offices and other workplaces; intelligent environment technology in education for creative learning; museums as intelligent environments; the application of intelligent environment technologies in the urban context for creating more sociable, intelligent cities and for constructing urban intelligence. IE can enrich user experience, better manage the environment’s resources, and increase user awareness of that environment. This book will be of interest to all those whose work involves the application of intelligent environments.

Book Intelligent Information and Database Systems

Download or read book Intelligent Information and Database Systems written by Jeng-Shyang Pan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-03-14 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The three-volume set LNAI 7196, LNAI 7197 and LNAI 7198 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems, ACIIDS 2012, held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in March 2012. The 161 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from more than 472 submissions. The papers included cover the following topics: intelligent database systems, data warehouses and data mining, natural language processing and computational linguistics, semantic Web, social networks and recommendation systems, collaborative systems and applications, e-bussiness and e-commerce systems, e-learning systems, information modeling and requirements engineering, information retrieval systems, intelligent agents and multi-agent systems, intelligent information systems, intelligent internet systems, intelligent optimization techniques, object-relational DBMS, ontologies and knowledge sharing, semi-structured and XML database systems, unified modeling language and unified processes, Web services and semantic Web, computer networks and communication systems.

Book Touching the Future Technology for Autism

Download or read book Touching the Future Technology for Autism written by Joseph Mintz and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International interest in the use of assistive and ambient information and communication technologies to support people with a range of cognitive impairments is growing rapidly. Autism spectrum disorders ASDs, which affect social skills, communicative abilities and behavior, are of particular interest. The number of diagnosed cases has continued to grow in recent decades, and the impairments associated with ASDs mean individuals affected are at risk of social isolation and marginalization. Although helping people with autism to overcome their difficulties has always required the joint expertise of various fields, the widely shared