Cityware: Urban Computing to Bridge Online and Real-World Social Networks

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Author(s): Vassilis Kostakos (University of Bath, UK)and Eamonn O’Neill (University of Bath, UK)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 9
Source title: Social Computing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Subhasish Dasgupta (George Washington University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-984-7.ch059

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Media & Communications / Social Computing / Social Networking

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In this paper, we describe a platform that enables us to systematically study online social networks alongside their real-world counterparts. Our system, entitled Cityware, merges users’ online social data, made available through Facebook, with mobility traces captured via Bluetooth scanning. Furthermore, our system enables users to contribute their own mobility traces, thus allowing users to form and participate in a community. In addition to describing Cityware’s architecture, we discuss the type of data we are collecting, and the analyses our platform enables, as well as users’ reactions and thoughts.

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