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3rd EvAAL Competition
(Evaluating AAL Systems through Competitive Benchmarking)
http://evaal.aaloa.org
CALL FOR IDEAS
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An initiative supported by the AALOA community (http://www.aaloa.org)
and organised by the universAAL project (http://www.universAAL.org)
We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting suggestions and
ideas for the organization of the 3rd EvAAL Competition. EvAAL is an
initiative aimed at evaluating Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) systems.
Because the state of the art does not allow evaluating a full AAL
system, EvAAL adopts a step-by-step approach, and in its first editions
it will focus on specific core functionalities of AAL. You can find more
details in http://evaal.aaloa.org.
The previous two EvAAL competitions focused on indoor localization and
tracking and on activity recognition, and they were held at the CIAMI
Living Lab in Valencia and the Smart-Houses Living Lab in Madrid, on
July, 2011 and 2012. The results of the competition were presented at
the EvAAL workshop that was held in conjunction with the AAL Forum.
Information about the structure of EvAAL and about the technical aspects
of the previous competition can be found in http://evaal.aaloa.org.
Our plans for 2013 are to reinforce the two tracks on indoor
localization and tracking and on activity recognition, which have been
established in the previous years, and, to consider new tracks
(depending on available resources) on other topics to be defined. For
this reason we invite all interested researchers and practitioners that
have an interest in AAL to contribute to EvAAL by proposing ideas and
topics for the next competition and, possibly, to participate in the
organization of EvAAL.
We are seeking scientific communities, established teams or individuals
who are willing to take part in our long-term goal of defining an
overall testbed for the evaluation of AAL systems. We started with
localisation and activity recognition, but we need more. Once we have
enough specialised areas covered, we can start to merge them. Possible
topics to be covered include:
• Reasoning
• Robotic companions
• Object recognition
• Human/computer interaction
or anything else that constitutes a building block of a complete AAL
system.
There is no predefined format for the submission of suggestions, however
such contributions should be limited to one page (about 1000 characters)
and sent by e-mail to the organizers at the address [log in to unmask]
Proposals for new tracks are not limited in space. They should indicate
precisely the topic of the track, and should include the following
sections:
• the motivation for the track (which should state the relevance of this
track for EvAAL and for AAL in general);
• a roadmap or a preliminary implementation plan of the track;
• a draft of evaluation criteria;
• a C.V. of the proposers;
• a contact person for the proposal (including e-mail and phone number).
The proposals should be submitted as pdf document by email to:
[log in to unmask]
Proposals for new tracks will be evaluated by the EvAAL Steering board
based on relevance to AAL and EvAAL, feasibility of the proposals, and
compatibility of the proposals with the logistic constraints. Because of
capacity problems, we will most probably be able to add only one new
track to the program of EvAAL 2013, in addition to the existing tracks
on indoor localization and tracking and on activity recognition.
Proposers of an accepted new track will be requested to serve as program
committee chairs of the track, to form the program committee of the
track, and to manage the technical issues of the competition they are
proposing. The proposers of accepted tracks will be assisted by the
EvAAL steering board members to prepare the call for competition and to
set up the new track. EvAAL will also provide the new track with
logistic support.
Please check the EvAAL web site (http://evaal.aaloa.org) for more
information about the competition. For specific questions please read
the EvAAL FAQ (http://evaal.aaloa.org/current-competition/faq) or
contact us by e-mail.
Contact: [log in to unmask]
Important Dates:
• Deadline for submission of ideas: October 1st, 2012
• Deadline for submission of track proposals: October 1st, 2012
• Tentative deadline for the 3rd EvAAL Call for Competition: November 2013
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Dr. Reiner Wichert
Head of Fraunhofer-Allianz Ambient Assisted Living
Department Head Interactive Multimedia Appliances
Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung IGD
Fraunhoferstrasse 5 | 64283 Darmstadt | Germany
Telefon +49 6151 155-574 | Fax +49 6151 155-480
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www.aal.fraunhofer.de | www.igd.fraunhofer.de
See you at:
http://www.aal-kongress.de/
http://www.aalforum.eu/
http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-12/
http://www.hcii2013.org/
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