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SBP 2013 Data Challenge: sbp2013.org/challenge.shtml
Int. Conf. on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling,
and Prediction (SBP 2013)
Washington, DC, April 2-5, 2013
www.sbp2013.org/
SBP is pleased to announce a data challenge in 2013 and expect it to build upon the successes of last year's inaugural challenge. The theme of the SBP 2013 Challenge is about how to better demonstrate the scientific and business value of "big data".
Challenge Overview
Cell phones afford a convenient platform to advance the understanding of social dynamics and influence, because of their pervasiveness, sensing capabilities, and computational power. Lack of data in the public domain and the interdisciplinary nature of conducting social science research with mobile phones, however, continue to limit the role mobile phones play in social research and mobile commerce backed with a solid social science foundation.
In an attempt to address these challenges, we have worked with the MIT Human Dynamics laboratory and Media Lab to release several mobile data sets on "Reality Commons" that contain the dynamics of several communities of about 100 people each.
Challenge Problem
We invite researchers to
1) propose and submit their own applications of the data to demonstrate the scientific and business values of these data sets, to
2) suggest how to meaningfully extend these experiments to larger populations, or to
3) develop the math that fits agent-based models or systems dynamics models to larger populations.
The problem itself will be open-ended and encourage approaches from different disciplines, encompassing a range of applications using this data.
Submissions and Finalists
Submissions will be evaluated based on theoretical grounding as well as experimental evidence. Winners will be selected by an interdisciplinary committee of researchers and will be recognized at the conference with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes. The winners will introduce the idea briefly at the conference to the audience and/or give a quick demo.
Important Dates
- Submission deadline: January 31, 2013 (23:59 PST)
- Notification of Winners: March 2, 2013