AmI 2015 - European Conference on Ambient Intelligence


11-13 November 2015 - Athens, Greece

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Invited Speakers

James L. Crowley
Professor, Grenoble Institut Polytechnique
INRIA Grenoble Rhône-Alpes Research Center, France
"An Ecological View of Smart Home Technologies"

Panos Markopoulos
Professor, Department of Industrial Design
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
"Ambient Intelligence: Visions Past and Future"

Michail Bletsas
Research Scientist & Director of Computing
MIT Media Lab, USA
"Ubiquitous Connectivity for Ambient Intelligence"

Jan van Zoest
CTO HealthSuite DigitalPlatform
Philips HealthTech, The Netherlands
"Philips HealthSuite DigitalPlatform"



James L. Crowley
Professor, Grenoble Institut Polytechnique
INRIA Grenoble Rhône-Alpes Research Center, France

"An Ecological View of Smart Home Technologies"

James L. Crowley holds the post of Professor at the Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, where he teaches courses in Computer Vision, Machine learning and Intelligent Systems. He performs his research at INRIA Grenoble Rhône-Alpes Research Center in Montbonnot France, where he directs the INRIA Project-Group PRIMA.

Over the last 30 years, professor Crowley has made a number of fundamental contributions to computer vision, mobile robotics and intelligent Systems. These include early innovations in multi-resolution computer vision, perception and navigation for mobile robots, architecture for autonomous systems, multi-sensor fusion, robust tracking for observing human activity, appearance-based techniques for object recognition and navigation, and observation and modeling of human activity for context aware environments and ambient informatics.

Current research activities includes:

  • Machine perception of humans and human activities,
  • Context-aware systems and services,
  • Socially-aware Human Computer Interaction,
  • Multi-modal perception of human emotions.
The unifying thread for these themes is the development of the scientific foundations and enabling technologies for improving quality of life.

During his career, Professor Crowley has edited two books, five special issues of journals, and authored over 220 peer-reviewed scientific articles on computer vision, mobile robotics, human-computer interaction and ambient intelligence. His publications have received over 10,500 Citations and an h-index of 50.

James Crowley is a Senior Member of the l'Institut Universitaire de France (IUF). In March 2014, James Crowley was named Chevalier de l'Ordre Nationale de Mérite of France.



Panos Markopoulos
Professor, Department of Industrial Design
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

"Ambient Intelligence: Visions Past and Future"

Panos Markopoulos is a computer scientist working in the field of Human Computer Interaction. He graduated in the National Technical University of Athens in 1989 and received a MSc in Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London, where he also did his PhD (1997). The PhD thesis of P.Markopoulos concerned the application of formal methods of software engineering in the design and engineering of user interface software, and the specification of usability engineering principles using abstract and formal interaction models. He has held research positions in Queen Mary, University of London and in Philips Research Eindhoven. He is working in the Eindhoven University of Technology since 2000 where he was appointed as a full professor in 2010. His chair with the title "Design for Behavior Change", is concerned with the design of interactive technologies to support people change their behavior, particularly in relation to health related applications. P. Markopoulos is the director of a two-year post-master program training professionals in User System Interaction. Since January 2014 he has an appointment as an adjunct professor at the University of Technology, Sydney.

P.Markopoulos has worked on several areas of human computer interaction, such as task analysis and model based design, ambient intelligence, groupware and privacy, rehabilitation technology, persuasion and interaction design for children. He has supervised 11 Phd Theses and has co-authored more than 250 peer reviewed publications in the topics mentioned above. He is a co-founder and chief editor of Elsevier's International Journal on Child Computer Interaction and editor of Interacting with Computing, and co-author of a book on Evaluating Children's Interactive Products published by Morgan Kaufmann.

Panos has co-chaired the 2nd Ambient Intelligence conference in 2004, and has been involved in various roles on several events of this series. His work in Ambient Intelligence has focused on privacy, awareness systems, and connectedness applications.



Michail Bletsas
Research Scientist & Director of Computing
MIT Media Lab, USA

"Ubiquitous Connectivity for Ambient Intelligence"

Michail Bletsas is a Research Scientist and the Director of Computing at MIT's Media Lab. He was a member of the core technical and design team for the “One Laptop Per Child” initiative which created OLPC's pioneering, award-winning "XO" laptop.

Over the years, he has advised governments around technology policy issues and provided expert opinion in technical matters to top-level officials. He has cofounded two companies, has been a director and consulted for many others in a variety of capacities.

He has implemented broadband access networks using cutting-edge technologies including one of the earliest ADSL testbeds and various wireless technologies. Mr. Bletsas has been a frequent keynote speaker in international conferences and has been engaged in many civic activities. He holds an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and an MSc degree in Computer Engineering from Boston University.



Jan van Zoest
CTO HealthSuite DigitalPlatform
Philips HealthTech, The Netherlands

"Philips HealthSuite DigitalPlatform"

Jan van Zoest is a Philips Fellow with over 25 years of experience in defining, managing and architecting large software platforms for many businesses and solutions across Philips HealthTech. He combines deep technical understanding of the medical imaging and healthcare informatics domains, with the ability to guide and overview large and complex software architectures. He has technically managed large global R&D organizations across different locations, including large development teams in India, The Netherlands and the US. He is a key contributor to Philips HealthTech in technical education, mentoring and guidance, and a source for technical advisory, both in strategic and operational discussions.

In his current role as Chief Technology Officer for the Philips HealthSuite Digital Platform, he leads a team of key architects that play a leading role in defining the way forward for Philips HealthTech in big data analytics and cloud computing software technologies, platforms as a service, internet of things, user experience and product line engineering.

He is a frequent speaker on the topics of software platforms and software technologies for the healthcare domain at Philips and industry events.