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Incorporating Crowdsourced Data Into Operational Products: A Perspective From a National Meteorological Service

International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
Future advances in the fields of meteorology and climate science will require scientists to increasingly strive towards the provision of new high‐resolution services. In this context, the development of new products and services along the weather chain may greatly benefit from the adoption of second‐and‐third‐party data (23PD) as a source of high ...
Irene Garcia‐Marti, Christopher W. Brown, Alessandro Spinuso, Gijsbert Kruithof, Theo Brandsma, Jan Willem Noteboom   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

CrowdCafe - Mobile Crowdsourcing Platform

, 2016
In this paper we present a mobile crowdsourcing platform CrowdCafe, where people can perform microtasks using their smartphones while they ride a bus, travel by train, stand in a queue or wait for an appointment. These microtasks are executed in exchange for rewards provided by local stores, such as coffee, desserts and bus tickets.
Kucherbaev, Pavel, Abad, Azad, Tranquillini, Stefano, Daniel, Florian, Marchese, Maurizio, Casati, Fabio   +5 more
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Life after herbarium digitisation: Physical and digital collections, curation and use

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Societal Impact Statement Collections of dried plant specimens (herbaria) provide an invaluable resource for the study of many areas of scientific interest and conservation globally. Digitisation increases access to specimens and metadata, enabling efficient use across a broad spectrum of research.
Alan James Paton, Gabriel K. Ameka, Alexandre Antonelli, Alex Asase, Russell L. Barrett, Ann Bogaerts, Domingos Cardoso, Mark Carine, Alastair Culham, Syadwina H. Dalimunthe, Nina Davies, Sofie De Smedt, Sebebe Demissew, Rafaela Campostrini Forzza, Quentin Groom, Elspeth M. Haston, Abdulrokhman Kartonegoro, Paul Kersey, Isabel Larridon, Jana Leong‐Škorničková, Lucia G. Lohmann, Jehova Lourenco Jr., Hannah McPherson, Muthama Muasya, Nicky Nicolson, Marcelo Pace, Jack F. Plummer, Hélène Ralimanana, Himmah Rustiami, Hervé Sauquet, Emily B. Sessa, Eric Smets, Alex Sumadijaya, Jordan Teisher, Daniel C. Thomas, Eka F. Tihurua, Janine E. Victor, Sarah T. Wagner, Quiang Wang, Andrew Young   +39 more
wiley   +1 more source

ENHANCING USERS’ EXPERIENCE WITH SMART MOBILE TECHNOLOGY [PDF]

, 2015
The aim of this thesis is to investigate mobile guides for use with smartphones. Mobile guides have been successfully used to provide information, personalisation and navigation for the user.
Haji Matyassin, Haji Mohammad Alimin, Ministry of Education Brunei Darussalam   +1 more
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Games and gamification projects in the Australian public sector

Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract This article surveys the arrival of gameful government into Australian public sector practice. Gameful government is a shorthand, descriptive term denoting the interpenetration of (video)games, and design elements and thinking from them, into public sector work.
David Threlfall, Catherine Althaus
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Smart Parking Solution in a Campus Environment

EAI Endorsed Transactions on Energy Web, 2022
INTRODUCTION: With the continuous growth of cities and its demography, the number of vehicles has also increased in the cities which contributes to a greater difficulty in finding parking spaces. The time it takes for a citizen to find a free space in a
Elsa Remelhe, Marcelo Cerqueira, Pedro Miguel Faria, Sara Paiva   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Meaning of Work in the Digital Era: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda

Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As digital technologies continue to reshape the nature of work, their impact on workers' experience of the meaning of work has attracted growing scholarly interest. However, the existing body of findings remains largely fragmented and conceptually inconsistent.
Yukun Liu, Qi Fang, Yasin Rofcanin, Mireia Las Heras, Xiao‐Yun Xie   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainability in Radiology: Position Paper and Call to Action From ACR, AOSR, ASR, CAR, CIR, ESR, ESRNM, ISR, IS3R, RANZCR, and RSNA

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The urgency for climate action is recognised by international government and healthcare organisations, including the United Nations (UN) and World Health Organisation (WHO). Climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution negatively impact all life on earth. All populations are impacted but not equally; the most vulnerable are at highest risk,
Andrea G. Rockall, Bibb Allen, Maura J. Brown, Tarek El‐Diasty, Jan Fletcher, Rachel F. Gerson, Stacy Goergen, Amanda P. Marrero González, Thomas M. Grist, Kate Hanneman, Christopher P. Hess, Evelyn Lai Ming Ho, Dina H. Salama, Julia Schoen, Sarah Sheard   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Method for Spatial Crowdsourcing Task Assignment Based on Integrating of Genetic Algorithm and Ant Colony Optimization

IEEE Access, 2020
With the rapid development of mobile networks and the proliferation of mobile devices, Spatial Crowdsourcing (SC) has attracted the interest of industry and research groups.
Yang Wang, Chenxi Zhao, Shanshan Xu
doaj   +1 more source

Anticipating Information Needs Based on Check-in Activity

, 2017
In this work we address the development of a smart personal assistant that is capable of anticipating a user's information needs based on a novel type of context: the person's activity inferred from her check-in records on a location-based social network.
Kiseleva J., Shokouhi M., Yang D., Yilmaz E., Zhang D.   +4 more
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