Smart Sensing and Context: Third European Conference, EuroSSC 2008, Zurich, Switzerland, October 29-31, 2008, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5279)

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third European Conference on Smart Sensing and Context, EuroSSC 2008, held in Zurich, Switzerland, October 29-31, 2008. The 17 revised full papers presented together with one invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on smart objects, spatial and human context inference, context processing and quality of context, as well as context-aware interaction and case studies. Front Matter....Pages - Transforming Daily Life Objects into Tactile Interfaces....Pages 1-13 Using a Movable RFID Antenna to Automatically Determine the Position and Orientation of Objects on a Tabletop....Pages 14-26 Vision-Based Detection of Mobile Smart Objects....Pages 27-40 Design and Evaluation of a Sound Based Water Flow Measurement System....Pages 41-54 Gaussian Process Person Identifier Based on Simple Floor Sensors....Pages 55-68 GammaSense: Infrastructureless Positioning Using Background Radioactivity....Pages 69-82 People Identification Using Gait Via Floor Pressure Sensing and Analysis....Pages 83-98 Location-Free Object Tracking on Graph Structures....Pages 99-111 Reasoning about Context in Uncertain Pervasive Computing Environments....Pages 112-125 Contextual Ranking of Database Querying Results: A Statistical Approach....Pages 126-139 On the Evaluation of Quality of Context....Pages 140-153 A Game-Theoretic Approach to Co-operative Context-Aware Driving with Partially Random Behavior....Pages 154-167 Mobile Context-Addressable Messaging with DL-Lite Domain Model....Pages 168-181 A Wearable, Conductive Textile Based User Interface for Hospital Ward Rounds Document Access....Pages 182-191 Exploring the Design of Pay-Per-Use Objects in the Construction Domain....Pages 192-205 Synthesizing Context for a Sports Domain on a Mobile Device....Pages 206-219 Using Aesthetic and Empathetic Expressions to Motivate Desirable Lifestyle....Pages 220-234 Raising Awareness about Space via Vibro-Tactile Notifications....Pages 235-245 Back Matter....Pages - This year marks the third edition of EuroSSC. It builds on the success of the past editions, held in Enschede, The Netherlands in 2006, and in Kendal, UK in 2007. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we would like to welcome you to EuroSSC 2008, in Zurich, Switerland. This volume contains the invited papers and technical peer-reviewed papers selected for presentation at the conference. At EuroSSC we aim to explore technologies, algorithms, architectures, p- tocols, and user aspects underlying context-aware smart surroundings, coop- ating intelligent objects, and their applications. Since its inception, EuroSSC has taken a complementary technology-driven and user-driven view to discuss these aspects. It is one of the particularities of EuroSSC, and the 2008 edition made no exception. In addition we emphasized aspects related to quality of c- text and context-aware feedback by actuator systems. This re?ects the growing importance that context processing in uncertain environments and sensor and actuator networks take in ambient intelligence environments. We received 70 paper submissions. They originate from 30 countries of - rope, the Middle East and Africa (66%), Asia (22%), North America (9%), and South America (3%). These numbers re?ect the European origins of EuroSSC, but also show that EuroSSC is a recognized and attractive platform for parti- pants from all regions of the world. Constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third European Conference on Smart Sensing and Context, EuroSSC 2008, held in Zurich, Switzerland, October 29-31, 2008. This title includes papers that are organized in topical sections on smart objects, spatial and human context inference, and context processing and quality of context. Daniel Roggen ... [et Al.] (eds.). International Conference Proceedings. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.