Sensing the "Health State" of a Community

Author

Madan, Anmol ; Cebrian, Manuel ; Moturu, Sai ; Farrahi, Katayoun ; Pentland, Alex

Volume

11

Issue

4

fYear

2012

Firstpage

36

Lastpage

45

Abstract

Mobile phones are a pervasive platform for opportunistic sensing of behaviors and opinions. Three studies use location and communication sensors to model individual behaviors and symptoms, long-term health outcomes, and the diffusion of opinions in a community. These three analyses illustrate how mobile phones can unobtrusively monitor rich social interactions, because the underlying sensing technologies are now commonplace and readily available.

Keywords

behavioural sciences computing; human computer interaction; mobile computing; sensors; social sciences computing; user interfaces; communication sensors; community health state; location sensors; long-term health outcomes; mobile phones; opportunistic behavior sensing; opportunistic opinion sensing; pervasive platform; sensing technologies; social interactions; Biomedical monitoring; Biosensors; Bluetooth; Medical services; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Sensors; Wireless LAN; behavioral analytics; computational social science; health and wellness; mobile computing; opportunistic social sensing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Pervasive Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1268

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MPRV.2011.79

Filename

6072198