The Live Social Semantics application: a platform for integrating face-to-face presence with on-line social networking

Wouter van den Broeck (1) , Ciro Cattuto (1) , Alain Barrat (2, 1, 3, 4) , Martin Szomszor (5) , Gianluca Correndo (5) , Harith Alani (6)

1 ISI - Data Science Laboratory
2 CPT - E5 Physique statistique et systèmes complexes
3 CPT - Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 6207
4 CPT - Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332
5 ECS - School of Electronics and Computer Science
6 KMi - Knowledge Media Institute

We describe a novel application that integrates real-world data on the face-to-face proximity of individuals with their identities and contacts in on-line social networks. This application was successfully deployed at two conference gatherings, ESWC09 and HT2009, and actively used by hundreds of people. Personal profiles of the participants were automatically generated using several Web 2.0 systems and semantic data sources, and integrated in real-time with face-toface proximity relations detected using RFID-enabled badges. The integration of these heterogeneous data sources enables various services that enhance the experience of conference attendees, allowing them to explore their social neighborhood and to connect with other participants. This paper describes the architecture of the application, the services we provided, and the results we achieved in these deployments.

Domaines: Ordinateur et société [cs.CY]; Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]

Wouter van den Broeck, Ciro Cattuto, Alain Barrat, Martin Szomszor, Gianluca Correndo, et al.. The Live Social Semantics application: a platform for integrating face-to-face presence with on-line social networking. First International Workshop on Communication, Collaboration and Social Networking in Pervasive Computing Environments (PerCol 2010), Mar 2010, Mannheim, Germany. pp.226. ⟨hal-00467934⟩