Ambient intelligence is an emerging discipline that brings intelligence to our everyday
environments and makes those environments sensitive to us. Ambient intelligence (AmI) …

In this paper we take a look at the state of the art in smart environments research. The survey
is motivated by the recent dramatic increase of activity in the field, and summarizes work in a …

Fine-grained emotion classification for mood-and emotion-related physical-characteristics
detection and its application to computer technology using biometric sensors has been …

Smart home design has undergone a metamorphosis in recent years. The field has evolved
from designing theoretical smart home frameworks and performing scripted tasks in …

Smart environment technology has matured to the point where it is regularly used in
everyday homes as well as research labs. With this maturation of the technology, we can …

Activity recognition algorithms have matured and become more ubiquitous in recent years.
However, these algorithms are typically customized for a particular sensor platform. In this …

Smart environment research has resulted in many useful tools for modeling, monitoring, and
adapting to a single resident. However, many of these tools are not equipped for coping with …

Surveillance applications in private environments such as smart houses require a privacy
management policy if such systems are to be accepted by the occupants of the environment …

Recognition of inhabitants' activities of daily living (ADLs) is an important task in smart
homes to support assisted living for elderly people aging in place. However, uncertain …

Power control is an important research topic for ad-hoc Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs).
In today's sophisticated and competitive wireless environment, the control of the energy …