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@MISC{Buchmann07infrastructurefor,
author = {Alejandro Buchmann},
title = {Infrastructure for smart cities: The killer . . . },
year = {2007}
}
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Abstract
Smart cities are part of the Ambient Intelligence vision that foresees the vanishing of computational devices into the fabric of society and the ubiquitous availability of intelligent services in support of our daily lives. In this vision we should not be burdened by conscious manipulation of devices and ever more powerful but also complex interfaces. Instead, devices should be able to communicate and cooperate and support us in a proactive manner. For this vision to become true, an infrastructure is needed that can provide for the seamless provisioning of intelligent, pervasive, context-aware services throughout all the domains of our daily lives. As we move in our daily activities from the home to means of transportation and public spaces, to spaces for work and leisure, the infrastructure must be capable of supporting us in a variety of places, situations and contexts. Accordingly, the notion of context must be very rich and must encompass a deep understanding of the user and his or her needs and preferences, as well as the availability of resources in a dynamically reconfiguring environment. The spontaneous interaction of devices and the wealth of sensors providing data and detecting events make the traditional computing paradigms based on simple request/reply or point to
Keyphrases
distributed system group daily life ambient intelligence vision computational device simple request reply deep understanding proactive manner complex interface smart city intelligent service daily activity public space seamless provisioning context-aware service spontaneous interaction traditional computing paradigm ubiquitous availability conscious manipulation
