Table Of ContentCreating Personal, Social,
and Urban Awareness
through Pervasive
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Bin Guo
Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Daniele Riboni
University of Milano, Italy
Peizhao Hu
NICTA, Australia
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Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Jadwiga Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia
Marco Mamei, University of Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
Anand Ranganathan, IBM Watson Research Center, USA
Zhiwen Yu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Daqing Zhang, Institut TELECOM SudParis, France
Yu Zheng, Microsoft Research Asia, China
List of Reviewers
Ali Diab, Al-Baath University, Syria
Viktoriya Degeler, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Damianos Gavalas, University of the Aegean, Greece
Dennis Geesen, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Jadwiga Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia
Vlasios Kasapakis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Birgitta Koenig-ries, University of Jena, Germany
Matthias Kranz, University of Passau, Germany
Brian Lam, NICTA, Australia
Yunji Liang, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Seng Loke, La Trobe University, Australia
Daniela Nicklas, Carl Von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany
Kobkaew Opasjumruskit, University of Jena, Germany
Lin Sun, Institut TELECOM SudParis, France
Alessandro Soro, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Hamed Vahdat-Neja, University of Birjand, Iran
Jianming Wang, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Zheng Yu, Microsoft Research Asia, China
Zhiyong Yu, Institut TELECOM SudParis, France
Daqing Zhang, Institut TELECOM SudParis, France
Table of Contents
Foreword ............................................................................................................................................xix
Preface ................................................................................................................................................xxi
Acknowledgment ............................................................................................................................xxvii
Section 1
Introduction
Chapter 1
Towards Personal, Social, and Urban Awareness ..................................................................................1
Bin Guo, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Yunji Liang, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Zhu Wang, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Zhiwen Yu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Daqing Zhang, TELECOM SudParis, France
Xingshe Zhou, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Section 2
Personal Awareness
Chapter 2
Activity Recognition Using Ubiquitous Sensors: An Overview ...........................................................22
Yunji Liang, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Xingshe Zhou, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Bin Guo, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Zhiwen Yu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Chapter 3
Opportunistic Detection Methods for Emotion-Aware Smartphone Applications ..............................53
Igor Bisio, University of Genoa, Italy
Alessandro Delfino, University of Genoa, Italy
Fabio Lavagetto, University of Genoa, Italy
Mario Marchese, University of Genoa, Italy
Chapter 4
Service Discovery with Personal Awareness in Smart Environments .................................................86
Kobkaew Opasjumruskit, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Jesús Expósito, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Birgitta König-Ries, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Andreas Nauerz, IBM Germany Research and Development GmbH, Germany
Martin Welsch, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany & IBM Germany Research
and Development GmbH, Germany
Chapter 5
Architecture Pattern for Context-Aware Smart Environments ..........................................................108
Viktoriya Degeler, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Alexander Lazovik, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Chapter 6
Design Aspects and Context Awareness in Pervasive Games ............................................................131
Vlasios Kasapakis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Damianos Gavalas, University of the Aegean, Greece
Section 3
Social Awareness
Chapter 7
Community Detection and Profiling in Location-Based Social Networks ........................................158
Zhu Wang, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Xingshe Zhou, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Daqing Zhang, TELECOM SudParis, France
Bin Guo, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Zhiwen Yu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Chapter 8
Social Cars: Sensing, Gathering, Sharing, and Conveying Social Cues to Road Users .....................176
Ronald Schroeter, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Alessandro Soro, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Andry Rakotonirainy, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Chapter 9
Challenges for Personal Data Stream Management in Smart Buildings ...........................................201
Dennis Geesen, University of Oldenburg, Germany
H. Jürgen Appelrath, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Marco Grawunder, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Daniela Nicklas, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Chapter 10
News Recommendation for China Sina Weibo Microblog Service Based on User
Social Behaviors ................................................................................................................................220
Zuo Yuchu, Sun Yat-sen University, China
You Fang, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Wang Jianmin, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Zhou Zhengle, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Section 4
Urban Awareness
Chapter 11
Human Mobility Patterns ...................................................................................................................245
Ali Diab, Al-Baath University, Syria & Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany
Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany
Chapter 12
Spatial Relations in Contextual Information for Mobile Emergency Messaging ..............................274
Alaa Almagrabi, Latrobe University, Australia & King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Seng W. Loke, Latrobe University, Australia
Torab Torabi, Latrobe University, Australia
Chapter 13
Understanding Urban Dynamics from Taxi GPS Traces ...................................................................299
Lin Sun, TELECOM SudParis, France
Chao Chen, TELECOM SudParis, France
Daqing Zhang, TELECOM SudParis, France
Chapter 14
User-Centric Social Interaction for Digital Cities ..............................................................................318
Kåre Synnes, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Matthias Kranz, University of Passau, Germany
Juwel Rana, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Olov Schelén, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Section 5
Conclusion
Chapter 15
Research Challenges for Personal and Collective Awareness ...........................................................348
Daniele Riboni, University of Milano, Italy
Rim Helaoui, University of Mannheim, Germany
Compilation of References ...............................................................................................................361
About the Contributors ....................................................................................................................401
Index ...................................................................................................................................................410
