NeTS: Small: Collaborative Research: A Green and Incentive Platform for Mobile Phone Sensing

手机上的传感器可以在环境监测、社交网络、医疗保健等不同领域实现有吸引力的传感应用。然而，手机传感的基本节能资源管理问题还没有得到很好的研究。此外，如何提供激励以吸引用户参与的问题也没有得到很好的解决。本项目的目标是开发一个统一的、绿色的手机传感平台，通过设计节能的传感任务管理算法来优化其性能，并建立博弈论的激励机制来吸引用户参与。提出的研究分为四个有凝聚力的研究重点：1)设计和实现统一的软件架构，以支持各种传感应用。2)建立以平台为中心和以用户为中心的激励机制，吸引用户参与。3)开发节能算法来管理传感任务。4)通过仿真和实际实验对开发的平台和算法进行测试。本研究将促成统一、绿色的手机感应系统。基本的资源管理问题将通过理论健全和实用的算法来解决。该项目还将为移动电话传感带来新的激励模式和机制。此外，提议的平台可以创造一种全新的在线市场。所提出的节能算法对移动用户和环境都有好处。该项目还有望通过出版物、研讨会和讲习班促进公众对移动电话传感的了解。

Sensors on mobile phones can enable attractive sensing applications in different domains such as environmental monitoring, social network, healthcare, etc. However, fundamental energy-efficient resource management problems have not been well studied for mobile phone sensing. In addition, how to provide incentives to attract user participation has not been well addressed. The objective of this project is to develop a unified and green platform for mobile phone sensing, optimize its performance by designing energy-efficient algorithms for sensing task management, and develop game-theoretic incentive mechanisms to attract user participation. The proposed research is organized into four cohesive research thrusts: 1) Design and implement a unified software architecture to enable support for various sensing applications. 2) Develop both platform-centric and user-centric incentive mechanisms to attract user participation. 3) Develop energy-efficient algorithms to manage sensing tasks. 4) Test the developed platform and algorithms via simulation and real experiments. This research will result in a unified and green mobile phone sensing system. Fundamental resource management problems will be solved by theoretically-sound and practical algorithms. The project will also result in novel incentive models and mechanisms for mobile phone sensing. In addition, the proposed platform can create a completely new type of online marketplace. The proposed energy-efficient algorithms can benefit both mobile users and the environment. The project is also expected to advance public understanding of mobile phone sensing via publications, seminars and workshops.