Sensor Networks for Ambient Intelligence

• Published in: 2007 IEEE 9th Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing pp. 13 - 16
• Main Authors: Pauwels, E.J., Salah, A.A., Tavenard, R.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01-10-2007
• Subjects: Ambient intelligence; Computer networks; Computer vision; Consumer electronics; Intelligent sensors; Mobile communication; Multimodal sensors; Pervasive computing; Signal processing; Space technology
• ISBN: 9781424412747; 9781424412730; 1424412749; 1424412730
• DOI: 10.1109/MMSP.2007.4412806

Due to rapid advances in networking and sensing technology we are witnessing a growing interest in sensor networks, in which a variety of sensors are connected to each other and to computational devices capable of multimodal signal processing and data analysis. Such networks are seen to play an increasingly important role as key enablers in emerging pervasive computing technologies. In the first part of this paper we give an overview of recent developments in the area of multimodal sensor networks, paying special attention to ambient intelligence applications. In the second part, we discuss how the time series generated by data streams emanating from the sensors can be mined for temporal patterns, indicating cross-sensor signal correlations.