Mk-sense: An extensible platform to conduct multi-institutional mobile sensing campaigns

Netzahualcóyotl Hernández*, Bert Arnrich, Jesús Favela, Remzi Gökhan, Cem Ersoy, Burcu Demiray, Jesús Fontecha

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Mobile sensing has become a growing area of research in pervasive healthcare. In this paper we present mk-sense, an open framework for mobile sensing on smartphones. mk-sense is an initiative to reduce the efforts of researchers involved in multi-institutional sensing campaign. It is designed to facilitate the collaboration of researchers that run simultaneous data collection efforts in different locations. We illustrate the use of mk-sense with two cross-cultural studies conducted in four different countries (Turkey, Mexico, Switzerland, and Spain) with a total of 77 participants. In this paper, we describe the challenges and experience of conducting research in the wild by using mk-sense as sensing platform. Finally, we present how the conducted studies influenced the design decisions of mk-sense, including features, and tools to monitor data gathering in real-time.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUbiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence - 10th International Conference, UCAmI 2016, Proceedings
EditorsPino Caballero-Gil, Carmelo R. García, Alexis Quesada-Arencibia, Mike Burmester
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages207-216
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783319487458
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event10th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence, UCAmI 2016 - San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Gran Canaria, Spain
Duration: 29 Nov 20162 Dec 2016

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10069 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference10th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence, UCAmI 2016
Country/TerritorySpain
CitySan Bartolomé de Tirajana, Gran Canaria
Period29/11/162/12/16

Keywords

  • Data management application
  • Mobile devices
  • Sensing campaign
  • Smartphones

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