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Ambient Media and Systems

Second International ICST Conference, AMBI-SYS 2011, Porto, Portugal, March 24-25, 2011, Revised Selected Papers

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  1. Silvia Gabrielli

    1. CREATE-NET, Trento, Italy

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  2. Dirk Elias

    1. FhP-AICOS, Porto, Portugal

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  3. Kanav Kahol

    1. Department of Biometical Informatics, School of Computing and Informatics, Arizona State University, Phoenix,, USA

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International ICST Conference on Ambient Systems and Media, AMBI-SYS 2011, held in Porto, Portugal in March 2011. The 10 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected and cover a wide range of topics as innovative solutions in the field of ambient assisted living, providing a new physical basis for ambient intelligence by also leveraging on contributions offered by interaction design methods and approaches.

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Table of contents (12 papers)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Session 1

    1. A Physical Basis for Ambient Intelligence

      • Raymond Oliver, Anne Toomey
      Pages 1-11

    2. Service Composition and Advanced User Interfaces in the Home of Tomorrow: The SM4All Approach

      • Tiziana Catarci, Claudio Di Ciccio, Vincenzo Forte, Ettore Iacomussi, Massimo Mecella, Giuseppe Santucci et al.
      Pages 12-19

  3. Session 2

    1. Wireless Sensor Network Deployment for Building Environmental Monitoring and Control

      • Essa Jafer, Rostislav Spinar, Paul Stack, Cian O’Mathuna, Dirk Pesch
      Pages 20-27

    2. Design and Evaluation of a Fall Detection Algorithm on Mobile Phone Platform

      • Manuel Silva, Pedro M. Teixeira, Filipe Abrantes, Filipe Sousa
      Pages 28-35

  4. Session 3

    1. System Performance of an LTE MIMO Downlink in Various Fading Environments

      • Constantinos T. Angelis, Spyridon K. Chronopoulos
      Pages 36-43

    2. Development of Computer Vision Algorithm for Surgical Skill Assessment

      • Gazi Islam, Kanav Kahol, John Ferrara, Richard Gray
      Pages 44-51

    3. Open Architecture to Raise Awareness of Energy Consumption on the Home Environment

      • António Rodrigues, Carlos Resende, Filipe Sousa, Ana Aguiar
      Pages 52-59

  5. Session 4

    1. RFID-Based System for Tracking People: Approaches to Tagging Demented Patients

      • Aleksandar Matic, Venet Osmani, Oscar Mayora
      Pages 60-65

    2. Processing Location Data for Ambient Intelligence Applications

      • Samuel del Bello, Jared Hawkey, Sofia Oliveira, Olivier Perriquet, Nuno Correia
      Pages 66-69

    3. Interactive Haptic Virtual Collaborative Training Simulator to Retain CPR Skills

      • Prabal Khanal, Kanav Kahol
      Pages 70-77

  6. Session 5

    1. Future User Centric Media: Research Challenges and the Road Ahead

      • Oscar Mayora
      Pages 78-106

    2. Erratum: A Physical Basis for Ambient Intelligence

      • Raymond Oliver, Anne Toomey, Jenny Tillotson
      Pages E1-E1

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Editors and Affiliations

  • CREATE-NET, Trento, Italy

    Silvia Gabrielli

  • FhP-AICOS, Porto, Portugal

    Dirk Elias

  • Department of Biometical Informatics, School of Computing and Informatics, Arizona State University, Phoenix,, USA

    Kanav Kahol

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