Ambient Intelligence Vision: A Perspective J.UCS Special Issue

It is time to put in practice the old visionary scenarios of AmI through real achievements. For that, it is necessary to concentrate in detailed and particular domains on solving all the past promises. UCAmI is an AmIcommunity that has been organizing AmI events in Spain for the last 6 years. In such events, researchers from Spain and other countries such as Germany, Italy, France, USA, Portugal, Mexico, Chile, Finland and others, have taken part. MAmI Research Lab at Castilla-La Mancha University, Spain has organized all these events. From this community, ten papers have been selected to represent this multidisciplinary field of research. In this special issue, authors show their advances in aspects like Ambient Assisted Living or academic conference environments. Other authors deal with more general AmI concepts, such as middleware, augmented objects or ubiquitous end–user interfaces. Finally, the concept of “Motion Intelligence” is examined. The special issue begins with an introductory paper that puts in context the aspects addressed by the other works and foresees the evolution of the still promising AmI paradigm.