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Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence

11th International Conference, UCAmI 2017, Philadelphia, PA, USA, November 7–10, 2017, Proceedings

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Table of contents (82 papers)

  1. Internet of Things (IoT) and Smart Cities

    1. A Proposal for a Distributed Computational Framework in IoT Context

      • Higinio Mora, María Teresa Signes-Pont, David Gil-Méndez, Francisco Javier Ferrández-Pastor
      Pages 194-200
    2. Data Structures Modelling for Citizen Tracking Based Applications in Smart Cities

      • Alejandro Sirvent-Llamas, Higinio Mora, Virgilio Gilart-Iglesias, María Dolores Andújar-Montoya, Raquel Pérez-del Hoyo, Alberto de Ramón-Fernandez
      Pages 201-206
    3. System Model for a Continuous Improvement of Road Mass Transit

      • Teresa Cristóbal, Gabino Padrón, Alexis Quesada-Arencibia, Francisco Alayón, Carmelo R. García
      Pages 207-212
    4. Analysis of Distance and Similarity Metrics in Indoor Positioning Based on Bluetooth Low Energy

      • Gabriel de Blasio, Alexis Quesada-Arencibia, Carmelo R. García, Roberto Moreno-Díaz Jr., Jose Carlos Rodríguez-Rodríguez
      Pages 213-224
  2. HEALTH (AmIHEALTH)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225
    2. Usability and Acceptance of a Mobile and Cloud-Based Platform for Supporting Diabetes Self-management

      • Jesús Fontecha, Iván González, M. Estrella Saucedo, M. José Sánchez, José Bravo
      Pages 227-239
    3. Proposal for Monitoring the Stress Through the Sensing of Environmental Variables in a Workplace

      • Alberto de Ramón-Fernández, Daniel Ruiz-Fernández, Diego Marcos-Jorquera, Virgilio Gilart-Iglesias, Antonio Soriano-Payá
      Pages 250-255
    4. Classification of Pathologies Using a Vision Based Feature Extraction

      • Mario Nieto-Hidalgo, Juan Manuel García-Chamizo
      Pages 265-274
    5. Evaluation of Fall and Seizure Detection with Smartphone and Smartwatch Devices

      • Veno Bojanovsky, Shane Byrne, Philip Kirwan, Ian Cleland, Chris Nugent
      Pages 275-286
    6. Tip-Toe Walking Detection Using CPG Parameters from Skeleton Data Gathered by Kinect

      • Rasool Taban, Atoosa Parsa, Hadi Moradi
      Pages 287-298
    7. Couplable Components for Data Processing in Mobile Sensing Campaigns

      • Daniel Maya-Zapata, Iván R. Félix, Luis A. Castro, Luis-Felipe Rodríguez, Manuel Domitsu
      Pages 299-304
    8. Affective Avatar Interactions: Towards Recognizing Emotions in Verbal Interaction

      • Esperanza Johnson, Ramón Hervás, Carlos Gutiérrez-López-Franca, Tania Mondéjar, José Bravo
      Pages 305-310
    9. Towards Job Stress Recognition Based on Behavior and Physiological Features

      • Wendy Sanchez, Alicia Martinez, Miguel Gonzalez
      Pages 311-322
    10. Applying Computer Simulation Modelling to Minimizing Appointment Lead-Time in Elderly Outpatient Clinics: A Case Study

      • Miguel Ortíz-Barrios, Pedro López-Meza, Genett Jimenez-Delgado
      Pages 323-329
    11. Automatic Mapping of Motivational Text Messages into Ontological Entities for Smart Coaching Applications

      • Claudia Villalonga, Harm op den Akker, Hermie Hermens, Luis Javier Herrera, Hector Pomares, Ignacio Rojas et al.
      Pages 340-351
    12. Discrete-Event Simulation to Reduce Waiting Time in Accident and Emergency Departments: A Case Study in a District General Clinic

      • Nixon Nuñez-Perez, Miguel Ortíz-Barrios, Sally McClean, Katherinne Salas-Navarro, Genett Jimenez-Delgado, Anyeliz Castillo-Zea
      Pages 352-363

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About this book

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence, UCAmI 2017, held in Philadelphia, PA, USA in November 2017.
The 60 revised full papers and 22 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 100 submissions. The papers are presented in six tracks and two special sessions. These are Ambient Assisted Living, Human-Computer Interaction, Ambient Intelligence for Health, Internet of Things and Smart Cities, Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks, Sustainability, Socio-Cognitive and Affective Computing, AmI-Systems and Machine Learning.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Santiago Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Sergio F. Ochoa

  • Villanova University, Villanova, USA

    Pritpal Singh

  • University of Castilla La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain

    José Bravo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence

  • Book Subtitle: 11th International Conference, UCAmI 2017, Philadelphia, PA, USA, November 7–10, 2017, Proceedings

  • Editors: Sergio F. Ochoa, Pritpal Singh, José Bravo

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67585-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-67584-8Published: 07 October 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-67585-5Published: 05 October 2017

  • Series ISSN: 0302-9743

  • Series E-ISSN: 1611-3349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 862

  • Number of Illustrations: 316 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Computer Communication Networks, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet)

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