by Research Team | Jun 18, 2013 | Research Publications
Author(s): Swan, Melanie Abstract: A key contemporary trend emerging in big data science is the quantified self (QS)-individuals engaged in the self-tracking of any kind of biological, physical, behavioral, or environmental information as n=1 individuals or in groups....
by Research Team | May 27, 2013 | Research Publications
Author(s): Whitson, Jennifer R. Abstract: Gamification combines the playful design and feedback mechanisms from games with users’ social profiles (e.g. Facebook, twitter, and LinkedIn) in non-game applications. Successful gamification practices are reliant on...
by Research Team | May 12, 2013 | Research Publications
Author(s): Haley MacLeodAnthony TangSheelagh Carpendale Abstract: Many people with chronic illness suffer from debilitating symptoms or episodes that inhibit normal day-to-day function. Pervasive tools offer the possibility to help manage these conditions,...
by Research Team | May 3, 2013 | Research Publications
Author(s): Lupton, Deborah Abstract: Mobile and wearable digital devices and related Web 2.0 apps and social media tools offer new ways of monitoring, measuring and representing the human body. They are capable of producing detailed biometric data that may be...
by Research Team | May 1, 2013 | Research Publications
Author(s): Milovanović, MilošRajković, Milan Abstract: Despite broad interest in self-organizing systems, there are few quantitative, experimentally applicable criteria for self-organization. The existing criteria all give counter-intuitive results for important...