Paul Havinga & Gerd Kortuem 
Smart Sensing and Context [PDF ebook] 
Third European Conference, EuroSSC 2008, Zurich, Switzerland, October 29-31, 2008, Proceedings

This year marks the third edition of Euro SSC. It builds on the success of the past editions, held in Enschede, The Netherlands in 2006, and in Kendal, UK in 2007. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we would like to welcome you to Euro SSC 2008, in Zurich, Switerland. This volume contains the invited papers and technical peer-reviewed papers selected for presentation at the conference. At Euro SSC we aim to explore technologies, algorithms, architectures, p- tocols, and user aspects underlying context-aware smart surroundings, coop- ating intelligent objects, and their applications. Since its inception, Euro SSC has taken a complementary technology-driven and user-driven view to discuss these aspects. It is one of the particularities of Euro SSC, and the 2008 edition made no exception. In addition we emphasized aspects related to quality of c- text and context-aware feedback by actuator systems. This re?ects the growing importance that context processing in uncertain environments and sensor and actuator networks take in ambient intelligence environments. We received 70 paper submissions. They originate from 30 countries of – rope, the Middle East and Africa (66%), Asia (22%), North America (9%), and South America (3%). These numbers re?ect the European origins of Euro SSC, but also show that Euro SSC is a recognized and attractive platform for parti- pants from all regions of the world.