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***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** 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 ***** 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 an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:23:24 -0400 From: Alvin Chin <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Technological devices for network data collection ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** 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). 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 > an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line > UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message. > _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message. ------------------------------ 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 ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** You might be interested in looking at the work of Nathan eagle (http://web.media.mit.edu/~nathan/ , 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) > > _____________________________________________________________________ > SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social > network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send > an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line > UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message. > _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message. ------------------------------ End of SOCNET Digest - 10 Apr 2008 to 11 Apr 2008 (#2008-83) ************************************************************ _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message.