Aware Home: Perception and Ubiquitous Sensing

Problem
As we move towards computers that are embedded in the environment, one main question arises, "What are these computers going to do for us?"  In order for them to "DO" anything for us, they need to be Aware of what we are doing and how our activity can be supported.  Towards this end, We are interested in building Aware Environments (e.g. the Aware Home) that can perceive their own state and determine more about the inhabitants of the space. 

Along this direction, we are working on various projects that include

• vision-based methods for tracking people
• recognizing their gestures, activities
• audio-based methods for tracking speakers and interpreting the verbal and non-verbal audio streams
• sensor-fusion (merging different streams to extract more robust and detailed interpretations).
• distributed infrastructure to support access and processing of rich multimedia streams
• building of specialized "embedded" sensors.
• using sensor technologies in securing applications
• interesting (and fun) applications using the above

Here is what you will need to do.

• See the Aware Home WWW page (www.cc.gatech.edu/fce/ahri). And the publications there on my home page http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~irfan
• Come talk to me.  Send me an email to schedule and appointment.  Bring with you ideas of what interests you.
• We will decide on a specific topic with specific requirements.

• Write a 2-3 page Report.