2021
Authors
Carneiro, D; Amaral, A; Carvalho, M; Barreto, L;
Publication
SMART CITIES
Abstract
Cities are becoming increasingly complex to manage, as they increase in size and must provide higher living standards for their populations. New technology-based solutions must be developed towards attending this growth and ensuring that it is socially sustainable. This paper puts forward the notion that these solutions must share some properties: they should be anthropocentric, holistic, horizontal, multi-dimensional, multi-modal, and predictive. We propose an architecture in which streaming data sources that characterize the city context are used to feed a real-time graph of the city's assets and states, as well as to train predictive models that hint into near future states of the city. This allows human decision-makers and automated services to take decisions, both for the present and for the future. To achieve this, multiple data sources about a city were gradually connected to a message broker, that enables increasingly rich decision-support. Results show that it is possible to predict future states of a city, in aspects such as traffic, air pollution, and other ambient variables. The key innovative aspect of this work is that, as opposed to the majority of existing approaches which focus on a real-time view of the city, we also provide insights into the near-future state of the city, thus allowing city services to plan ahead and adapt accordingly. The main goal is to optimize decision-making by anticipating future states of the city and make decisions accordingly.
2015
Authors
Novais, P; Carneiro, D; Costa, Â; Costa, R;
Publication
Ambient Assisted Living
Abstract
Population aging brings increased social problems. Solutions for this new reality must be devised. Providing care services at home may benefit patients, health service providers, and social security systems and needs to be seen as a possible solution for those social problems. By maintaining the patient at home, in his or her own environment, care services costs can be diminished and, at the same time, the comfort and well-being of the person in need are significantly increased. To pursue this goal, we explore the advantages that ambient assisted living can bring to people in a home environment, focusing on the problems of health care services at home. Specifically, in this chapter, we present a framework focused on the monitoring and assistance of the elderly that are living alone, focusing on those elderly with memory disabilities. We believe that this approach will enable the challenges that the current trend of population aging poses to be tackled. © 2015 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
2022
Authors
Rosa, L; Guimarães, M; Carneiro, D; Silva, F; Analide, C;
Publication
Workshops at 18th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE2022), Biarritz, France, 20-23 June 2022.
Abstract
2015
Authors
Gonçalves, S; Carneiro, D; Fdez-Riverola, F; Novais, P;
Publication
EDMETIC
Abstract
The evaluation is a determining factor in developing successful strategies for learning. In a classroom context, the teacher can observe the behavior of students and identify different ways to facilitate the assessment without inducing stress, avoiding the negative consequences of this on the result of learning. However, in learning environments eLearning direct contact is impossible and, therefore, there should be alternative ways to provide both detection and prevention of stress during the evaluation. It is therefore appropriate stress analysis and identification of strategies for solving problems arising from its appearance. In this work, a stress analysis module for use is proposed for the online student assessment, which is capable of indicating to the teaching moments more propitious time to intervene and the contents that cause greater difficulties. In this way, the teacher can effectively assist students who need it most.
2019
Authors
Rocha, R; Carneiro, D; Costa, R; Analide, C;
Publication
Ambient Intelligence - Software and Applications -,10th International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence, ISAmI 2019, Ávila, Spain, 26-28 June 2019.
Abstract
In recent years, the development and use of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets grew significantly. They are used for virtually every activity of our lives, from communication or online shopping to e-banking or gaming, just to name a few. As a consequence, these devices contribute significantly to make our lives more digital, with all the perks and risks that this encompasses. One of the most serious risk is that of an authorized individual gaining physical access to our mobile device and, potentially, to all the applications and personal data it contains. Most of mobile devices are protected using some kind of password, that can be easily spotted by unauthorized users or event guessed. In the last years, new authentication mechanisms have been proposed, such as those using traditional biometrics or behavioral biometrics. In this paper we propose a new continuous authentication mechanism for mobile devices based on behavioral biometrics that monitors user interaction behavior for classifying the identity of the user. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.
2013
Authors
Novais, P; Carneiro, D; Andrade, F; Neves, J;
Publication
AI Approaches to the Complexity of Legal Systems - AICOL 2013 International Workshops, AICOL-IV@IVR, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, July 21-27, 2013 and AICOL-V@SINTELNET-JURIX, Bologna, Italy, December 11, 2013, Revised Selected Papers
Abstract
In a time in which a significant amount of interpersonal interactions take place online, one must enquire to which extent are these milieus suitable for supporting the complexity of our communication. This is especially important in more sensitive domains, such as the one of Online Dispute Resolution, in which inefficient communication environments may result in misunderstandings, poor decisions or the escalation of the conflict. The conflict manager, in particular, may find his skills severely diminished, namely in what concerns the accurate perception of the state of the parties. In this paper the development of a rich communication framework is detailed that conveys contextual information about their users, harnessed from the transparent analysis of their behaviour while communicating. Using it, the conflict manager may not only better perceive the conflict and how it affects each party but also take better contextualized decisions, closer to the ones taken in face-to-face settings.
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