Motivations & objectives

SERENITY R&D teams face one of the most tremendous challenges in the security field : Ambient Intelligence(AmI).

The concept of AmI

Ambient intelligence is the idea that people will be surrounded by intelligent and intuitive interfaces embedded in everyday objects around us and an environment recognising and responding to the presence of individuals in an invisible way. It builds on three major concepts: ubiquitous computing, ubiquitous communication and intelligent user interfaces.
Defined by the EC Information Society Technologies Advisory Group in a vision of the Information Society, Ambient Intelligence emphasises on greater user-friendliness, more efficient services support, user-empowerment, and support for human interactions. In this vision, people will be surrounded by intelligent and intuitive interfaces embedded in everyday objects around us and an environment recognising and responding to the presence of individuals in an invisible way.

AmI, a near future

These AmI ecosystems are not science fiction but about to become reality by 2010. Already, the usage scenarios are multiplying. Business applications move from standalone systems to service oriented architectures, flexibly adapting to changing business processes. Networks of smart devices attached to goods and matter and being able to interact with each other. Networks allow spontaneous communication supporting the nomadic user. Citizens being able to access their administrative records and authoritative processes everywhere and at any time.