The Ubiquitous Computing (UC) idea envisioned by Weiser in 1991, has
recently evolved to a more general paradigm known as Ambient
Intelligence (AmI) that represents a new generation of user-centred
computing environments and systems. These solutions aim to find new ways
to obtain a better integration of the information technology in
everyday life devices and activities.
AmI environments are integrated by several autonomous computational
devices of modern life ranging from consumer electronics to mobile
phones. Ideally, people in an AmI environment will not notice these
devices, but they will benefit from the services these solutions provide
them. Such devices are aware of the people present in those
environments by reacting to their gestures, actions and context.
Recently the interest in AmI environments has grown considerably due to
new challenges posed by society, demanding highly innovative services,
such as vehicular ad hoc networks (VANET), Ambient Assisted Living
(AAL), e-Health, Internet of Things and Home Automation among others.
The main focus of this edition of the UCAmI Conference will be "Ambient
Intelligence: Sensing, Processing and Using Environmental Information".
