Transcript Dr. Estuar
Reinventing Research
Research Topics
CS197 Thesis Class
School Year 2005-2006
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 bperson 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