Crowdsourcing, a distributed human problem-solving paradigm is an active research area
which has attracted significant attention in the fields of computer science, business, and …

Policy and research argue for multi-stakeholder inclusion in design and planning to increase
urban qualities and resilience. Communicative planning and agent-based modelling are two …

Internet of Things (IoT) is a paradigm that allows composing systems from objects equipped
with identification, sensing or acting behaviors in addition to processing capabilities, which …

Crowdsourcing design for complex products has open objectives and requires collaboration
among different fields. It is difficult to use a single approach to describe the process in which …

Worldwide, the electricity sector has undergone radical changes with the emergence of new
technologies that expand possibilities. In such a dynamic environment, the sector's …

In recent years, digital technologies have been used to support discussions about the city
and also to involve citizens in participatory public processes. However, despite the …

Acropolis is a social computing platform especially designed to engage citizens in building
and sharing their own narratives about complex or long-term news stories. The first two …

Waiting for service is a problem faced by people from different countries and cultures. The
problem of waiting in a queue can bring losses of quality of life and even economic …

This work proposes the use of vivid impressions of users to monitor the waiting and service
time in the provision of public and private services. The solution consists of an environment …

Este trabalho apresenta uma proposta de pesquisa exploratória para doutorado que
envolve as áreas da informática e da educação. O objetivo é contribuir com o aumento no …