Ambient Intelligence: European Conference, AmI 2007, Darmstadt, Germany, November 7-10, 2007. Proceedings

Enrico Rukzio, Gregor Broll, Karin Leichtenstern, Albrecht Schmidt (auth.), Bernt Schiele, Anind K. Dey, Hans Gellersen, Boris de Ruyter, Manfred Tscheligi, Reiner Wichert, Emile Aarts, Alejandro Buchmann (eds.)3540766510, 9783540766513

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First European Conference on Ambient Intelligence, AmI 2007, held in Darmstadt, Germany, in November 2007.

The 17 revised full papers presented together with five research reports were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on mobility and sensing, applications of AmI, activity and location sensing, AmI and artificial intelligence, AmI middleware and infrastructure, and interaction with the environment.

The book is rounded off by a section on case studies and lessons learned, presenting a high level selection of current research reports and papers that reflect the most important activities of current ambient intelligence research.

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Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages –
Mobile Interaction with the Real World: An Evaluation and Comparison of Physical Mobile Interaction Techniques….Pages 1-18
Portable Wireless Sensors for Object Usage Sensing in the Home: Challenges and Practicalities….Pages 19-37
Role Assignment Via Physical Mobile Interaction Techniques in Mobile Multi-user Applications for Children….Pages 38-54
Context-Sensitive Microlearning of Foreign Language Vocabulary on a Mobile Device….Pages 55-72
Ambient Intelligence for Decision Making in Fire Service Organizations….Pages 73-90
Supporting Independent Living of the Elderly with Mobile-Centric Ambient Intelligence: User Evaluation of Three Scenarios….Pages 91-107
A Study on the Suitability of GSM Signatures for Indoor Location….Pages 108-123
How Computer Vision Can Help in Outdoor Positioning….Pages 124-141
Toward Recognition of Short and Non-repetitive Activities from Wearable Sensors….Pages 142-158
Distributed AI for Ambient Intelligence: Issues and Approaches….Pages 159-176
Active Coordination Artifacts in Collaborative Ubiquitous-Computing Environments….Pages 177-194
A Communication Middleware for Smart Room Environments….Pages 195-210
Evaluating Confidence in Context for Context-Aware Security….Pages 211-229
A Compiler for the Smart Space….Pages 230-247
Situated Public News and Reminder Displays….Pages 248-265
A Web 2.0 Platform to Enable Context-Aware Mobile Mash-Ups….Pages 266-286
A Matter of Taste….Pages 287-304
User Centered Research in ExperienceLab….Pages 305-313
Enhancing the Shopping Experience with Ambient Displays: A Field Study in a Retail Store….Pages 314-331
Expected Information Needs of Parents for Pervasive Awareness Systems….Pages 332-339
Assemblies of Heterogeneous Technologies at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit….Pages 340-357
Improving Mobile Solution Workflows and Usability Using Near Field Communication Technology….Pages 358-373
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