J. Ibbotson, C. Gibson, Joel J. Wright, P. Waggett, P. Zerfos, B. Szymanski, D. Thornley
{"title":"Sensors as a Service Oriented Architecture: Middleware for Sensor Networks","authors":"J. Ibbotson, C. Gibson, Joel J. Wright, P. Waggett, P. Zerfos, B. Szymanski, D. Thornley","doi":"10.1109/IE.2010.45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IE.2010.45","url":null,"abstract":"There is a significant challenge in designing, optimizing, deploying and managing complex sensor networks over heterogeneous communications infrastructures. The ITA Sensor Fabric addresses these challenges in the areas of sensor identification and discovery, sensor access and control, and sensor data consumability, by extending the message bus model commonly found in commercial IT infrastructures out to the edge of the network. In this paper we take the message bus model further into a semantically rich, model-based design and analysis approach that considers the sensor network and its contained services as a Service Oriented Architecture. We present an application of a hierarchic schema for nested service definitions together with an initial ontology that describes the assets and services deployed in a sensor network infrastructure.","PeriodicalId":180375,"journal":{"name":"2010 Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Environments","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116448493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Cuppens, B. Vanrumste, B. Ceulemans, L. Lagae, S. Huffel
{"title":"Detection of Epileptic Seizures Using Video Data","authors":"K. Cuppens, B. Vanrumste, B. Ceulemans, L. Lagae, S. Huffel","doi":"10.1109/IE.2010.77","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IE.2010.77","url":null,"abstract":"Monitoring of epileptic patients is usually done by video/EEG-monitoring which is considered as the golden standard. Due to some disadvantages of this method, this method is not feasible to use in long term home monitoring. Video monitoring provides a solution to this problem as it can monitor the patient in a non-contacting way. An algorithm is developed to detect movement epochs in nocturnal datasets for pediatric epileptic patients. The performance was measured using a threefold crossvaildation, which resulted in a sensitivity of 1 and a positive predictive value above 0.85.","PeriodicalId":180375,"journal":{"name":"2010 Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Environments","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114559519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Web Based Approach to Virtual Appliance Creation, Programming and Management","authors":"A. Peña-Ríos, J. Chin, V. Callaghan","doi":"10.1109/IE.2010.39","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IE.2010.39","url":null,"abstract":"The Internet and Web technology is advancing at a frantic pace, expanding into almost every aspect of our everyday life. One of the latest scientific activities for the Internet and the Web is the so-called pervasive or ubiquitous computing where networking plays a vital role in its core computational framework. In this, people are able to use the Internet and Web to manage the operation of embedded network devices, services and to coordinate their services in ways that create applications such as smart-homes, smart-offices, smart-cars etc, collectively referred to as intelligent environments. For ordinary people (non technologists) to be able to use this technology, it is required that the interaction between the users and the environment must be as transparent and simple as possible, employing intuitive and user-friendly interfaces wherever possible. A popular approach to empowering users to customise the functionality of their environments is via end-user programming. In this work-in-progress paper we describe an approach based on using a web based GUI to augment earlier work of ours concerning an end user programming paradigm known as Pervasive interactive Programming (PiP), in a way that makes it more flexible and easy to use. By doing this, we present a conceptual model and discuss the issues in developing and using this model.","PeriodicalId":180375,"journal":{"name":"2010 Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Environments","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132043698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jo Vermeulen, G. Vanderhulst, K. Luyten, K. Coninx
{"title":"PervasiveCrystal: Asking and Answering Why and Why Not Questions about Pervasive Computing Applications","authors":"Jo Vermeulen, G. Vanderhulst, K. Luyten, K. Coninx","doi":"10.1109/IE.2010.56","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IE.2010.56","url":null,"abstract":"Users often become frustrated when they are unable to understand and control a pervasive computing environment. Previous studies have shown that allowing users to pose why and why not questions about context-aware applications resulted in better understanding and stronger feelings of trust. Although why and why not questions have been used before to aid in debugging and to clarify graphical user interfaces, it is currently not clear how they can be integrated into pervasive computing systems. We explain in detail how we have extended an existing pervasive computing framework with support for why and why not questions. This resulted in PervasiveCrystal, a system for asking and answering why and why not questions in pervasive computing environments.","PeriodicalId":180375,"journal":{"name":"2010 Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Environments","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133874660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simpleware Device Surrogates: Enabling High-Level Description and Interaction with Resource Constrained Devices","authors":"James Dooley, V. Callaghan, H. Hagras, P. Bull","doi":"10.1109/IE.2010.44","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IE.2010.44","url":null,"abstract":"As the Home Area Network (HAN) evolves, there is an increase in both the number and diversity of device deployment. This includes embedded devices whose resource constraints do not permit the efficient performance of high level middleware functionality. We herein present the functionality and knowledge representations required to enable such “simpleware” devices to be dynamically represented by proxy within our Nexus middleware framework. We also present a use case to illustrate the proposed solution.","PeriodicalId":180375,"journal":{"name":"2010 Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Environments","volume":"300 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129336803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fast Adaptation of Speech and Speaker Characteristics for Enhanced Speech Recognition in Adverse Intelligent Environments","authors":"T. Herbig, F. Gerl, W. Minker","doi":"10.1109/IE.2010.26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IE.2010.26","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present a technique for fast adaptation of speech and speaker related information. Fast learning is particularly useful for automatic personalization of speech-controlled devices. Such a personalization of human-computer interfaces to be used in intelligent environments represents an important research issue. Speech recognition is enhanced by speaker specific profiles which are continuously adapted. A fast but robust tracking of speaker characteristics and optimal long-term adaptation are investigated to avoid an extensive enrollment of new speakers. We present an implementation suitable for speaker specific speech recognition in adverse intelligent environments. Exemplarily, in-car applications such as speech controlled navigation, hands-free telephony or infotainment systems are investigated for embedded systems. Results for a subset of the SPEECON database are presented. They validate the benefit of the presented speaker adaptation scheme for speech recognition. Speaker characteristics are captured after very few utterances. In the long run speaker characteristics are accurately represented. This adaptation scheme might be used to develop an unsupervised speech controlled system comprising speech recognition and speaker identification. A unified modeling of speech and speaker characteristics is proposed.","PeriodicalId":180375,"journal":{"name":"2010 Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Environments","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129180255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stopping Criterion Impact on Pure Random Search Optimisation for Intelligent Device Distribution","authors":"M. Poland, C. Nugent, Hui Wang, Liming Luke Chen","doi":"10.1109/IE.2010.52","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IE.2010.52","url":null,"abstract":"The number of intelligent environment implementations such as smart homes is set to increase dramatically within the next 40 years. This is predicted using forecasts of demographic data which indicates an expansion of the aged population. It has also been predicted that governments will struggle to meet the demand for resources such as sensor technology due to costs. Optimisation of limited resources involves physically positioning devices to maximise pertinent data gathering potential. Currently the most utilised methodology of distributing limited spatial detection sensors such as pressure mats within smart homes is via ad-hoc deployments performed by a human being. In this study idiosyncratic inhabitant spatial-frequency data was processed using a Pure Random Search (PRS) algorithm to uncover probabilistic future regions of interest, alluding to optimal sensor distributions under resource constraint. With PRS a null hypothesis was stated: ‘using lower iteration stopping criteria produce less optimal sensor distributions than when using higher iteration stopping criteria’. A student t-test between 1000 and 5000 iterations was statistically significant at 5% (p = 0.016852) whereby the null hypothesis was rejected. Similar results were obtained between other iteration criteria. These data demonstrate that the iteration stopping criterion is not as critical as sensor size or number of sensors; and that comparable results could be obtained when lower stopping parameters are specified when using PRS.","PeriodicalId":180375,"journal":{"name":"2010 Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Environments","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128063731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prototyping Semantic Dialogue Systems for Radiologists","authors":"Daniel Sonntag, Manuel Möller","doi":"10.1109/IE.2010.23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IE.2010.23","url":null,"abstract":"In the future, speech-based semantic image retrieval and annotation of medical images should provide the basis for clinical decision support and help in computer aided diagnosis. In this paper, we describe today’s clinical workflow and interaction requirements and present a semantic dialogue system installation for radiologists. Our research focus is on the interaction design in combination with the implementation of our prototype system for patient image search and image annotation while using a speech based dialogue shell and a big touchscreen in the radiology environment. Ontology modeling provides the backbone for knowledge representation in the dialogue shell and the specific medical application domain.","PeriodicalId":180375,"journal":{"name":"2010 Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Environments","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130721014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. López, Adriana Sánchez, V. Zamudio, V. Callaghan
{"title":"AVANTI: An Intelligent Vehicle Project as a Catalyst for Education and Business Collaboration and Regional Economic Regeneration","authors":"J. López, Adriana Sánchez, V. Zamudio, V. Callaghan","doi":"10.1109/IE.2010.73","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IE.2010.73","url":null,"abstract":"Avanti is an international and multidisciplinary project, were undergraduate students, from different backgrounds, have the challenge to design an intelligent vehicle for the Mexican elderly in 2020. This venture is motivated by the convergence of a set of different initiatives: the creation of a new Technology Park, the desire to create a new technology-based businesses and the to need to attract students, innovators and entrepreneurs to propose new solutions to global needs. In this work we are assisted by a group of experts from different geographical regions (Mexico, Spain, Italy and United Kingdom) who help teams of students address this challenge. This short paper presents our work-in-progress by introducing the concepts, people (some 23 teams of students) and challenges associated with this project.","PeriodicalId":180375,"journal":{"name":"2010 Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Environments","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126773286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Ramadan, H. Hagras, M. Nawito, A. Elfaham, Bahaa El-Desouky
{"title":"The Intelligent Classroom: Towards an Educational Ambient Intelligence Testbed","authors":"R. Ramadan, H. Hagras, M. Nawito, A. Elfaham, Bahaa El-Desouky","doi":"10.1109/IE.2010.70","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IE.2010.70","url":null,"abstract":"The widespread of embedded computer networks as part of everyday peoples’ lives is leading the current research towards smart environments and Ambient Intelligence (AmI). AmI is a new information paradigm where people are empowered through a digital environment that is “aware” of their presence and context and is sensitive, adaptive and responsive to their needs. In this paper, we describe the intelligent Classroom (iClass) which aims to realize the AmI vision in Education in universities and schools. We will describe the architecture employed to build the iClass and we will present three different directions including the utilization of RFID technology, interacting with the user via speech and developing intelligent agents to learn the user behavior and adapt to its change over short and long time intervals.","PeriodicalId":180375,"journal":{"name":"2010 Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Environments","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121755714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}