19 July 2009
Barcelona, Spain
Call for Papers
4th Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Ambient Intelligence
(AITAmI'09) - Barcelona, Spain. 19th July 2009
Co-located with
5th International Conference on Intelligent Environments
20th-21st of July, 2009
Background and Goals: Imagine a future where human environments respond to
human preferences and needs. In this world, devices equipped with simple
intelligence and the abilities to sense, communicate, and act will be
unremarkable features of our world. We will expect the car to warn us of
hazards, track our location and provide timely route advice. We will speak
to
simple machines and hold conversations with more complex systems, such as
intelligent homes that will help us monitor conditions, track routine tasks
,
and program the behaviour of the heat, the lights, the garden watering and
the
entertainment centre. Analogous systems at work will make simple decisions
in
our stead ranging from scheduling meetings to negotiating for common servic
es
over the web. Such systems will also acquire, and adapt to our preferences
over
time. In sum, we will come to view simple software intelligence as an ambi
ent
feature of our environment.
The infrastructure for ambient intelligence is fast coming on line.
Computational resources are cheap and becoming cheaper, while ubiquitous
network access has started to appear. Market forces will soon produce
applications. We take the view that ambient intelligence is imminent and
inevitable, and that the time is ripe to take stock. This workshop will pro
vide
that opportunity by gathering researchers in a variety of AI subfields toge
ther
with representatives of commercial interests to explore the technology and
applications for ambient intelligence.
Areas of interest: include, but are not limited to, the following:
- agent-based approaches to AmI
- interaction with autonomous systems
- individual/group emotional status
- individual/group preferences
- mediating conflicting interests
- intelligent interactive systems
- multi-modal interfaces (voice, image and video, bio-signals, handwriting
,
etc.)
- modelling complex environments (smart homes, hospitals, museums,
transportation, classrooms, etc.)
- non invasive sensing and interaction
- context awareness
- cognitive modelling of users
- applications (health, industry, teaching, supporting group collaboration,
etc.)
- responsive/active architecture
- innovative applications of AI to Ambient Intelligence
- traditional relevant areas of AI (KR, reasoning about actions,
spatio-temporal reasoning, CBR, planning, uncertainty, learning, belief
revision, vision, decision-making, etc.)
Important Dates:
April 30t, 2009: deadline first submission
May 28th, 2009: notifications to authors
June 12 2009: final version submitted
Publications: all papers accepted will be published in the proceedings of t
he
event. Relevant post-workshop publications will be pursued.
Ph.D. Grants: The organizers of this event will seek to offer partial fundi
ng
to Ph.D. students with accepted papers at our event. The quality of the
submission and the financial situation of the student will be part of the
selection criteria.
Best Presentation Awards: there will be prizes in the categories of 'Best
Presented Paper' and 'Best Presented Poster'.
Web page: www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~jcaug/aitami09.htm
Co-Chairs:
J.C. Augusto (U. of Ulster, UK)
--> contact through: jc.augusto 'at' ulster.ac.uk
D. Cook (Washington State U., USA)
Program Committee
E. Aarts (Philips Res. Eindhoven)
H. Aghajan (Stanford U., USA)
R. Bergmann (U. of Trier, Germany)
M. Bhlen (State Univ. of NY, USA)
A. Butz (Univ. of Munich, Germany)
V. Callaghan (Univ. of Essex, UK)
A. Cesta (ISTC-CNR, Italy)
B. deRuyter (Philips Res. Eindhoven)
M. Divitini (NUS, Norway)
M. Freed, (SRI Internacional, USA)
S. Giroux (U. of Sherbrooke, Canada)
B. Gottfried (Univ.Bremen, Germany)
S. Helal (U. of Florida, USA)
D. Heylen (U. of Twente, Netherlands)
A. Kameas (CTI., Greece)
M. Kim (Ajou University, Korea)
J. Krumm (Microsoft Research, USA)
W. Minker (U. of Ulm - Germany)
J. Plomp (VTT Electronics)
C. Ramos (Polyt. of Porto, Portugal)
D. Shapiro (ISLE-Stanford U., USA)
J. Treur (Vrije U.,The Netherlands)
R. Wichert (Fraunhofer, Germany)
T. Yamazaki (NICT, Japan)