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No symposium of this size can be organized without the help of many dedicated persons. EUSAI was organized by Philips Research in close cooperation with the ITEA Ambience project. Many people were involved in this joint effort and we are greatly indebted to them for their valuable contribution to the organization of EUSAI. Special thanks in this respect go to Ad de Beer for taking care of the local arrangements and to Maurice Groten for guaranteeing the financial budget. EUSAI has succeeded in bringing together a wealth of information on the research progress in ambient intelligence, and we are confident that these proceedings will contribute to the realization of the truly great concept that ambient intelligence provides. Eindhoven, Emile Aarts August 2003 Rene Collier Evert van Loenen Boris de Ruyter Le nouveau poème électronique On the occasion of the 1958 World’s Fair in Brussels, Le Corbusier designed for the Philips company a pavilion (see photograph below) that was later referred to as the neglected building by Le Corbusier, since it was dismantled after the fair. In his visually compelling book, Treib [1996] brought this object back to life, and positioned it as an ephemeral structure that exhibited a landmark multimedia production. The nearly two million visitors to the pavilion were exposed to a media show rather than to the typical display of consumer products.
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science Edited by G. Goos, J. Hartmanis, and J. van Leeuwen 2875 3 Berlin Heidelberg New York Hong Kong London Milan Paris Tokyo Emile Aarts Ren´e Collier Evert van Loenen Boris de Ruyter (Eds.) Ambient Intelligence First European Symposium, EUSAI 2003 Veldhoven, The Netherlands, November 3-4, 2003 Proceedings 13 Series Editors Gerhard Goos, Karlsruhe University, Germany Juris Hartmanis, Cornell University, NY, USA Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Volume Editors Emile Aarts Ren´e Collier Evert van Loenen Boris de Ruyter Philips Research Laboratories Professor Holstlaan 4, 5656 AA Eindhoven, The Netherlands E-mail: {emile.aarts,rene.collier,evert.van.loenen,boris.de.ruyter}@philips.com Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Bibliographic information published by Die Deutsche Bibliothek Die Deutsche Bibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data is available in the Internet at . CR Subject Classification (1998): H.5, H.4, D.2, C.3, C.2, I.2, J.5, K.4, K.8 ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 3-540-20418-0 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer-Verlag is a part of Springer Science+Business Media springeronline.com c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003 Printed in Germany Typesetting: Camera-ready by author, data conversion by PTP-Berlin GmbH Printed on acid-free paper SPIN: 10967492 06/3142 543210 V 3UHIDFH The concept of ambient intelligence refers to a world in which people are surrounded with electronic environments that are sensitive and responsive to people. More specifically, this means that electronic devices such as laptops, PCs, hi-fi sets, television sets, DVD players, and others