Digital Technologies for Interactive Smart Spaces

Thanks to the advances of Internet of Things, the increasingly low cost of sensors and actuators, the improved network connectivity, the availability of software components and tools to support application development, our environment is increasingly enriched with digital devices that waive themselves into the fabric of our physical space and  objects. Forecasts suggest that by 2030 around 50 billion of IoT devices will be in use around the world, creating a massive web of interconnected "things" that are making our spaces "smart", i.e., responsive and adaptive to the user’s behavior and to the change of environmental properties, enabling new interactive applications to empower users and the quality of their life in many different fields.

The Summer School addresses the challenges of this scenario by providing a multidisciplinary discussion of Smart Spaces from different perspectives: development tools (hardware and software frameworks); interaction paradigms (e.g., gestures, touch, eye gaze, voice, tangible manipulation.), UX evaluation methods; application domains (e.g., home/work automation, automotive, culture, health/well-being, education, entertainment); ethical, sociological and psychological issues.

Accommodation can be provided by the Ostello Bello Lake Como located close to the Summer School venue (Villa del Grumello): https://ostellobello.com/en/hostel/como/

Other hotels in Lake Come relatively close to the school venue:

• Hotel Engadina ***  http://hotelengadina.com/
• Hotel Borgovico ***  http://www.hotelborgovico.it/
• Hotel Borgo Antico ***  https://www.borgoanticohotelcomo.it/
• Hotel Firenze ***  https://www.hotelfirenzecomo.com/italiano/