| Preface | 6 |
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| Organization | 7 |
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| Contents | 9 |
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| A Framework for the Reconfiguration of Ubicomp Systems | 13 |
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| Introduction | 13 |
| Proposal Overview | 14 |
| Feature Modeling Technique | 15 |
| Policy Description | 16 |
| Driving System Reconfiguration | 16 |
| Reconfiguration Framework for Ubicomp Systems | 17 |
| Reconfiguration Strategy | 18 |
| Related Work | 20 |
| Conclusions | 21 |
| References | 21 |
| HI3 Project: Software Architecture System for Elderly Care in a Retirement Home | 23 |
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| Introduction | 23 |
| Description of the $HI^3$Architecture | 25 |
| Application to an Elderly Care Scenario | 27 |
| Particular Examples | 29 |
| Conclusions | 31 |
| References | 31 |
| An Architecture for Secure Ambient Intelligence Environments | 33 |
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| Introduction | 33 |
| Related Works | 34 |
| Serenity, Making Security Expertise Available | 35 |
| Serenity Run-Time Framework, Providing Security Solutions on the Fly | 37 |
| S | 37 |
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| Conclusions and Future Works | 40 |
| References | 41 |
| An Architecture for Ambient Intelligent Environments | 42 |
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| Introduction | 42 |
| The ISyRAmI Methodology | 43 |
| The ISyRAmI Architecture | 44 |
| Some Examples of AmI Environments | 47 |
| Conclusions and Further Work | 49 |
| References | 49 |
| A Hardware Based Infrastructure for Agent Protection | 51 |
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| Introduction | 51 |
| State of the Art | 52 |
| Accessing TPM from Agents | 53 |
| Secure Migration Library for Agents | 54 |
| Secure Migration Protocol | 55 |
| Design and Deployment of the Library | 56 |
| Underlying Technology: TPM4Java | 57 |
| Conclusions and Future Work | 58 |
| References | 59 |
| Performance Evaluation of J2ME and Symbian Applications in Smart Camera Phones | 60 |
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| Introduction | 60 |
| Camera Access Performance | 61 |
| Image File Size | 62 |
| Processing Speed | 62 |
| Clock Cycles Estimation | 63 |
| Measurements | 64 |
| Discussion of Results | 64 |
| Conclusions | 67 |
| References | 68 |
| Extended Bluetooth Naming for Empowered Presence and Situated Interaction with Public Displays | 69 |
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| Introduction | 69 |
| Research Goals and Overview | 70 |
| Related Work | 70 |
| Instant Places | 71 |
| The Trial at the Campus Bar | 73 |
| Usability Interviews | 75 |
| Conclusions | 76 |
| References | 77 |
| Infrastructural Support for Ambient Assisted Living | 78 |
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| Introduction | 78 |
| Related Work | 79 |
| A Platform for AAL | 80 |
| A Middleware for AAL | 81 |
| Multi-modal Environment Interaction | 83 |
| Intelligence through Rule-Based Reasoning | 85 |
| Conclusions and Further Work | 86 |
| References | 86 |
| ALZ-MAS 2.0 | A Distributed Approach for Alzheimer Health Care |
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| Introduction | 88 |
| FUSION@, an Alternative for Distributed Multi-agent Systems | 89 |
| ALZ-MAS 2.0 | 91 |
| Results and Conclusions | 94 |
| References | 96 |
| Ambient Assisted Living | 98 |
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| Introduction | 98 |
| Ambient Intelligence | 99 |
| Business Integration for Healthcare | 99 |
| OSGi | 100 |
| Multi-agent Systems and OSGi | 101 |
| OSGi Locally | 102 |
| OSGi Remotely | 103 |
| Conclusion | 105 |
| References | 106 |
| Quality of Service in Wireless e-Emergency: Main Issues and a Case-Study | 107 |
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| Introduction | 107 |
| Vital Signal Monitoring | 108 |
| QoS Needs in e-Health | 108 |
| Case-Study | 110 |
| Conclusions | 113 |
| References | 114 |
| Sentient Displays in Support of Hospital Work | 115 |
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| Introduction | 115 |
| Sentient Displays: Augmenting Natural Objects with Ambient Displays and Sentient Technologies | <