Ambient intelligence

1. Introduction to ambient intelligence: principles; related fields; terminology; definitions

2. Ambient in the context of perception and creation of multimedia content

3. Ambient intelligence: pervasive technologies in relation to user: multimedia technology applications in variety of intelligent environments; understanding user's mental model development in intelligent environments

4. Context definition: context definition for selected activity; selection of relevant sensors and information sources; processing; networking

5. Technologies enabling user's activities in selected contexts: pervasive computing; embedded systems; sensors; ICT technologies

6. User: interaction with environment; mental model development; modalities; channels

7. Communication human-ambient: interfaces; input/output devices; user and ambient sensing; modalities; personalization; connectivity

8. Prototyping of ambient intelligence systems

9. Research activities on selected application domains: home; entertainment; learning; professional environments; analysis and requirements definition

10. Practical work: designing a prototype for selected domain; interaction design tools; interaction prototype demonstration; assessment

The goal is to understand roles of ambient intelligence in multimedia and apply acquired competences for designing solutions.

Understanding ambient intelligence in modern multimedia systems with relation to users.

Managing data path from sensor to resulting ambient intelligence.

Mastering concepts and building blocks of ambient intelligence. Understanding roles of pervasive technologies and their applications in modern services.

The lectures provide a theoretical background on selected topics together with simple practical demonstrations. A complete study material is available online.

Practical work is being performed in the laboratory environment. Individual projects are based on selected topics and presented by students.