UCSD ActiveCampus and ActiveClass Projects

The UCSD ActiveCampus project is exploring the problem and opportunity of sustaining community through mobile wireless technology. A major thrust is the development of infrastructure for community-oriented ubiquitous computing. ActiveClass supports classroom activities such as anonymous asking of questions, polling, and student feedback. ActiveCampus Explorer supports several location aware applications, including location-aware instant messaging and maps of the user’s location annotated with dynamic hyperlinks of nearby buddies, digital graffiti, and other information.

I am primarily involved in the ActiveCampus project as an advisor with Bill Griswold. My main focus has been on ethnographic analyses (with Deborah Forster and Etienne Pelaprat) and on context-aware photography (with Ryan Sit, see www.jusspress.com)