Social Pervasive Systems - The Integration of Social Networks and Pervasive Systems

Soumaia Al Ayyat, Sherif Aly, Khaled Harras

2013

Abstract

Sensor technology embedded in smart mobile devices branded such devices as candidates for building innovative context-aware pervasive applications. On a parallel front, the notable evolution in the shape and form of social networking and their seamless accessibility from mobile devices founded a goldmine of contextual information. Utilizing an ecosystem that combines both mobile smart devices and a big data like environment in the form of social networks allows for the creation of an elitist set of services and applications that merge the two domains. In this paper, and following the footsteps of similar research efforts that attempted to combine both domains, we describe what we label as Social Pervasive Systems that cross-pollinate a mutually influential mobile and social world with opportunities for new breeds of applications. We present herein the evolution of the merger between both worlds for a better understanding. Above and beyond what related work achieved, we present a set of new services and potential applications that emerge from this new blend, and also describe some of the expected challenges such systems will face.

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Al Ayyat S., Aly S. and Harras K. (2013). Social Pervasive Systems - The Integration of Social Networks and Pervasive Systems . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Embedded Computing and Communication Systems - Volume 1: PECCS, ISBN 978-989-8565-43-3, pages 118-124. DOI: 10.5220/0004306101180124


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@conference{peccs13,
author={Soumaia Al Ayyat and Sherif Aly and Khaled Harras},
title={Social Pervasive Systems - The Integration of Social Networks and Pervasive Systems},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Embedded Computing and Communication Systems - Volume 1: PECCS,},
year={2013},
pages={118-124},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004306101180124},
isbn={978-989-8565-43-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Embedded Computing and Communication Systems - Volume 1: PECCS,
TI - Social Pervasive Systems - The Integration of Social Networks and Pervasive Systems
SN - 978-989-8565-43-3
AU - Al Ayyat S.
AU - Aly S.
AU - Harras K.
PY - 2013
SP - 118
EP - 124
DO - 10.5220/0004306101180124