The Seventh International Conference on Intelligent Environments: A Report

The Seventh International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE11) was held July 25-28, 2011, at the Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK. The general chairs were Ahmad Lotfi (Nottingham Trent University) and Sean Hanna (Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, University College London). Juan Carlos Augusto (University of Ulster) and Achilles Kameas (Hellenic Open University and Computer Technology Institute) served as program chairs. This article presents a report of the conference. The development of intelligent environments is considered the first and primary step toward the realization of the ambient intelligence vision and requires input from research and contributions from several scientific and engineering disciplines, including computer science, software engineering, artificial intelligence, architecture, social sciences, and art and design.