Recent advances in technology are changing the way how everyday activities are
performed. Technologies in the traffic domain provide diverse instruments of gathering and …

This paper describes a 63-participant user study that compares two widely known systems
supporting end users in creating trigger-action rules for the Internet of Things and Ambient …

In recent years, the rapid proliferation of intelligent smart resource-bounded devices and
autonomous software technologies has significantly influenced human life and made human …

Semantic technologies could facilitate realizing features like interoperability and reasoning
for Internet of Things (IoT). However, the dynamic and heterogeneous nature of IoT data …

Ontologies have been widely used to facilitate semantic interoperability and serve as a
common information model in many applications or domains. The Smart and Networking …

Abstract Complex Event Processing (CEP) systems aim at processing large flows of events
to discover situations of interest (SOI). CEP uses predefined pattern templates to detect …

In this paper we propose a novel conceptual framework for the design and continuous
evolution of ambient intelligence environments. This framework is structured along three …

Recent years have witnessed the expeditious evolution of intelligent smart devices and
autonomous software technologies with the expanded domains of computing from …

A proactive context-aware system automatically adapts its user interface to the user's
situational needs. This is achieved by continuously capturing the environmental properties …

The special characteristics and requirements of intelligent environments impose several
challenges to the reasoning processes of Ambient Intelligence systems. Such systems must …