The Human Face of Ambient Intelligence

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The book offers a fresh, all-inclusive, up-to-date, and novel approach to Ambient Intelligence, combining scientific, academic and practical relevance with critical reflectionAmalgamates technological, human, and social dimensions of Ambient Intelligence in equal depthProvides a comprehensive account of human-like aspects of Ambient Intelligence systemsCovers in detail the features of the intelligent functionality of Ambient Intelligence systemsProvides fertile insights, new ways of thinking, refreshing research alternatives, and emerging trends around core concepts and notions of Ambient Intelligence, aiming to contribute at bringing the field of Ambient Intelligence closer to realization and deliveryPresents a seamless amalgamation of Ambient Intelligence, AI, cognitive science, social sciences, and humanitiesDiscusses technologies, applications, challenges, limitations, and implications related to Ambient IntelligenceExplains Ambient Intelligence in a holistic approach, by integrating both interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary scholarly approachesIncludes analytical and philosophical discussions around Ambient Intelligence, worked out with great care and subtlety of detail, along with theoretical, practical and research implicationsIncludes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

As a socially disruptive technology, Ambient Intelligence is ultimately directed towards humans and targeted at the mundane life made of an infinite richness of circumstances that cannot fully be considered and easily be anticipated. Most books, however, focus their analysis on, or deal largely with, the advancement of the technology and its potential only. This book offers a fresh, up¿tödate, and holistic approach to Ambient Intelligence. As such, it addresses the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary aspects of the rapidly evolving field of Ambient Intelligence by seamlessly integrating and fusing it with artificial intelligence, cognitive science and psychology, social sciences, and humanities. It is divided into two main parts: Part 1 is about different permutations of enabling technologies as well as core computational capabilities, namely context awareness, implicit and natural interaction, and intelligent behavior. It details the existing and upcoming prerequisite technologies, and elucidates the application and convergence of major current and future computing trends. Part 2 is an accessible review and synthesis of the latest research in the human-directed sciences and computing and how these are intricately interrelated in the realm of Ambient Intelligence. It deals with the state¿of¿the¿art human¿inspired applications which show human-like understanding and exhibit intelligent behavior in relation to a variety of aspects of human functioning ¿ states and processes. It describes and elaborates on the rich potential of Ambient Intelligence from a variety of interrelated perspectives and the plethora of challenges and bottlenecks involved in making Ambient Intelligence a reality, and also discusses the established knowledge and recent discoveries in the human¿directed sciences and their application and convergence in the ambit of Ambient Intelligence computing. This seminal reference work isthe most comprehensive of its kind, and will prove invaluable to students, researchers, and professionals across both computing and the human-directed sciences.