This special issue of the Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS) journal is
devoted to papers selected from the 6th International Conference on Ubiquitous
Computing and Ambient Intelligence (UCAmI 2012) and the 4th International
Workshop on Ambient Assisted Living (IWAAL 2012), held in Vitoria-Gasteiz,
Spain, on 3-5 December 2012. On the one hand, UCAmI focuses on the ubiquitous
computing and ambient intelligence research, which represent a new generation
of user-centred computing solutions, aiming to find new ways to obtain a better
integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in everyday life
devices and activities. On the other hand, IWAAL focuses on Ambient Assisted
Living (AAL), an important application domain of ambient intelligence that aims
to contribute with ICT research applied to enabling assistive living
environments