SWAMI Project

Safeguards in a World of AMbient Intelligence

2005 -2007

This project concerned the social, economic, legal, technological and ethical issues related to identity, privacy and security in the Ambient Intelligence (AmI) environment.

Description:

Work package 1 (WP1) consists of a state of the art review of existing AmI projects, studies, scenarios and roadmaps.

Work package 2 (WP2) deals with developing "dark" (adverse) scenarios, the aim of which will be to expose key socio-economic, legal, technological and ethical risks and vulnerabilities related to issues such as identity, privacy and security.

• January 2006: Deliverable 1 - Report on the "Brave New World of Ambient Intelligence: A State-of-the-art Review"
• January 2006: Deliverable 2 - Report on "Dark Scenarios in Ambient Intelligence: Highlighting Risks and Vulnerabilities"

Work package 3 (WP3) develops legal and policy options which could serve as safeguards and privacy-enhancing mechanisms for Ambient Intelligence.

• July 2006: Deliverable 3 - Report on "Threats, Vulnerabilities and Safeguards in Ambient Intelligence"

Work package 4 (WP4) focusses on dissimination of project results, continuously throughout the project. There are two validation and awareness-raising workshops foreseen. A final conference at the end of the project is also planned.

• August 2006: Deliverable 4 - Final Report
• April 2006: Deliverable 5 - Report on the Final Conference
• August 2006: Deliverable 6 - Report on Dissemination Activities
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Partners

• ISI (D), Michael Friedewald www.isi.fraunhofer.de
• VUB (B), Serge Gutwirth and Paul de Hert www.vub.ac.be/LSTS
• TRILATERAL (UK), David Wrightwww.trilateralresearch.com
• Technical Research Centre of Finland , VTT Electronics (Finland), Petteri Alahuhta www.vtt.fi

Dissemination

Related Deliverables:

• Book: "Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelligence" Editors: Wright, D.; Gutwirth, S.; Friedewald, M.; Vidjiounaite, E.; and Punie, Y. To be published by Springer (International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology). It will be available from: http://www.springer.com/west/home/generic/search/results?SGWID=4-40109-22-173754327-0