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Here is an iPhone-based platform that we have just released for long-term
social interaction data collection. Please feel free to contact us (offline)
to discuss collaborations...

http://mob.media.mit.edu/info/platforms.php



--
Anmol Madan
PhD Candidate, MIT Media Lab
web | www.media.mit.edu/~anmol/


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>
> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:16:39 +1000
> From: Laurence Lock Lee <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Technological devices for network data collection
>
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>
> Hi Jorge,
>
> You may want to have a look at:
>
> http://www.ntag.com/
>
> I was attending an SNA meeting a couple of years ago when we were provided
> with nTag devices to assist with our networking and exchanging of details.
> The nTag organisers were also able to map interactions from the data they
> collected during the conference.
>
> I must say I found the experience a little awkward...if your eyesight was
> poor you could spend a lot of time staring at people's chests trying to
> read
> their details. The screens were LCD...perhaps they are better now.
>
> I would be interested in reading your paper as I also have an interest in
> data collection strategies for SNA work. You will find some papers on our
> web site on some applications:
>
> www.optimice.com.au in the "publications" and "industry network maps"
> areas.
> We also have developed tools for traditional survey based SNA data
> collection: www.onasurveys.com.
>
> rgds
>
> Dr. Laurence Lock Lee
> Optimice
>
>
>
> Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:42:09 +0100
> From: Jorge =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=C1vila?= de Lima <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Technological devices for network data collection
>
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>
> Hi
>
> I am writing a paper on data collection strategies in social network
> analysis. I would like to include a section on new technological devices
> that automatically register interaction between/among actors. I know that
> there are some devices out there that some researchers are using. People
> carry them around and they track their contacts with others (and,
> eventually, other information, such as length of communication and
> eventually voice tone). Information on these and other technological
> devices for automatic data collection would be very helpful. Also, is
> anyone aware of any publications that deal with this issue? I think that
> we
> as a community need to discuss the characteristics, advantages and
> potential drawbacks of such systems. Any information and views on this are
> more than welcome. I promise to share the results of this query with
> anyone
> who is interested.
>
> Thank you in advance for your help and comments
>
> Jorge Ávila de Lima
> (Associate Professor)
>
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>
> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:23:24 -0400
> From: Alvin Chin <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Technological devices for network data collection
>
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>
> Hi Jorge,
>
> There's a paper that I co-wrote that deals with using mobile devices
> to automatically collect interactions with people within close
> proximity
> (
> http://www.imedia.mie.utoronto.ca/~achin/Publications/UserMobility_WMCSA04.
> pdf<http://www.imedia.mie.utoronto.ca/%7Eachin/Publications/UserMobility_WMCSA04.pdf>
> ).
> Also, Nokia did something called the Nokia Sensor with Nokia phones
> that would detect proximity and record interactions
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_Sensor).
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Alvin
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 7:42 PM, Jorge Ávila de Lima <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org *****
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I am writing a paper on data collection strategies in social network
> > analysis. I would like to include a section on new technological
> devices
> > that automatically register interaction between/among actors. I know
> that
> > there are some devices out there that some researchers are using.
> People
> > carry them around and they track their contacts with others (and,
> > eventually, other information, such as length of communication and
> > eventually voice tone). Information on these and other technological
> > devices for automatic data collection would be very helpful. Also, is
> > anyone aware of any publications that deal with this issue? I think
> that
> we
> > as a community need to discuss the characteristics, advantages and
> > potential drawbacks of such systems. Any information and views on this
> are
> > more than welcome. I promise to share the results of this query with
> anyone
> > who is interested.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your help and comments
> >
> > Jorge Ávila de Lima
> > (Associate Professor)
> >
> > _____________________________________________________________________
> > SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social
> > network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send
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> >
>
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>
> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:29:41 -0700
> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Nicol=E1s_Della_Penna?= <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Technological devices for network data collection
>
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>
> You might be interested in looking at the work of Nathan eagle
> (http://web.media.mit.edu/~nathan/ <http://web.media.mit.edu/%7Enathan/> ,
> http://reality.media.mit.edu/ )
> follow the references form there and youll probably get a good idea of
> the state of the field.
>
> cheers,
> Nicolas
>
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Jorge Ávila de Lima <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org *****
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I am writing a paper on data collection strategies in social network
> > analysis. I would like to include a section on new technological
> devices
> > that automatically register interaction between/among actors. I know
> that
> > there are some devices out there that some researchers are using.
> People
> > carry them around and they track their contacts with others (and,
> > eventually, other information, such as length of communication and
> > eventually voice tone). Information on these and other technological
> > devices for automatic data collection would be very helpful. Also, is
> > anyone aware of any publications that deal with this issue? I think
> that
> we
> > as a community need to discuss the characteristics, advantages and
> > potential drawbacks of such systems. Any information and views on this
> are
> > more than welcome. I promise to share the results of this query with
> anyone
> > who is interested.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your help and comments
> >
> > Jorge Ávila de Lima
> > (Associate Professor)
> >
> > __
>
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