Multimedia Tools and Applications gratefully acknowledges the editorial work of scholars, Ali Asghar Nazari Shirehjini, University of Ottawa, and Sahin Albayrak, Technical University of Berlin, on this special issue devoted to Ambient Intelligence for Multimedia Environments. The papers in this issue include:

  • Adaptive Interaction Support in Ambient-aware Environments based on Quality of Context Information, M. Anwar Hossain, Ali Asghar Nazari Shirehjini, Abdullah S. Alghamdi, Abdulmotaleb El Saddik

  • Ant-based service selection framework in a smart home monitoring environment, M. Shamim Hossain, S. K. Alamgir Hossain, Atif Alamri, M. Anwar Hossain

  • Effect of Kinesthetic and Tactile Haptic Feedback on the Quality of Experience of Edutainment Application, Abdelwahab Hamam, Mohamad Eid, Abdulmotaleb El Saddik

  • Augmented interaction with physical books in an Ambient Intelligence learning environment, George Margetis, Xenophon Zabulis, Panagiotis Koutlemanis, Margherita Antona, Constantine Stephanidis

  • Providing universally accessible interactive services through TV sets: Implementation and validation with elderly users, Gorka Epelde, Xabier Valencia, Eduardo Carrasco, Jorge Posada, Julio Abascal, Unai Diaz-Orueta, Ingo Zinnikus, Christian Husodo-Schulz