1. Reinventing Research Research Topics CS197 Thesis Class School Year 2005-2006

2. 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

3. 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?

4. Understanding Human Networks  Sociometer (Choudhury & Pentland, 2002) Wearable sensor data combined with pattern recognition techniques

5. 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

6. POA for the PDA  Allows the PO to create a Sociogram

7. 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?

8. 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.

9. 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

10. Understanding Content through Archival Research System (Arches)  Scan textual data  Use for qualitative research  Available tools: Nudist NVIVO

11. 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

12. Modeling themes

13. My desktop

14. 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

15. My Virtual Office      

16. 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