User-centric universal multimedia access in home networks
AbstractMuch research is currently being conducted towards Universal Multimedia Access, aiming at removing barriers that arise when multimedia content is to be consumed with more and more heterogeneous...
View ArticleAmbiSec: Securing Smart Spaces Using Entropy Harvesting
AbstractFollowing the vision of Ambient Intelligence (AmI), this paper introduces and evaluates a novel security scheme that takes the advantage of the unpredictable and erratic behavior of wireless...
View ArticleUser Movements Forecasting by Reservoir Computing Using Signal Streams...
AbstractReal-time, indoor user localization, although limited to the current user position, is of great practical importance in many Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) applications. Moreover, an accurate...
View ArticleA Cost-Based Model for Service Discovery in Smart Environments
AbstractThis paper describes the CoDA algorithm for the service discovery in the Smart Environments. CoDA is based on the energy distance metric that allows the clients to select the service providers...
View ArticleRobotic UBIquitous COgnitive Network
AbstractRobotic ecologies are networks of heterogeneous robotic devices pervasively embedded in everyday environments, where they cooperate to perform complex tasks. While their potential makes them...
View ArticleEnergy-aware test connection assignment for the self-diagnosis of a wireless...
AbstractSensor nodes in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are prone to failures due to the fragile hardware, malicious attacks, or hostile or harsh environment. In order to assure reliable, long-term...
View ArticleThe Integration of ZigBee with the GiraffPlus Robotic Framework
AbstractRobotic ecologies often comprise a large number of environmental sensors and actuators, that, on the other hand, operate by means of their proper standards, among which ZigBee is one of the...
View ArticleDynamic Tracking of Composite Events in Wireless Sensor Networks
AbstractTracking moving objects is one important feature of wireless sensor networks. It is of interest in intrusion detection, traffic monitoring, security applications, and environmental monitoring....
View ArticleMultisensor Data Fusion for Activity Recognition Based on Reservoir Computing
AbstractAmbient Assisted Living facilities provide assistance and care for the elderly, where it is useful to infer their daily activity for ensuring their safety and successful ageing. In this work,...
View ArticleDistributed Neural Computation over WSN in Ambient Intelligence
AbstractAmbient Intelligence (AmI) applications need information about the surrounding environment. This can be collected by means of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) that also analyze and build...
View ArticleAn Experimental Evaluation of Reservoir Computation for Ambient Assisted Living
AbstractIn this paper we investigate the introduction of Reservoir Computing (RC) neural network models in the context of AAL (Ambient Assisted Living) and self-learning robot ecologies, with a focus...
View ArticleSensor data fusion for activity monitoring in the PERSONA ambient assisted...
AbstractUser activity monitoring is a major problem in ambient assisted living, since it requires to infer new knowledge from collected and fused sensor data while dealing with highly dynamic...
View ArticleA cyber-physical approach to secret key generation in smart environments
AbstractEncrypted communication in wireless sensor networks oftentimes requires additional randomness and frequent re-keying in order to avoid known-plain text attacks. Conventional approaches for...
View ArticleRobot Localization by Echo State Networks Using RSS
AbstractIn this paper we present an application of Reservoir Computing to indoor robot localization, based on input received signal strength signals from a wireless sensor network. The proposed...
View ArticleEnergy management in solar cells powered wireless sensor networks for quality...
AbstractSensor nodes equipped with solar cells and rechargeable batteries are useful in many outdoor, long-lasting applications. In these sensor nodes, the cycles of energy harvesting and battery...
View ArticleAn experimental characterization of reservoir computing in ambient assisted...
AbstractIn this paper, we present an introduction and critical experimental evaluation of a reservoir computing (RC) approach for ambient assisted living (AAL) applications. Such an empirical analysis...
View ArticleEngineering Energy Efficient Visual Sensor Network Applications Using Skeletons
AbstractVisual sensor networks (VSNs) perform complex scene analysis algorithms that require significant computations and communications. Under this respect, the use of skeletons contributes to reduce...
View ArticleSmart Environments and Context-Awareness for Lifestyle Management in a...
AbstractHealth trends of elderly in Europe motivate the need for technological solutions aimed at preventing the main causes of morbidity and premature mortality. In this framework, the DOREMI project...
View Article
