Human dynamics: computation for organizations

✍ Scribed by Alex Pentland; Tanzeem Choudhury; Nathan Eagle; Push Singh

• Book ID: 103879249
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 334 KB
• Volume: 26
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0167-8655
• DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2004.08.012

✦ Synopsis

The human dynamics group at the MIT Media Laboratory proposes that active pattern analysis of face-to-face interactions within the workplace can radically improve the functioning of the organization. There are several different types of information inherent in such conversations: interaction features, participants, context, and content. By aggregating this information, high-potential collaborations and expertise within the organization can be identified, and information efficiently distributed. Examples of using wearable machine perception to characterize face-to-face interactions and using the results to initiate productive connections are described, and privacy concerns are addressed.