Publications
During the year of 2022, the Interactive Technologies Institute research team has excelled in the production of scientific outputs. The team has successfully published 94 papers in journals, 76 in international conferences and 26 book chapters
2016
Prandi, Catia; Salomoni, P.; Roccetti, M.; Nisi, Valentina; Nunes, Nuno
Walking with Geo-Zombie: A pervasive game to engage people in urban crowdsourcing Conference
2016 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), 2016.
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year = {2016},
date = {2016-02-01},
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abstract = {<p>In this paper we present results gathered from field trials while using a pervasive game, called Geo-Zombie. It intermixes reality with virtual zombies, providing a game experience to be lived in the urban environment. Geo-Zombie is designed for a specific goal: engaging people in collecting geo-referenced data about urban accessibility. The game has been designed with the aim to involve a large number of players/volunteers in the activity of signaling urban barriers while walking. To get ammo to react to a zombie attack, in fact, players can sense/map (crowdsensing) urban barriers and facilities and transmit those information back to an operative center (crowdsourcing). With the aim to assess the efficacy of Geo-Zombie, we conducted real experiments contrasting three different mobile apps, specifically designed to: i) simply collect urban information without providing any gaming experience (Basic), ii) reward volunteers that participate in the crowdsourcing activity (Reward), and iii) provide fun and entertainment to players who contribute (Geo-Zombie). We here provide results along two different perspectives: a quantitative one (e.g., number of collected data and similar) and a qualitative one (i.e., the playerstextquoteright experience). These results confirm the feasibility and suitability of our approach and stimulate interesting discussions</p>},
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<p>In this paper we present results gathered from field trials while using a pervasive game, called Geo-Zombie. It intermixes reality with virtual zombies, providing a game experience to be lived in the urban environment. Geo-Zombie is designed for a specific goal: engaging people in collecting geo-referenced data about urban accessibility. The game has been designed with the aim to involve a large number of players/volunteers in the activity of signaling urban barriers while walking. To get ammo to react to a zombie attack, in fact, players can sense/map (crowdsensing) urban barriers and facilities and transmit those information back to an operative center (crowdsourcing). With the aim to assess the efficacy of Geo-Zombie, we conducted real experiments contrasting three different mobile apps, specifically designed to: i) simply collect urban information without providing any gaming experience (Basic), ii) reward volunteers that participate in the crowdsourcing activity (Reward), and iii) provide fun and entertainment to players who contribute (Geo-Zombie). We here provide results along two different perspectives: a quantitative one (e.g., number of collected data and similar) and a qualitative one (i.e., the playerstextquoteright experience). These results confirm the feasibility and suitability of our approach and stimulate interesting discussions</p>
2012
Ferreira, Denzil; Kostakos, Vassilis; Dey, Anind K.
Lessons Learned from Large-Scale User Studies: Using Android Market as a Source of Data Journal Article
In: International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 28-43, 2012.
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Ferreira, Denzil; Kostakos, Vassilis; Dey, Anind K.
Lessons Learned from Large-Scale User Studies: Using Android Market as a Source of Data Journal Article
In: International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction, vol. 4, pp. 28-43, 2012, ISSN: 1942-390X.
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2010
Jaemsae, J.; Luimula, M.; Schöning, Johannes; Schulte, J.; Stasch, C.; Jirka, S.
A mobile data collection framework for the Sensor Web Proceedings
2010.
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title = {A mobile data collection framework for the Sensor Web},
author = {J. Jaemsae and M. Luimula and Johannes Schöning and J. Schulte and C. Stasch and S. Jirka},
doi = {10.1109/UPINLBS.2010.5654036},
year = {2010},
date = {2010-10-01},
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abstract = {In the idea of the Sensor Web, sensors should be discoverable, accessible and taskable over the internet. In this paper, we present a mobile data collection framework for connecting wireless sensors with the Sensor Web by using mobile devices. The proposed system is an extension to Locawe platform including now mapping and WSN features together with features of SWE especially Sensor Observation Service (SOS) specified by the Open Geospatial Consortium. Therefore, the Locawe platform running on mobile devices is used to connect to 6LoWPAN sensors, store the measurements of the sensors on the devicetextquoterights memory, convert it into sensor web protocols and insert the measurements into a sensor service as soon as wireless internet connection is available. As a proof of concept, the system is used within an air quality monitoring scenario.},
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In the idea of the Sensor Web, sensors should be discoverable, accessible and taskable over the internet. In this paper, we present a mobile data collection framework for connecting wireless sensors with the Sensor Web by using mobile devices. The proposed system is an extension to Locawe platform including now mapping and WSN features together with features of SWE especially Sensor Observation Service (SOS) specified by the Open Geospatial Consortium. Therefore, the Locawe platform running on mobile devices is used to connect to 6LoWPAN sensors, store the measurements of the sensors on the devicetextquoterights memory, convert it into sensor web protocols and insert the measurements into a sensor service as soon as wireless internet connection is available. As a proof of concept, the system is used within an air quality monitoring scenario.
0000
Vermeulen, Jo; MacDonald, Lindsay; ö, Johannes Sch; Beale, Russell; Carpendale, Sheelagh
Heartefacts: Augmenting Mobile Video Sharing Using Wrist-Worn Heart Rate Sensors Proceedings
ACM, New York, NY, USA, 0000, ISBN: 978-1-4503-4031-1.
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journal = {2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems},
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Vermeulen, Jo; MacDonald, Lindsay; Schöning, Johannes; Beale, Russell; Carpendale, Sheelagh
Heartefacts: Augmenting Mobile Video Sharing Using Wrist-Worn Heart Rate Sensors Proceedings
ACM, New York, NY, USA, 0000, ISBN: 978-1-4503-4031-1.
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