CENS Technical Seminar Series

Design considerations for participatory systems

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Invited Speaker: Joe Kim
Date: October 26, 2007
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Venue: 4760 Boelter Hall, UCLA

Abstract

There is an emerging consumer environment where off-the-shelf mobile phones can be used as a personal sensing device given the right software. One factor inducing this trend is new mobile phones coupled with imagers, accelerometers, GPS, Bluetooth or Wifi. In addition, consumers are often getting unlimited data plans with their device.
Furthermore, software development for mobile devices is becoming easier. There are wide variety of applications that can leverage data collected from mobile phones, but there are specific system-design considerations to be taken into account such as where to do processing and privacy. The complexity of building end-to-end systems in this space is a barrier to entry for researchers seeking to innovate in specific areas. This talk will explore design considerations that arose in a past project called DietDay, a pilot experiment on improving dietary recall and Personal Environmental Impact Report (PEIR), an assessment system that uses spacial data as input to various models such as CO2 emission. In this context, I will introduce a software project called Campaign Framework (CFM), a generalized system for processing data collected from mobile phones that aims to reduce the barrier to entry for research.

Biography

Joseph Kim is a staff programmer at CENS. He received his B.S. in Computer Science from UCLA in 2002. Prior to joining the CENS lab he worked for IBM Software Strategy at the Silicon Valley Lab as well as Almaden Research Center. At IBM his focus was on performance and scalability of web sites, collaboration software and transferring research technology to leading edge customers.