Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing
8th International Conference, UIC 2011, Banff, Canada, September 2-4, 2011, Proceedings
Published on 23. August 2011
XVI, 592 pages
978-3-642-23641-9 (ISBN)
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, UIC 2010, held in Banff, Canada, September 2011.
The 44 papers presented together with two keynote speeches were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers address all current issues in smart systems and services, smart objects and environments, cloud and services computing, security, privacy and trustworthy, P2P, WSN and ad hoc networks, and ubiquitous intelligent algorithms and applications.
The 44 papers presented together with two keynote speeches were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers address all current issues in smart systems and services, smart objects and environments, cloud and services computing, security, privacy and trustworthy, P2P, WSN and ad hoc networks, and ubiquitous intelligent algorithms and applications.
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Ching-Hsien Hsu | Laurence T. Yang | Jianhua Ma
Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing
8th International Conference, UIC 2011, Banff, Canada, September 2-4, 2011, Proceedings
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Content
- Title page
- Preface
- Organization
- Table of Contents
- Keynote Speech
- Internet of Things and Cloud Computing for Future Internet
- Networking of Vehicles - Applications, Challenges and Some Recent Results
- Smart Systems and Services
- Ubiquitous Meeting Facilitator with Playful Real-Time User Interface
- Introduction
- UMF System Design
- Speech and Laughter Detection
- Conversation Behavior Specification and Detection
- Avatar-Based GUI
- Meeting Quality Analysis
- Implementation and Evaluation
- Conclusion
- References
- An Application of the Wireless Sensor Network Technology for Foehn Monitoring in Real Time
- Introduction
- Material and Method
- Monitoring Module
- Gateway Module
- Operations of the Monitoring System
- Online Inquiry System
- Experimental Results
- Verification of the Temperature/Humidity Sensor
- Sensing Devices and Sprinkler Testing
- Conclusions and Future Works
- References
- Proactive Ambient Social Media for Supporting Human Decision Making
- Introduction
- Case Studies
- Decision Making Ambient Social Media: Augmented Board Gaming
- Persuasive Ambient Social Media: Virtual Aquarium
- Design Implications
- The Elaboration Likelihood Model
- The Transtheoretical Model
- Semiotics of Feedback Information
- The Feeling as Information Theory
- Conscious and Unconscious Thought
- Customizing Ambient Information
- Digital-Physical Hybrid Design: Harmonizing Virtual World and Real World
- Conclusion and Future Direction
- References
- Social Interaction Mining in Small Group Discussion Using a Smart Meeting System
- Introduction
- Related Work
- Smart Meeting System
- Interaction Mining
- Interaction Network Construction and Representation
- Pattern Discovery
- Experiments
- Conclusion and Future Work
- References
- Probabilistic Path Selection in Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks for Stochastic Events Detection
- Introduction
- Related Works
- Problem Formulation
- Full Visiting Period
- Soft Bound for Detection Delay
- Probabilisitic Path Selection Protocol
- Shortest Path Selection Based on Visit Probability
- Non-adaptive Schema
- Probabilistic Adaptation Schema
- Performance Evaluation
- Conclusions
- References
- Distributed Road Surface Condition Monitoring Using Mobile Phones
- Introduction
- Related Work
- Data Collection
- Data Collection Hardware and Software
- Data Collection Setup
- Collected Data Sets and Labeling
- Anomaly Recognition
- Preprocessing
- Windowing
- Feature Extraction and Selection
- Removing Speed Dependence of Features
- Cross-Validation and Evaluation Criteria
- Classifier Training and Evaluation
- Results and Analysis
- Visualization of Recognition Results
- Result Analysis
- Comparison to Related Work
- Conclusion
- References
- Verifiable and Lossless Distributed Media Content Sharing
- Introduction
- Shamir's (t, n)-Threshold System
- Paper Preparation
- The (t, n) VSS Procedure
- Additional Information Required by the Volume Editor
- Experimental Results and Analysis
- Simulation Results
- Analysis and Discussion
- Conclusions
- References
- NuNote: An Augmented Reality Social Note Posting Service
- Introduction
- System Architecture Overview
- Design Motivation
- Design of NuNote Client and Server
- Social Network Integration
- Communication
- System Implementation
- Database Design
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Demonstration
- Commercial Advertisement
- Situated Learning
- Related Work and Software
- Related Work
- Related Software
- Conclusion and Future Works
- References
- A Context-Aware Seamless Handover Mechanism for Mass Rapid Transit System
- Introduction
- Related Work
- Fast Handovers for Mobile IPv6 (FMIPv6)
- Hierarchical Mobile IPv6 (HMIPv6)
- Proxy Mobile IPv6 (PMIPv6)
- Context-Aware Seamless Handover Mechanism
- Network Architecture of A MRT system
- Context Dissemination and Management
- Handover Operation
- Performance Evaluation
- Handoff Delay
- Packet Delay
- Packet Loss Rate
- Conclusion
- References
- Smart Objects and Environments
- Individual Activity Data Mining and Appropriate Advice Giving towards Greener Lifestyles and Routines
- Introduction
- Related Work
- Simulation and Visualization of Energy and CO2
- A Simulated Home
- Calculation of Energy Consumption
- Calculation of CO2 Emission
- Multi-agents System
- Multi Agents Platform
- Virtual Devices and Appliances
- Discriminant Analysis
- Three Structured Data Logs
- Hayashi's Quantification Method
- Mahalanobis Distance and Activity Awareness
- Activity Clusters
- Advice to Individuals
- Two Simulated Scenarios
- Scenario-I: "A Child At Home Alone"
- Scenario-II: "A Busy Morning"
- Implementation and Result Analysis
- Conclusion and Future Work
- References
- Adaptive Context Oriented Component-Based Application Middleware (COCA-Middleware)
- Introduction
- Related Works
- Requirments for Middleware Design
- Overview of the Coca Architecture
- Context Manager
- Component Manager
- Policy Manager
- Decomposition Manager
- Adaptation Manager
- Verification Manager
- Self-adaptive Indoor Wayfinding Application for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments
- Conclusions
- References
- Intelligent Toilet System for Health Screening
- Introduction
- Medical Background
- Measurement System
- System Structure
- Toilet Seat Design
- Electrocardiogram Measurement
- RFID Insole for Foot Temperature Measurement
- Results
- Conclusion
- References
- An Efficient Earthquake Early Warning Message Delivery Algorithm Using an in Time Control-Theoretic Approach
- Introduction
- Related Work
- SMS Messaging
- SIP / IMS Messaging
- Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) Messaging
- Mitigating SIP Overload Using a Control-Theoretic Approach
- Earthquake Early Warning System in Taiwan
- An Efficient Earthquake Early Alert Message Delivery Algorithm Using an In Time Control-Theoretic Approach
- Simulation
- Conclusion
- References
- Dynamic Resource Management for a Cell-Based Distributed Mobile Computing Environment
- Introduction
- Cell-Based Distributed Mobile Computing Environment
- Heuristic Description
- Overview
- Minimum Sum of Total Energy and Execution Time
- Normalized Minimum Sum of Total Energy and Execution Time
- K-Percent Best Energy with Minimum Completion Time
- MET-Originator
- Load-Balanced Minimum Execution Time
- Simulation Model
- Results
- Conclusion
- References
- Automatic Birdsong Recognition with MFCC Based Syllable Feature Extraction
- Introduction
- The Proposed System
- Syllable Segmentation
- Feature Extraction
- Recognition
- Experimental Results
- RRs of Using the Proposed Structure
- A Comparison of LDA and PCA
- Conclusions
- References
- Punishment or Reward: It Is a Problem in Anonymous, Dynamic and Autonomous Networking Environments
- Introduction
- Related Work
- Assumptions and Models
- Simulations
- Illustration of Strategy Frequencies in Punishment-Based Incentive Scheme
- Illustration of Strategy Frequencies in Reward-Based Incentive Scheme
- Ratio of Time Averages in Reward-Based Incentive Scheme with the Changes of Benefit and Reward
- Conclusion and Future Work
- References
- event.Hub: An Event-Driven Information Hub for Mobile Devices
- Introduction
- Motivations
- The Power of Events
- Scenario 1a
- Scenario 1b
- The event.Hub
- Event-Driven Architecture and the Hub
- Requirements
- Using the XMPP Protocol
- The Hub's XMPP API
- Sending and Receiving Events
- Integrating with Existing Social Network Services
- Why XMPP for Event-Driven Approach?
- Short Summary on How XMPP Fulfills the Previously Listed Requirements
- Example Application Build on the event.Hub
- Discussion
- Privacy
- Replication of Private Data across Several Devices Own by One User
- Communication with People Having Very Short Social Distance
- Machine-to-Machine Communication
- Information Overflow
- Conclusions
- References
- Cloud and Services Computing
- A Non-functional Property Based Service Selection and Service Verification Model
- Introduction
- From WSDL to Service 7-Tuple
- Introduction for WSDL and Service 7-Tuple
- WSDL2S7Tuple
- Process Algebra Based Model Checking
- Case Study
- Conclusion and Future Work
- References
- Exploring an Adaptive Architecture for Service Discovery over MANETs
- Introduction
- Related Work
- System Overview
- Underlying Geographic Overlay
- Request Processing Procedures
- Working Mode Switching
- Two Working Modes
- Basic Mode
- Volunteer Mode
- Evaluation
- Experimental Methodology
- Experimental Results and Analyses
- Conclusions
- References
- Web Quality Assessment Model: Trust in QA Social Networks
- Introduction
- Financial Motivational Scenario
- TrustinQASocialNetworks
- Concept of Trust
- Social Trust Networks
- Deriving Trust in QA Social Networks
- Trust Algorithm GriTa
- Evaluation
- Simulation and Results
- Related Work
- Trust in Social Networks
- Conclusions and Future Work
- References
- Context-Aware Service Composition
- Introduction
- Design Principles
- Implementation
- Location Management System
- Agent Runtime System
- Virtual-Counterpart Agent
- Service-Provider Agent
- Spatial Connector
- Current Status
- Application: Support to Lifecycle Support of Products
- Related Work
- Conclusion
- References
- Implementation of a Green Power Management Algorithm for Virtual Machines on Cloud Computing
- Introduction
- Background and Related Work
- Energy Aware Consolidation
- Virtualization
- OpenNebula
- Dynamic Resource Allocation Algorithm
- Green Power Management
- Related Works
- System Design
- System Architecture
- Green Power Manager Algorithm
- Management Interface
- Experimental Environments and Results
- Conclusion
- References
- Security, Privacy and Trustworthy
- AdPriRec: A Context-Aware Recommender System for User Privacy in MANET Services
- Introduction
- Related Work
- AdPriRec System
- Application Scenario
- AdPriRec Structure
- Algorithms
- Recommendation Vector Calculation at RS
- Recommendation Vector Calculation at MANET Nodes
- Evaluation and Implementation
- An Example Based Evaluation
- Implementation
- Conclusions and Future Work
- References
- Ensuring Security and Availability through Model-Based Cross-Layer Adaptation
- Introduction
- Threats
- Security Policies for Different Layers
- Cross-Layer Security
- Understanding the Problem of Cross-Layer Security
- Supporting Security Composition within xTune
- Implementation
- Experiments
- Related Work
- Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chameleon: A Model of Identification, Authorization and Accountability for Ubicomp
- Introduction
- Vision
- Model
- Inference
- Related Work
- Conclusion and Future Work
- References
- The Safety Related Legal Issues and Privacy Protection for Intelligent Vehicle Telematics in the United States
- Introduction
- The Technology of Intelligent Vehicle Telematics and Its Safety Features
- The Liability of System Provider and Devise Manufacture (Distributor) for Safety Legal Issues
- The Theories Among Negligence, Warranty, Product Liability and Strict Liability
- The Comparison among Negligence, Warranty, Product Liability and Strict Liability for the Culpability of Wrongdoer
- The Reason for Choosing Strict Liability for the System Provider and Devise Manufacture (Distributor) as the Liability Solution for the Related Safety Legal Issues to Intelligent Vehicle Telematics
- The Protection of Information Privacy in Intelligent Vehicle Telematics
- The Concept of Information Privacy and the Protection in the United States
- The Observation of Suggested Model Builds Up Such Protection in the Legal Arena for Intelligent Vehicle Telematics
- Conclusion
- References
- PreCon - Expressive Context Prediction Using Stochastic Model Checking
- Introduction
- Overview of the PreCon Approach
- Stochastic User Model
- Semi-Markov Chain
- Learning a SMC
- Prediction Query Language
- Query Processing
- Next Operator X
- Until Operator U
- Related Work
- Evaluation
- Conclusion
- References
- P2P, WSN and Ad Hoc Networks
- A Virtual Channel Technique for Supporting P2P Streaming
- Introduction
- A Framework of Virtual Channel
- Overview of the Proposed Platform
- The Proposed Virtual Channel Platform
- The Details of the Proposed Delivery Architecture
- Overview of the Virtual Stream Mechanism
- Definition of a Virtual Stream
- Definition of Popular Subsequences
- A Naïve Approach
- The Proposed Approach
- Simulation Results
- The Model to Formulate the User Requests Determining the State of Viewing Behavior
- Performance Evaluation
- Conclusions
- References
- System-Level Power-Accuracy Trade-Off in Bluetooth Low Energy Networks
- Introduction
- State-of-the-Art
- Contribution and Organization
- Methodology
- Simulation Environment
- Datasets
- Simulations
- Experiments
- Analysis of Power and Performance Records
- Synthetic Dataset Validation
- Discussion of Results
- Trade-Offs
- Conclusion
- References
- Hidden Node and Interference Aware Channel Assignment for Multi-radio Multi-channel Wireless Mesh Networks
- Introduction
- Related Work
- Problem Statement
- Proposed Approach
- Experiment
- Evaluation Framework
- Experiment Setup
- Experimental Results
- Conclusions
- References
- uFlow: Dynamic Software Updating in Wireless SensorNetworks
- Introduction
- Related Works
- Dissemination
- Traffic Reduction
- Execution Environment
- System Design
- Prototype Implementation and Result
- Engine Task Loop
- Engine Task Loop
- Results
- Conclusion
- References
- Energy-Balancing and Lifetime Enhancement of Wireless Sensor Network with Archimedes Spiral
- Introduction
- Network Model
- Architecture
- Energy Model
- Energy-Balanced Node Deployment
- Archimedes' Spiral
- Proposed Deployment with Discrete Archimedes' Spiral
- Analysis on Coverage and Connectivity
- Analysis on Energy Balance
- Performance Analysis
- Qualitative Analysis
- Quantitative Analysis
- Conclusion and Future Work
- References
- Bullet-Proof Verification (BPV) Method to Detect Black Hole Attack in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
- Introduction
- Problem Identification and Overview of Our Approach
- Bullet-Proof Verification (BPV) Method
- Identification of Suspicious Nodes
- Bullet-Proof Verification (BPV) Process
- Dropping TREQ or TREP
- Encryption and Decryption
- Control Flow of TREQ and TREP Message
- Performance Evaluation
- Control Overhead Analysis
- Simulation Environment
- Simulation and Discussion
- Concluding Remarks
- References
- The Coverage Problem in Directional Sensor Networks with Rotatable Sensors
- Introduction
- Related Works
- Rotatable Sensors for Coverage Problem
- Rotatable Directional Sensing Model
- Problem Definition
- Solutions to MCRS Problem
- Maximal Rotatable Angle algorithm
- Maximal Coverage First Algorithm
- Simulation Results
- Conclusion
- References
- Ubiquitous Intelligent Algorithms and Applications
- A Bayesian Approach to Blind Separation of Mixed Discrete Sources by Gibbs Sampling
- Introduction
- Problem Formation
- The Bayesian Model
- Prior Distributions
- Bayesian Inference
- Gibbs Sampling
- Conditional Posterior Distributions
- Algorithm for Gibbs Sampler
- Remarks
- Simulations
- Determined Mixture
- Underdetermined Mixture
- Conclusions
- References
- Image Data Hiding Schemes Based on Graph Coloring
- Introduction
- Related Works
- Graph-Coloring Problem
- Particle Swarm Optimization
- Proposed Scheme 1
- Embedding Phase
- Extracting Phase
- Proposed Scheme 2
- Embedding Phase
- Extracting Phase
- Experimental Results
- Embedding Rate and Distortion Performance
- On Parameters of Scheme 1
- On Parameters of Scheme 2
- Results and Comparisons
- Conclusions
- References
- A Variable Weight Based Fuzzy Data Fusion Algorithm for WSN
- Introduction
- Problem Definitions
- Cluster Fusion Model
- Different Time Delay, Data Amount and Existence of Compromised Nodes
- Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation of Fusion Weights
- Ordered Weighted Averaging Operations
- Variable Weight Based Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation of Fusion Weights
- Simulations and Analysis
- Fusion Weights Obtained by Fuzzy Reasoning and Simulations
- Conclusions
- References
- Threshold Selection for Ultra-Wideband TOA Estimation Based on Skewness Analysis
- Introduction
- System Model
- TOA Estimation Algorithms
- Error Analysis of the TOA Estimation Algorithm
- Statistical Characteristics of the Energy Blocks
- Kurtosis
- Skewness
- Characteristics of the Two Statistical Parameters
- Threshold Selection Based on Skewness
- MAE with Respect to the Normalized Threshold
- Best Normalized Threshold with Respect to S
- Performance Results and Discussion
- Conclusions
- References
- Modeling Human Activity Semantics for Improved Recognition Performance
- Introduction
- Motivation
- Proposed Approach
- Background
- Activity Theory - Origin of Activity Modeling
- Probabilistic Activity Models
- Semantic Activity Model
- Generic Activity Framework
- Semantic Activity Model
- Comparison and Analysis
- Conclusion
- References
- A Two-Layer Steganography Scheme Using Sudoku for Digital Images
- Introduction
- Related Works
- Proposed Scheme
- Experimental Results
- Conclusions
- References
- Algorithms and Hardware Architectures for Variable Block Size Motion Estimation
- Introduction
- Variable Block Size Motion Estimation
- Searching Strategy
- Mode Decision
- Proposed Algorithms and Architectures
- Experimental Results
- Conclusion
- References
- Reliability Comparison of Schedulability Test in Ubiquitous Computing
- Introduction
- Related Work
- System Model
- Task Model
- Probability Distribution
- Reliability Indicator w
- Reliability Comparison of Schedulability Tests
- Bound Test
- Load Test
- Reliability Comparison
- Simulation Evaluation
- Experiment Setup
- Experiment Results
- Summary
- References
- A Practice Probability Frequent Pattern Mining Method over Transactional Uncertain Data Streams
- Introduction
- Transactional Uncertain Data Streams and Windows Models
- Transactional Uncertain Data Stream Model
- Probability Damped Window Model
- Probability Frequent Pattern Mining Method
- PFP-tree Structure and Construction
- PFP-tree Pruning
- Performance Analysis
- Experimental Datasets and Parameters
- Experimental Results and Analysis
- Conclusion and Future Works
- References
- Reducing Total Energy for Reliability-Aware DVS Algorithms
- Introduction
- Models
- Task Model
- Power Model
- Critical Speed and Critical Interval
- Fault Model
- Algorithms
- SUF-L: Integrate Leakage Control with SUF
- SUF-S: Shared-Recovery Static Algorithm
- SUF-LS: Combined Static Algorithm
- Simulation Results and Analysis
- Conclusions and Future Work
- References
- Author Index
