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
Key Technologies
Ambient Intelligence
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/istagist2003_draft_consolidated_report.pdf
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/02-11inf02.html
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 Tech’s Aware Home
(www.cc.gatech.edu/fce/ahri)
 MIT’s House_n (http://architecture.mit.edu/house_n)
 MIT’s Oxygen project for pervasive human-centered
computing (http://oxygen.lcs.mit.edu/Overview.html)
 Philip’s vision of ambient intelligence
(www.philips.com/research/ami)
From: http://csdl.computer.org/comp/mags/ex/2003/04/x4002.pdf