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Area of Science:

  • Computer Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Ubiquitous Computing

Background:

  • Internet of Things (IoT) platforms generate vast sensor data.
  • Challenges exist in translating this data into actionable real-world decisions.
  • Applications such as health monitoring and home automation require predicting future activities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and solve the novel problem of Activity Prediction from sensor data.
  • To develop a method for predicting future activity occurrence times.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed activity prediction approach.

Main Methods:

  • Formulated Activity Prediction within an imitation learning framework.
  • Reduced the problem to a regression learning task for efficient computation.
  • Developed novel evaluation metrics for activity predictors.
  • Utilized real sensor data from 24 smart home testbeds for evaluation.

Main Results:

  • The proposed activity prediction method outperformed baseline approaches.
  • The approach demonstrated a simple yet effective way to predict activities from sensor data.
  • Embedded predictor in a mobile app showed positive results with 9 participants.

Conclusions:

  • The imitation learning-based regression approach is effective for Activity Prediction.
  • The developed metrics provide a robust evaluation for real-world applications.
  • This work offers a practical solution for leveraging IoT sensor data for predictive insights.