Jasper van de Ven

My research focuses on representations and reasoning methods for spatially distributed ambient intelligent environments. I am exploring representations for reasoning about events and situations. For this I incorporate methods from the fields of ambient intelligence (AmI), and qualitative spatial representation and reasoning (QSR). A first goal is to develop a system able to detect and predict casual communication situations (like spontaneous meetings at a coffee dispenser) of spatially separated teammates by perceiving situations and automatically provide methods to establish a communication channel.