Today, Stefan chaired the Special Session on Environmental Information Systems at IEEE SMC 2013 in Manchester, UK. The session has been organized together with Prof. Lei Huang (Beijing Jiaotong University) and Amin Anjomshoaa (Vienna University of Technology) in the context of the SEMERGY project. The following topics have been discussed:

A Survey on Environmental Open Data in Austria
Peter Wetz, Amin Anjomshoaa, A Min Tjoa

An Intelligent Lighting System with a Seat Management Mechanism
Mitsunori Miki, Ryoga Okunishi, Kazuki Matsutani, Hisanori Ikegami, Shohei Fujimoto

Combination of Preferred Illuminance and Preferred Color Temperature for Work
Mitsunori Miki, Yo Motoya, Hisanori Ikegami, Shohei Fujimoto

Maximization of the Average Color Rendering Index of Color Temperature and Illuminance Constraints
Ryoga Okunishi, Yo Motoya, Shohei Fujimoto, Mitsunori Miki

Ontology-based integration of heterogeneous material data resources in Product Lifecycle Management
Touba Rahmani, Sébastien Bougain, Detlef Gerhard