1st Workshop on Bio-inspired Models and Technologies for Ambient Information Society
December 1-3, 2010, Boston, MA (in conjunction with Bionetics 2010)
In the future ambient information society, not only can a user obtain information in a flexible manner as in the ubiquitous information society, but also the information systems autonomously provide desired information to the user and control the environmental conditions according to the context of the user, e.g. time, place, occasion, and personal preferences. To realize the ambient information society beyond simply extending conventional IT, new innovative technologies are required to tackle the expected challenges, such as inference of user's desires, recognition of environmental conditions, adaptation of ambient systems, and provisioning of information to users. The new technologies also need to be scalable, adaptive, reliable, and robust. Biologically inspired approaches are promising in building such technologies by opening up an interdisciplinary way of thinking and working.
This workshop aims at bringing together researchers and scientists from several research areas including biology and information sciences to foster research and development of novel technologies, architectures and control methods in an ambient information society.
Topics of interest for this workshop include, but are not limited to, the following:
Mathematical models of biological systems
- Models of the adaptive behavior in biological systems
- Models of the robust and resilient behavior in biological systems
- Models of self-organizing behavior in biological systems
- Models of the cognitive process in brain functional networks
Bio-inspired application technologies for ambient information society
- Context-aware applications for information services and environmental control
- Discovery and organization of ambient information services
- Smart services and ambient-assisted living spaces/healthcare
Bio-inspired information technologies for ambient information society
- Information technology for reliable and dependable ambient information society
- Self-organization schemes in information networks
- Energy-efficient schemes inspired by nature for Green ICT
- Reasoning and machine learning in ambient environments
Bio-inspired networking technologies for ambient information society
- Wireless sensor networks, mobile ad-hoc network, and overlay network
- Optical network to support ambient information society
Bio-inspired interface technologies for ambient information society
- Recognition of the environmental condition and user demand
- Human-Machine Interface for smooth and seamless interaction among users and environment
News:
Selected best papers will be considered for publication in Springer's Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing.
Important Dates:
Paper submission:
September 15, 2010 (extended)
Notification date:
September 30, 2010
Camera-ready due:
October 10, 2010
Workshop date:
December 1-3, 2010