Smart devices are currently defined as devices, equipped with a range of sensors and communication means. With the capacity to integrate data, these devices combined with the development of reasoning algorithms and intelligent environments are able to understand and support the development of events in a situation, anticipate possible futures and suggest appropriate behaviours. The open questions are:
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What is the current state of the art of data centres, capable of understanding the environment and providing intelligent services (from situation to persons, locations, organisations and societies)?
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What are the models and their characteristics, involved in the intelligent environments design?
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What are the implications of intelligent environments. Is it that they anticipate the next level of surveillance, the technology for the manipulation of people, or for the employment of autonomous devices?
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How to manage intelligent environments to avoid the pitfalls of these developments?