Pervasive IA for the sentient city

Photo: Andrea Alessandretti, Flickr

pervasive ia pervasive ia for the sentient cityfor the sentient city

@resmini & @lucarosati

cross-channel ux in urban environments

pervasiveia.com

cities are emergent systems

civilization as we know it is largely a byproduct

50% + of people live in cities and % is growing up

50% of world population lives in cities

an 'etcetera' citya list-city rather than a form-citya rhizome

Photo: Kirk Crowford, Flickr

Photo: Abhijeet Rane, Flickr

some cities are different

Photo: Ever Falling, Flickr

but we often 'get lost' because of bad ux

does IA or pervasive IA have anything to do with this?

A week on 4square, WSJ

from physical structure to information flow

Photo: Senseable City Lab, MIT

“a city processes informationrather than moving it around”

Photo: Blue brain project

“a city works less like a computerand more like the human brain”

Photo:Joana Petrova, Flickr

resilience is the capability of a system to adapt itself to different goals and seeking strategies

information seeking strategies

principle of least effort

resilience as personal paths

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for zombies

or zombie run!

the best of both worlds

gothenburg

50% expected increase in personal travel in the Gothenburg region in 2005-2025

Transport-related CO2 emissions should decrease by 4% in 2010 and by 75% in 2050 in respect to 1990

Public transport travel should increase from 24% to 35% in 2020

impacting collective transportation behavior is a complex task with a multitude of factors weighing in

better roads

better services

better information

better … mh?

these are not just different user types who have a range of well-delimited needs: these are user types whose needs change through time, in the short and in the long period, and are shaped in

accordance with the place they currently are

or is it a “better system”?

a seamless experience

co-modal traveling

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a complex system with many channels

“In my opportunistic cluster model, the bus stop I am standing in front of *is* the app. I open my phone and I'm looking at what *this* bus stop

has to offer”

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“places are used as wax. places are the site of a mnemonic palimpsest”

thank you