Ambient intelligence (AmI) was established in the late 1990s as a recent paradigm for electronic environments for the timeframe of 20102020. AmI is essentially an elabo- tion of Mark Weiser's vision of ubiquitous computing. Weiser was aiming at a novel mobile computing infrastructure integrated into the networked environment of people. AmI is the idea of a technology that will become invisibly embedded in our natural s- roundings, present whenever we need it, enabled by simple and effortless interaction, attuned to all our senses, adaptive to users, context-sensitive, and autonomous. AmI refers to smart electronic environments that are sensitive and responsive to the presence of people. Since its adoption the vision has grown and fully developed, bec- ing quite influential in the development of novel ideas for information processing and new concepts for multi-disciplinary fields including electrical engineering, computer science, industrial design, user interfaces, and cognitive sciences. The AmI system - fords a basis for new paradigms of technological innovation within a multi-dimensional society. The added value of the AmI vision is the fact that the large-scale integration of electronics into the environment allows the actors, i. e. , people and objects, to collaborate with their surroundings in a natural measure. This is directly related to the increasing societal demand for communication and the exchange of information.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the workshops of the Second European Conference on Ambient Intelligence, AmI 2008, held in Nuremberg, Germany, in November 2008. The volume includes the workshops: Smart Design for Human Performance, Smart Products: Building Blocks of Ambient Intelligence, Intelligent Objects for the Internet of Things, Social Intelligence for Well-Being and Care, When Ambient Intelligence meets Web 2.0: Wiki-City - A City interacts with its citizen; as well as the project workshops: SOPRANO, PERSONA, Netcarity and MPOWER, Conjoint Workshop on Ambient-Assisted Living, Architectures and platforms for AMI Ambient Assisted Living" and "Personal Health" - between Paragdigms, Projects and Products, Capturing Ambient Assisted Living Needs.

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Smart Design for Human Performance.- Smart Design for Human Performance in the Office of the Future Requirements towards Services and Technical Advises for Tomorrows Office Work.- Intelligent Objects for the Internet of Things.- Functional Requirements of a Middleware to Integrate Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) into Smart Objects Applications.- Scientific Workshop 4: The Internet of Things State-of-the-Art and Perspectives for Future Research.- Scientific Workshop 4: Intelligent Objects for the Internet of Things: Internet of Things Application of Sensor Networks in Logistics.- When Ambient Intelligence Meets Web 2.0: Wiki-City - A City Interacts with Its Citizen.- New Tools for Mobiles and Handhelds Make Life Easier.- AmbiSense: Identifying and Locating Objects with Ambient Sensors.- Scientific Workshop 6: When Ambient Intelligence Meets Web 2.0: Wiki-City A City Interacts with Its Citizens.- Scientific Workshop 6: When Ambient Intelligence Meets Web 2.0: Seamless Localization Technologies in Cities.- SOPRANO, PERSONA, Netcarity & MPOWER, Conjoint Workshop on Ambient-Assisted Living.- Architectures and Platforms for AMI: Workshop Summary Report.- A Pervasive Environment Based on Personal Self-improving Smart Spaces.- A Product Line Approach for AmI Environments.- ASTRA Awareness Connectivity Platform Based on Service Oriented Concepts.- Mobile Ontology: Its Creation and Its Usage.- Using Semantic Technology in Pervasive Service Platform.- Realizing Context Aware Collaborations Using Grids.- Capturing Ambient Assisted Living Needs.- Proceedings of AMI'08 Workshop: Capturing Ambient Assisted Living Needs.