The Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE08): A Report

The Fourth IET International Conference on Intelligent Environments was held July 21-22 at the University of Washington campus in Seattle, Washington. The general chairs were Diane Cook of Washington State University and Sumi Helal of the University of Florida. Hani Hagras and Vic Callaghan of the University of Essex served as program chairs. This article presents a report of the conference. The conference aims at contributing to the realization of the ambient intelligence vision, where physical space becomes augmented with computation, communication, and digital content, thus transcending the limits of direct human perception.