SocialNet: social sensing to leverage new technologies and applications for the development of urban societies

• Grant number: 23/00148-0
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: August 01, 2023
• End date: July 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computing Methodologies and Techniques
• Agreement: MCTI/MC
• Principal Investigator: Thiago Henrique Silva
• Grantee: Thiago Henrique Silva
• Host Institution: Campus Curitiba. Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR). Ministério da Educação (Brasil)
• Associated researchers: Daniel Silver ; Leandro Aparecido Villas ; Mark Fox ; Michelle Reddy ; Milos Brocic ; Myriam Regattieri De Biase da Silva Delgado ; Pedro Olmo Stancioli Vaz de Melo ; Ricardo Luders ; Rodrigo Minetto ; Vinicius Fernandes Soares Mota
• Associated scholarship(s): 24/17885-0 - Study of user behavior using LBSN data, BP.TT; 24/04013-4 - Sentiment identification in images, BP.TT; 24/04012-8 - Modeling and Knowledge Extraction in Graphs, BP.TT; 23/12259-0 - SocialNet: social sensing to leverage new technologies and applications for the development of urban societies, BP.TT; 23/12345-4 - SocialNet: Social Sensing to Leverage New Technologies and Applications for the Development of Urban Societies, BP.TT

Abstract

New massive sources of data, such as Waze and Twitter, known as location-based social networks (LBSN), enable large-scale observation of users in (almost) real-time and during considerable windows of time, thus being a source of social sensing. Thus, our research is guided by the objectives of: (1) characterizing and modeling the patterns of social behavior and city dynamics with the help of different LBSNs; and (2) exploring identified patterns for proposing new services and applications to enhance the development of urban societies. From this perspective, a clear understanding of the patterns of social behavior and the dynamics of cities can lead to insights into mechanisms that contribute to developing more sophisticated services and applications in urban computing. The research proposed here aims to characterize and model the patterns of social behavior and the dynamics of cities. Particular interest is in cultural and urban mobility patterns, as well as factors that can be used to classify different geographic regions and understand the behavior of groups of users in different scenarios (both physical and virtual). In addition, this research also addresses the exploration of patterns identified in new mechanisms and services, particularly new mechanisms for the study of cultural differences on a large scale considering different aspects, new mechanisms to assist in the difficult task of classifying areas and studying the behavior of user groups facing complex situations, such as polarized scenarios, as well as new application services that improve the daily lives of users in cities. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SANTOS, GUSTAVO H.; GUBERT, FERNANDA R.; DELGADO, MYRIAM; SILVA, THIAGO H.. Modeling Interest Networks in Urban Areas: A Comparative Study of Google Places and Foursquare Across Countries. JOURNAL OF INTERNET SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS, v. 16, n. 1, p. 18-pg., 2025-01-01. (23/00148-0)

DURECK, EDUARDO H.; BENETTI, DANIEL; JUNIOR, WISTON C. P.; SILVA, THIAGO H.; LOPES, HEITOR S.; DREYER, UILIAN J.; SOUSA, KLEITON M.; PIPA, DANIEL R.; DA SILVA, JEAN CARLOS CARDOZO. Contactor Fault Detection and Classification System Using Optical Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors. IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL, v. 24, n. 4, p. 8-pg., 2024-02-15. (23/00148-0)

RIBEIRO, IRAN F.; COMARELA, GIOVANNI; ROCHA, ANTONIO A. A.; MOTA, VINICIUS F. S.. Towards a Framework to Evaluate Generative Time Series Models for Mobility Data Features. JOURNAL OF INTERNET SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS, v. 15, n. 1, p. 15-pg., 2024-01-01. (23/00148-0, 20/05182-3)

RIBEIRO, IRAN F.; BROTTO, GUILHERME; ROCHA, ANTONIO A. DE A.; MOTA, VINICIUS E. S.. Measuring Fidelity and Utility of Time Series Generative Adversarial Networks. 2024 IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS, ISCC 2024, v. N/A, p. 6-pg., 2024-01-01. (20/05182-3, 23/00148-0)

GUBERT, FERNANDA R.; SANTOS, GUSTAVO H.; DELGADO, MYRIAM; SILVER, DANIEL; SILVA, THIAGO H.. Culture Fingerprint: Identification of Culturally Similar Urban Areas Using Google Places Data. SOCIAL NETWORKS ANALYSIS AND MINING, ASONAM 2024, PT II, v. 15212, p. 12-pg., 2025-01-01. (23/00148-0)

DA SILVA, MIKAELLA F.; SANTOS, BRUNO P.; RETTORE, PAULO H. L.; MOTA, VINICIUS F. S.. A Privacy-Preserving Contact Tracing System based on a Publish-Subscribe Model. JOURNAL OF INTERNET SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS, v. 15, n. 1, p. 14-pg., 2024-01-01. (23/00148-0, 20/05182-3)

KOBELLARZ, JORDAN K.; BROCIC, MILOS; SILVER, DANIEL; SILVA, THIAGO H.. Bubble reachers and uncivil discourse in polarized online public sphere. PLoS One, v. 19, n. 6, p. 30-pg., 2024-06-20. (23/00148-0)

SILVA, THIAGO H.; FOX, MARK S.. Integrating social media data: Venues, groups and activities. EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS, v. 243, p. 12-pg., 2023-12-13. (23/00148-0)

BORGES, JULIO C.; PEIXOTO, ALTIERIS M.; SILVA, THIAGO H.; MUNARETTO, ANELISE; LUEDERS, RICARDO. Towards spatiotemporal integration of bus transit with data-driven approaches. JOURNAL OF INTERNET SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS, v. 15, n. 1, p. 13-pg., 2024-01-01. (23/00148-0)

SILVA, THIAGO H.; SILVER, DANIEL. Using graph neural networks to predict local culture. ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING B-URBAN ANALYTICS AND CITY SCIENCE, v. N/A, p. 22-pg., 2024-06-14. (23/00148-0)

GUBERT, FERNANDA R. R.; SANTIN, PRISCILA; FONSECA, MAURO; MUNARETTO, ANELISE; SILVA, THIAGO H. H.. On strategies to help reduce contamination on public transit: a multilayer network approach. APPLIED NETWORK SCIENCE, v. 8, n. 1, p. 22-pg., 2023-06-23. (23/00148-0)