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Interpersonal relationships are necessary for successful daily functioning and wellbeing. Numerous studies have demonstrated the importance of social connectivity for mental health, both through direct peer-to-peer influence and by the…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2017-12-07 Tjeerd W. Boonstra , Aliza Werner-Seidler , Bridianne O'Dea , Mark E. Larsen , Helen Christensen

Smartphones are now frequently used by end-users as the portals to cloud-based services, and smartphones are easily stolen or co-opted by an attacker. Beyond the initial log-in mechanism, it is highly desirable to re-authenticate end-users…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-03-13 Wei-Han Lee , Ruby Lee

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have enabled continuous monitoring of an area of interest (body, room, region, etc.) while eliminating expensive wired infrastructure. Typically in such applications, wireless sensor nodes report the sensed…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-07-25 Chayan Sarkar , Vijay S. Rao , R. Venkatesha Prasad

In this paper, we investigate the issue of integrated sensing, computation and communication (SCC) in beyond fifth-generation (B5G) cellular internet of things (IoT) networks. According to the characteristics of B5G cellular IoT, a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-17 Qiao Qi , Xiaoming Chen , Caijun Zhong , Zhaoyang Zhang

This study presents a comprehensive dataset capturing indoor environmental parameters, physiological responses, and subjective perceptions across three global cities. Utilizing wearable sensors, including smart eyeglasses, and a modified…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-09-18 Patrick Chwalek , Sailin Zhong , Nathan Perry , Tianqi Liu , Clayton Miller , Hamed Seiied Alavi , Denis Lalanne , Joseph A. Paradiso

In this article, we put forward the mobile crowd sensing paradigm based on ubiquitous wearable devices carried by human users. The key challenge for mass user involvement into prospective urban crowd sending applications, such as monitoring…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-21 Olga Galinina , Konstantin Mikhaylov , Kaibin Huang , Sergey Andreev , Yevgeni Koucheryavy

Contact tracing is widely considered as an effective procedure in the fight against epidemic diseases. However, one of the challenges for technology based contact tracing is the high number of false positives, questioning its…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-07-28 Khuong An Nguyen , Zhiyuan Luo , Chris Watkins

There is a research field of human activity recognition that automatically recognizes a user's physical activity through sensing technology incorporated in smartphones and other devices. When sensing daily activity, various measurement…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-01-05 Tatsuhito Hasegawa

Participatory Sensing is an emerging computing paradigm that enables the distributed collection of data by self-selected participants. It allows the increasing number of mobile phone users to share local knowledge acquired by their…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2013-02-11 Emiliano De Cristofaro , Claudio Soriente

Digital contact tracing is being used by many countries to help contain COVID-19's spread in a post-lockdown world. Among the various available techniques, decentralized contact tracing that uses Bluetooth received signal strength…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-11-08 Hsu-Chun Hsiao , Chun-Ying Huang , Shin-Ming Cheng , Bing-Kai Hong , Hsin-Yuan Hu , Chia-Chien Wu , Jian-Sin Lee , Shih-Hong Wang , Wei Jeng

Advancements in wireless communication and the increased accessibility to low-cost sensing and data processing IoT technologies have increased the research and development of urban monitoring systems. Most smart city research projects rely…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-02-23 Vijay Kumar , Sam Gunner , Theodoros Spyridopoulos , Antonis Vafeas , James Pope , Poonam Yadav , George Oikonomou , Theo Tryfonas

Mobile smartphones compactly provide sensors such as cameras, IMUs, GNSS measurement units, and wireless and wired communication channels required for robotics projects. They are affordable, portable, and programmable, which makes them…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-18 Masoud Dayani Najafabadi , Khoshnam Shojaei

Background: Mobile phone sensor technology has great potential in providing behavioral markers of mental health. However, this promise has not yet been brought to fruition. Objective: The objective of our study was to examine challenges…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2018-08-01 Tjeerd W Boonstra , Jennifer Nicholas , Quincy JJ Wong , Frances Shaw , Samuel Townsend , Helen Christensen

Pedestrian Indoor localization based on modalities available in modern smartphones have been widely studied in literature and many of the specific challenges have been addressed. However, very few approaches consider the whole problem and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-01 Christophe Villien , Anne Frassati , Bruno Flament

This dissertation proposes an electrocardiogram (ECG) tracking device that diagnoses cardiopulmonary problems using the Internet of Things (IoT) desired results. The initiative is built on the internet observing an electrocardiogram with…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-27 Hemalatha R J , Shubham Malhotra , Shivapanchakshari T G , Lokesh K , Dev Anand D , Samson Jebakumar S

We propose a two-layer mobile sink and static sensor network (MSSSN) architecture for large scale wireless sensor networks. The top layer is a mobile ad hoc network of resource-rich sink nodes while the bottom layer is a network of static…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-12-09 Natarajan Meghanathan , Gordon Skelton

We present the Sounds of New York City (SONYC) project, a smart cities initiative focused on developing a cyber-physical system for the monitoring, analysis and mitigation of urban noise pollution. Noise pollution is one of the topmost…

Map matching has been used to reduce the noisiness of the location estimates by aligning them to the road network on a digital map. A growing number of applications, e.g. energy-efficient localization and cellular provider side…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2015-10-14 Heba Aly , Moustafa Youssef

The 6th generation (6G) wireless networks will likely to support a variety of capabilities beyond communication, such as sensing and localization, through the use of communication networks empowered by advanced technologies. Integrated…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Ruiqi Liu , Mengnan Jian , Dawei Chen , Xu Lin , Yichao Cheng , Wei Cheng , Shijun Chen

The Internet of Things helps to have every individual interconnected with their surroundings and to interact with them through smart devices. In recent years, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology has become very popular in smart…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-02-18 Petros Spachos , Konstantinos Plataniotis