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In the future ambient information society, not only can a user obtain information in a flexible manner, as in the ubiquitous information society, but also information systems in the ambient environment can autonomously provide desired information to a user according to his/her given circumstances (i.e., time, place, and personal preferences). Information systems in such a society, for example, could provide people with an advice or guidance to avoid possible danger or hazards. To realize such a society, it is not enough to simply extend conventional IT. Instead, we need to develop sophisticated breakthrough technologies to tackle the expected technological challenges, such as inference of user's desire, recognition of environmental condition, adaptation of ambient systems, provision of information to users. The new technologies also need to be scalable, adaptive, reliable, and robust. Biologically-inspired approaches are promising in building such technologies by an interdisciplinary way of thinking and working.

This workshop aims to bring together researchers and scientists from several research areas including information networking, information systems engineering, computer science, multimedia engineering, physical science, and bioinformatic engineering, to foster research and development of technologies for ambient information society infrastructure.