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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose
Zora Neale Hurston
2017
Galteri, Leonardo; Seidenari, Lorenzo; Bertini, Marco; Bimbo, Alberto Del
Deep generative adversarial compression artifact removal Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the IEEE international conference on computer vision, pp. 4826–4835, 2017, (tex.copyright: All rights reserved).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Compression Artifact Removal, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Generative Adversarial Networks, Image Compression, Image Processing, Image Synthesis and Enhancement
@inproceedings{galteriDeepGenerativeAdversarial2017,
title = {Deep generative adversarial compression artifact removal},
author = {Leonardo Galteri and Lorenzo Seidenari and Marco Bertini and Alberto Del Bimbo},
url = {https://openaccess.thecvf.com/content_ICCV_2017/papers/Galteri_Deep_Generative_Adversarial_ICCV_2017_paper.pdf},
doi = {10.1109/ICCV.2017.517},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE international conference on computer vision},
pages = {4826–4835},
abstract = {Compression artifacts arise in images whenever a lossy compression algorithm is applied. These artifacts eliminate details present in the original image, or add noise and small structures; because of these effects they make images less pleasant for the human eye, and may also lead to decreased performance of computer vision algorithms such as object detectors. To eliminate such artifacts, when decompressing an image, it is required to recover the original image from a disturbed version. To this end, we present a feed-forward fully convolutional residual network model trained using a generative adversarial framework. To provide a baseline, we show that our model can be also trained optimizing the Structural Similarity (SSIM), which is a better loss with respect to the simpler Mean Squared Error (MSE). Our GAN is able to produce images with more photorealistic details than MSE or SSIM based networks. Moreover we show that our approach can be used as a pre-processing step for object detection in case images are degraded by compression to a point that state-of-the art detectors fail. In this task, our GAN method obtains better performance than MSE or SSIM trained networks.},
note = {tex.copyright: All rights reserved},
keywords = {Artificial Intelligence, Compression Artifact Removal, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Generative Adversarial Networks, Image Compression, Image Processing, Image Synthesis and Enhancement},
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Compression artifacts arise in images whenever a lossy compression algorithm is applied. These artifacts eliminate details present in the original image, or add noise and small structures; because of these effects they make images less pleasant for the human eye, and may also lead to decreased performance of computer vision algorithms such as object detectors. To eliminate such artifacts, when decompressing an image, it is required to recover the original image from a disturbed version. To this end, we present a feed-forward fully convolutional residual network model trained using a generative adversarial framework. To provide a baseline, we show that our model can be also trained optimizing the Structural Similarity (SSIM), which is a better loss with respect to the simpler Mean Squared Error (MSE). Our GAN is able to produce images with more photorealistic details than MSE or SSIM based networks. Moreover we show that our approach can be used as a pre-processing step for object detection in case images are degraded by compression to a point that state-of-the art detectors fail. In this task, our GAN method obtains better performance than MSE or SSIM trained networks.
Ceccacci, Silvia; Generosi, Andrea; Giraldi, Luca; Mengoni, Maura
An user-centered approach to design smart systems for people with dementia Proceedings Article
In: 2017 IEEE 7th International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Berlin (ICCE-Berlin), pp. 273–278, IEEE, Berlin, 2017, ISBN: 978-1-5090-4014-8.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Healthcare, Human-Centered Design, Internet of Things
@inproceedings{ceccacci_user-centered_2017,
title = {An user-centered approach to design smart systems for people with dementia},
author = {Silvia Ceccacci and Andrea Generosi and Luca Giraldi and Maura Mengoni},
url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8210650/},
doi = {10.1109/ICCE-Berlin.2017.8210650},
isbn = {978-1-5090-4014-8},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
urldate = {2024-12-28},
booktitle = {2017 IEEE 7th International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Berlin (ICCE-Berlin)},
pages = {273–278},
publisher = {IEEE},
address = {Berlin},
abstract = {This study describes an User-Centered approach to design an User Interface (UI) to support daily activities of people with dementia. Such interface is the main hub of a home automation system able to monitor the house and reminds to the users some information when they approach the door to leave the home. In order to involve end users in UI evaluation at the end of the first stage of the design process, a specific experimental protocol, based on task analysis, structural interview, and behavioral observation, is defined. It allows to evaluate user-machine interaction considering aspects related to both adequacy of product feature and user's subjective opinion and behavior. A disposable high fidelity prototype of the UI is realized by using a touch screen tablet. Two tests, respectively dedicated to verify the adequacy of the icons and the understandability of the interface, are performed. A total of 20 subjects with different MMSE score are involved. Results show that people with low and medium dementia are able to understand and use the touch interface and provide some suggestion about how the GUI can be improved. Finally, some approaches to support the future development activities and the next usability tests are discussed.},
keywords = {Healthcare, Human-Centered Design, Internet of Things},
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This study describes an User-Centered approach to design an User Interface (UI) to support daily activities of people with dementia. Such interface is the main hub of a home automation system able to monitor the house and reminds to the users some information when they approach the door to leave the home. In order to involve end users in UI evaluation at the end of the first stage of the design process, a specific experimental protocol, based on task analysis, structural interview, and behavioral observation, is defined. It allows to evaluate user-machine interaction considering aspects related to both adequacy of product feature and user's subjective opinion and behavior. A disposable high fidelity prototype of the UI is realized by using a touch screen tablet. Two tests, respectively dedicated to verify the adequacy of the icons and the understandability of the interface, are performed. A total of 20 subjects with different MMSE score are involved. Results show that people with low and medium dementia are able to understand and use the touch interface and provide some suggestion about how the GUI can be improved. Finally, some approaches to support the future development activities and the next usability tests are discussed.
Tomazzoli, Claudio; Storti, Silvia Francesca; Galazzo, Ilaria Boscolo; Cristani, Matteo; Menegaz, Gloria
The Brain Is a Social Network Proceedings Article
In: CEUR Workshop Proceedings, pp. 1–6, 2017.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: brain connectomics, Machine Learning, semantic social network analysis
@inproceedings{tomazzoli_brain_2017,
title = {The Brain Is a Social Network},
author = {Claudio Tomazzoli and Silvia Francesca Storti and Ilaria Boscolo Galazzo and Matteo Cristani and Gloria Menegaz},
url = {https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1959/paper-10.pdf},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
booktitle = {CEUR Workshop Proceedings},
pages = {1–6},
abstract = {Social Network Analysis is employed widely as a means to compute the probability that a given message flows through a social net- work. This approach is mainly grounded upon the correct usage of three basic graph-theoretic measures: degree centrality, closeness centrality and betweeness centrality. We developed a model, using Semantic Social Net- work Analysis, that overcomes the drawbacks of general indices and we found that this model can be applied, after appropriate adaptations, to a very different domain such as brain connectivity.},
keywords = {brain connectomics, Machine Learning, semantic social network analysis},
pubstate = {published},
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Social Network Analysis is employed widely as a means to compute the probability that a given message flows through a social net- work. This approach is mainly grounded upon the correct usage of three basic graph-theoretic measures: degree centrality, closeness centrality and betweeness centrality. We developed a model, using Semantic Social Net- work Analysis, that overcomes the drawbacks of general indices and we found that this model can be applied, after appropriate adaptations, to a very different domain such as brain connectivity.
Tomazzoli, Claudio; Scannapieco, Simone
Machine Learning for Energy Efficiency - Automatic Detection of Electric Loads from Power Consumption Proceedings Article
In: IEEE Xplore, pp. 1–6, 2017.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Edge computing, Energy management, Machine Learning
@inproceedings{tomazzoli_machine_2017,
title = {Machine Learning for Energy Efficiency - Automatic Detection of Electric Loads from Power Consumption},
author = {Claudio Tomazzoli and Simone Scannapieco},
doi = {10.23919/AEIT.2017.8240544},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
booktitle = {IEEE Xplore},
pages = {1–6},
abstract = {This work deals with the problem of energy efficiency and saving: we present a method to automatically extract behavioral rules from consumption data, so that these rules can be applied or fed to an automatic control system. To extract behavioral rules we shall be able to both (i) define power plants similarity techniques and (ii) analyze and gather rules from data, making the correct assumptions.},
keywords = {Edge computing, Energy management, Machine Learning},
pubstate = {published},
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This work deals with the problem of energy efficiency and saving: we present a method to automatically extract behavioral rules from consumption data, so that these rules can be applied or fed to an automatic control system. To extract behavioral rules we shall be able to both (i) define power plants similarity techniques and (ii) analyze and gather rules from data, making the correct assumptions.
Scannapieco, Simone; Tomazzoli, Claudio
Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing for Real-Time Energy Management and Saving Proceedings Article
In: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, pp. 3–15, 2017.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Edge computing, Energy Efficiency, Energy management, Machine Learning
@inproceedings{scannapieco_ubiquitous_2017,
title = {Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing for Real-Time Energy Management and Saving},
author = {Simone Scannapieco and Claudio Tomazzoli},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-61542-4_1},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
booktitle = {Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing},
volume = {612},
pages = {3–15},
abstract = {In the present paper we investigate one of the emerging applicability fields of pervasive computing, that is, energy management and saving. We exploit innovative technologies to define a brand new system architecture for (i) centralized monitoring and (ii) real-time energy saving in distributed sub-networks of power consuming electric appliances. The architecture allows the definition of reactive and intelligent systems that take autonomous courses of action on electric devices. We also introduce a prototype which is an embodiment of such architecture, called .MyElettra},
keywords = {Edge computing, Energy Efficiency, Energy management, Machine Learning},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
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In the present paper we investigate one of the emerging applicability fields of pervasive computing, that is, energy management and saving. We exploit innovative technologies to define a brand new system architecture for (i) centralized monitoring and (ii) real-time energy saving in distributed sub-networks of power consuming electric appliances. The architecture allows the definition of reactive and intelligent systems that take autonomous courses of action on electric devices. We also introduce a prototype which is an embodiment of such architecture, called .MyElettra
Cristani, Matteo; Olivieri, Francesco; Tomazzoli, Claudio
Viral Experiments Proceedings Article
In: CEUR Workshop Proceedings, pp. 1–6, 2017.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Semantic, semantic social network analysis
@inproceedings{cristani_viral_2017,
title = {Viral Experiments},
author = {Matteo Cristani and Francesco Olivieri and Claudio Tomazzoli},
url = {http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1959/#paper-08},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
booktitle = {CEUR Workshop Proceedings},
pages = {1–6},
abstract = {When searching for confirming hypothesis on a social domain, scholars regu- larly form samples to be used for the research. Analogously, for instance, market researchers do. Social networks constitute a huge source of information for these investigations, and it is often used to collect these data. When the collection of the data is made rigorously, an important effort has to be put on the selection of the sample, that should respect criteria of correspondence to the ditribution of the population, balance, and minimality of sample classes, in order to guarantee good inferential statistics evaluation parameters. In this paper we investigate a systematic way of providing samples on social networks that takes in consdieration the above mentioned criteria shile forming the sample . We prove that an affordable and reliable method to construct the basic instrument for the above method (the random table) can de provided, show its computational properties and devise an experimental protocol (the viral experiment protocol) that makes direct usage of the method mentioned above},
keywords = {Semantic, semantic social network analysis},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
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When searching for confirming hypothesis on a social domain, scholars regu- larly form samples to be used for the research. Analogously, for instance, market researchers do. Social networks constitute a huge source of information for these investigations, and it is often used to collect these data. When the collection of the data is made rigorously, an important effort has to be put on the selection of the sample, that should respect criteria of correspondence to the ditribution of the population, balance, and minimality of sample classes, in order to guarantee good inferential statistics evaluation parameters. In this paper we investigate a systematic way of providing samples on social networks that takes in consdieration the above mentioned criteria shile forming the sample . We prove that an affordable and reliable method to construct the basic instrument for the above method (the random table) can de provided, show its computational properties and devise an experimental protocol (the viral experiment protocol) that makes direct usage of the method mentioned above
Scannapieco, Simone; Tomazzoli, Claudio
Shoo the Spectre of Ignorance with QAASPR - an Open Domain Question Answering Architecture with Semantic Prioritisation of Roles Proceedings Article
In: CEUR Workshop Proceedings, pp. 1–6, 2017.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Semantic
@inproceedings{scannapieco_shoo_2017,
title = {Shoo the Spectre of Ignorance with QAASPR - an Open Domain Question Answering Architecture with Semantic Prioritisation of Roles},
author = {Simone Scannapieco and Claudio Tomazzoli},
url = {https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1959/paper-05.pdf},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
booktitle = {CEUR Workshop Proceedings},
pages = {1–6},
keywords = {Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Semantic},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
Tomazzoli, Claudio; Cristani, Matteo; Karafili, Erisa; Olivieri, Francesco
Non-Monotonic Reasoning Rules for Energy Efficiency Journal Article
In: Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, vol. 9, pp. 345–360, 2017.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Automatic reasoning, Defeasible logic, Energy Efficiency, Non monotonic logic
@article{tomazzoli_non-monotonic_2017,
title = {Non-Monotonic Reasoning Rules for Energy Efficiency},
author = {Claudio Tomazzoli and Matteo Cristani and Erisa Karafili and Francesco Olivieri},
url = {https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3233/AIS-170434},
doi = {10.3233/AIS-170434},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
journal = {Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments},
volume = {9},
pages = {345–360},
abstract = {Conflicting rules and rules with exceptions are very common in natural language specification employed to describe the behaviour of devices operating in a real-world context. This is common exactly because those specifications are processed by humans, and humans apply common sense and strategic reasoning about those rules to resolve the conflicts. In this paper, we deal with the challenge of providing, step by step, a model of energy saving rule specification and processing methods that are used to reduce the consumptions of a system of devices, by preventing energy waste. We argue that a very promising non-monotonic approach to such a problem can lie upon Defeasible Logic, following therefore an approach that has shown success in the current literature about usage of this logic for conflict rule resolution and for human–computer interaction in complex systems. Starting with rules specified at an abstract level, but compatibly with the natural aspects of such a specification (including temporal and power absorption constraints), we provide a formalism that generates the extension of a basic Defeasible Logic, which corresponds to turned on or off devices.},
keywords = {Automatic reasoning, Defeasible logic, Energy Efficiency, Non monotonic logic},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Conflicting rules and rules with exceptions are very common in natural language specification employed to describe the behaviour of devices operating in a real-world context. This is common exactly because those specifications are processed by humans, and humans apply common sense and strategic reasoning about those rules to resolve the conflicts. In this paper, we deal with the challenge of providing, step by step, a model of energy saving rule specification and processing methods that are used to reduce the consumptions of a system of devices, by preventing energy waste. We argue that a very promising non-monotonic approach to such a problem can lie upon Defeasible Logic, following therefore an approach that has shown success in the current literature about usage of this logic for conflict rule resolution and for human–computer interaction in complex systems. Starting with rules specified at an abstract level, but compatibly with the natural aspects of such a specification (including temporal and power absorption constraints), we provide a formalism that generates the extension of a basic Defeasible Logic, which corresponds to turned on or off devices.
2016
Gallo, Luigi; Pietro, Giuseppe De
Virtual Cultural Heritage: perspectives and future directions Proceedings Article
In: La Baia di Napoli - Strategie integrate per la conservazione e la fruizione del paesaggio culturale, Napoli, Italy, 2016.
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Cultural Heritage, Virtual Reality
@inproceedings{galloVirtualCulturalHeritage2016,
title = {Virtual Cultural Heritage: perspectives and future directions},
author = {Luigi Gallo and Giuseppe De Pietro},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-12-01},
booktitle = {La Baia di Napoli - Strategie integrate per la conservazione e la fruizione del paesaggio culturale},
address = {Napoli, Italy},
abstract = {Modern computing and virtual environment technologies can immerse users into highly realistic computer-generated environments, in which visible and invisible, hypothetical and imaginary objects can be merged into a single, coherent world. These aspects make it natural to apply them to explore areas of cultural interest: a virtual tourist can immerse into places that are inaccessible because only existent in ancient ages, or still existing but closed for repairs, or simply too distant to be reached. An entire city centre can now be reproduced in 4D, with time as the fourth dimension, representing and amplifying centuries of history in a single, virtual space. From a technical and technological perspective, things are evolving fast. Virtual Reality (VR) headsets and development platforms are now cheaper and efficient. High-end solutions such as Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Sony PlayStation VR, will be all available within the year. For a fully mobile VR experience, Samsung Gear VR and Google Cardboard, in which a smartphone is used it both as the visual and processing unit, are now available too. As a result, after decades of niche products and applications, VR solutions are entering into the mainstream, and opening new scenarios. Let us consider the case of “Splash”, a new-born community: people can capture the space around them with a 360-degree video and then share it to other users that, by using a VR helmet or even a cardboard, can immerse into these distant realities. Experiences, both real and virtual, can now be shared by letting the users to live them with their own point of view. However, the more the presence - the sensation of being there - of the user grows, the more the interactivity becomes challenging. Humans learn and perceive following an interactive process, and this is especially true for the understanding, analysis and interpretation of the cultural patrimony. The immersion into a digital, real or mixed world will require novel technologies and methods to interact with and, somewhat, “feel” such environments. How to navigate within the spatio-temporal continuum, make questions, switch between the different realities of the cultural information? These are only some of the aspects that are now opening methodological discussions and research questions},
keywords = {Cultural Heritage, Virtual Reality},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
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Modern computing and virtual environment technologies can immerse users into highly realistic computer-generated environments, in which visible and invisible, hypothetical and imaginary objects can be merged into a single, coherent world. These aspects make it natural to apply them to explore areas of cultural interest: a virtual tourist can immerse into places that are inaccessible because only existent in ancient ages, or still existing but closed for repairs, or simply too distant to be reached. An entire city centre can now be reproduced in 4D, with time as the fourth dimension, representing and amplifying centuries of history in a single, virtual space. From a technical and technological perspective, things are evolving fast. Virtual Reality (VR) headsets and development platforms are now cheaper and efficient. High-end solutions such as Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Sony PlayStation VR, will be all available within the year. For a fully mobile VR experience, Samsung Gear VR and Google Cardboard, in which a smartphone is used it both as the visual and processing unit, are now available too. As a result, after decades of niche products and applications, VR solutions are entering into the mainstream, and opening new scenarios. Let us consider the case of “Splash”, a new-born community: people can capture the space around them with a 360-degree video and then share it to other users that, by using a VR helmet or even a cardboard, can immerse into these distant realities. Experiences, both real and virtual, can now be shared by letting the users to live them with their own point of view. However, the more the presence - the sensation of being there - of the user grows, the more the interactivity becomes challenging. Humans learn and perceive following an interactive process, and this is especially true for the understanding, analysis and interpretation of the cultural patrimony. The immersion into a digital, real or mixed world will require novel technologies and methods to interact with and, somewhat, “feel” such environments. How to navigate within the spatio-temporal continuum, make questions, switch between the different realities of the cultural information? These are only some of the aspects that are now opening methodological discussions and research questions
Gallo, Luigi; Pietro, Giuseppe De
Virtual Cultural Heritage: perspectives and future directions Proceedings Article
In: La Baia di Napoli - Strategie integrate per la conservazione e la fruizione del paesaggio culturale, Napoli, Italy, 2016.
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Cultural Heritage, Virtual Reality
@inproceedings{gallo_virtual_2016,
title = {Virtual Cultural Heritage: perspectives and future directions},
author = {Luigi Gallo and Giuseppe De Pietro},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-12-01},
booktitle = {La Baia di Napoli - Strategie integrate per la conservazione e la fruizione del paesaggio culturale},
address = {Napoli, Italy},
abstract = {Modern computing and virtual environment technologies can immerse users into highly realistic computer-generated environments, in which visible and invisible, hypothetical and imaginary objects can be merged into a single, coherent world. These aspects make it natural to apply them to explore areas of cultural interest: a virtual tourist can immerse into places that are inaccessible because only existent in ancient ages, or still existing but closed for repairs, or simply too distant to be reached. An entire city centre can now be reproduced in 4D, with time as the fourth dimension, representing and amplifying centuries of history in a single, virtual space. From a technical and technological perspective, things are evolving fast. Virtual Reality (VR) headsets and development platforms are now cheaper and efficient. High-end solutions such as Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Sony PlayStation VR, will be all available within the year. For a fully mobile VR experience, Samsung Gear VR and Google Cardboard, in which a smartphone is used it both as the visual and processing unit, are now available too. As a result, after decades of niche products and applications, VR solutions are entering into the mainstream, and opening new scenarios. Let us consider the case of “Splash”, a new-born community: people can capture the space around them with a 360-degree video and then share it to other users that, by using a VR helmet or even a cardboard, can immerse into these distant realities. Experiences, both real and virtual, can now be shared by letting the users to live them with their own point of view. However, the more the presence - the sensation of being there - of the user grows, the more the interactivity becomes challenging. Humans learn and perceive following an interactive process, and this is especially true for the understanding, analysis and interpretation of the cultural patrimony. The immersion into a digital, real or mixed world will require novel technologies and methods to interact with and, somewhat, “feel” such environments. How to navigate within the spatio-temporal continuum, make questions, switch between the different realities of the cultural information? These are only some of the aspects that are now opening methodological discussions and research questions},
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Modern computing and virtual environment technologies can immerse users into highly realistic computer-generated environments, in which visible and invisible, hypothetical and imaginary objects can be merged into a single, coherent world. These aspects make it natural to apply them to explore areas of cultural interest: a virtual tourist can immerse into places that are inaccessible because only existent in ancient ages, or still existing but closed for repairs, or simply too distant to be reached. An entire city centre can now be reproduced in 4D, with time as the fourth dimension, representing and amplifying centuries of history in a single, virtual space. From a technical and technological perspective, things are evolving fast. Virtual Reality (VR) headsets and development platforms are now cheaper and efficient. High-end solutions such as Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Sony PlayStation VR, will be all available within the year. For a fully mobile VR experience, Samsung Gear VR and Google Cardboard, in which a smartphone is used it both as the visual and processing unit, are now available too. As a result, after decades of niche products and applications, VR solutions are entering into the mainstream, and opening new scenarios. Let us consider the case of “Splash”, a new-born community: people can capture the space around them with a 360-degree video and then share it to other users that, by using a VR helmet or even a cardboard, can immerse into these distant realities. Experiences, both real and virtual, can now be shared by letting the users to live them with their own point of view. However, the more the presence - the sensation of being there - of the user grows, the more the interactivity becomes challenging. Humans learn and perceive following an interactive process, and this is especially true for the understanding, analysis and interpretation of the cultural patrimony. The immersion into a digital, real or mixed world will require novel technologies and methods to interact with and, somewhat, “feel” such environments. How to navigate within the spatio-temporal continuum, make questions, switch between the different realities of the cultural information? These are only some of the aspects that are now opening methodological discussions and research questions
Abate, Andrea; Barra, Silvio; Gallo, Luigi; Narducci, Fabio
SKIPSOM: Skewness amp; kurtosis of iris pixels in Self Organizing Maps for iris recognition on mobile devices Proceedings Article
In: 2016 23rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), pp. 155–159, 2016.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Image Segmentation, Iris, Mobile handsets, Self-organizing feature maps
@inproceedings{abateSKIPSOMSkewnessAmp2016,
title = {SKIPSOM: Skewness amp; kurtosis of iris pixels in Self Organizing Maps for iris recognition on mobile devices},
author = {Andrea Abate and Silvio Barra and Luigi Gallo and Fabio Narducci},
doi = {10.1109/ICPR.2016.7899625},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-12-01},
booktitle = {2016 23rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR)},
pages = {155–159},
abstract = {In the last fifteen years, smartphones have become very popular amongst the population, with the subsequent development of dozens of applications aimed at providing security to these portable devices. Nowadays, the cutting edge devices are also provided with biometric sensors (e.g., fingerprint sensors) allowing the users to access them without using the out-of-date alphanumerical password. In this work, we present a method that realizes iris recognition by means of Self Organizing Maps (SOM). In order to obtain a better refined and discriminative feature map, the RGB data of the iris, previously segmented, have been combined with two statistical descriptors. The algorithm has been designed specifically to require a low processing power, making it an ideal choice in the context of mobile devices.},
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In the last fifteen years, smartphones have become very popular amongst the population, with the subsequent development of dozens of applications aimed at providing security to these portable devices. Nowadays, the cutting edge devices are also provided with biometric sensors (e.g., fingerprint sensors) allowing the users to access them without using the out-of-date alphanumerical password. In this work, we present a method that realizes iris recognition by means of Self Organizing Maps (SOM). In order to obtain a better refined and discriminative feature map, the RGB data of the iris, previously segmented, have been combined with two statistical descriptors. The algorithm has been designed specifically to require a low processing power, making it an ideal choice in the context of mobile devices.
Abate, Andrea; Barra, Silvio; Gallo, Luigi; Narducci, Fabio
SKIPSOM: Skewness amp; kurtosis of iris pixels in Self Organizing Maps for iris recognition on mobile devices Proceedings Article
In: 2016 23rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), pp. 155–159, 2016.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Image Segmentation, Iris, Mobile handsets, Self-organizing feature maps
@inproceedings{abate_skipsom_2016,
title = {SKIPSOM: Skewness amp; kurtosis of iris pixels in Self Organizing Maps for iris recognition on mobile devices},
author = {Andrea Abate and Silvio Barra and Luigi Gallo and Fabio Narducci},
doi = {10.1109/ICPR.2016.7899625},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-12-01},
booktitle = {2016 23rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR)},
pages = {155–159},
abstract = {In the last fifteen years, smartphones have become very popular amongst the population, with the subsequent development of dozens of applications aimed at providing security to these portable devices. Nowadays, the cutting edge devices are also provided with biometric sensors (e.g., fingerprint sensors) allowing the users to access them without using the out-of-date alphanumerical password. In this work, we present a method that realizes iris recognition by means of Self Organizing Maps (SOM). In order to obtain a better refined and discriminative feature map, the RGB data of the iris, previously segmented, have been combined with two statistical descriptors. The algorithm has been designed specifically to require a low processing power, making it an ideal choice in the context of mobile devices.},
keywords = {Image Segmentation, Iris, Mobile handsets, Self-organizing feature maps},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
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In the last fifteen years, smartphones have become very popular amongst the population, with the subsequent development of dozens of applications aimed at providing security to these portable devices. Nowadays, the cutting edge devices are also provided with biometric sensors (e.g., fingerprint sensors) allowing the users to access them without using the out-of-date alphanumerical password. In this work, we present a method that realizes iris recognition by means of Self Organizing Maps (SOM). In order to obtain a better refined and discriminative feature map, the RGB data of the iris, previously segmented, have been combined with two statistical descriptors. The algorithm has been designed specifically to require a low processing power, making it an ideal choice in the context of mobile devices.
Ippolito, Adelaide; Boni, Silvia; Cinque, Ettore; Greco, Annarita; Salis, Salima
Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing to Establish a Tariff System for Home Health Care Services: Journal Article
In: Journal of Healthcare Management, vol. 61, no. 6, pp. 436–447, 2016, ISSN: 1096-9012.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags:
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author = {Adelaide Ippolito and Silvia Boni and Ettore Cinque and Annarita Greco and Salima Salis},
url = {http://journals.lww.com/00115514-201611000-00009},
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abstract = {The most important societal challenge is aging, often associated with chronic disease and increased multimorbidity; nevertheless, the costs of an aging society will not be sustainable in terms of healthcare and social services. In late 2011, the regional government of Campania, Italy, launched a study with the aim of implementing a tariff system for the provision of home and palliative care services. To create the tariff system, the regional government set up two working groups: one to identify home and palliative care profiles and the other to propose a tariff system for home and palliative care based on the profiles identified. The second group analyzed the average resources absorbed by each of the care profiles identified using a time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) system. This study has two distinguishing features: (1) its use to establish a system of tariffs related to services provided over a particular time frame in an individualized care plan, and (2) the method of calculating the daily cost of care (i.e., the cost of a standard day, including access to all healthcare professionals required to care for the patient at home). The authors identified a prospective tariff system based on the average amount of total resources absorbed according to the different levels of care complexity rather than on historical costs. Although the study pertains to an Italian region, it highlights a methodology that can be applied in other countries.},
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The most important societal challenge is aging, often associated with chronic disease and increased multimorbidity; nevertheless, the costs of an aging society will not be sustainable in terms of healthcare and social services. In late 2011, the regional government of Campania, Italy, launched a study with the aim of implementing a tariff system for the provision of home and palliative care services. To create the tariff system, the regional government set up two working groups: one to identify home and palliative care profiles and the other to propose a tariff system for home and palliative care based on the profiles identified. The second group analyzed the average resources absorbed by each of the care profiles identified using a time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) system. This study has two distinguishing features: (1) its use to establish a system of tariffs related to services provided over a particular time frame in an individualized care plan, and (2) the method of calculating the daily cost of care (i.e., the cost of a standard day, including access to all healthcare professionals required to care for the patient at home). The authors identified a prospective tariff system based on the average amount of total resources absorbed according to the different levels of care complexity rather than on historical costs. Although the study pertains to an Italian region, it highlights a methodology that can be applied in other countries.
Caggianese, Giuseppe; Gallo, Luigi
Smart Underground: Enhancing Cultural Heritage Information Access and Management through Proximity-Based Interaction Proceedings Article
In: Xhafa, Fatos; Barolli, Leonard; Amato, Flora (Ed.): Advances on P2P, Parallel, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing, pp. 105–114, Springer International Publishing, 2016, ISBN: 978-3-319-49108-0 978-3-319-49109-7.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Beacons, Cultural Heritage, Natural User Interfaces
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This paper describes the Smart Underground system, the main aim of which is to enhance the access to cultural heritage information for the visitors. The system provides a more interactive visiting experience based on a proximity interaction with the artefacts in an exhibition, which allows an easy access to a new level of cultural information proposed by the exhibition curators. For this reason, the system also offers a set of tools for the curators with the aim of simplifying the organization and updating of the cultural content information. Finally, the system, by integrating modern technologies with the real works of art in the exhibition, proposes a possible solution to the emerging problem of the management and dissemination of cultural heritage digitalized content, leading to an improvement in the experiences of both visitors and curators.
Caggianese, Giuseppe; Gallo, Luigi
Smart Underground: Enhancing Cultural Heritage Information Access and Management through Proximity-Based Interaction Proceedings Article
In: Xhafa, Fatos; Barolli, Leonard; Amato, Flora (Ed.): Advances on P2P, Parallel, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing, pp. 105–114, Springer International Publishing, 2016, ISBN: 978-3-319-49108-0 978-3-319-49109-7, (event-place: Asan, Korea).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Beacons, Cultural Heritage, Natural User Interfaces
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Pirani, Massimiliano; Bonci, Andrea; Longhi, Sauro
A scalable production efficiency tool for the robotic cloud in the fractal factory Proceedings Article
In: IECON 2016 - 42nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, pp. 6847–6852, 2016.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Embedded Systems, Fractals, Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems, Manufacturing Automation, Measurement, Production Facilities, Robot Sensing Systems, Robotics, Service Robots
@inproceedings{piraniScalableProductionEfficiency2016,
title = {A scalable production efficiency tool for the robotic cloud in the fractal factory},
author = {Massimiliano Pirani and Andrea Bonci and Sauro Longhi},
url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7793536},
doi = {10.1109/IECON.2016.7793536},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-10-01},
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abstract = {The present paper proposes an effective metrics for production efficiency and a bottleneck detection algorithm of recursive nature for its application on lightweight embedded systems on board of the robotics and automation components of the factory of the future. The proposed methodology is particularly suited if the fractal paradigm is applied to the factory seen as a complex system of systems but with relevant self-similarities across the several layers of components and structures from the shop-floor up to the enterprise level. A performance test has been conducted to demonstrate the viability of the technology for tiny embedded devices with the use of declarative embedded database language. Due to the high scalability of the algorithm and its simplicity, it seems suitable also for the robotic cloud paradigm, where constituent mechatronics, sensors and actuators components are provided as a service. The results provided suggests that, with the use of similar recursive and distributed form of computing, production bottlenecks or fault detection can be scaled to address the complex and pervasive cyber-physical systems problems that characterize the 4th industrial revolution strategies.},
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The present paper proposes an effective metrics for production efficiency and a bottleneck detection algorithm of recursive nature for its application on lightweight embedded systems on board of the robotics and automation components of the factory of the future. The proposed methodology is particularly suited if the fractal paradigm is applied to the factory seen as a complex system of systems but with relevant self-similarities across the several layers of components and structures from the shop-floor up to the enterprise level. A performance test has been conducted to demonstrate the viability of the technology for tiny embedded devices with the use of declarative embedded database language. Due to the high scalability of the algorithm and its simplicity, it seems suitable also for the robotic cloud paradigm, where constituent mechatronics, sensors and actuators components are provided as a service. The results provided suggests that, with the use of similar recursive and distributed form of computing, production bottlenecks or fault detection can be scaled to address the complex and pervasive cyber-physical systems problems that characterize the 4th industrial revolution strategies.
Brancati, Nadia; Pietro, Giuseppe De; Frucci, Maria; Gallo, Luigi
Dynamic clustering for skin detection in YCbCr colour space Proceedings Article
In: 2016 Proceeding of the 13th international conference on Pattern Recognition and Information Processing (PRIP), pp. 49–53, Minsk: Publishing Center of BSU, Minsk, Belarus, 2016, ISBN: 978-985-553-383-3.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Clustering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Image Processing, Skin detection, YCbCr color space
@inproceedings{brancatiDynamicClusteringSkin2016,
title = {Dynamic clustering for skin detection in YCbCr colour space},
author = {Nadia Brancati and Giuseppe De Pietro and Maria Frucci and Luigi Gallo},
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abstract = {This paper presents a new approach for skin detection in colour images. The method is based on the building of a dynamic clustering in the YCbCr colour space, taking into account the illumination conditions of the examined image. The results of a comparative evaluation on a publicly available database, show that the proposed method outperforms well known rule based static methods, both in qualitative and quantitative terms.},
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This paper presents a new approach for skin detection in colour images. The method is based on the building of a dynamic clustering in the YCbCr colour space, taking into account the illumination conditions of the examined image. The results of a comparative evaluation on a publicly available database, show that the proposed method outperforms well known rule based static methods, both in qualitative and quantitative terms.
Brancati, Nadia; Pietro, Giuseppe De; Frucci, Maria; Gallo, Luigi
Dynamic clustering for skin detection in YCbCr colour space Proceedings Article
In: 2016 Proceeding of the 13th international conference on Pattern Recognition and Information Processing (PRIP), pp. 49–53, Minsk: Publishing Center of BSU, Minsk, Belarus, 2016, ISBN: 978-985-553-383-3.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Clustering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Image Processing, Skin detection, YCbCr color space
@inproceedings{brancati_dynamic_2016,
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author = {Nadia Brancati and Giuseppe De Pietro and Maria Frucci and Luigi Gallo},
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This paper presents a new approach for skin detection in colour images. The method is based on the building of a dynamic clustering in the YCbCr colour space, taking into account the illumination conditions of the examined image. The results of a comparative evaluation on a publicly available database, show that the proposed method outperforms well known rule based static methods, both in qualitative and quantitative terms.
Cannavacciuolo, Lorella; Ippolito, Adelaide; Ponsiglione, Cristina; Marinè, Maria Gloria Barberà; Zollo, Giuseppe
The individual and organizational impact on the Triage evaluation Proceedings Article
In: Higher Education and Socioeconomic Development, Bergamo, 2016.
BibTeX | Tags:
@inproceedings{cannavacciuololorellaIndividualOrganizationalImpact2016,
title = {The individual and organizational impact on the Triage evaluation},
author = {Lorella Cannavacciuolo and Adelaide Ippolito and Cristina Ponsiglione and Maria Gloria Barberà Marinè and Giuseppe Zollo},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-10-01},
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Mainetti, Luca; Marasovic, Ivan; Patrono, Luigi; Solic, Petar; Stefanizzi, Maria Laura; Vergallo, Roberto
A Novel IoT-aware Smart Parking System based on the integration of RFID and WSN technologies Journal Article
In: International Journal of RF Technologies, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 175–199, 2016, ISSN: 17545730, 17545749.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: Automotive, Internet of Things, RFID, Wireless Sensor Networks
@article{mainettiNovelIoTawareSmart2016,
title = {A Novel IoT-aware Smart Parking System based on the integration of RFID and WSN technologies},
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Mainetti, Luca; Marasovic, Ivan; Patrono, Luigi; Solic, Petar; Stefanizzi, Maria Laura; Vergallo, Roberto
A Novel IoT-aware Smart Parking System based on the integration of RFID and WSN technologies Journal Article
In: International Journal of RF Technologies, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 175–199, 2016, ISSN: 17545730, 17545749.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: Automotive, Internet of Things, RFID, Wireless Sensor Networks
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Bonci, Andrea; Pirani, Massimiliano; Longhi, Sauro
Embedded solutions for a class of highly unstable, underactuated and self-balancing robotic systems Journal Article
In: EURASIP Journal on Embedded Systems, vol. 2017, no. 1, pp. 9, 2016, ISSN: 1687-3963.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Collaborative Robotics, Cyber-Physical Systems, Microcontrollers
@article{bonciEmbeddedSolutionsClass2016,
title = {Embedded solutions for a class of highly unstable, underactuated and self-balancing robotic systems},
author = {Andrea Bonci and Massimiliano Pirani and Sauro Longhi},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s13639-016-0046-6},
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abstract = {This paper presents a didactic framework in embedded electronics systems that is used to elicit awareness into students and engineers on the design issues arising in the realization of a class of underactuated robots and aerial vehicles that needs be robustly controlled due to their intrinsic unstability. The applications prototyped on the embedded platform presented here are conceived, by design, to be compliant with tiny collaborative robotics applications in order to adhere to the needs of the complex cyber-physical systems problem. The proposed platform is self-contained with on-board sensing and computation. Its engineering uses only off-the-shelf and mass production components. The system is based on a general purpose embedded board equipped with a 32-bit microcontroller which is able to manage all the basic tasks of this robotic platform: sensing, actuation, control and communication. The framework is described, and initial experimental results are introduced. Three applications are presented in this work as a validation of the methodology: a ballbot robot, a legged robot and a quadrotor aerial vehicle. The chosen case studies are robotics applications that are specialized in performing maneuvers when operating in tight spaces as in the human living environments.},
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This paper presents a didactic framework in embedded electronics systems that is used to elicit awareness into students and engineers on the design issues arising in the realization of a class of underactuated robots and aerial vehicles that needs be robustly controlled due to their intrinsic unstability. The applications prototyped on the embedded platform presented here are conceived, by design, to be compliant with tiny collaborative robotics applications in order to adhere to the needs of the complex cyber-physical systems problem. The proposed platform is self-contained with on-board sensing and computation. Its engineering uses only off-the-shelf and mass production components. The system is based on a general purpose embedded board equipped with a 32-bit microcontroller which is able to manage all the basic tasks of this robotic platform: sensing, actuation, control and communication. The framework is described, and initial experimental results are introduced. Three applications are presented in this work as a validation of the methodology: a ballbot robot, a legged robot and a quadrotor aerial vehicle. The chosen case studies are robotics applications that are specialized in performing maneuvers when operating in tight spaces as in the human living environments.
Adinolfi, Francesco; Caggianese, Giuseppe; Gallo, Luigi; Grosso, Juan; Infarinato, Francesco; Marchese, Nazzareno; Sale, Patrizio; Spaltro, Emiliano
SmartCARE - An ICT Platform in the Domain of Stroke Pathology to Manage Rehabilitation Treatment and Telemonitoring at Home Proceedings Article
In: Pietro, Giuseppe De; Gallo, Luigi; Howlett, Robert J.; Jain, Lakhmi C. (Ed.): Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services 2016, pp. 39–49, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2016, ISBN: 978-3-319-39344-5 978-3-319-39345-2.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Healthcare, Kinect, Rehabilitation, Serious game, Stroke, Telemonitoring
@inproceedings{adinolfiSmartCAREICTPlatform2016,
title = {SmartCARE - An ICT Platform in the Domain of Stroke Pathology to Manage Rehabilitation Treatment and Telemonitoring at Home},
author = {Francesco Adinolfi and Giuseppe Caggianese and Luigi Gallo and Juan Grosso and Francesco Infarinato and Nazzareno Marchese and Patrizio Sale and Emiliano Spaltro},
editor = {Giuseppe De Pietro and Luigi Gallo and Robert J. Howlett and Lakhmi C. Jain},
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This paper describes the SmartCARE ICT eco-system, which goal is to deliver advanced health collaboration services in the rehabilitation domain. The system provides a set of tools that enable the continuity of care at home to patients affected by stroke diseases. Moreover, by taking advantage of motion sensing-based serious games and virtual companions, the system can stimulate the patient at being more reactive both at neuro-motorial and neuro-cognitive levels.
Caggianese, Giuseppe; Gallo, Luigi; Neroni, Pietro
Touchless Disambiguation Techniques for Wearable Augmented Reality Systems Proceedings Article
In: Pietro, Giuseppe De; Gallo, Luigi; Howlett, Robert J.; Jain, Lakhmi C. (Ed.): Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services 2016, pp. 547–556, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain, 2016, ISBN: 978-3-319-39344-5 978-3-319-39345-2.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Augmented Reality, Depth ray, Human Computer Interaction, SQUAD, Touchless interaction
@inproceedings{caggianeseTouchlessDisambiguationTechniques2016,
title = {Touchless Disambiguation Techniques for Wearable Augmented Reality Systems},
author = {Giuseppe Caggianese and Luigi Gallo and Pietro Neroni},
editor = {Giuseppe De Pietro and Luigi Gallo and Robert J. Howlett and Lakhmi C. Jain},
url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-39345-2_48},
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abstract = {The paper concerns target disambiguation techniques in egocentric vision for wearable augmented reality systems. In particular, the paper focuses on two of the most commonly used selection techniques in immersive environments: Depth Ray and SQUAD. The design and implementation of such techniques in a touchless augmented reality interface, together with the results of a preliminary usability evaluation carried out with inexpert users, are discussed. The user study provides insights on users' preferences when dealing with the precision-velocity trade-off in selection tasks, carried out in an augmented reality scenario.},
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The paper concerns target disambiguation techniques in egocentric vision for wearable augmented reality systems. In particular, the paper focuses on two of the most commonly used selection techniques in immersive environments: Depth Ray and SQUAD. The design and implementation of such techniques in a touchless augmented reality interface, together with the results of a preliminary usability evaluation carried out with inexpert users, are discussed. The user study provides insights on users' preferences when dealing with the precision-velocity trade-off in selection tasks, carried out in an augmented reality scenario.
Pietro, Giuseppe De; Gallo, Luigi; Howlett, Robert J.; Jain, Lakhmi C. (Ed.)
Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services 2016 Book
Springer International Publishing Switzerland, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain, 2016, ISBN: 978-3-319-39344-5 978-3-319-39345-2, (tex.referencetype: proceedings).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags:
@book{depietroIntelligentInteractiveMultimedia2016,
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abstract = {The Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies book series encompasses the topics of knowledge, intelligence, innovation and sustainability. The aim of the series is to make available a platform for the publication of books on all aspects of single and multi-disciplinary research on these themes in order to make the latest results available in a readily-accessible form. Volumes on interdisciplinary research combining two or more of these areas is particularly sought. The series covers systems and paradigms that employ knowledge and intelligence in a broad sense. Its scope is systems having embedded knowledge and intelligence, which may be applied to the solution of world problems in industry, the environment and the community. It also focusses on the knowledge-transfer methodologies and innovation strategies employed to make this happen effectively. The combination of intelligent systems tools and a broad range of applications introduces a need for a synergy of disciplines from science, technology, business and the humanities. The series will include conference proceedings, edited collections, monographs, handbooks, reference books, and other relevant types of book in areas of science and technology where smart systems and technologies can offer innovative solutions. High quality content is an essential feature for all book proposals accepted for the series. It is expected that editors of all accepted volumes will ensure that contributions are subjected to an appropriate level of reviewing process and adhere to KES quality principles.},
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The Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies book series encompasses the topics of knowledge, intelligence, innovation and sustainability. The aim of the series is to make available a platform for the publication of books on all aspects of single and multi-disciplinary research on these themes in order to make the latest results available in a readily-accessible form. Volumes on interdisciplinary research combining two or more of these areas is particularly sought. The series covers systems and paradigms that employ knowledge and intelligence in a broad sense. Its scope is systems having embedded knowledge and intelligence, which may be applied to the solution of world problems in industry, the environment and the community. It also focusses on the knowledge-transfer methodologies and innovation strategies employed to make this happen effectively. The combination of intelligent systems tools and a broad range of applications introduces a need for a synergy of disciplines from science, technology, business and the humanities. The series will include conference proceedings, edited collections, monographs, handbooks, reference books, and other relevant types of book in areas of science and technology where smart systems and technologies can offer innovative solutions. High quality content is an essential feature for all book proposals accepted for the series. It is expected that editors of all accepted volumes will ensure that contributions are subjected to an appropriate level of reviewing process and adhere to KES quality principles.