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What is I.L.S.A.?The Independent LifeStyle Assistant TM
monitoring system (I.L.S.A.) is a research
program funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and
Honeywell Laboratories. The 2.5 year, $5 million program is designed to
advance home automation, software reasoning, user-interface design, and
machine learning technologies in the context of elder home-care. As a
research program, our focus is on technology development rather than product
development. The I.L.S.A. concept is in an early stage of development, one
in which we must demonstrate the feasibility of these technologies in
the home setting.
The goal is to develop a behavior monitoring system with:
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