Experiences of Deploying a Citywide Crowdsourcing Platform to Search for Missing People with Dementia
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| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | ACM MobiCom ’24 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the Thirtieth International Conference On Mobile Computing And Networking |
| Place of Publication | New York, NY |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Pages | 200-214 |
| ISBN (print) | 979-8-4007-0489-5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Conference
| Title | 30th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (ACM MobiCom 2024) |
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| Place | United States |
| City | Washington |
| Period | 18 - 22 November 2024 |
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| DOI | DOI |
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| Permanent Link | https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/publications/publication(99058a6d-1e65-4839-b1cc-11da76d89e3a).html |
Abstract
People with Dementia (PwD) suffer from a high risk of getting lost due to their cognitive deterioration, leading to potential safety hazards and significant search efforts. In this paper, we propose DEmentia Caring System (DECS), an effective crowdsourcing platform to search for missing PwD. Specifically, PwD carry our customized Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) tags that broadcast BLE packets, which are detected and then uploaded by mobile volunteers via their smartphones. To further enhance search efficiency, DECS deploys BLE gateways as its infrastructure and analyzes PwD’s daily spatial-temporal mobility patterns. DECS has been deployed in Hong Kong since 2019, supporting 3,100+ PwD’s families with over 45,000 app downloads by volunteers. More importantly, it has successfully served the search for 254 missing cases. This paper reports the unique lessons and experiences learned through our 4-year citywide deployment of DECS. © 2024 Copyright held by the owner/author(s). Publication rights licensed to ACM.
Research Area(s)
- Crowdsourcing, Searching System, Bluetooth Low Energy
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Experiences of Deploying a Citywide Crowdsourcing Platform to Search for Missing People with Dementia. / Fan, Xiubin; Li, Guanyao; Lin, Zhongming et al.
ACM MobiCom ’24: Proceedings of the Thirtieth International Conference On Mobile Computing And Networking. New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery, 2024. p. 200-214.
ACM MobiCom ’24: Proceedings of the Thirtieth International Conference On Mobile Computing And Networking. New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery, 2024. p. 200-214.
Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review
