This project started as part of the Smart Internet Technology
Cooperative Research Centre and has now migrated to the ARC
Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems. An intelligent
environment is a location (e.g. home, office, hospital, etc)
that is equipped with sensors, actuators and computers that are
networked with each other and the internet. The components are
controlled by "intelligent agent" software that knows the
preferences of the occupants and tailors the environment to suit
them. The occupants can talk to the environment using speech and
natural language and the sensors can monitor the environment.
Applications of this technology include creating an assistive
environment for elderly or disabled people to help them control
devices around the house, remind them to take medication,
monitor them for falls or other accidents and so on. This
project offers students the opportunity to work on many
different aspects of the intelligent environment, including
computer vision; user interfaces, including sp