Citizen sensing is an approach that develops and uses lightweight technologies with local
communities to collect, share and act upon data. In doing so it enables them to become …

Our work explores the convergence between participatory sensing, political activism and
public expressions. Unlike prior research, which focuses on personal sensing, we present …

The way people participate in decision making has radically changed over the last few
decades. Technology has facilitated the sharing of knowledge, ideas and opinions across …

In this chapter, we present an important new shift in mobile phone usage—from
communication tool to “networked mobile personal measurement instrument.” We explore …

The development of sensing systems for urban deployments is still in its infancy. An
interesting unresolved issue is the precise role assumed by people within such systems …

As sensing technologies become increasingly distributed and democratized, citizens and
novice users are becoming responsible for the kinds of data collection and analysis that …

Citizen science is increasingly being used in diverse research domains. With the emergence
and rapid development of sensor technologies, citizens potentially have more powerful tools …

As web technology and (big) data continue to transform how we organize ourselves,
scholarly research increasingly zooms in on the socio-material conditions of citizen …

A new wave of smart-city projects is underway that proposes to deploy sensorbased
ubiquitous computing across urban infrastructures and mobile devices to achieve greater …

Ubiquitous sensor networks and Location-based Services can potentially assist in taking
decisions in near real time in a variety of application areas such as public safety, traffic …