fyi > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Changqing > Zhou > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 2:57 PM > To: MapServer > Subject: [Mapserver-users] Seek GPS mobile service experiment > participants > > > This message is not directly related to map server; but it may be > interesting to this GIS community. I apologize if you feel this message is > irelevant to the mission of the mailing list. > > I am a gradute student in computer science major from the University of > Minnesota. > > We are doing a very interesting project to research the new GPS > mobile services. We are seeking people to participate our exciting > experiment to test out the GPS phone, the wireless services and the > personal place discovery software. We hope this study will generate some > design guidelines for mobile GPS applications development. > > In the experiment, we will give you a GPS phone and ask you to carry it > for 3 weeks. Each day, we ask you to write down the places you have been > to. At the end, we would like to do an interview with you to hear your > experiences. > > If you are interested in participating, please contact me at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] We however are only seeking people in Minneapolis metro > area. > > Enclosed please find a word document that contains more detailed info. > > I appreciate your help. > > Best Regards, > > Changqing Zhou > PhD Student > Computer Science > University of Minnesota > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ********************************************************************** > > ======================== > Personal Place Discovery > ======================== > > You are invited to be in a research study of software that learns people > "personal places". You were selected as a possible participant because you > meet the requirements of the study, simply that you spend time in and move > around between different places. We ask that you read this form and ask > any questions you may have before agreeing to be in the study. > > This study is being conducted by: Changqing Zhou, Department of Computer > Science and Engineering, The University of Minnesota > > ----------------------- > Background Information: > ----------------------- > The purpose of this study is: Our research group at the University of > Minnesota is carrying out an experimental test of a new type of mobile > phone service. We're developing software that can learn people's > "personal places". By a personal place, we mean a location that is > meaningful and significant to a person - like your home or office, grocery > stores you go to, your church or synagogue, and so on. Once software can > learn places, there is a whole range of new services we can offer, such as > "place-enhanced" Instant Messaging (IM). > > ----------- > Procedures: > ----------- > If you agree to be in this study, we would ask you to do the following > things: > > We'll give you a mobile phone to carry with you wherever you go - you'll > keep the phone for three weeks. The phone uses the Global Positioning > System (GPS) to find your position at frequent intervals and sends the > information to a location tracking web server. Your personal data will > be kept safe and private! They will be stored on a server and accessible > only through a login ID and password known only to you and the > experimenters. Each day, you'll also write down a list of the places > you've been in. > > After the two weeks of data collection are finished, we'll run our place > learning software on your data. We'll then arrange a time for you to > evaluate how well the software worked and get your general feedback on the > system and experiment. We can do the evaluation in our lab, at your > office, or in another convenient place. At this time, you'll also return > the mobile phone. > > Important note: if you experience technical problems with the mobile phone > during the course of the study, please contact us immediately. You will > not be financially liable for a lost or damaged phone. > > ----------------------------------------- > Risks and Benefits of being in the Study: > ----------------------------------------- > > There are no significant risks or benefits of participation. > > ------------- > Compensation: > ------------- > Participants in the study will be entered into a drawing for a $25 > Amazon.com gift certificate. We will give away at least 4 gift > certificates, and we anticipate including 30 participants in the study. > > ---------------- > Confidentiality: > ---------------- > The records of this study will be kept private. In any sort of report we > might publish, we will not include any information that will make it > possible to identify a subject. This means that we won't use your name, > any private or identifiable place names you enter, or the actual location > of any of your personal places. Research records will be stored securely > and only researchers will have access to the records. > > ------------------------------ > Voluntary Nature of the Study: > ------------------------------ > Participation in this study is voluntary. Your decision whether or not to > participate will not affect your current or future relations with the > University of Minnesota. If you decide to participate, you are free to not > answer any question or withdraw at any time with out affecting those > relationships. > > ----------------------- > Contacts and Questions: > ----------------------- > The researchers conducting this study are: Changqing Zhou, Pamela Ludford, > and Loren Terveen. If you would like to participate the study, please > contact Changqing Zhou via email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or phone: (612) > 363-8708. You are also encouraged to contact Loren Terveen, (612) 624-8310 > and [EMAIL PROTECTED] for any questions. > > If you have any questions or concerns regarding this study and would like > to talk to someone other than the researcher(s), you are encouraged to > contact the Research Subjects' Advocate Line, D528 Mayo, 420 Delaware St. > Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455; (612) 625-1650. > > _______________________________________________ > Mapserver-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gis.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users >
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