ATI 2011 - 1st International Workshop on Ambient Things on the Internet (ATI)

Advances in RFID, ZigBee, 6LoWPAN, sensor technology, and similar standards are competing to connect the physical world with the virtual world, via. the Internet. Various alliances like the IPSO (Internet Protocol for Smart Objects) and the FIA (Future Internet Assembly) are promoting the Internet of Things (IoT) as the next advancement of the Internet. While the Internet is poised to lay the foundation for connecting all things, the Web is mutating to provide services for the physical world, giving birth to Web of Things (WoT) and Cloud of Things. The WoT is the platform on which applications are built for accessing and harnessing the vast amount of inherent information that is prevalent in things around us. The ongoing integration of physical and virtual worlds, creating ambient environments , poses many opportunities as well as challenges. New applications and services, bridging the virtual and physical worlds, have already emerged in various domains like business, healthcare, and infrastructure.

These new developments however, raise many research questions: interaction , security, collaboration, context, discovery and privacy of physical things in the virtual world. These and many more are yet to be fully addressed.
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The workshop focuses on disseminating novel ideas and research directions in the emerging area of the Web of Things and the Internet of Things, which is in line with the focus of WISE 2011. This workshop will be of particular interest to researchers and technocrats who work towards ubiquitous computing environments. The targeted audience would include academics and industry professionals working on standards and service paradigms for integrating real-world scenarios with software. We also believe that the Workshop's topic area will be of a significant interest to the wider IT community and an appealing forum for industry participation.