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May 28/29 Quantified Self 2011 – Conference in Mountain View, California, NodeXL EventGraph Maps of #quantifiedself

May 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment

I am very interested in the Quantified Self conference to be held in Mountain View, California, May 28 and 29.  While I have attended just a few of the in-person meet-ups, which were engaging and intriguing events, I have followed the blog and tweet stream closely.  These events feature short presentations about practices, prototypes, and [...]

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Tags: Conference · Location · Measuring social media · Medical sensors · Mobile Devices · Mobile Social Software · Network clusters and communities · Network visualization layouts · NodeXL · Quantified Self · Robotics and human augmentation · Sensors · SMRF · Social Interaction · Social Media · Social Media Research Foundation · Social network · Social Roles · Social Theories and concepts · Sociology · Technology · Visualization

Video: Instrumenting the interaction order: Tanzeem Choudhury speaks at the Networked Governance CCCSN Seminar 2009-03-02

March 5th, 2009 · No Comments

On the theme of  instrumenting the interaction order, here is Tanzeem Choudhury (from Dartmouth) giving a talk titled: “Using Sensors to Make Sense of People: Inferring the Micro and Macro Level Properties of Social Networks from Mobile Sensor Data” which she delivered March 2, 2009 as part of the Program on Networked Governance CCCSN Seminar. Program [...]

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Tags: Mobile Devices · Mobile Social Software · Research · Sensors · Social network · Sociology · Technology · Visualization

The Future of Helath Insurance: Mobile Medical Sensors and Dynamic Pricing

February 18th, 2009 · No Comments

After a lovely dinner you order a third glass of wine, take a sip and your mobile phone rings. Its your health insurance company’s computer. You take the call. “We’re delighted to see you are enjoying yourself this evening!” the cheerful voice synthesis exclaims. “Please note, however, that you are now at the policy limit [...]

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Tags: Medical sensors · Mobile Devices · Sensors