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The Future Ci+es Crowdsensor
João Rodrigues, Vítor Ribeiro, Ana Aguiar, João Barros FEUP, IT
What is a crowdsensor?
• Leveraging the power of the crowd • Use people as moving sensors to gather data
• Smartphones are a ubiquitous plaIorm with many connecKvity possibiliKes – 22% of the world populaKon by the end of 2013
• Business Insider Intelligence, Dec 2013
– 39.6% of mobile phone users in Portugal • Marktest, Aug 2013
– 50% of the 15-‐24 age group • Marktest, Aug 2013
– These figures are growing
• Modular and stable mobile sensing plaIorm – ApplicaKon for Android OS – Cloud storage – VisualisaKon plaIorm
CrowdSensor
InformaKon!
• 30 day data collecKon campaign • 10 users • ≈ 40h of data • ≈ 142k GPS-‐indexed points
Average Speed
Aggregate Fuel ConsumpKon
Important Places
# WiFi APs
What to do with the data?
• Available algorithms – Fuel consumpKon esKmaKon
– Mobility pabern and route similarity • E.g. car pooling or modal change suggesKons
– WiFi coverage maps • E.g. use for conKnuous coverage with WiFi roaming
– …
• What do users want? – Mobility decision support • Mobility self-‐assessment • Traffic alerts, alternaKve route suggesKons, parking spots, mobility costs
– Access to informaKon about the city • PolluKon, noise, traffic, comfort
– CiKzen parKcipaKon support
futureciKes.up.pt/livinglab
• Join as parKcipant • Contact us for designing new experiences