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Experimental results on large-scale cyber-physical hybrid discussion support

Show Author's Information Takayuki Ito1( ),  Takanobu Otsuka1,  Satoshi Kawase1,  Akihisa Sengoku1,  Shun Shiramatsu1,  Takanori Ito1,  Eizo Hideshima1,  Tokuro Matsuo2,  Tetsuya Oishi2,  Rieko Fujita2,  Naoki Fukuta3,  Katsuhide Fujita4
Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan
Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Japan
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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Gamification, Citizen science, Crowd AI, Crowd as a service, Harnessing the crowd in human-computer interaction
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Ito T, Otsuka T, Kawase S, et al. Experimental results on large-scale cyber-physical hybrid discussion support. International Journal of Crowd Science, 2017, 1(1): 26-38. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCS-01-2017-0003
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Purpose

This paper aims to present a preliminary experimental result on a large-scale experiment on a cyber-physical hybrid discussion support environment in a panel discussion session in an international conference.

Design/methodology/approach

In this paper, the authors propose a hybrid (cyber-physical) environment in which people can discuss online and also offline simultaneously. The authors conducted a large-scale experiment in a panel discussion session in an international conference where participants can discuss by using their online discussion support system and by physical communications as usual.

Findings

The authors analyzed the obtained date from the following three viewpoints: participants’ cyber-physical attention, keywords cyber-physical linkage and cyber-physical discussion flow. These three viewpoints indicate that the methodology of the authors can be effective to support hybrid large-scale discussions.

Originality/value

Online large-scale discussion has been focused as a new methodology that enable people to discuss, argue and make consensus in terms of political issues, social complex problems (like climate change), city planning and so on. In several cases, the authors found that online discussions are very effective to gather people opinions and discussions so far. Moreover, this paper proposes a hybrid (cyber-physical) environment in which people can discuss online and also offline simultaneously.


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Experimental results on large-scale cyber-physical hybrid discussion support

Show Author's information Takayuki Ito1( ), Takanobu Otsuka1, Satoshi Kawase1, Akihisa Sengoku1, Shun Shiramatsu1, Takanori Ito1, Eizo Hideshima1, Tokuro Matsuo2, Tetsuya Oishi2, Rieko Fujita2, Naoki Fukuta3, Katsuhide Fujita4
Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan
Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Japan
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to present a preliminary experimental result on a large-scale experiment on a cyber-physical hybrid discussion support environment in a panel discussion session in an international conference.

Design/methodology/approach

In this paper, the authors propose a hybrid (cyber-physical) environment in which people can discuss online and also offline simultaneously. The authors conducted a large-scale experiment in a panel discussion session in an international conference where participants can discuss by using their online discussion support system and by physical communications as usual.

Findings

The authors analyzed the obtained date from the following three viewpoints: participants’ cyber-physical attention, keywords cyber-physical linkage and cyber-physical discussion flow. These three viewpoints indicate that the methodology of the authors can be effective to support hybrid large-scale discussions.

Originality/value

Online large-scale discussion has been focused as a new methodology that enable people to discuss, argue and make consensus in terms of political issues, social complex problems (like climate change), city planning and so on. In several cases, the authors found that online discussions are very effective to gather people opinions and discussions so far. Moreover, this paper proposes a hybrid (cyber-physical) environment in which people can discuss online and also offline simultaneously.

Keywords: Gamification, Citizen science, Crowd AI, Crowd as a service, Harnessing the crowd in human-computer interaction

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Received: 18 October 2016
Revised: 28 December 2016
Accepted: 09 January 2017
Published: 06 March 2017
Issue date: March 2017

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This work is partially supported by JST CREST.

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Takayuki Ito, Takanobu Otsuka, Satoshi Kawase, Akihisa Sengoku, Shun Shiramatsu, Takanori Ito, Eizo Hideshima, Tokuro Matsuo, Tetsuya Oishi, Rieko Fujita, Naoki Fukuta and Katsuhide Fujita. Published in International Journal of Crowd Science. Published by Emerald Publishing Limited. This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode

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