Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing: 4th International Conference, UIC 2007 Hong Kong, China, July 11-13, 2007 Proceedings (Paperback)

Keynote Speech.- Autonomic and Trusted Computing for Ubiquitous Intelligence.- Smart Objects and Embedded Systems.- Sensitivity Improvement of the Receiver Module in the Passive Tag Based RFID Reader.- Q ?+? -Algorithm: An Enhanced RFID Tag Collision Arbitration Algorithm.- Surface-Embedded Passive RF Exteroception: Kepler, Greed, and Buffon's Needle.- Development of a Single 3-Axis Accelerometer Sensor Based Wearable Gesture Recognition Band.- An Enhanced Ubiquitous Identification System Using Fast Anti-collision Algorithm.- Certification Tools of Ubiquitous Mobile Platform.- Dynamic Binding Framework for Open Device Services.- Design and Evaluation of Multitasking-Based Software Communications Architecture for Real-Time Sensor Networking Platforms.- Automatic Partitioning Technique for Flash Memory on Linux-Based Embedded Systems.- Distributed Processing in Wireless Sensor Networks for Structural Health Monitoring.- An Improved Fusion and Fission Architecture Between Multi-modalities Based on Wearable Computing.- Smart Spaces/Environments/Services.- A Smart Space Architecture for Location-Based Spatial Audio Scenario Orchestration.- CHASE: Context-Aware Heterogenous Adaptive Smart Environments Using Optimal Tracking for Resident's Comfort.- A Methodology of Identifying Ubiquitous Smart Services for U-City Development.- Simulated Intersection Environment and Learning of Collision and Traffic Data in the U&I Aware Framework.- Dynamic Scheduling Protocol for Highly-Reliable, Real-Time Information Aggregation for Telematics Intersection Safety System(TISS).- Spontaneous Interaction Framework for Thin-Client Access to Services.- Towards a Model of Interaction for Mutual Aware Devices and Everyday Artifacts.- A Peer-to-Peer Semantic-Based Service Discovery Method for Pervasive Computing Environment.- Ubiquitous Healthcare Architecture Using SmartBidet and HomeServer with Embedded Urinalysis Agent.- Proactive Agriculture: An Integrated Framework for Developing Distributed Hybrid Systems.- Integrating RFID Services and Ubiquitous Smart Systems for Enabling Organizations to Automatically Monitor, Decide, and Take Actions.- Towards an RFID-Oriented Service Discovery System.- Activity Recognition Using an Egocentric Perspective of Everyday Objects.- A Novel Price Prediction Scheme of Grid Resources Based on Time Series Analysis.- Ad-Hoc and Intelligent Networks.- Adaptive Multicast Trees on Static Ad Hoc Networks: Tradeoffs Between Delay and Energy Consumption.- Reliable Multicast MAC Protocol for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks.- Mobility Tracking for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks.- Handover Cost Optimization in Traffic Management for Multi-homed Mobile Networks.- 2-Level Hierarchical Cluster-Based Address Auto-configuration Technique in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks.- Replication in Intermittently Connected Mobile Ad Hoc Networks.- Rate-Adaption Channel Assignment and Routing Algorithm for Multi-channel WirelessMAN Mesh Networks.- Neighbor-Aware Optimizing Routing for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks.- Gateway Zone Multi-path Routing in Wireless Mesh Networks.- On Estimating Path Capacity in Wireless Mesh Networks.- A Meta Service Description Assisted Service Discovery Protocol for MANETs.- On Characterizing Economic-Based Incentive-Compatible Mechanisms to Solving Hidden Information and Hidden Action in Ad Hoc Network.- A Study on USN Technologies for Ships.- A New Modeling and Delay Analysis of IEEE 802.11 Distributed Coordination Function.- Sensor Networks.- Proactive Data Delivery Scheme with Optimal Path for Dynamic Sensor Networks.- Low-Latency Routing for Energy-Harvesting Sensor Networks.- A Localized Link Quality-Aware Optimization Mechanism for Routing Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Minimum Energy and Latency MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks.- An Efficient Bi-Directional Flooding in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Maximizing Network Lifetime Under Reliability Constraints Using a Cross-Layer Design in Dense Wireless Sensor Networks.- Ad