2023
Journal article
Open Access
A research infrastructure where artificial intelligence meets persons and society
Trasarti R, Genovali K, Rapisarda B
In our complex society, the ethical use and storage of data are essential for the scientific community and institutions to build trust in citizens. SoBigData is a pan-European and cross-disciplinary Research Infrastructure on social mining and data analytics, which bases its research activities on ethics and fairness. SoBigData doesn't apply science only to the most challenging societal issues; in fact, it provides data and facilities to researchers and services to firms and public administrations to develop innovative tools and respond to societal needs. Above all, it works to create an ecosystem for data research that respects the founding principles of Europe for the benefit of the whole community.
Trasarti R, Genovali K, Rapisarda B
In our complex society, the ethical use and storage of data are essential for the scientific community and institutions to build trust in citizens. SoBigData is a pan-European and cross-disciplinary Research Infrastructure on social mining and data analytics, which bases its research activities on ethics and fairness. SoBigData doesn't apply science only to the most challenging societal issues; in fact, it provides data and facilities to researchers and services to firms and public administrations to develop innovative tools and respond to societal needs. Above all, it works to create an ecosystem for data research that respects the founding principles of Europe for the benefit of the whole community.
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2022
Conference article
Open Access
SoBigData RI: european integrated infrastructure for social mining and big data analytics
Trasarti R, Grossi V, Natilli M, Rapisarda B
SoBigData RI has the ambition to support the rising demand for cross-disciplinary research and innovation on the multiple aspects of social complexity from combined data and model-driven perspectives and the increasing importance of ethics and data scientists' responsibility as pillars of trustworthy use of Big Data and analytical technology. Digital traces of human activities offer a considerable opportunity to scrutinize the ground truth of individual and collective behaviour at an unprecedented detail and on a global scale. This increasing wealth of data is a chance to understand social complexity, provided we can rely on social mining, i.e., adequate means for accessing big social data and models for extracting knowledge from them. SoBigData RI, with its tools and services, empowers researchers and innovators through a platform for the design and execution of large-scale social mining experiments, open to users with diverse backgrounds, accessible on the cloud (aligned with EOSC), and also exploiting supercomputing facilities. Pushing the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable) and FACT (Fair, Accountable, Confidential, and Transparent) principles will render social mining experiments more efficiently designed, adjusted, and repeatable by domain experts that are not data scientists. SoBigData RI moves forward from the simple awareness of ethical and legal challenges in social mining to the development of concrete tools that operationalize ethics with value-sensitive design, incorporating values and norms for privacy protection, fairness, transparency, and pluralism. SoBigData RI is the result of two H2020 grants (g.a. n.654024 and 871042), and it is part of the ESFRI 2021 Roadmap.Source: CEUR WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS, pp. 117-124. Tirrenia (PI), Italy, 19-22/06/2022
Project(s): SoBigData-PlusPlus
Trasarti R, Grossi V, Natilli M, Rapisarda B
SoBigData RI has the ambition to support the rising demand for cross-disciplinary research and innovation on the multiple aspects of social complexity from combined data and model-driven perspectives and the increasing importance of ethics and data scientists' responsibility as pillars of trustworthy use of Big Data and analytical technology. Digital traces of human activities offer a considerable opportunity to scrutinize the ground truth of individual and collective behaviour at an unprecedented detail and on a global scale. This increasing wealth of data is a chance to understand social complexity, provided we can rely on social mining, i.e., adequate means for accessing big social data and models for extracting knowledge from them. SoBigData RI, with its tools and services, empowers researchers and innovators through a platform for the design and execution of large-scale social mining experiments, open to users with diverse backgrounds, accessible on the cloud (aligned with EOSC), and also exploiting supercomputing facilities. Pushing the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable) and FACT (Fair, Accountable, Confidential, and Transparent) principles will render social mining experiments more efficiently designed, adjusted, and repeatable by domain experts that are not data scientists. SoBigData RI moves forward from the simple awareness of ethical and legal challenges in social mining to the development of concrete tools that operationalize ethics with value-sensitive design, incorporating values and norms for privacy protection, fairness, transparency, and pluralism. SoBigData RI is the result of two H2020 grants (g.a. n.654024 and 871042), and it is part of the ESFRI 2021 Roadmap.Source: CEUR WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS, pp. 117-124. Tirrenia (PI), Italy, 19-22/06/2022
Project(s): SoBigData-PlusPlus
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2021
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ACCORDION D7.2 - Dissemination & exploitation activities (I)
Tserpes K, Di Girolamo M, Violos J, Lipa B, Paterkai M, Loven T, Tarkowski P, Taleb T, Nadir Z, Kourtelis N, Schmidt S, Ferran D, Dazzi P, Rapisarda B, Coppola M, Vakalellis M
ACCORDION project aims at unlocking the full potential of a big class of applications that are too latency- sensitive, or data-dependent, to be moved to the public cloud. ACCORDION couples efficient, decentralized and AI-based solutions for cloud and edge resource federation with novel approaches for application definition management and generation at runtime. This deliverable provides a broad overview of the communication, dissemination and exploitation activities implemented within the ACCORDION project within the first 18 months of the project and a detailed market analysis. A detailed exploitation strategy for the project, as well as exploitation plans for individual partners, was presented in the previous deliverable D7.1. Based on those plans, in this deliverable we carry out an evaluation of the ACCORDION project's dissemination and exploitation activities made so far.Project(s): ACCORDION
Tserpes K, Di Girolamo M, Violos J, Lipa B, Paterkai M, Loven T, Tarkowski P, Taleb T, Nadir Z, Kourtelis N, Schmidt S, Ferran D, Dazzi P, Rapisarda B, Coppola M, Vakalellis M
ACCORDION project aims at unlocking the full potential of a big class of applications that are too latency- sensitive, or data-dependent, to be moved to the public cloud. ACCORDION couples efficient, decentralized and AI-based solutions for cloud and edge resource federation with novel approaches for application definition management and generation at runtime. This deliverable provides a broad overview of the communication, dissemination and exploitation activities implemented within the ACCORDION project within the first 18 months of the project and a detailed market analysis. A detailed exploitation strategy for the project, as well as exploitation plans for individual partners, was presented in the previous deliverable D7.1. Based on those plans, in this deliverable we carry out an evaluation of the ACCORDION project's dissemination and exploitation activities made so far.Project(s): ACCORDION
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2020
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SoBigData - Final dissemination and community building events
Rapisarda B, Romano V
This report includes the description of dissemination activities and of the events organized during months 37-52 (from September 2018 (M37) to December 2019 (M52)) and assesses all the dissemination activity carried out during the project, providing overall statistics and comparisons. It also includes a complete list of publications. Furthermore, it describes the effort on communication and dissemination in order to reach as wide an audience as possible, and the multiple strategies employed by the consortium to grow and consolidate the community.Project(s): SoBigData
Rapisarda B, Romano V
This report includes the description of dissemination activities and of the events organized during months 37-52 (from September 2018 (M37) to December 2019 (M52)) and assesses all the dissemination activity carried out during the project, providing overall statistics and comparisons. It also includes a complete list of publications. Furthermore, it describes the effort on communication and dissemination in order to reach as wide an audience as possible, and the multiple strategies employed by the consortium to grow and consolidate the community.Project(s): SoBigData
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2020
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SoBigData_training activities-planning material and reports 2
Wright J, Braghieri M, Rapisarda B
Deliverable D4.3 provides an overview of training activities that have taken place from M36 to M52. It also includes a full overview of the training materials integration within the SoBigData Research Infrastructure. This final deliverable aims to provide a more detailed look into the various activities that have taken place since September 2018 and in particular to provide comprehensive reports on the events that have addressed gender and diversity issues. The whole project has sought to encourage more females into Computer Science and has therefore tailored some events to appeal to females in particular. SoBigData has also provided travel grants to assist female scientists in attending international events. With regards to the training materials, we have sought to make these a more effective resource by concentrating on four areas of improvement: Content Harmonization, Muti-Channel Content, Interactivity and Audience Targeting. These enhancements to the SoBigData Research Infrastructure will be covered in detail in Section 4. Discussions are also taking place with regards to the possibility of webinars, tutorials and video lectures to provide more options for the user as well as developing online assessment and exercises. The possibility of more targeted training paths is also being explored to provide a more tailored content for the user - whether they be a student, professional or the general public; the objective being to promote the dissemination of SoBigData training materials as widely as possible.Project(s): SoBigData
Wright J, Braghieri M, Rapisarda B
Deliverable D4.3 provides an overview of training activities that have taken place from M36 to M52. It also includes a full overview of the training materials integration within the SoBigData Research Infrastructure. This final deliverable aims to provide a more detailed look into the various activities that have taken place since September 2018 and in particular to provide comprehensive reports on the events that have addressed gender and diversity issues. The whole project has sought to encourage more females into Computer Science and has therefore tailored some events to appeal to females in particular. SoBigData has also provided travel grants to assist female scientists in attending international events. With regards to the training materials, we have sought to make these a more effective resource by concentrating on four areas of improvement: Content Harmonization, Muti-Channel Content, Interactivity and Audience Targeting. These enhancements to the SoBigData Research Infrastructure will be covered in detail in Section 4. Discussions are also taking place with regards to the possibility of webinars, tutorials and video lectures to provide more options for the user as well as developing online assessment and exercises. The possibility of more targeted training paths is also being explored to provide a more tailored content for the user - whether they be a student, professional or the general public; the objective being to promote the dissemination of SoBigData training materials as widely as possible.Project(s): SoBigData
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2020
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SoBigData_D3.6_654024_Final dissemination and community building events
B Rapisarda, V Romano
This report includes the description of dissemination activities and of the events organized during months 37-52 (from September 2018 (M37) to December 2019 (M52)) and assesses all the dissemination activity carried out during the project, providing overall statistics and comparisons. It also includes a complete list of publications. Furthermore, it describes the effort on communication and dissemination in order to reach as wide an audience as possible, and the multiple strategies employed by the consortium to grow and consolidate the community.
B Rapisarda, V Romano
This report includes the description of dissemination activities and of the events organized during months 37-52 (from September 2018 (M37) to December 2019 (M52)) and assesses all the dissemination activity carried out during the project, providing overall statistics and comparisons. It also includes a complete list of publications. Furthermore, it describes the effort on communication and dissemination in order to reach as wide an audience as possible, and the multiple strategies employed by the consortium to grow and consolidate the community.
2020
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ACCORDION D7.1 - Dissemination & exploitation plan
Tserpes K, Kousiouris G, Di Girolamo M, Violos J, Lipa B, Pateraki M, Loven T, Tarkowski P, Taleb T, Bagaa M, Nadir Z, Kourtelis N, Zadtootaghaj S, Diego F, Dazzi P, Rapisarda B, Coppola M
ACCORDION project aims at unlocking the full potential of a big class of applications that are too latency- sensitive, or data-dependent, to be moved to the public cloud. In particular, ACCORDION couples efficient, decentralized and AI-based solutions for cloud and edge resource federation with novel approaches for application definition management and generation at runtime. This deliverable provides the ACCORDION Dissemination and Exploitation plan. Exploitation activities seek to generate new revenue streams for consortium members by introducing new products and services to the market, increasing the market share of existing offerings, securing intellectual property rights through standardization, as well as reducing costs by adopting new processes. These gains can be enjoyed by a single beneficiary or shared among several ACCORDION partners. But in order for these benefits to materialize, selected pieces of information need to be disseminated to external parties that can influence the quality of ACCORDION outputs (such as the research community) or communicated with end users, the media and third parties (e.g., policy makers) in an easy-to-digest way. The ACCORDION dissemination, communication and exploitation plan has been broken down into three consecutive phases: a) the Development phase during the first 2 years of the project where all envisioned ACCORDION products will be specified, developed, integrated, validated and finetuned where necessary. Communication and dissemination will gradually evolve from explaining our vision and approach followed to results obtained and progress beyond the state-of-the-art. Exploitation activities will start with an initial market analysis for each ACCORDION asset/product for revealing end-users' pain points and technology gaps and evolve towards the preliminary formation of individual and joint exploitation plans by consortium members. b) the pre-commercialisation/"result wrap-up" phase during the last year of the project where maturity of ACCORDION outputs will increase and dissemination and communication strategy will continue to be results-oriented in order to stimulate further the market for ACCORDION platform. Regarding exploitation activities, consortium members will perform a techno-economic analysis for assessing the sustainability of individual and joint commercialization plans and discuss details about the business plan(s) to be followed. c) The commercialisation/"follow-up" phase that will commence at the end of the project and targets the launch of products and services based on ACCORDION results; most likely a subset of these as not all ACCORDION outputs are expected to be ready for prime time. This will allow European telecommunication operators, cloud and edge infrastructure providers, as well as service providers of any vertical industry and size, to capitalize on their local resource and other advanced technologies, such as 5G, for enhancing the quality of experience, cost effectiveness and security offered to end-users. To this end, the marketing and business development departments of consortium members, either individually or as part of a joint venture, will continue interacting with targeted audience and explore the path for future upgrades to those product offerings. For each of those phases we outline a set of clear activities and tools through which we will be able to interact with targeted stakeholder groups in an effective way. Acknowledging that ACCORDION members' business development departments, infrastructure providers, service providers in several vertical markets, end-users, policy makers, standardization bodies and research communities (including other research projects) have different backgrounds and objectives, separate (yet linked) strategies and roadmaps have been defined for dissemination, communication and exploitation purposes. Furthermore, a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) has been defined for benchmarking these activities, as well as an approach utilizing internal tools for monitoring progress and taking corrective measures when necessary.Project(s): ACCORDION
Tserpes K, Kousiouris G, Di Girolamo M, Violos J, Lipa B, Pateraki M, Loven T, Tarkowski P, Taleb T, Bagaa M, Nadir Z, Kourtelis N, Zadtootaghaj S, Diego F, Dazzi P, Rapisarda B, Coppola M
ACCORDION project aims at unlocking the full potential of a big class of applications that are too latency- sensitive, or data-dependent, to be moved to the public cloud. In particular, ACCORDION couples efficient, decentralized and AI-based solutions for cloud and edge resource federation with novel approaches for application definition management and generation at runtime. This deliverable provides the ACCORDION Dissemination and Exploitation plan. Exploitation activities seek to generate new revenue streams for consortium members by introducing new products and services to the market, increasing the market share of existing offerings, securing intellectual property rights through standardization, as well as reducing costs by adopting new processes. These gains can be enjoyed by a single beneficiary or shared among several ACCORDION partners. But in order for these benefits to materialize, selected pieces of information need to be disseminated to external parties that can influence the quality of ACCORDION outputs (such as the research community) or communicated with end users, the media and third parties (e.g., policy makers) in an easy-to-digest way. The ACCORDION dissemination, communication and exploitation plan has been broken down into three consecutive phases: a) the Development phase during the first 2 years of the project where all envisioned ACCORDION products will be specified, developed, integrated, validated and finetuned where necessary. Communication and dissemination will gradually evolve from explaining our vision and approach followed to results obtained and progress beyond the state-of-the-art. Exploitation activities will start with an initial market analysis for each ACCORDION asset/product for revealing end-users' pain points and technology gaps and evolve towards the preliminary formation of individual and joint exploitation plans by consortium members. b) the pre-commercialisation/"result wrap-up" phase during the last year of the project where maturity of ACCORDION outputs will increase and dissemination and communication strategy will continue to be results-oriented in order to stimulate further the market for ACCORDION platform. Regarding exploitation activities, consortium members will perform a techno-economic analysis for assessing the sustainability of individual and joint commercialization plans and discuss details about the business plan(s) to be followed. c) The commercialisation/"follow-up" phase that will commence at the end of the project and targets the launch of products and services based on ACCORDION results; most likely a subset of these as not all ACCORDION outputs are expected to be ready for prime time. This will allow European telecommunication operators, cloud and edge infrastructure providers, as well as service providers of any vertical industry and size, to capitalize on their local resource and other advanced technologies, such as 5G, for enhancing the quality of experience, cost effectiveness and security offered to end-users. To this end, the marketing and business development departments of consortium members, either individually or as part of a joint venture, will continue interacting with targeted audience and explore the path for future upgrades to those product offerings. For each of those phases we outline a set of clear activities and tools through which we will be able to interact with targeted stakeholder groups in an effective way. Acknowledging that ACCORDION members' business development departments, infrastructure providers, service providers in several vertical markets, end-users, policy makers, standardization bodies and research communities (including other research projects) have different backgrounds and objectives, separate (yet linked) strategies and roadmaps have been defined for dissemination, communication and exploitation purposes. Furthermore, a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) has been defined for benchmarking these activities, as well as an approach utilizing internal tools for monitoring progress and taking corrective measures when necessary.Project(s): ACCORDION
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2020
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SoBigData - D4.3: Training activities: planning material and reports 2
Wright J., Braghieri M., Rapisarda B.
Deliverable D4.3 provides an overview of training activities that have taken place from M36 to M52. It also includes a full overview of the training materials integration within the SoBigData Research Infrastructure. This final deliverable aims to provide a more detailed look into the various activities that have taken place since September 2018 and in particular to provide comprehensive reports on the events that have addressed gender and diversity issues. The whole project has sought to encourage more females into Computer Science and has therefore tailored some events to appeal to females in particular. SoBigData has also provided travel grants to assist female scientists in attending international events. With regards to the training materials, we have sought to make these a more effective resource by concentrating on four areas of improvement: Content Harmonization, Muti-Channel Content, Interactivity and Audience Targeting. These enhancements to the SoBigData Research Infrastructure will be covered in detail in Section 4. Discussions are also taking place with regards to the possibility of webinars, tutorials and video lectures to provide more options for the user as well as developing online assessment and exercises. The possibility of more targeted training paths is also being explored to provide a more tailored content for the user - whether they be a student, professional or the general public; the objective being to promote the dissemination of SoBigData training materials as widely as possible.Project(s): SoBigData
Wright J., Braghieri M., Rapisarda B.
Deliverable D4.3 provides an overview of training activities that have taken place from M36 to M52. It also includes a full overview of the training materials integration within the SoBigData Research Infrastructure. This final deliverable aims to provide a more detailed look into the various activities that have taken place since September 2018 and in particular to provide comprehensive reports on the events that have addressed gender and diversity issues. The whole project has sought to encourage more females into Computer Science and has therefore tailored some events to appeal to females in particular. SoBigData has also provided travel grants to assist female scientists in attending international events. With regards to the training materials, we have sought to make these a more effective resource by concentrating on four areas of improvement: Content Harmonization, Muti-Channel Content, Interactivity and Audience Targeting. These enhancements to the SoBigData Research Infrastructure will be covered in detail in Section 4. Discussions are also taking place with regards to the possibility of webinars, tutorials and video lectures to provide more options for the user as well as developing online assessment and exercises. The possibility of more targeted training paths is also being explored to provide a more tailored content for the user - whether they be a student, professional or the general public; the objective being to promote the dissemination of SoBigData training materials as widely as possible.Project(s): SoBigData
2019
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SoBigData - Sustainability Plan
Grossi V, Rapisarda B
This report provides a detailed sustainability plan for the pan-European SoBigData Research Infrastructure. The purpose of this document is to describe sustainability activities, actions and events that have been undertaken in order to provide some guidelines about SoBigData's governance and long-term sustainability. Our description involves a detailed overview of the main steps in order to evaluate the impact of sustainability-related actions which have been undertaken in the SoBigData project.Project(s): SoBigData
Grossi V, Rapisarda B
This report provides a detailed sustainability plan for the pan-European SoBigData Research Infrastructure. The purpose of this document is to describe sustainability activities, actions and events that have been undertaken in order to provide some guidelines about SoBigData's governance and long-term sustainability. Our description involves a detailed overview of the main steps in order to evaluate the impact of sustainability-related actions which have been undertaken in the SoBigData project.Project(s): SoBigData
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2019
Conference article
Open Access
Designing User Interfaces for a Wellbeing Persuasive App
Buzzi M, Parodi O, Giugni F, Rapisarda B, Vozzi F
Wellbeing and prevention are a daily target for an increasing number of people. Food and exercise are the two most important elements contributing to personal wellbeing and disease prevention. This paper describes the participative design process for creating the interfaces of an app designed to help shape healthy behavior in adults with pathologies, highlighting the principles driving the design choices.
Buzzi M, Parodi O, Giugni F, Rapisarda B, Vozzi F
Wellbeing and prevention are a daily target for an increasing number of people. Food and exercise are the two most important elements contributing to personal wellbeing and disease prevention. This paper describes the participative design process for creating the interfaces of an app designed to help shape healthy behavior in adults with pathologies, highlighting the principles driving the design choices.
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2018
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SoBigData - Periodic dissemination and impact report and plan for following year 2
Rapisarda B, Romano V
This second periodic report includes the description of dissemination and impact activities undertaken and scientific papers published, as well as the planning for the next period. Furthermore, It describes the efforts to be made to reach as wide an audience as possible, and the multiple strategies employed by the consortium. This deliverable covers a time period starting from March 2017 (M19) to August 2018 (M36).Project(s): SoBigData
Rapisarda B, Romano V
This second periodic report includes the description of dissemination and impact activities undertaken and scientific papers published, as well as the planning for the next period. Furthermore, It describes the efforts to be made to reach as wide an audience as possible, and the multiple strategies employed by the consortium. This deliverable covers a time period starting from March 2017 (M19) to August 2018 (M36).Project(s): SoBigData
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2018
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Vito Volterra: il coraggio della scienza
Lazzaroni A., Rapisarda B.
Presso l'Area della Ricerca CNR di Pisa è stata allestita nell'Aprile 2018, una mostra dedicata alla figura di Vito Volterra, scienziato, senatore, presidente dell'Accademia dei Lincei e fondatore del CNR, che ripercorre le tappe salienti della vita dello scienziato attraverso documenti, immagini, oggetti e audiovideo.La mostra, progettata dall'Ufficio Stampa CNR, è stata allestita presso l'Area della Ricerca e inaugurata in occasione del "Convegno sulla Cybersecurity in onore del Prof. Vito Volterra" primo presidente del Cnr. La mostra, che intende anche celebrare i 95 anni della fondazione del CNR, rimarrà aperta per 6 mesi fino all'autunno 2018.
Lazzaroni A., Rapisarda B.
Presso l'Area della Ricerca CNR di Pisa è stata allestita nell'Aprile 2018, una mostra dedicata alla figura di Vito Volterra, scienziato, senatore, presidente dell'Accademia dei Lincei e fondatore del CNR, che ripercorre le tappe salienti della vita dello scienziato attraverso documenti, immagini, oggetti e audiovideo.La mostra, progettata dall'Ufficio Stampa CNR, è stata allestita presso l'Area della Ricerca e inaugurata in occasione del "Convegno sulla Cybersecurity in onore del Prof. Vito Volterra" primo presidente del Cnr. La mostra, che intende anche celebrare i 95 anni della fondazione del CNR, rimarrà aperta per 6 mesi fino all'autunno 2018.
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2017
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SoBigData - Periodic dissemination and impact report and plan for following year 1
Grossi V, Rapisarda B, Falchi C
This first periodic report includes the description of dissemination and impact activities undertaken and scientific papers published, as well as the planning for the second period. Furthermore, It describes the efforts to be made to reach as wide an audience as possible, and the multiple strategies employed by the consortium. This deliverable covers a time period starting from December 2015 (M4) to February 2017 (M18).Project(s): SoBigData
Grossi V, Rapisarda B, Falchi C
This first periodic report includes the description of dissemination and impact activities undertaken and scientific papers published, as well as the planning for the second period. Furthermore, It describes the efforts to be made to reach as wide an audience as possible, and the multiple strategies employed by the consortium. This deliverable covers a time period starting from December 2015 (M4) to February 2017 (M18).Project(s): SoBigData
2017
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SoBigData - VA e-Infrastructure service provision and operation report 1
Trasarti R, Pagano P, Falchi C, Grossi V, Rapisarda B
The deliverable present the status of the SoBigData platform as an evolving e-infrastructure where the partners are continuosly adding new contents and improving the presentation of them. The virtual research enviroments (VREs) already integrated will be described and monitored with a set of KPIs describing the number of access, the experiments done and the social network activities related to them. Moreover a description of the VREs which are not yet public but are under an internal review phase will be described in order to understand how the consortium is prooceding in integrating resources to the e-infrastructure. An important note is the fact that this deliverable does not contain the assessment from the Advisory Board as described in the DOW, this due the fact that the board is not yet formed. Anyway the SoBigData Platform is begin used by the partner for inserting resources only in the last 6 months and therefore it is in stage where the content vary greatly (in the last month the resources in the catalogue doubled).Project(s): SoBigData
Trasarti R, Pagano P, Falchi C, Grossi V, Rapisarda B
The deliverable present the status of the SoBigData platform as an evolving e-infrastructure where the partners are continuosly adding new contents and improving the presentation of them. The virtual research enviroments (VREs) already integrated will be described and monitored with a set of KPIs describing the number of access, the experiments done and the social network activities related to them. Moreover a description of the VREs which are not yet public but are under an internal review phase will be described in order to understand how the consortium is prooceding in integrating resources to the e-infrastructure. An important note is the fact that this deliverable does not contain the assessment from the Advisory Board as described in the DOW, this due the fact that the board is not yet formed. Anyway the SoBigData Platform is begin used by the partner for inserting resources only in the last 6 months and therefore it is in stage where the content vary greatly (in the last month the resources in the catalogue doubled).Project(s): SoBigData
2016
Conference article
Open Access
Learning games for the cognitively impaired people
Buzzi Mc, Buzzi M, Perrone E, Rapisarda B, Senette C
Learning environments have been profoundly reshaped by pervasive technology. New educational methodologies take full advantage of ICT in a mobile customized user-friendly environment, to support learning and stimulate individuals'potential. Unfortunately, technology-enhanced learning tools are not often designed with accessibility in mind, although they can greatly benefit the personal empowerment and inclusion of special-needs people. To address this gap, a Web platform has been created for delivering accessible games to people with Down syndrome. Since personalization, orderliness and positive reinforcement are crucial to learning in these subjects, the platform offers a personalized safe environment for learning, conforming to behavioral analysis principles. Learning analytics are incorporated in the platform for easy monitoring of student progress via Web interfaces. The participatory design driving the development of the learning platform allowed the customization of the games'discriminative stimuli, difficulty levels and reinforcement, as well as the creation of a game "engine" to easily set up new personalized exercises. These customization features make the game platform usable by a larger audience, including individuals with learning difficulties and autism.
Buzzi Mc, Buzzi M, Perrone E, Rapisarda B, Senette C
Learning environments have been profoundly reshaped by pervasive technology. New educational methodologies take full advantage of ICT in a mobile customized user-friendly environment, to support learning and stimulate individuals'potential. Unfortunately, technology-enhanced learning tools are not often designed with accessibility in mind, although they can greatly benefit the personal empowerment and inclusion of special-needs people. To address this gap, a Web platform has been created for delivering accessible games to people with Down syndrome. Since personalization, orderliness and positive reinforcement are crucial to learning in these subjects, the platform offers a personalized safe environment for learning, conforming to behavioral analysis principles. Learning analytics are incorporated in the platform for easy monitoring of student progress via Web interfaces. The participatory design driving the development of the learning platform allowed the customization of the games'discriminative stimuli, difficulty levels and reinforcement, as well as the creation of a game "engine" to easily set up new personalized exercises. These customization features make the game platform usable by a larger audience, including individuals with learning difficulties and autism.
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2015
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SoBigData - Fact sheets aimed at different stakeholders
Grossi V, Rapisarda B, Romano V
This document reports a first stakeholder analysis conducted by the SoBigData consortium among its partners. During the first three months of the project, a set of shared documents has been defined and filled in order to provide an initial stakeholder analysis. On the one hand, the aim was to discover and take a census about the stakeholders already involved in the consortium. On the other hand, the goal was to identify a set of potential stakeholders starting from the activities provided by the partners. The aim is to understand who are the stakeholders already involved and how their needs are addressed and to identify a set of potential stakeholders starting from the activities provided by the partners. This analysis is required for writing a set of initial fact sheets. Currently, for this first deliverable, three fact sheet has been created: the first one is designed for the economy/business application field, the second one is conceived for computer science while the last one is targeted to social science application field. These fact sheets are published on the project web-site for downloading by users and others. Moreover, the fact sheets serve as hand-outs at events such as workshops and conferences. The fact sheets will be produced and updated continuously throughout the project.
Grossi V, Rapisarda B, Romano V
This document reports a first stakeholder analysis conducted by the SoBigData consortium among its partners. During the first three months of the project, a set of shared documents has been defined and filled in order to provide an initial stakeholder analysis. On the one hand, the aim was to discover and take a census about the stakeholders already involved in the consortium. On the other hand, the goal was to identify a set of potential stakeholders starting from the activities provided by the partners. The aim is to understand who are the stakeholders already involved and how their needs are addressed and to identify a set of potential stakeholders starting from the activities provided by the partners. This analysis is required for writing a set of initial fact sheets. Currently, for this first deliverable, three fact sheet has been created: the first one is designed for the economy/business application field, the second one is conceived for computer science while the last one is targeted to social science application field. These fact sheets are published on the project web-site for downloading by users and others. Moreover, the fact sheets serve as hand-outs at events such as workshops and conferences. The fact sheets will be produced and updated continuously throughout the project.
2015
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SoBigData - Project web site, project presentation, and social media presence
Grossi V, Rapisarda B, Romano V
This report provides a full description of the main dissemination channels of the SoBigData project. On the one hand, we have classical media, such as web site while on the other hand we have a massive presence on social media, such as Twitter and Facebook. In this perspective, we can state that the project includes a wide range of dissemination channels from a website to a strong social media presence, including media and specialized journal. The project also has a wikitype environment for internal communication among the project partners. Furthermore, a project portal and management platform have been built to assist project planning and monitoring, and to allow discussion and exchange of draft documents between partners. The aim of this deliverable is to provide an overview of all dissemination channels. This document also describe the project logo and the project presentation. The project web site, presentation, and social media presence will be updated continuously throughout the project lifespan.
Grossi V, Rapisarda B, Romano V
This report provides a full description of the main dissemination channels of the SoBigData project. On the one hand, we have classical media, such as web site while on the other hand we have a massive presence on social media, such as Twitter and Facebook. In this perspective, we can state that the project includes a wide range of dissemination channels from a website to a strong social media presence, including media and specialized journal. The project also has a wikitype environment for internal communication among the project partners. Furthermore, a project portal and management platform have been built to assist project planning and monitoring, and to allow discussion and exchange of draft documents between partners. The aim of this deliverable is to provide an overview of all dissemination channels. This document also describe the project logo and the project presentation. The project web site, presentation, and social media presence will be updated continuously throughout the project lifespan.
2015
Conference article
Open Access
Strumenti di ausilio alla lettura per studenti con dislessia
Buzzi M. C., Buzzi M., Perrone E., Rapisarda B., Senette C.
One of the main objectives of the "Città Educante" (Teaching City) Project is inclusive and accessibleteaching for all. A significant portion of the world population(about 10%), represented by individuals with dyslexia, would be excluded from their right to learn if they could not take advantage of technology. This article introduces the basic idea for implementing a Web system that could be helpful for improvingreading tasks, text production and verbalization in subjects with dyslexia.
Buzzi M. C., Buzzi M., Perrone E., Rapisarda B., Senette C.
One of the main objectives of the "Città Educante" (Teaching City) Project is inclusive and accessibleteaching for all. A significant portion of the world population(about 10%), represented by individuals with dyslexia, would be excluded from their right to learn if they could not take advantage of technology. This article introduces the basic idea for implementing a Web system that could be helpful for improvingreading tasks, text production and verbalization in subjects with dyslexia.
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2015
Journal article
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Didactic games for learning - Giochi didattici per l'apprendimento
Buzzi Mc, Buzzi M, Perrone E, Rapisarda B
This paper describes an platform with educational games for special educational needs children, developed under the project 'La città Educante'Source: MONDO DIGITALE, vol. 14 (issue 58), pp. 331-334
Buzzi Mc, Buzzi M, Perrone E, Rapisarda B
This paper describes an platform with educational games for special educational needs children, developed under the project 'La città Educante'Source: MONDO DIGITALE, vol. 14 (issue 58), pp. 331-334
2015
Conference article
Open Access
Giochi didattici per bambini con bisogni educativi speciali
Buzzi M. C., Buzzi M., Perrone E., Senette C., Rapisarda B.
One of the main objectives of the "Città Educante" (Teaching city) Project is inclusive and accessible teaching for all. Technology-enhanced learning has the potential to foster children with special needs, maximizing their ability to improve communication, attention, memory, and fine motor skills. This paper describes a platform for delivering inclusive games designed for children with special needs such as learning disabilities, autism, and mild cognitive impairment.
Buzzi M. C., Buzzi M., Perrone E., Senette C., Rapisarda B.
One of the main objectives of the "Città Educante" (Teaching city) Project is inclusive and accessible teaching for all. Technology-enhanced learning has the potential to foster children with special needs, maximizing their ability to improve communication, attention, memory, and fine motor skills. This paper describes a platform for delivering inclusive games designed for children with special needs such as learning disabilities, autism, and mild cognitive impairment.
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aimagelab.ing.unimore.it | CNR IRIS | CNR IRIS