Making SMART Homes Smarter
From: AzoBuild.com - 06/02/2005

Juan Carlos Augusto with the University of Ulster's School of Computing and
Mathematics seeks to further "smart homes" technology through the application
of ambient intelligence. He says houses equipped with sensors can detect
movement as well as determine its cause, and the information gathered by the
technology can be analyzed at a remote location and used to help the house's
occupants. For example, monitoring medical issues is essential to people who
live by themselves; the technology could spot when elderly residents are in
trouble and alert the proper people or authorities, as well as diagnose
health problems before they get too serious. In addition, the technology
could bolster building security by detecting mysterious movements. Augusto,
an artificial intelligence expert, is working on software that can analyze
the numerous goings-in picked up by sensors at a remote site. He says,
"Individual sensors need to be complemented with software that can have a
more holistic view of a given environment at any time as to anticipate
potential risks or needs and act accordingly." Augusto says smart homes are
"technologically and commercially viable" today, and will become even more
advanced as new sensors and more complex designs are developed. 

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http://www.azobuild.com/news.asp?newsID=1044

Links:
Juan Carlos Augusto
http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~jcaug/

Management and Analysis of Time-Related Data in Smart Home Environments
http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~jcaug/medicon2004.pdf

The Use of Temporal Reasoning and Management of Complex Events in Smart Homes
http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~jcaug/ecai2004.pdf

A New Architecture for Smart Homes Based on ADB and Temporal Reasoning
http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~jcaug/icost2004.pdf

Making SMART Homes Smarter
http://www.aaai.org/Pathfinder/html/current.html#june2d