Mobility Patterns
Extracting regularities in how people move and interact through mobile devices.
Research Topic
Mobile User Behavior
Extraction and analysis of spatio-temporal mobility patterns and social interactions from anonymized mobile phone datasets.
Focus
Mobile traces as signals of mobility and sociality.
This research line focused on extracting social interactions and mobility patterns from mobile phone datasets, such as anonymized Call Detail Records. The goal was both to better understand technology-mediated social behavior and to help network and service providers manage resources according to spatio-temporal service dynamics.
Social Interactions
Analyzing communication and co-presence patterns in large mobile-network traces.