2020
Trilles-Oliver, Sergio; Tortosa, David; Granell-Canut, Carlos
La evolución del proyecto Sucre4Kids mediante el paradigma del Internet de las Cosas Proceedings Article
In: Actas de las Jornadas sobre Enseñanza Universitaria de la Informática (JENUI) Valencia, Spain, Jul 2020, pp. 53-60, 2020, ISSN: 2531-0607.
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: education, Internet of things, RyC-Granell, SUCRE, sucre4kids, sucre4stem
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Degbelo, Auriol; Granell-Canut, Carlos; Trilles-Oliver, Sergio; Bhattacharya, Devanjan; Wissing, Jonas
Tell Me How My Open Data is Re-used: increasing transparency through the Open City Toolkit Book Chapter
In: H. Han S. Hawken, C. Pettit (Ed.): Open Cities, Open Data: Collaborative Cities in the Information Era , pp. 311-330, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, ISBN: 978-981-13-6604-8..
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: GEO-C, open cities, open data, RyC-Granell
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The Open Data movement has been gaining momentum in recent years, with increasingly many public institutions making their data freely accessible. Despite much data being already open (and more to come), finding information about the actual usage of these open datasets is still a challenge. This chapter introduces two tools of the Open City Toolkit (OCT) that tackle this issue: a tool to increase transparency and interactive guidelines. Interviews with city council employees confirmed the utility of the transparency tool. Both tools can be used by city councils (for planning purposes) and by users interested to know more about the value of current open datasets (for information purposes).
2019
González-Pérez, Alberto; Miralles-Tena, Ignacio; Granell-Canut, Carlos; Casteleyn, Sven
Challenges to Deliver Sensor-based Psychological Interventions using Smartphones Proceedings Article
In: Adjunct Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the 2019 International Symposium on Wearable Computers , pp. 915-920, ACM, New York, 2019, ISBN: 978-1-4503-6869-8.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: FPU_Miralles, FPU-González, mental health, Mobile apps, RyC-Casteleyn, RyC-Granell, symptoms
@inproceedings{González-Pérez2019,
title = {Challenges to Deliver Sensor-based Psychological Interventions using Smartphones},
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Miralles-Tena, Ignacio; Granell-Canut, Carlos
Considerations for designing context-aware mobile apps for mental health interventions Journal Article
In: International journal of environmental research and public health, vol. 6, no. 7, pp. 1197, 2019, (IF).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: context-aware computing, FPU_Miralles, Health applications, Mobile apps, RyC-Granell, symptoms
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considerations. The resulting considerations can help therapists and developers to devise, design, and generate custom mobile applications in a way that increases the motivation and engagement of patients and, therefore, the effectiveness of psychological treatments.
considerations. The resulting considerations can help therapists and developers to devise, design, and generate custom mobile applications in a way that increases the motivation and engagement of patients and, therefore, the effectiveness of psychological treatments.
Rodríguez-Pupo, Luis Enrique; Granell-Canut, Carlos; Casteleyn, Sven
An Analytics Platform for Integrating and Computing Spatio-temporal Metrics Journal Article
In: ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 54, 2019, (IF).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: context-aware computing, RyC-Casteleyn, RyC-Granell, Software metrics
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Smid, Marek; Russo, S.; Costa, Ana Cristina; Granell-Canut, Carlos; Pebesma, Edzer
Ranking European Capitals by Exposure to Heat Waves and Cold Waves Journal Article
In: Urban climate, vol. 27, pp. 388-402, 2019.
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: GEO-C, RyC-Granell
@article{Smid2019,
title = {Ranking European Capitals by Exposure to Heat Waves and Cold Waves},
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abstract = {In warming Europe, we are witnessing a growth in urban population with aging trend, which will make the society more exposed and vulnerable to extreme weather events. In the period 1950–2015 the occurrence of extreme heat waves increased across European capitals. As an example, in 2010 Moscow was hit by the strongest heat wave of the present era, killing more than ten thousand people. The cold extremes will have decreasing tendency as global warming progresses, however due to higher variability of future climates, the cold wave hazard may remain locally important threat. Moreover, the heat and cold-related mortality will be enhanced with foreseen demographic evolution in European cities. Here we focus on larger metropolitan areas of European capitals (EU28 plus Moscow, Oslo and Zurich). By using an ensemble of eight EURO-CORDEX models under the RCP8.5 scenario, we detected heat waves and cold waves events by deployment of Heat Wave Magnitude Index daily and its cold wave counterpart. We introduce a ranking procedure based on ensemble predictions using the median of metropolitan grid cells for each capital, and population density as a proxy to quantify the future exposure. All the investigated European metropolitan areas will be more vulnerable to extreme heat in the coming decades. Based on the impact ranking, results reveal that cold waves will represent some threat in mid of the century but they will not be the major threat in any of European capitals, and that they are projected to completely vanish by the end of this century. On the contrary, in near, but even more so in distant future, extreme heat events in European capitals will be not exclusive to traditionally exposed areas such as the Mediterranean and the Iberian Peninsula. The ranking of European capitals based on their exposure to extreme heat is of paramount importance to decision makers in order to mitigate the heat related mortality, especially with the foreseen increase of global mean temperature. Furthermore, this simple comparative indicator helps communicating the global, complex and impersonal issue of climate change locally thus contributing to raise awareness and call for action.},
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In warming Europe, we are witnessing a growth in urban population with aging trend, which will make the society more exposed and vulnerable to extreme weather events. In the period 1950–2015 the occurrence of extreme heat waves increased across European capitals. As an example, in 2010 Moscow was hit by the strongest heat wave of the present era, killing more than ten thousand people. The cold extremes will have decreasing tendency as global warming progresses, however due to higher variability of future climates, the cold wave hazard may remain locally important threat. Moreover, the heat and cold-related mortality will be enhanced with foreseen demographic evolution in European cities. Here we focus on larger metropolitan areas of European capitals (EU28 plus Moscow, Oslo and Zurich). By using an ensemble of eight EURO-CORDEX models under the RCP8.5 scenario, we detected heat waves and cold waves events by deployment of Heat Wave Magnitude Index daily and its cold wave counterpart. We introduce a ranking procedure based on ensemble predictions using the median of metropolitan grid cells for each capital, and population density as a proxy to quantify the future exposure. All the investigated European metropolitan areas will be more vulnerable to extreme heat in the coming decades. Based on the impact ranking, results reveal that cold waves will represent some threat in mid of the century but they will not be the major threat in any of European capitals, and that they are projected to completely vanish by the end of this century. On the contrary, in near, but even more so in distant future, extreme heat events in European capitals will be not exclusive to traditionally exposed areas such as the Mediterranean and the Iberian Peninsula. The ranking of European capitals based on their exposure to extreme heat is of paramount importance to decision makers in order to mitigate the heat related mortality, especially with the foreseen increase of global mean temperature. Furthermore, this simple comparative indicator helps communicating the global, complex and impersonal issue of climate change locally thus contributing to raise awareness and call for action.
2018
Granell-Canut, Carlos; Trilles-Oliver, Sergio
El proyecto SUCRE4Kids: una iniciativa de hardware y software libre para la introducción a la programación Journal Article
In: Novática, no. 240, 2018, ISBN: 2444-6629.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: education, RyC-Granell, SUCRE, sucre4kids
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Granell-Canut, Carlos; Nüst, Daniel; Ostermann, Frank; Sileryte, Rusne
Reproducible Research is like riding a bike Journal Article
In: PeerJ, pp. e27216v1, 2018.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Reproducible research, RyC-Granell
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abstract = {Reproducibility is a fundamental pillar in science but it has recently been described as hard and challenging to achieve, as stated in numerous editorials and papers, some of which alert on a “reproducibility crisis”. In this article we outline 1/ the approach taken to put Reproducible Research (RR) in the agenda of the GIScience community, 2/ first actions and initial lessons learned towards the discussion and adoption of RR principles and practices in the workflows and habits of researchers, and finally, we present 3/ our short-term strategy (two years) and specific actions to achieve the main goal of making RR an integral part of scientific workflows of the GIScience community.},
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Reproducibility is a fundamental pillar in science but it has recently been described as hard and challenging to achieve, as stated in numerous editorials and papers, some of which alert on a “reproducibility crisis”. In this article we outline 1/ the approach taken to put Reproducible Research (RR) in the agenda of the GIScience community, 2/ first actions and initial lessons learned towards the discussion and adoption of RR principles and practices in the workflows and habits of researchers, and finally, we present 3/ our short-term strategy (two years) and specific actions to achieve the main goal of making RR an integral part of scientific workflows of the GIScience community.
2017
Portela, Manuel; Granell-Canut, Carlos
A new friend in our Smartphone? Observing Interactions with Chatbots in the search of emotional engagement Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of 18th edition of the International Conference promoted by the Spanish Human Computer Interaction Association (Interaccion’17). Quintana roo, Mexico, 1-3 Sep 2017. , ACM, 2017, ISBN: 978-1-4503-5229-1.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: bots, GEO-C, RyC-Granell
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Miralles-Tena, Ignacio; Granell-Canut, Carlos; Rodríguez-Pupo, Luis Enrique; Casteleyn, Sven; Huerta-Guijarro, Joaquín
Games, health and the city: Developing location-aware games for leveraging the most suitable places for physical activity. Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play - Extended Abstracts (CHI PLAY 2017). Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Oct 2017. , pp. 239-245, ACM, 2017, ISBN: 978-1-4503-5111-9.
BibTeX | Tags: FPU_Miralles, geogames, geolocation, Health applications, Physical activity, RyC-Casteleyn, RyC-Granell
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Rodríguez-Pupo, Luis Enrique; Casteleyn, Sven; Granell-Canut, Carlos
On Metrics for Location-aware Games Journal Article
In: ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, vol. 6, no. 10, pp. 299, 2017, ISSN: 2220-9964.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: geogames, geolocation, RyC-Casteleyn, RyC-Granell, Software metrics
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Portela, Manuel; Granell-Canut, Carlos
Approaching empathy in the interaction with everyday objects. A comprehensive path to understand Affect and Place in the urban context Conference
8th International conference on Communities and Technologies 2017 conference, Doctoral Consortium. Troyes, France, 26 June 2017. , 2017.
BibTeX | Tags: GEO-C, interaction, RyC-Granell
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Busetto, Lorenzo; Casteleyn, Sven; Granell-Canut, Carlos; Pepe, Monica; Barbieri, M.; Campos-Taberner, M.; Casa, R.; Collivignarelli, F.; Confalonieri, R.; Crema, A.; García-Haro, F. J.; Gatti, L.; Gitas, I. Z.; González-Pérez, Alberto; Grau-Muedra, G.; Guarneri, T.; Holecz, F.; Katsantonis, D.; Minakou, C.; Miralles-Tena, Ignacio; Movedi, E.; Nutini, F.; Pagani, V.; Palombo, A.; Paola, F. D.; Pascucci, S.; Pignatti, S.; Rampini, A.; Ranghetti, L.; Ricciardelli, E.; Romano, F.; Stavrakoudis, D. G.; Stroppiana, D.; Viggiano, M.; Boschetti, M.
Downstream Services for Rice Crop Monitoring in Europe: From Regional to Local Scale Journal Article
In: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. PP, no. 99, pp. 1-19, 2017, ISSN: 1939-1404.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: Agriculture, Data models, Electronic mail, ERMES, Europe, food industry, FPU_Miralles, Meteorology, modeling, Monitoring, Remote sensing, RyC-Casteleyn, RyC-Granell
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2016
Granell-Canut, Carlos; Ostermann, Frank O.
Beyond data collection: Objectives and methods of research using VGI and geo-social media for disaster management Journal Article
In: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, pp. in press, 2016, ISSN: 0198-9715, (IF: 2.659 - 23/105 (Q1) Environmental Studies 2.659 - 13/79 (Q1) Geography ).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: crowdsourcing, data analysis methods, Disaster management, Geo-social media, RyC-Granell, Systematic mapping, VGI
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Degbelo, Auriol; Granell-Canut, Carlos; Trilles-Oliver, Sergio; Bhattacharya, Devanjan; Casteleyn, Sven; Kray, Christian
Opening up Smart Cities: Citizen-Centric Challenges and Opportunities from GIScience Journal Article
In: ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 16, 2016, ISSN: 2220-9964, (IF: 0.371 - 49/49 (Q4) Geography, physical 0.371 - 29/29 (Q4) Remote Sensing ).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: citizen participation, GEO-C, GIScience, open data, RyC-Casteleyn, RyC-Granell, Smart Cities
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title = {Opening up Smart Cities: Citizen-Centric Challenges and Opportunities from GIScience},
author = {Auriol Degbelo and Carlos Granell-Canut and Sergio Trilles-Oliver and Devanjan Bhattacharya and Sven Casteleyn and Christian Kray},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10234/159507},
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abstract = {The holy grail of smart cities is an integrated, sustainable approach to improve the efficiency of the city's operations and the quality of life of citizens. At the heart of this vision is the citizen, who is the primary beneficiary of smart city initiatives, either directly or indirectly. Despite the recent surge of research and smart cities initiatives in practice, there are still a number of challenges to overcome in realizing this vision. This position paper points out six citizen-related challenges: the engagement of citizens, the improvement of citizens' data literacy, the pairing of quantitative and qualitative data, the need for open standards, the development of personal services, and the development of persuasive interfaces. The article furthermore advocates the use of methods and techniques from GIScience to tackle these challenges, and presents the concept of an Open City Toolkit as a way of transferring insights and solutions from GIScience to smart cities.},
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The holy grail of smart cities is an integrated, sustainable approach to improve the efficiency of the city's operations and the quality of life of citizens. At the heart of this vision is the citizen, who is the primary beneficiary of smart city initiatives, either directly or indirectly. Despite the recent surge of research and smart cities initiatives in practice, there are still a number of challenges to overcome in realizing this vision. This position paper points out six citizen-related challenges: the engagement of citizens, the improvement of citizens' data literacy, the pairing of quantitative and qualitative data, the need for open standards, the development of personal services, and the development of persuasive interfaces. The article furthermore advocates the use of methods and techniques from GIScience to tackle these challenges, and presents the concept of an Open City Toolkit as a way of transferring insights and solutions from GIScience to smart cities.
Kamberov, Rustam; Santos, Vitor; Granell-Canut, Carlos
Toward social paradigms for mobile context-aware computing in smart cities Proceedings Article
In: Rocha, Alvaro; Reis, Paulo Luis; Pérez Cota, Manuel; Santana Suárez, Octavio; Gonçalvez, Ramiro (Ed.): Sistemas y Tecnologías de la Información. Volume I. CISTI 2016: Actas de la 11textordfeminine Conferencia Ibérica de Sistemas y Tecnologías de Información. Gran Canaria, Spain, 15-18 Junio 2016., pp. 793–798, AISTI, Gran Canaria, 2016.
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: context-aware computing, GEO-C, knowledge representation, mobile computing, RyC-Granell
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title = {Toward social paradigms for mobile context-aware computing in smart cities},
author = { Rustam Kamberov and Vitor Santos and Carlos Granell-Canut},
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abstract = {Mobile context-aware computing is an essential component of the smart cities infrastructure. Attempts were made to develop a model that can effectively represent a system in device to support context-aware behavior. The purpose of this paper is to identify deficiencies of the previously developed model and propose solutions to improve it.},
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Mobile context-aware computing is an essential component of the smart cities infrastructure. Attempts were made to develop a model that can effectively represent a system in device to support context-aware behavior. The purpose of this paper is to identify deficiencies of the previously developed model and propose solutions to improve it.