An automatic user study demo in indoor environments and its privacy implications

User studies usually involve much organization and manual labor. Even when performed correctly, a common problem of the studies is user bias. This occurs when participating users' knowledge of the study influences their actions. Another problem is the willingness of the users to participate at...

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Published in2009 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications pp. 1 - 3
Main Authors Farivar, R., Montanari, M., Chan, E., Campbell, R.H.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.03.2009
Subjects
Accelerometers
Ethics
Fingerprint recognition
Handheld computers
Indoor environments
Internet
Microphones
Noise measurement
Privacy
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Summary:User studies usually involve much organization and manual labor. Even when performed correctly, a common problem of the studies is user bias. This occurs when participating users' knowledge of the study influences their actions. Another problem is the willingness of the users to participate at all. Finally, participants will always have privacy concerns. We have developed a framework to help with anonymized user studies, trying to solve the aforementioned problems. We have prepared a demo to show the effectiveness of our system.
DOI:10.1109/PERCOM.2009.4912797