Project

Fraunhofer-Institut für
System- und Innovationsforschung ISI

Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelligence (SWAMI)

This project aimed to identify and analyse the social, economic, legal, technological and ethical issues related to identify, privacy and security in Ambient Intelligence (AmI). The partners reviewed existing AmI projects, studies, scenarios and roadmaps to ensure that the SWAMI project captures, as far as possible, the major trends and issues. The partners composed “dark” scenarios, the aim of which was to expose key socio-economic, legal, technological and ethical risks and vulnerabilities related to issues such as identity, privacy and security that may emerge from the deployment of AmI technologies and services, many if not most of which invisible to the public. The partners defined and studied various research and policy options, which could serve as safeguards and privacy-enhancing mechanisms. The aim was to identify mechanisms, which ensure user control, user acceptance and enforceability of policy in an accessible manner, as well as to ensure that all Europeans have real equal rights and opportunities of accessibility to the Ambient Intelligence space. The partners sought to validate their findings through two workshops with other AmI and IST experts before presenting the options to the Commission in a final report. Project results were disseminated widely and continuously throughout the project and were presented at a final, high-level conference.

Status:
Finished Project (02/2005 – 07/2006)

Client(s):
European Commission, DG Information Society, Unit H3

Partner(s):
  • Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), Seville
  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Research Group on Law, Science, Technology & Society, Brussels
  • Technical Research Centre of Finland, VTT, Oulu
  • Trilateral Research & Consultancy, London
Publications:
Friedewald, M. (2005): Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelligence: Outline of a re-search agenda on the European Level. In: Hutter, D.; Ullmann, M. (Hrsg.): Security in Pervasive Computing. Proceedings of the Second International Conference, Boppard, Germany, April 2005. Heidelberg, Berlin: Springer (Lecture Notes in Computer Sci-ence, 3450), S. 63-69.

Wright, D.; Gutwirth, S.; Friedewald, M. (2007): Shining light on the dark side of ambient intelli-gence. In: Foresight: The Journal of Future Studies, Strategic Thinking and Policy 9, Nr. 2. (Im Erscheinen)

Wright, D.; Friedewald, M.; Schreurs, W. et al. (2007): The illusion of secrecy. In: Communica-tions of the ACM 50. (Im Erscheinen)

Wright, D.; Friedewald, M.; Punie, Y. et al. (Hrsg.) (2007): Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelligence. Dordrecht: Springer. (Im Erscheinen)

Wright, D. (2007): Alternative futures: AmI scenarios and Minority Report. In: Futures (Im Er-scheinen)

Vildjiounaite, E.; Alahuhta, P.; Friedewald, M. et al. (2007): Design Guidelines for Analysis and Safeguarding of Privacy Threats in Ubicomp Applications. In: Mostéfaoui, S. K.; Maamar, Z. et al. (Hrsg.): Advances in Ubiquitous Computing: Future Paradigms and Directions. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing. (Im Erscheinen)

Friedewald, M.; Vildjiounaite, E.; Punie, Y.; Wright, D. (2007): Privacy, Identity, and Security in Ambient Intelligence: A Scenario Analysis. In: Telematics and Informatics 24, Nr. 1, S. 15-29.

Friedewald, M.; Lindner, R. (2007): Ubiquitous Computing: Herausforderungen für Datenschutz und Datensicherheit. In: Der Datenschutz-Berater 31, Nr. 2, S. 8-10.

Friedewald, M.; Lindner, R. (2007): Datenschutz, Privatsphäre und Identität in intelligenten Umgebungen: Eine Szenarioanalyse. In: Mattern, F. (Hrsg.): Die Informatisierung des Alltags: Leben in smarten Umgebungen. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag. (Im Erschei-nen)

Vildjiounaite, E.; Alahuhta, P.; Ahonen, P. et al. (2006): Design Guidelines for Analysis and Safeguarding of Privacy Threats in Ubicomp Applications. In: Mostéfaoui, S. K.; Maamar, Z. et al. (Hrsg.): Ubiquitous Computing, Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing, IWUC 2006, In conjunction with ICEIS 2006, Paphos, Cyprus, May 2006. Setúbal, Portugal: INSTICC Press, S. 49-61.

Maghiros, I.; Punie, Y.; Delaitre, S. et al. (2006): Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelligence. In: Kameas, A. D.; Papalexopoulos, D. (Hrsg.): Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE '06), 5-6 July 2006, Athens. Stevenage: IET Press.

Friedewald, M.; Vildjiounaite, E.; Punie, Y.; Wright, D. (2006): The Brave New World of Ambient Intelligence: An Analysis of Scenarios regarding Security, Security and Privacy Issues. In: Clark, J. A.; Paige, R. F. et al. (Hrsg.): Security in Pervasive Computing. Proceedings of the Third In-ternational Conference, SPC 2006, York, UK, April 18-21, 2006. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3934), S. 119-133.

Wright, D. (2005): The dark side of ambient intelligence. In: Info: The journal of policy, regula-tion and strategy 7, Nr. 6, S. 33-51.

Schreurs, W. (2005): Privacy en RFID-technologie. In: Privacy & Informatie 5/2005, S. 197-201.

Friedewald, M. (2005): Ambient Intelligence: Auf dem Weg zur Mensch-Computer-Symbiose? In: Cremers, A. B.; Manthey, R. et al. (Hrsg.): Informatik 2005 - Informatik LIVE! Beiträge der 35. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), 19. September - 22. September 2005 in Bonn, Band 1. Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI-Edition - Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), 67), S. 222-226.

Friedewald, M. (2005): Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelligence: Outline of a research agenda on the European Level. In: Hutter, D.; Ullmann, M. (Hrsg.): Security in Pervasive Com-puting. Proceedings of the second International Conference, SPC 2005, Boppard, Germany, April 6-8, 2005. Heidelberg, Berlin: Springer (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3450), S. 63-69.

Project reports:
Friedewald, M.; Vildjiounaite, E.; Wright, D. et al. (2005). Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelligence (SWAMI): The brave new world of ambient intelligence - A state-of-the-art review. Deliverable D1. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Punie, Y.; Friedewald, M.; Lindner, R. et al. (2005). Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelli-gence (SWAMI): Dark Scenarios on Ambient Intelligence - Higlighting risks and vulnerabilities. Deliverable D2. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Friedewald, M.; Lindner, R.; Wright, D. et al. (2006). Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelli-gence (SWAMI): Threats, Vulnerabilities and Safeguards in Ambient Intelligence. Deliverable D3. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Wright, D.; Friedewald, M.; Ahonen, P. et al. (2006). Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelli-gence (SWAMI): Final Report. Deliverable D4. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Friedewald, M.; Wright, D. (2006). Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelligence (SWAMI): Report on the Final Conference, Brussels, 21-22 March 2006. Deliverable D5. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Wright, D.; Friedewald, M. (2006). Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelligence (SWAMI): Report on Dissemination Activities. Deliverable D6. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

All project reports can be found a http://swami.jrc.es.