participatory sensing – Citizen Science Today

Editor’s Choice: Environmental Protection and Agency: Motivations, Capacity, and Goals in Participatory Sensing

Paul Aoki, Allison Woodruff, Baladitya Yellapragada, Wesley Willett — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 18:00:29 +0000

These computing researchers took a critical look at the current practice of citizen science with the goal of informing the development of tools and technologies. They asked two seemingly simple questions: what drives people to participate, and what are productive ways for people to participate? In the analysis, I particularly like the nuanced understanding of...

Towards an observatory for mobile participatory sensing applications

Glaucia Melo, Luiz Oliveira, Daniel Schneider, Jano de Souza — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 18:00:05 +0000

Abstract: This paper presents an observatory for registering applications that use participatory sensing to collect data. Cataloging these applications will aid the scientific community to exchange more information, facilitating the comparison between different initiatives. Through an initial research, the applications are categorized in areas usually considered in the literature. We propose a survey to validate...