This workshop is concerned with novel methods, algorithms, and concepts which fruitfully combine ambient intelligence and semantic technologies, called ambient semantic computing.

By 'ambient intelligence', we refer to distributed, mobile, and ubiquitous computing approaches that emphasize the dawning era of networked 'anytime anywhere' computers, which users wear and encounter in everyday life – without perceiving them as computers. Context-aware computing, multimodal and tangible interaction, and smart environments are examples for relevant research fields in ambient intelligence.

By 'semantic technologies', we refer to natural language processing (NLP), knowledge related research, and computer perception approaches (e.g. handwriting and speech recognition, computer vision, multimedia analysis, situation detection, etc.) that target 'human understanding' of the 'perceived media'. Examples of relevant NLP technologies are spoken dialogue interfaces, natural language information search, question answering and NLP-based methods in service or software search, discovery, composition or maintenance.

We are convinced that the vision of ambient intelligence, i.e. a world of omnipresent 'hidden' computers that truly aid human beings can only be achieved if these computers can deal with concepts that reflect human understanding and common sense. Therefore, the 'smartness' of ambient intelligence must be combined with the 'naturalism' of semantic technologies.