Reinventing Research Research Topics CS197 Thesis Class School Year
The power of the mobile devices As a data gathering tool in naturalistic observation Voice to Text Enter Variables and Values Develop an interface to run apps for GSM modem Working programs that needs overhaul Start from scratch
Understanding Human Networks Studying the interaction among members of a group leads to understanding groups RQs: (Diagnostic Tools) Who are the people we talk to? For how long and how often? How actively do we participate in conversations?
Understanding Human Networks Sociometer (Choudhury & Pentland, 2002) Wearable sensor data combined with pattern recognition techniques
Understanding Human Networks Understanding Content Understanding the Process Process Observation Analysis Participation, Communication, Influence, Styles of Influence, Decision Making, Group Atmosphere, Membership, Feelings, Norms, etc
POA for the PDA Allows the PO to create a Sociogram
Understanding Group Process through a sociogram 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? Enter person data Model location of person Record conversation Count the number of times the person speaks Report pattern of communication Eg. Person a person b person a person c Report total number of minutes spoken Cue in I see data Raises hands up, taps pencil, twitches, etc.
Understanding Human Networks Alternative device (Non PDA) That records I see I hear Records processes observed Allows one to create widely used diagrams and charts Generates report in POA format
Understanding Content through Archival Research System (Arches) Scan textual data Use for qualitative research Available tools: Nudist NVIVO
Archival Research CWC (Complete Word Count) 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 Problem: Endless back ups Endless archiving of data Endless folders Virtual Filing Cabinet / Spring Cleaning 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
Virtual Ethnography Reality Mining: Understanding how people work, understanding culture Unobtrusive observer Tracing what people do in a network Keeping track of what people work on How long they work on something Desktop configuration