文档介绍：Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 3345
Edited by J. G. Carbonell and J. Siekmann
Subseries of Lecture Notes puter Science
Yang Cai (Ed.)
Ambient Intelligence
for Scientific Discovery
Foundations, Theories, and Systems
13
Series Editors
Jaime G. Carbonell, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Jörg Siekmann, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany
Volume Editor
Yang Cai
Carnegie Mellon University, School puter Science
5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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ISSN 0302-9743
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The Museum of Modern Art is perhaps one of the most inter-
esting landmarks in Vienna, where SIGCHI 2004 Workshop of
“Ambient Intelligence for Scientific Discovery” was held. The
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Preface
For half a century, computer scientists have been working on systems for dis-