This document summarizes a presentation given by Vassilis Kostakos at the University of Zurich on mapping the social impact of ubiquitous technologies. The presentation discussed the UbiOulu research group's work in ubiquitous and social computing, including their city-scale urban living lab in Oulu, Finland used to study interactions between people, technology, and urban spaces. It also highlighted some of their findings around how social networks and information sharing are impacted by new technologies.

1. From labs to cities:
Mapping the social impact of ubiquitous technologies
Vassilis Kostakos
University of Oulu
28 March 2012, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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3. UbiOulu
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4. UbiOulu
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5. University of Oulu
Finland
• Founded in 1958
• 6 faculties
• 16 000 students
Rovaniemi !
• 2900 employees
University of Oulu !
• Total funding EUR 226 million OULU!
• Four research focus areas: !
Vaasa
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– Information Technology
Kuopio
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Jyväskylä Joensuu !
– Biosciences and Health Tampere !
Lappeenranta !
– Cultural Identity and Interaction Turku !
Helsinki !
– Environment, Natural Resources and Materials
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6. Active exchange programs
Canada! Russia!
Bilateral, n2n, ISEP! FIRST, n2n!
USA! South Korea!
Europe! ISEP!
Bilateral, n2n, ISEP!
UN-CEP! Erasmus, Nordplus,!
Bilateral, n2n! China!
Mexico! Bilateral! Japan!
Bilateral, ISEP! Bilateral, ISEP!
Zambia!
Botswana! Hong Kong!
South Africa! Bilateral!
Brazil! Namibia!
ISEP! Senegal!
North-South-South!
Chile! Singapore!
Bilateral, ISEP! Bilateral!
Argentina! Australia!
Bilateral, ISEP!
Bilateral!
New Zealand!
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7. • Ubiquitous computing (MediaTeam)
• Machine vision
• Intelligent systems and security
• Biomedical engineering
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8. Impact
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9. Ongoing work
Human Computer Interaction, Spatial & Transpatial Social Networks
Trust, Privacy, Phishing Urban Mobility & Encounter
Epidemiology & Diffusion Social and complex networks
Space Syntax
PEOPLE
Sensing for public transport
TECHNOLOGY SPACES Public interactive displays
Instrumenting mobile platforms
Augmented Spaces
Situated Services
Delay Tolerant Networks
Security and privacy
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10. City-scale lab
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11. Cameras
57" Full HD LCD panel
6 mm safety glass with
capacitive touch screen foil
NFC/RFID panOULU WLAN AP
reader
panOULU WSN AP
panOULU BT AP
Control PC
Loudspeaker
500 GB
RAID 1 disk
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12. Interaction model
Face detection
Read UBI-key
Touch screen
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13. Interface
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14. panOulu WiFi
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16. Bluetooth network
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17. 3D Oulu
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18. Which half is real?
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19. Reconstructing movement
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20. Catchment areas
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21. Where is it busy now?
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22. Live demo?
Click and pray!
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23. Open to the community: UbiChallenge
Ojala, T. and Kostakos, V. (2011). UBI Challenge: Research Coopetition on Real-World Urban
Computing. In proceedings of Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia 2011, Beijing, China, pp. 205-208.
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24. Lessons learned
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25. Analysis of user needs
Brainstorming Ethnographic studies
Storytelling
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31. Location, location, location
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32. Kukka, H., Kruger, F., Kostakos V., Ojala, T., and Jurmu, M. (2011). Information to Go:
Exploring In-Situ Information Pick-up “In the Wild”. In Proc. INTERACT, pp. 487-504.
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33. Museum
Exhibitions
Main library Market
City services
City hall
Museum
Main square
Main cafeteria Train station
Bus stop Residential
area
Main reception
Resident area Visitor area Resident area Visitor area
Scale: 500 m Scale: 1km
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34. Public scrutiny
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35. Successful services
UbiPostcard Hangman
Ubinion
Hosio, S., Kostakos, V., Kukka, H., Jurmu, M., Riekki, J., Ojala, T. (2012). From School Food to Skate Parks in a few Clicks:
Using Public Displays to Bootstrap Civic Engagement of the Young. In Proc. Pervasive 2012, Newcastle, UK.
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38. Sustainability
140 880 €
Ojala T, Orajärvi J, Puhakka K, Heikkinen I & Heikka J (2011). panOULU: Triple helix driven municipal wireless network
providing open and free Internet access. Proc. Communities & Technologies (C&T 2011), Brisbane, Australia, 118-127.
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39. Maintenance & Moderation
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40. Curiosity
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41. Novelty
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42. Interaction blindness
Ojala, T., Kostakos, V., Kukka, H., Heikkinen, T., Linden, T., Jurmu, M., Hosio, S., Kruger, F., Zanni, D. (to appear).
Experiences from the long-term deployment of multipurpose public interactive displays in a city center. IEEE Computer.
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46. The end
• 3rd Ubi Summer School 2012
– http://www.ubioulu.fi/en/UBI-summer-school-2012
• Researcher in Residence program
– http://www.ubioulu.fi/en/UBI-RIR-program
– UbiChallenge: http://www.ubioulu.fi/en/UBI-challenge
• Special issue of IJHCS on Social Networks and Ubiquitous
Interactions (May 2012).
• Or just come visit!
Vassilis Kostakos - vassilis@ee.oulu.fi
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