Social Computing

The integration of theories and models from informatics and the social sciences makes it possible to detect, analyze, and interpret human and social behavior.

The integration of theories and models from informatics and the social sciences makes it possible to detect, analyze, and interpret human and social behavior. The work in the Social Computing Group integrates theories and models from ubiquitous computing, social media, machine learning, and social sciences, to sense, analyze, and interpret human and social behavior in everyday life, and to create devices and systems that support interaction and communication. Current research includes methods for urban computing from phone and mobile social network data, behavioral analysis of social video, ubiquitous sensing of face-to-face interaction, and crowdsourcing.

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How urban crowdsourcing platforms draw a world map of citizen contributions

research — Sep 26, 2023

In a systematic review, Idiap researchers analyzed urban data crowdsourcing platforms around the world. Their work highlights the growing role of these platforms to inform urban policies and shed light on the state of development of these tools.

“Today’s challenges call for human-centered approaches”

research — Jan 20, 2023

Head of the Social Computing research group, Daniel Gatica-Perez has contributed to Idiap’s vision of Artificial Intelligence for Society since 2002. Last year, he received two awards recognizing his long-term impact at the interface between technology and society.

Daniel Gatica-Perez receives ACM ICMI Sustained Accomplishment Award 2022

research — Nov 14, 2022

The award was presented at the ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction in Bengaluru, India, on November 9, 2022.

Ten-Year Impact Award in Ubiquitous Computing given to paper by USA-Switzerland research team

research — last modified Sep 19, 2022

The ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp) presented a 10-Year Impact Award to a paper on smartphone sensing co-authored by a team of researchers from Cornell University, Dartmouth College, University of Neuchâtel, and Idiap’s Social Computing Group.

How Covid-19 taught researchers to engage and empower citizens

research — May 23, 2022

Researchers from Idiap, EPFL, Leuphana University Lüneburg, and UNIL published in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications results of their work conducted in the midst of the pandemic related lockdowns. Their paper highlights the potential for both theoretical and applied research.

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Our group is regularly posting job openings ranging from internships to researcher positions. To check the opportunities currently available or to submit a speculative applications use the link below.Our group is regularly posting job openings ranging from internships to researcher positions. To check the opportunities currently available or to submit a speculative applications use the link below.