Smart Objects & Ambient Intelligence
October 12th - 14th 2005, Grenoble, FRANCE
Regular sessions

Oral sessions

  • Session 1 - New interaction devices
  • Session 2 - Usage and case studies
  • Session 3 - Smart environments & multimodal interaction
  • Session 4 - Analyzing users activities
  • Session 5 - Reconfigurability & location-based services
  • Session 6 - Middleware
  • Session 7 - Ad-hoc networking & sensor networks


  • Poster sessions

  • Session 1 - Context-aware systems
  • Session 2 - Embedded technologies




  • Oral Session 1 - New interaction devices  

    Lauri Pohjanheimo, Heikki Keranen, Heikki Ailisto
    (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland)
    "Implementing TouchMe Paradigm with a Mobile Phone"

    Download the PDF presentation n°9
    Panikos Heracleous, Yoshitaka Nakajima, Hiroshi Saruwatari, Kiyohiro Shikano
    (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
    "A tissue-conductive acoustic sensor applied in speech recognition for privacy"

    Download the PDF presentation n°33
    Jamie A. Ward, Paul Lukowicz, Gerhard Troster
    (ETHZ, Switzerland)
    "Gesture Spotting Using Wrist Worn Microphone and 3-Axis Accelerometer"

    Download the PDF presentation n°63
    Xiaojun Bi, Yuanchun Shi, Xiaojie Chen, Peifeng Xiang
    (Tsinghua University, China)
    "Facilitating Interaction with Large Displays in Smart Spaces"

    Download the PDF presentation n°67


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    Oral Session 2 - Usage and case studies  

    Carsten Rocker, Norbert Streitz (Fraunhofer IPSI, Germany)
    Maddy D. Janse (Philips Research Laboratories, The Netherlands)
    Nathalie Portolan (France Telecom R&D, France)
    "User Requirements for Intelligent Home Environments : A Scenario-Driven Approach and Empirical Cross-Cultural Study"

    PDF presentation n°62 (released soon)
    Fabrice Forest (MSH-Alpes, France)
    Leena Arhippainen (University of Oulu, Finland)
    "Social acceptance of proactive services: observing and anticipating cultural facets during the design process"

    Download the PDF presentation n°43
    Elise van den Hoven, Berry Eggen
    (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
    "Personal souvenirs as Ambient Intelligent objects"

    Download the PDF presentation n°59
    Jan M.V. Misker, Jasper Lindenberg, Mark A. Neerincx
    (Delft University of Technology And TNO Human Factors, The Netherlands)
    "Users Want Simple Control over Device Selection"

    Download the PDF presentation n°27


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    Oral Session 3 - Smart environments and multimodal interaction  

    Peter Ford Dominey, Alfredo Weitzenfeld
    (ISC/CNRS, France And ITAM, Mexico)
    "Levels of Interaction Allowing Humans to Command, Interrogate and Teach a Communicating Object : Lessons Learned From Two Robotic Platform"

    Download the PDF presentation n°55
    Fahim Kawsar, Kaori Fujinami, Tatsuo Nakajima
    (Waseda University, Japan)
    "Augmenting Everyday Life with Sentient Artefacts"

    Download the PDF presentation n°40
    Albrecht Schmidt, Matthias Kranz, Paul Holleis
    (University of Munich, Germany)
    "Interacting with the Ubiquitous Computer -Towards Embedding Interaction"

    Download the PDF presentation n°64
    Christian Elting
    (European Media Lab GmbH, Germany)
    "Orchestrating Output Devices - Planning Multimedia Presentations for Home Entertainment with Ambient Intelligence"

    Download the PDF presentation n°11


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    Oral Session 4 - Analyzing users activities  

    Tam Huynh, Bernt Schiele
    (TU Darmstadt, Germany)
    "Analyzing Features For Activity Recognition"

    Download the PDF presentation n°42
    Soumya Hamlaoui, Franck Davoine
    (Compiègne University of Technology, France)
    "Facial action tracking using particle filters and active appearance models"

    Download the PDF presentation n°57
    Sonja Gievska, John Sibert
    (The George Washington University, USA)
    "Using Task Context Variables for Selecting the Best Timing for Interrupting Users"

    PDF presentation n°65 (released soon)


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    Oral Session 5 - Reconfigurability & location-based services  

    Giulio Mori, Fabio Paterno
    (ISTI-CNR, Italy)
    "Automatic Semantic Platform-dependent Redesign"

    Download the PDF presentation n°46
    Joelle Coutaz, Nicolas Barralon (CLIPS/IMAG, France)
    Stanislaw Borkowski (GRAVIR/INRIA, France)
    "Coupling Interaction Resources : an Analytical Model"

    Download the PDF presentation n°60
    Simon Dobson
    (University College Dublin, Ireland)
    "Leveraging the subtleties of location"

    Download the PDF presentation n°5
    Ichiro Satoh
    (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)
    "A Location Model for Ambient Intelligence"

    Download the PDF presentation n°20


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    Oral Session 6 - Middleware  

    Michael Hellenschmidt
    (Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics, Germany)
    "Distributed Implementation of a Self-Organizing Appliance Middleware"

    Download the PDF presentation n°16
    Ali Asghar Nazari Shirehjini
    (Fraunhofer-IGD, Germany)
    "A Generic UpnP Architecture for Ambient Intelligence Meetings Rooms and a Control Point allowing for integrated 2D and 3D Interaction"

    Download the PDF presentation n°32
    Diego Lopez de Ipina, Inaki Vazquez, Daniel Garcia, Javier Fernandez,Ivan Garcia
    (University of Deusto, Spain)
    "A Reflective Middleware for Controlling Smart Objects from Mobile Devices"

    Download the PDF presentation n°23
    Christian Floerkemeier, Matthias Lampe
    (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
    "RFID middleware design - addressing application requirements and RFID constraints"

    Download the PDF presentation n°53


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    Oral Session 7 - Ad-hoc networking and sensor networks  

    Laurent Maleysson, Christophe Dugas
    (Coronis Systems, France)
    "Configuring and managing a large-scale monitoring network Solving real world challenges for Ultra Low Powered and long-range wireless mesh networks"

    PDF presentation n°66 (released soon)
    Byung Ryong Kim, Ki Chang Kim, Yoo Sung Kim
    (Inha University, South Korea)
    "Securing Anonymity in P2P Network"

    PDF presentation n°82 (released soon)
    Sarah Mount, Elena Gaura, Robert M. Newman, Michael Allen (Coventry University, UK)
    Alastair R. Beresford, Sam R. Dolan (Cambridge Universty, UK)
    "Trove : a Physical Game Running on an Ad-Hoc Wireless Sensor Network"

    Download the PDF presentation n°85


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    Poster Session 1 - Context-aware systems  

    Alfonso Garate (Fagor, Spain)
    Nati Herrasti, Antonio Lopez (Ikerlan, Spain)
    "GENIO : An Ambient Intelligence application in home automation and entertainment environment"

    Download the PDF presentation n°10
    Stephan Raidt, Gerard Bailly, Frederic Elisei
    (ICP/INPG, France)
    "Basic components of a Face-to-Face interaction with a Conversational Agent : Mutual Attention and deixis"

    Download the PDF presentation n°65
    Carlos Bento, Nuno Gil
    (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
    "Text Input Disambiguation Supported on a Hierarchical User Model"

    Download the PDF presentation n°24
    Oliver Brdiczka, Patrick Reignier, James L. Crowley
    (GRAVIR/INRIA, France)
    "Supervised Learning of an Abstract Context Model for an Intelligent Environment"

    Download the PDF presentation n°8
    Eleni Christopoulou, Christos Goumopoulos, Achilles Kameas
    (Research Academic Computer Technology Institute And Hellenic Open University, Greece)
    "An ontology-based management and reasoning process for UbiComp applications"

    Download the PDF presentation n°14
    Thomas Heider, Thomas Kirste
    (Rostock University, Germany)
    "Multimodal Appliance Cooperation based on Explicit Goals : Concepts & Potentials"

    Download the PDF presentation n°76
    Alessandro Saffiotti, Mathias Broxvall
    (University of Orebro, Sweden)
    "Peis Ecologies : Ambient Intelligence meets Autonomous Robotics"

    Download the PDF presentation n°29


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    Poster Session 2 - Embedded technologies  

    Ghislain Despesse, Jean-Jacques Chaillout, Thomas Jager, Jean-Michel Leger, Apostol Vassilev (CEA/LETI, France)
    Skandar Basrour, Benoit Charlot (TIMA/INPG, France)
    "High Damping Electrostatic System For Vibration Energy Scavenging"

    Download the PDF presentation n°38
    Yasser Ammar, Aurelien Buhrig, Marcin Marzencki, Benoit Charlot, Skandar Basrour, Karine Matou, Marc Renaudin
    (TIMA/INPG, France)
    "Wireless sensor network node with asynchronous architecture and vibration harvesting micro power generator"

    Download the PDF presentation n°58
    Michael Bocquet, Christophe Loyez, Aziz Benlarbi-Delai
    (IEMN/IRCICA, France)
    "Millimeter wave up-converted UWB based positioning system"

    Download the PDF presentation n°68
    Sylvain Bacquet, Helene Rouault, Helene Lhermet, Elisabeth Crochon, Helene Lignier, Sebastien Martinet, Michel Martin, Laurent Sourgen
    (Research Center of CEA-Grenoble, France)
    "PEACPocket : a technological demonstrator for future multimedia smart card"

    Download the PDF presentation n°35
    Ali Asghar Nazari Shirehjini, Felix Klar
    (Fraunhofer-IGD, Germany)
    "3Dsim : Rapid Prototyping Ambient Intelligence"

    Download the PDF presentation n°77