The Live Social Semantics application: a platform for integrating face-to-face presence with on-line social networking
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: —We describe a novel application that integrates real-world data on the face-to-face proximity of individuals with their identities and contacts in on-line social networks. This application was successfully deployed at two conference gatherings, ESWC09 and HT2009, and actively used by hundreds of people. Personal profiles of the participants were automatically generated using several Web 2.0 systems and semantic data sources, and integrated in real-time with face-toface proximity relations detected using RFID-enabled badges. The integration of these heterogeneous data sources enables various services that enhance the experience of conference attendees, allowing them to explore their social neighborhood and to connect with other participants. This paper describes the architecture of the application, the services we provided, and the results we achieved in these deployments. Keywords-sensor networks, active RFID, Web 2.0, social networking services, real-time services, face-to-face presence, spontaneous interaction, enriched awareness, social context awareness, heterogeneous data sources, semantic web, social network cross-mining, deployment conference (HT2009). The following section summarizes related work. A full description of the Live Social Semantics application is given in section III. Section IV covers the outcomes of the application deployment at ESWC09 and HT2009. Discussion and future work are given in section V, followed by conclusions in section VI. I.
Authors: Wouter Van Den Broeck, Ciro Cattuto, Alain Barrat, Martin Szomszor, Gianluca Correndo, Harith Alani
Language: English
Topic: RFID technology advancements
Subfield: Computer Networks and Communications
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4327487284