Place and Spatio-temporal Constraints on Social Networks
Spatio-Temporal Constraints on Social Networks Workshop, University of California, Santa Barbara, Center for Spatial Studies, 13-14 December 2010
Brent Hecht
“My interest in spatio-temporal constraints on social networks is twofold. First and foremost, I am focused on what can be learned about places from mining and understanding spatiotemporal constraints on social networks. For instance, how do we define a “local user” in the context of an online knowledge creation-oriented social network? [2] How do we communicate the degree of “localness” to a content consumer? My colleagues and I are also working toward applying this research in novel systems and applications. Second, I am a Ph.D. student in human-computer interaction with a background in geography and close ties to the fields of communication, psychology, and sociology. As a result, I have been involved in many brainstorming sessions in which questions arise about spatio-temporal constraints on social networks. I thus very much appreciate the need for additional research in this area, as well as increased communication between the multitudes of interested disciplines.”
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