Computer Science and Engineering Department The University of Texas at Arlington MavHome: An Intelligent Home Environment

Participants Diane Cook Sharma Chakravarthy Sajal Das Piotr Gmystraciewicz Larry Holder Manfred Huber Farhad Kamangar Ramesh Yerraballi

Motivations Unified project incorporating varied AI techniques High visibility Possible commercial implications

Smart House Face recognition, automated door entry Smart sprinklers Lighting control Door/lock controllers, Surveillance system Robot vacuum cleaner Robot lawnmower Intelligent appliances Climate control Intelligent Entertainment Automated blinds Remote site monitoring and control Assistance for disabilities

State of the Art Resource rich Software poor (no communication, no adaptability)

MavHome UTA Project Unique –Focus on entire home House perceives and acts –Sensors –Controllers for devices –Connections to the mobile user and Internet House optimizes goal function –Maximize inhabitant comfort –Minimize cost –Maximize user productivity –Maximize security

Projects CSE Projects –MavHome Agent Design (Piotr Gmytrasiewicz, Manfred Huber) –Predicting inhabitant and house behaviors (Diane Cook, Larry Holder) –Robot assistance (Manfred Huber, Diane Cook) –Multi-agent communication (Piotr Gmytrasiewicz) –Web monitoring and control (Farhad Kamangar) –Distributed sensor fusion (Farhad Kamangar) –Database monitoring (Sharma Chakravarthy) –Multimedia traffic for entertainment and security (Ramesh Yerraballi) –Intelligent routing, mobility prediction (Sajal Das) Cross-Disciplinary Projects  Smart materials and structures (Civil Engineering)  Nano structures (Electrical Engineering)  Device communication (Telcordia Technologies)

Predicting User Actions Sequence learning –(state, action) frequencies –Frequencies + history length –MDP learning Other factors –Time of day –Weather, health, mood, device states

Proposed MavHome Site MavHome

First Floor Second Floor MavHome Layout UTA Design –School of Architecture –Faculty/student designs compete First floor showcases technologies –Hold receptions and meetings –Regular visitor hours –Webcams and virtual Internet tours Second floor used for classes, research, and seminars

Sources of Funding NSF ITR proposal pending, $5M Texas ATP forthcoming, $200k NIH (assistance for people with disabilities), DARPA (military applications) to be contacted David Yates –Builder of the Intelligent Home of Tomorrow at the State Fair –Will contribute house AT&T, contribute networking and cash Nortel, $100k to Das for research Friendly Robotics, robot donation Motorola, Nokia, Dallas Semiconductor interested