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SUMMARY:Sense and Sensibility in a Pervasive World - Christos Efstratiou (
 University of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Eiko Yoneki
DESCRIPTION:The increasing popularity of location based social services su
 ch as Facebook Places\, Foursquare and Google Latitude\, solicits a new tr
 end in fusing social networking with real world sensing. The availability 
 of a wide range of sensing technologies in our everyday environment presen
 ts an opportunity to further enrich social networking systems with fine-gr
 ained real-world sensing. However\, the introduction of passive sensing in
 to a social networking application disrupts the traditional\, user-initiat
 ed input to social services\, raising both privacy and acceptability conce
 rns. In this work we present an empirical study of the introduction of a s
 ensor-driven social sharing application within the working environment of 
 a research institution. Our study is based on a real deployment of a syste
 m that involves location tracking\, conversation monitoring\, and interact
 ion with physical objects. By utilising surveys\, interviews and experienc
 e sampling techniques\, we report on our findings regarding privacy and us
 er experience issues\, and significant factors that can affect acceptabili
 ty of such services by the users. Our results suggest that such systems de
 liver significant value in the form of self reflection and comparison wit
 h others\, while privacy concerns are raised primarily by the limited cont
 rol over the way individuals are projected to their peers.\n\nThis talk wi
 ll also be presented at Pervasive 2012.\n
LOCATION:FW26\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Builiding
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