Use of crowdsensing to create weak entanglement for cultural heritages | |
| Author | Chitrakar, Nerisa |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.IM-18-04 |
| Subject(s) | Internet of things Internet--Technological innovations Computer networks Ontology |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Information Management, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. IM-18-04 |
| Abstract | IOT systems generally include the use of one or more sensors to get information about physical things of interest. However, it may not be possible to deploy sensors on each and every physical object. Cultural heritage is one area in which this is especially true. It might not always to possible to attach sensors to monuments to monitor their state and status. This thesis is focuses on how crowdsensing can be a solution in cases where the physical thing does not have sensors attached to it. I developed an Android application for this purpose. The application collects a brief description about the monument and environmental parameters such as temperature and noise in the area surrounding the monument. Other environmental parameters can be measured depending on the capabilities of the smartphone. The application includes a simple gamification based incentive mechanism to encourage the users to provide data. The data collected by the Android application has been organized according to a merge of two existing and standardized ontologies: CIDOC-CRM and SOSA, which were designed for cultural heritages data and IOT applications, respectively. This preliminary work establishes a weak entanglement between a physical object and its representation by means of data, laying down initial ground for the concept of a Virtual Continuum. The use of ontologies to represent data makes it possible to integrate other sources of data about cultural heritage, which is be one of the primary tasks for the Virtual Continuum framework. |
| Year | 2018 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. IM-18-04 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Information Management (IM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Dailey, Matthew N.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Vatcharaporn Esichaikul;Minerva, Roberto;Crespi, Noel; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Thailand (HM King); |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2018 |