Urban Space
Understanding how people move, gather, and communicate across areas of a city.
Research Topic
Urban Communication Patterns
Analysis of urban mobility, phone contacts, co-presence, and social behavior through anonymized mobile-network traces.
Focus
Urban behavior through mobile communication data.
This research line analyzed large anonymized mobile phone datasets to study the mobility of urban populations, sociality expressed through phone contacts, and co-presence in city areas. The results supported the study of new paradigms for mobile networks and services.
Co-presence
Studying phone contacts and shared presence in places of interest across the city.