Constructing Ambient Intelligence: AmI 2007 Workshops Darmstadt, Germany, November 7-10, 2007, Revised Papers (Communications in Computer and Information Science)

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by  Max Mühlhäuser

Communications
in Computer and Information Science 11
Max Mühlhäuser Alois Ferscha
Erwin Aitenbichler (Eds.)
Constructing
Ambient Intelligence
AmI 2007 Workshops
Darmstadt, Germany, November 7-10, 2007
Revised Papers
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Preface
A foreword for the present workshop proceedings cannot be provided without first
looking at the larger context of the AMI conference in which the workshops were
organized. The AMI 2007 conference has roots in preceding events, but in many
respects, AMI can be called a novel conference format and hence a premiere. Among
the several aims that inspired and shaped this new conference format, the following
two are particularly worth considering: (1) to provide a forum for the ambient intelli-
gence flavor of research on the Post-PC era of computer science, complementing the
ubiquitous computing and pervasive computing flavors emphasized by already-
existing conferences; (2) to offer an event that attracts contributions from all over the
globe yet emphasizes European strengths – with particular reference to the Informa-
tion Society Technologies (IST) branch of the EU research framework programs
(FPs), which carry the same label as the conference.
The workshop organization chairs reflected these unique characteristics of the new
AMI conference series in the call for workshop proposals using two corresponding
measures: (1) by particularly soliciting workshops on in-depth topics corresponding to
the above-mentioned ambient intelligence flavor of Post-PC research; (2) by offering
two different workshop threads: one ‘usual’ thread for advanced topics (called “SW
workshops”) and one thread for workshops related to concrete EU FP6 and FP7 pro-
jects (called “EU workshops”).
Considering the new-born status of the conference format, we were more than sat-
isfied with the response to our call. For both threads, we received substantially more
submissions than we could accommodate. We established a careful review process, in
which we involved other members of the AMI Organizing Committee, and tried to
resolve conflicts and overlaps partially as submissions were announced or came in. In
this respect, the final acceptance rate is hard to quantify exactly, but the ten work-
shops finally accepted and held represent a little more than 50% of the original sub-
missions. We did not collect formal reviews after the workshops, but received a large
number of very positive comments. In particular, the attendance finally rose to more
than half of the total number of conference attendants, a fact that we consider a spec-
tacular success.
The ten accepted workshops turned out to be well distributed over the two threads:
six SW and four EU workshops were held. Among the SW workshops, SW1 followed
the above-mentioned spirit of AMI in that it emphasized artificial intelligence methods
for AMI. The papers addressed pertinent topics like reasoning, ontologies, pattern
search, and intelligent information networks. SW4 looked at building blocks for AMI
systems under the label “smart products.” Business aspects related to consumer products
and novel IT security aspects came into focus in this workshop due to the particular
accepted papers. Two workshops were “putting the human in the center” of interest:
SW3 looked at model-driven approaches to multimodal interaction for AMI, and SW6
at human factors of AMI in general. SW5 concentrated on a particular application do-
main, namely, ambient-assisted living (AAL); the nice collection of papers covered
diverse aspects, ranging from requirements over development support to pilots and
VI Preface
experiences, plus the pertinent topic of activity detection. The remaining workshop of
this thread, SW2, was particular with respect to its emphasis on a “meta” problem,
namely, user studies and user-centric evaluation of AMI systems in general.
The standard format proposed for EU workshops was a gathering for mutual updates
on the status and achievements of the research work carried out in a particular large EU
project; closed and open workshops were permitted. For such events, representation in
the proceedings was restricted to summary and conclusion papers, typically one per
workshop, in order to assure the scientific quality of the overall publication. The work-
shops on wirelessly accessible sensor platforms (WASP, EU2), on ambient knowledge
discovery (KDubiq, EU5), and AAL (EU3, representing the two European projects
SOPRANO and PERSONA, not to be confused with SW5) followed this format. The
open, thoroughly reviewed workshop on the Amigo project (a large-scale EU activity on
AMI in the home) deviated from the standard format for EU project workshops in that
participants were allowed to contribute individual, quality-assured papers to the work-
shop proceedings. This exemption was given due to the high scientific standards ob-
served by the organizers.
In conclusion, the valuable contributions compiled in this volume manifest the suc-
cess and high scientific quality of the first set of workshops collocated with the AMI
conference series. The workshop organizers would like to express their particular
gratitude to Dr. Aitenbichler and Andreas Petter from Telecooperation, Technische
Universität Darmstadt, and would like to thank the organizers of the individual work-
shops and all authors. These individuals – and more “helpers in the background” who
must be left unmentioned for the sake of brevity – were truly instrumental for the
realization and success of the AMI workshops. With the present proceedings, we are
all privileged to harvest the fruits of hard work in the preparation, realization, and
compilation of the AMI workshops. We hope that they are considered by the readers
as worthwhile, valuable manifestations of creative scientific work.

January 2008 Max Mühlhäuser
Alois Ferscha
Table of Contents
Artificial Intelligence Methods for Ambient
Intelligence
Workshop Summary: Artificial Intelligence Methods for Ambient
Intelligence...................................................... 1
Ralph Bergmann, Klaus-Dieter Althoff, Ulrich Furbach, and
Klaus Schmid
AIMethodsforSmartEnvironments:ACaseStudyonTeamAssistance
in Smart Meeting Rooms ......................................... 4
Martin Giersich, Thomas Heider, and Thomas Kirste
A Survey of Semantics-Based Approaches for Context Reasoning in
Ambient Intelligence ............................................. 14
Antonis Bikakis, Theodore Patkos, Grigoris Antoniou, and
Dimitris Plexousakis
Distributed Reasoning with Conflicts in an Ambient Peer-to-Peer
Setting ......................................................... 24
Antonis Bikakis and Grigoris Antoniou
Model-Based Default Refinement of Partial Information within an
Ambient Agent .................................................. 34
Fiemke Both, Charlotte Gerritsen, Mark Hoogendoorn, and
Jan Treur
CAMPUS NEWS - Artificial Intelligence Methods Combined for an
Intelligent Information Network.................................... 44
Markus Maron, Kevin Read, and Michael Schulze
Searching for Temporal Patterns in AmI Sensor Data................. 53
Romain Tavenard, Albert A. Salah, and Eric J. Pauwels
Evaluating Ubiquitous Systems with Users
Evaluating Ubiquitous Systems with Users (Workshop Summary) ...... 63
Christian Kray, Lars Bo Larsen, Patrick Olivier,
Margit Biemans, Arthur van Bunningen, Mirko Fetter, Tim Jay,
Vassilis-Javed Khan, Gerhard Leitner, Ingrid Mulder, Jo¨rg Mu¨ller,
Thomas Pl¨otz, and Irene Lopez de Vallejo
Model Driven Software Engineering for Ambient
Intelligence Applications
Preface to MDSE4AmI 2007....................................... 75
Felix Flentge, Andreas Petter, and Thomas Ziegert
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Modeling for Users ............................................... 77
Emilio Iborra and Jos´e Iborra
Usability Aware Model Driven Development of User Interfaces......... 83
Matthias Thiel, Andreas Petter, and Alexander Behring
An Agent-Based Generic Model for Human-Like Ambience ............ 93
Tibor Bosse, Mark Hoogendoorn, Michel C.A. Klein, and Jan Treur
Model-driven Approach to the Implementation of Context-Aware
Applications Using Rule Engines................................... 104
Lu´ıs Ferreira Pires, Nieko Maatjes, Marten van Sinderen, and
Patr´ıcia Dockhorn Costa
Multimodal User Interaction in Smart Environments: Delivering
Distributed User Interfaces........................................ 113
Marco Blumendorf, Sebastian Feuerstack, and Sahin Albayrak
Distributed User Interfaces in Ambient Environment ................. 121
Jean Vanderdonckt, Hildeberto Mendonca, and
Jos´e Pascual Molina Masso´
Supporting Ambient Environments by Extended Task Models ......... 131
Maik Wurdel, Christoph Burghardt, and Peter Forbrig
Prototyping of Multimodal Interactions for Smart Environments Based
on Task Models.................................................. 139
Sebastian Feuerstack, Marco Blumendorf, and Sahin Albayrak
Challenges to the Model-Driven Generation of User Interfaces at
Runtime for Ambient Intelligent Systems ........................... 147
Sebastian Adam, Kai Breiner, Kizito S. Mukasa, and Marcus Trapp
Smart Products: Building Blocks of Ambient
Intelligence
Smart Products: Building Blocks of Ambient Intelligence.............. 156
Fernando Lyardet and Erwin Aitenbichler
Smart Products: An Introduction .................................. 158
Max Mu¨hlh¨auser
Reasoning on Smart Products in Consumer Good Domains............ 165
Wolfgang Maass, Andreas Filler, and Sabine Janzen
Proof of Possession: Using RFID for Large-Scale Authorization
Management .................................................... 174
Eberhard Grummt and Ralf Ackermann
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U-TOPIA: A Ubiquitous Environment with a Wearable Platform, UFC
and Its Security Infrastructure, pKASSO............................ 183
Kyu Ho Park, Ki-Woong Park, Jupyung Lee, Jong-Woon Yoo,
Seung-Ho Lim, and Hyun-Jin Choi
Ambient Assisted Living
Ambient Assisted Living Systems – Notes on a Plenary Discussion ..... 194
Martin Becker, Martin Floeck, and Thomas Fuhrmann
Attitudes and Requirements of Elderly People Towards Assisted Living
Solutions ....................................................... 197
Jonas Grauel and Annette Spellerberg
Formal Design and Simulation of an Ambient Multi-agent System
Model for Medicine Usage Management............................. 207
Mark Hoogendoorn, Michel C.A. Klein, and Jan Treur
Concept and Design of an AAL Home Monitoring System Based on a
PersonalComputerized Assistive Unit .............................. 218
Matthias Brinkmann, Martin Floeck, and Lothar Litz
Detecting Activities for Assisted Living ............................. 228
Dorothy Monekosso and Paolo Remagnino
BERNIE – Consultant for Nutrition and Intelligent Shopping.......... 238
Michael Hellenschmidt and Felix Kamieth
Ambient Assisted Living in Rural Areas: Vision and Pilot
Application ..................................................... 246
Ferenc Havasi and A´kos Kiss
Predictions for Epidemiologic Indicators of Age-Related Diseases and
Implications for the Development of Health-Enabling Technologies ..... 253
Michael Marschollek, Klaus-H. Wolf, Oliver J. Bott,
Juergen Howe, and Reinhold Haux
Human Aspects in Ambient Intelligence
First International Workshop on Human Aspects in Ambient
Intelligence: Preface .............................................. 261
Tibor Bosse, Cristiano Castelfranchi, Mark Neerincx,
Fariba Sadri, and Jan Treur
On Human Aspects in Ambient Intelligence ......................... 262
Jan Treur
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The Use of Brain-Computer Interfacing in Ambient Intelligence........ 268
Gangadhar Garipelli, Ferran Gala´n, Ricardo Chavarriaga,
Pierre W. Ferrez, Eileen Lew, and Jos´e del R. Milla´n
Design and Validation of HABTA: Human Attention-Based Task
Allocator ....................................................... 286
Peter-Paul van Maanen, Lisette de Koning, and Kees van Dongen
Affective Human Factors Design with Ambient Intelligence ............ 301
Jianxin (Roger) Jiao, Qianli Xu, and Jun Du
Smart Home Technology for the Elderly: Perceptions of
Multidisciplinary Stakeholders..................................... 314
Anne-mie Sponselee, Ben Schouten, Don Bouwhuis, and
Charles Willems
Enhancing Human Understanding through Intelligent Explanations..... 327
Tina Mioch, Maaike Harbers, Willem A. van Doesburg, and
Karel van den Bosch
Towards Natural Interaction by Enabling Technologies: A Near Field
Communication Approach......................................... 338
Jose Bravo, Ramon Hervas, Salvador W. Nava,
Gabriel Chavira, and Carlos Sanchez
Model-Based Reasoning Methods within an Ambient Intelligent Agent
Model .......................................................... 352
Tibor Bosse, Fiemke Both, Charlotte Gerritsen,
Mark Hoogendoorn, and Jan Treur
Amigo
Amigo Architecture: Service Oriented Architecture for Intelligent
Future In-Home Networks......................................... 371
Maddy Janse, Peter Vink, and Nikolaos Georgantas
Sharing Intelligent Services between Homes ......................... 379
Henk Eertink, Remco Poortinga, Tom Broens, Stephan Tobies,
Andrew Tokmakoff, and Aart van Halteren
Amigo Aware Services ............................................ 385
Graham Thomson, S´ebastien Bianco, Sonia Ben Mokhtar,
Nikolaos Georgantas, and Val´erie Issarny
Ambient Communication and Context-Aware Presence Management.... 391
Stanislaw Borkowski, Thibaud Flury, Anne Gerodolle, and
Gilles Privat