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Reinventing Research
Research Topics
CS197 Thesis Class
School Year 2005-2006
The power of the mobile devices
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As a data gathering tool in
naturalistic observation
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Voice to Text
Enter Variables and Values
Develop an interface to run apps for
GSM modem
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Working programs that needs overhaul
Start from scratch
Understanding Human Networks
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Studying the interaction among
members of a group leads to
understanding groups
RQs: (Diagnostic Tools)
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Who are the people we talk to?
For how long and how often?
How actively do we participate in
conversations?
Understanding Human Networks
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Sociometer (Choudhury & Pentland,
2002)
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Wearable sensor data combined with
pattern recognition techniques
Understanding Human Networks
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Understanding Content
Understanding the Process
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Process Observation Analysis
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Participation, Communication, Influence,
Styles of Influence, Decision Making,
Group Atmosphere, Membership, Feelings,
Norms, etc
POA for the PDA
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Allows the PO to create a Sociogram
Understanding Group Process through
a sociogram
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Participation – Who are high
participators?
Communication – Who talks? For how
long?
Influence – Which members are high in
influence? What kind of influence?
Decision making – Does anyone attempt
to summarize?
Group Atmosphere – Do people seem
involved and interested?
What should the system do?
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Enter person data
Model location of person
Record conversation
Count the number of times the person
speaks
Report pattern of communication
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Eg. Person a person bperson a person c
Report total number of minutes spoken
Cue in I see data
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Raises hands up, taps pencil, twitches, etc.
Understanding Human Networks
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Alternative device (Non PDA)
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That records
I see
 I hear
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Records processes observed
Allows one to create widely used
diagrams and charts
Generates report in POA format
Understanding Content through
Archival Research System (Arches)
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Scan textual data
Use for qualitative research
Available tools:
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Nudist
NVIVO
Archival Research
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CWC (Complete Word Count)
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Categorizing (nouns, pronouns, verbs,
subject, etc)
Frequency count (raw and percentage)
for each category
Create themes and categories
(attached to raw data)
Model relationships between categories
Identifying picture data in textual data
Modeling themes
My desktop
Virtual Filing Cabinet
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Problem:
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Endless back ups
Endless archiving of data
Endless folders
Virtual Filing Cabinet / Spring Cleaning
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Add an icon on the desktop (the filing cabinet)
Room full of filing cabinets
 Shows un-filed stuff on the floor
Cleans up clutter on desktop by filing them
properly in filing cabinet
Sorts data into types and stores them in filing
cabinet properly
My Virtual Office
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Virtual Ethnography
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Reality Mining: Understanding how
people work, understanding culture
Unobtrusive observer
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Tracing what people do in a network
Keeping track of what people work on
How long they work on something
Desktop configuration