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F7ADTAAL - Ambient Assisted Living

Code Completion Credits Range Language
F7ADTAAL ZK 5 14P+7C English
Lecturer:
Lenka Lhotská, Pavel Slavík, Olga Štěpánková
Tutor:
Jaromír Doležal
Supervisor:
Department of Natural Sciences
Synopsis:

The aim of the course is to gain a basic overview of ambient assisted living (AAL). This is an area of great importance in relation to the design and implementation of assistive technologies for various purposes and environments.

Requirements:

Form of verification of study results: oral examination.

As a standard, the course is taught in contact form and the course has lectures and exercises. In case the number of students is less than 5, the teaching can take place in the form of guided self-study with regular consultations. In this case, in addition to the examination, the student is required to produce a written study on the assigned topic.

For combined study:

Teaching takes the form of guided self-study with regular consultations. In addition to the examination, the student is required to prepare a written study on a given topic.

Syllabus of lectures:

Course content:

1. Basic concepts and principles of AAL

2. AAL technology and infrastructure

3. Instrumentation for AAL

4. Application design

5. Integration of partial solutions

6. AAL in healthcare

7. AAL in social care

8. AAL in gerontology

9. Intelligent living as part of AAL

10. AAL and rehabilitation

11. Case studies I

12. Case studies II

13. Case studies III

14. Development trends

Syllabus of tutorials:

Exercises will take the form of practical projects in which students will test the knowledge acquired in lectures.

Study Objective:

The aim of the course is to gain a basic overview of ambient assisted living (AAL).

Study materials:

Augusto J.C. et al. Handbook of Ambient Assisted Living. IOS Press, 2012. ISBN 978-1-60750-836-6

Recommended:

Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments. IOS Press, ISSN online: 1876-1372

Marques, G., Bhoi, A.K., Albuquerque, V.H.C. de, Hareesha, K.S. (Eds.). IoT in Healthcare and Ambient Assisted Living. Springer, 2021

Note:
The course is a part of the following study plans:
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