Use of Space and Time Information for Context Identification

Knowledge is something that we´re always seeking, but it is unthinkable that a person, with one´s common tasks of the day, could take the time to follow people around and ask them about a certain type of knowledge one is interested in. However, imagine if we could share it with many people, even those unknown? Imagine if we didn´t have to go one by one, asking them about common interests? Our gain would be huge. Not only in terms of time, but also in terms of gathered information. It is to fill this gap that the Mobile Exchange of Knowledge (MEK) concept came to life, so like its implications, which involve, in a mobile way, the interchange of knowledge between people who possess the same interests. Some issues like ad-hoc networks, social networks, location prediction and distributed knowledge management are also related with the MEK concept. However, to verify how effective our idea is, we conducted an experiment in the geographical space of an university in Brazil, where we analyzed the movements of students and also their interest and willingness to share them.