Digital technologies have recently become more advanced, allowing for the development of
social networking sites and applications. Despite these advancements, phone calls and text …

The knowledge of the spatial and temporal distribution of human population is vital for the
study of cities, disaster risk management or planning of infrastructure. However, information …

Background and aims Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a complementary
epidemiological data source to monitor stimulant consumption. The aims were to:(i) study …

The rapid spread of COVID-19 infections on a global level has highlighted the need for
accurate, transparent and timely information regarding collective mobility patterns to inform …

With the consolidation of the culture of evidence-based policymaking, the availability of data
has become central to policymakers. Nowadays, innovative data sources offer an …

In this contribution we outline the concept of Trusted Smart Statistics as the natural evolution
of official statistics in the new datafied world. Traditional data sources, namely survey and …

In this discussion paper, we outline the motivations and the main principles of the Trusted
Smart Statistics (TSS) concept that is under development in the European Statistical System …

Aggregating crowd density in grids from big mobile datasets is a basic but critical work in
urban computing and mobile computing. The error of position estimation in raw mobile data …

The traditional approach to mobile phone positioning is based on the assumption that the
geographical location of a cell tower recorded in a Call Details Record (CDR) is a proxy for a …

Mobile positioning is recognised to be one of the most promising new sources of data for the
production of fast and cost-effective statistics regarding population and mobility …