Ambient Intelligence

Graduate Presentation
(CSCI 6800)
Satya Sanket Sahoo

Overview of Presentation
Introduction
Scenarios

for Ambient Intelligence

Key Technologies
Key Characteristics
Architecture
Challenges
Future

Introduction

Ambient Intelligence: Environments that are sensitive and responsive to the presence
of people.
From: On the role of graspable objects in the Ambient Intelligence
Paradigm, Evert J.van Loenen (Philips Research Labs)

Scenario I: Home Environment

Large scale network

of computing devices
Personalize the living
space of humans
Ease access to
Information and
Resources
On-demand

From:
http://www.extra.research.philips.com/pressmedia/pictures/connectivity_
ambintel.html

Scenario II: Automotive Intelligence

Telematics
(Mercedes-Benz)
Online concierge
services
Tele Diagnosis
Safety auto braking
for active collision
avoidance
Route Planning

From: http://www.autoworld.com/news/mercedes/benz_s55.htm

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Key Characteristics

Ubiquity

Awareness

Intelligence

Natural Interaction

From:
http://www.extra.research.philips.com/pressmedia/pictures/connectivity_
ambintel.html

Architecture

From:
http://www.ideo.co.uk/DTI/Catal-IST/istag-ist2003_draft_consolidated_repo

Challenges

Interoperability:
Networks architecture
and integration
Saturation: increased
volume of information
and users
Security: solutions
with quantum
cryptography?

From:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/news-centre/en/inf/02-11-inf02.

The Future

Attractive future
blends:

Computing
Communications
Consumer lectronics

Technological and
Ethical challenges
need to be overcome
Social acceptance is
critical

From:
http://www.extra.research.philips.com/pressmedia/pictures/connectivity_
ambintel.html

Interesting URLs

The European Union report, Scenarios for Ambient

Intelligence in 2010 (
ftp://ftp.cordis.lu/pub/ist/docs/istagscenarios2010.pdf)
e2Home, a joint venture between Electrolux and
Ericsson to build smart condominiums (www.e2home.com)
Georgia Techs Aware Home
(www.cc.gatech.edu/fce/ahri)
MITs House_n (http://architecture.mit.edu/house_n)
MITs Oxygen project for pervasive human-centered
computing (http://oxygen.lcs.mit.edu/Overview.html)
Philips vision of ambient intelligence
(www.philips.com/research/ami)

From: http://csdl.computer.org/comp/mags/ex/2003/04/x4002.pdf