Ambient Media And Systems: Second International Icst Conference, Ambi-sys 2011, Porto, Portugal, March 24-25, 2011, Revised Selected Papers (lecture ... And Telecommunications Engineering)

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International ICST Conference on Ambient Systems and Media, AMBI-SYS 2011, held in Porto, Portugal in March 2011. The 10 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected and cover a wide range of topics as innovative solutions in the field of ambient assisted living, providing a new physical basis for ambient intelligence by also leveraging on contributions offered by interaction design methods and approaches. Front Matter....Pages - A Physical Basis for Ambient Intelligence....Pages 1-11 Service Composition and Advanced User Interfaces in the Home of Tomorrow: The SM4All Approach....Pages 12-19 Wireless Sensor Network Deployment for Building Environmental Monitoring and Control....Pages 20-27 Design and Evaluation of a Fall Detection Algorithm on Mobile Phone Platform....Pages 28-35 System Performance of an LTE MIMO Downlink in Various Fading Environments....Pages 36-43 Development of Computer Vision Algorithm for Surgical Skill Assessment....Pages 44-51 Open Architecture to Raise Awareness of Energy Consumption on the Home Environment....Pages 52-59 RFID-Based System for Tracking People: Approaches to Tagging Demented Patients....Pages 60-65 Processing Location Data for Ambient Intelligence Applications....Pages 66-69 Interactive Haptic Virtual Collaborative Training Simulator to Retain CPR Skills....Pages 70-77 Future User Centric Media: Research Challenges and the Road Ahead....Pages 78-106 Erratum: A Physical Basis for Ambient Intelligence....Pages E1-E1 Back Matter....Pages - This text constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International ICST Conference on Ambient Systems and Media, AMBI-SYS 2011, held in Porto, Portugal in March 2011