AI4ALL 2014 - Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Ambient Assisted Living (AI4ALL)

The concept of ambient assisted living (AAL) can be explained as “the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in a person’s daily living and working environment to enable them to stay active longer, remain socially connected and live independently into old age” (www.aal-europe.eu). AAL aims to provide assistive solutions for people with a wide range of physical and cognitive challenges, although the focus is often on supporting older persons. AAL uses sensing technology embedded in objects, or in the environment or worn on the person to promote health and enhance wellbeing, or to help maintain an independent life at home. The sensor data is analysed to detect activity and infer knowledge about the physical or cognitive status of the person; recognising and classifying patterns, detecting trends, and unusual or anomalous behaviour.
This workshop will discuss and disseminate work on Artificial Intelligence for Ambient Assisted Living. Challenges in a variety of related research fields have been raised including: human behaviour analysis, modelling and understanding; human activity recognition, human-environment interaction, human-robot interaction, processing of sensor data…
Website: blogs.kingston.ac.uk/rovit/ai4aal/