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***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** 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/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > ***** 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<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 > > 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://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) > > > > __ > > - _____________________________________________________________________ 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.