Summary The concept of Ambient Intelligence (AmI) provides a vision of the Information
Society where the emphasis is on greater user‐friendliness, more efficient services support …

Recent efforts regarding mobile social networks aim at connecting people in smart
environments considering not only their social behavior but also their context. In this …

This article describes how an experimental platform for social, mobile and ubiquitous
computing has been used in a wide-ranging longitudinal “in the wild” case study of the …

Context-awareness has become an essential concept in the field of pervasive computing
and mobile systems, because of the emerging of online social networks, along with the …

As the capabilities of smart things increase, the greater the number of scenarios in which
they can be used, and the greater the need to develop Web of Things (WoT) systems …

During the last decade, social media have enjoyed meteoric success in bringing people
together online. On the other hand, pervasive computing assists users in their everyday …

Our world is edging closer to the realisation of pervasive systems and their integration in our
everyday life. While pervasive systems are capable of offering many benefits for everyone …

Social context has a profound effect on how people interact with each other, and should
have important ramifications for how intelligent systems interact with people. However …

O futuro dos ambientes pervasivos irá levar em consideração não só os interesses
individuais dos utilizadores, mas também as relações sociais. Desta forma, a participação …