Ebook: Ambient Intelligence: Impact on Embedded Sytem Design

Hugo de Man Professor Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Senior Research Fellow IMEC The steady evolution of hardware, software and communications technology is rapidly transforming the PC- and dot.com world into the world of Ambient Intelligence (AmI). This next wave of information technology is fundam- tally different in that it makes distributed wired and wireless computing and communication disappear to the background and puts users to the foreground. AmI adapts to people instead of the other way around. It will augment our consciousness, monitor our health and security, guide us through traffic etc. In short, its ultimate goal is to improve the quality of our life by a quiet, reliable and secure interaction with our social and material environment. What makes AmI engineering so fascinating is that its design starts from studying person to world interactions that need to be implemented as an int- ligent and autonomous interplay of virtually all necessary networked electronic intelligence on the globe. This is a new and exciting dimension for most elect- cal and software engineers and may attract more creative talent to engineering than pure technology does. Development of the leading technology for AmI will only succeed if the engineering research community is prepared to join forces in order to make Mark Weiser’s dream of 1991 come true. This will not be business as usual by just doubling transistor count or clock speed in a microprocessor or increasing the bandwidth of communication.

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The emerging Ambient Intelligence vision has the potential to fundamentally change our world. This volume is a preview into the next era of computing. It investigates the impact of Ambient Intelligence on embedded system design. Combining visionary contributions with papers on recent developments, it brings to light the challenges in system design towards fulfilling the Ambient Intelligence promise. Topics covered range from processor architectures and embedded software to cognitive robotics and sensor networks, and from quality-of-service and energy-efficient design to security and fault tolerance.

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The emerging Ambient Intelligence vision has the potential to fundamentally change our world. This volume is a preview into the next era of computing. It investigates the impact of Ambient Intelligence on embedded system design. Combining visionary contributions with papers on recent developments, it brings to light the challenges in system design towards fulfilling the Ambient Intelligence promise. Topics covered range from processor architectures and embedded software to cognitive robotics and sensor networks, and from quality-of-service and energy-efficient design to security and fault tolerance.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Omnia Fieri Possent....Pages 1-8
Embedded System Design Issues in Ambient Intelligence....Pages 11-29
Ambient Intelligence: A Computational Platform Perspective....Pages 31-50
Ambient Intelligence and the Development of Embedded System Software....Pages 51-67
Preparation of Heterogeneous Networks for Ambient Intelligence....Pages 69-90
The Butt of the Iceberg: Hidden Security Problems of Ubiquitous Systems....Pages 91-101
Emerging Challenges in Designing Secure Mobile Appliances....Pages 103-127
The Domestic Robot - A Friendly Cognitive System Takes Care of your Home....Pages 131-158
QoS-Based Resource Management for Ambient Intelligence....Pages 159-182
Terminal QoS: Advanced Resource Management for Cost-Effective Multimedia Appliances in Dynamic Contexts....Pages 183-201
Scalability and Error Protection - Means for Error-Resilient, Adaptable Image Transmission in Heterogeneous Environments....Pages 203-227
Metaprogramming Techniques for Designing Embedded Components for Ambient Intelligence....Pages 229-250
Application-Domain-Driven System Design for Pervasive Video Processing....Pages 251-270
Collaborative Algorithms for Communication in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 271-294
Energy-Efficient Communication for High Density Networks....Pages 295-314
Application Re-Mapping for Fault-Tolerance in Ambient Intelligent Systems....Pages 315-335
Back Matter....Pages 337-348

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The emerging Ambient Intelligence vision has the potential to fundamentally change our world. This volume is a preview into the next era of computing. It investigates the impact of Ambient Intelligence on embedded system design. Combining visionary contributions with papers on recent developments, it brings to light the challenges in system design towards fulfilling the Ambient Intelligence promise. Topics covered range from processor architectures and embedded software to cognitive robotics and sensor networks, and from quality-of-service and energy-efficient design to security and fault tolerance.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Omnia Fieri Possent....Pages 1-8
Embedded System Design Issues in Ambient Intelligence....Pages 11-29
Ambient Intelligence: A Computational Platform Perspective....Pages 31-50
Ambient Intelligence and the Development of Embedded System Software....Pages 51-67
Preparation of Heterogeneous Networks for Ambient Intelligence....Pages 69-90
The Butt of the Iceberg: Hidden Security Problems of Ubiquitous Systems....Pages 91-101
Emerging Challenges in Designing Secure Mobile Appliances....Pages 103-127
The Domestic Robot - A Friendly Cognitive System Takes Care of your Home....Pages 131-158
QoS-Based Resource Management for Ambient Intelligence....Pages 159-182
Terminal QoS: Advanced Resource Management for Cost-Effective Multimedia Appliances in Dynamic Contexts....Pages 183-201
Scalability and Error Protection - Means for Error-Resilient, Adaptable Image Transmission in Heterogeneous Environments....Pages 203-227
Metaprogramming Techniques for Designing Embedded Components for Ambient Intelligence....Pages 229-250
Application-Domain-Driven System Design for Pervasive Video Processing....Pages 251-270
Collaborative Algorithms for Communication in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 271-294
Energy-Efficient Communication for High Density Networks....Pages 295-314
Application Re-Mapping for Fault-Tolerance in Ambient Intelligent Systems....Pages 315-335
Back Matter....Pages 337-348
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