Automation Intelligence for a Smart Environment

Wednesday, November 2, 2005
12:05-1:15 pm Central Library Parlor

Diane Cook, Ph.D., Professor of Computer Science & Engineering,

The MavHome, (http://mavhome.uta.edu/), project at the University of Texas at Arlington represents a smart environment as an intelligent agent, which perceives the state of the environment using sensors and acts upon the environment using device controllers. MavHome automatically learns a model of inhabitant behaviors and uses this information learn a strategy for automating the environment in a way that is customized to the inhabitant. These technologies can improve quality of life in diverse settings including homes, offices, hospitals, and communities. The automated environment reduces manual interaction with the environment, minimizes resource consumption, and provides valuable security and health monitoring. The project is currently being tested in a home environment (the MavPad apartment) and an office environment (the MavLab).

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