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Extending the Outreach: From Smart Cities to Connected Communities

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Ernesto Damiani,

Ryszard Kowalczyk,

Gerard ParrAuthors Info & Claims

ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT), Volume 18, Issue 1

Article No.: 1, Pages 1 - 7

https://doi.org/10.1145/3140543

Published: 26 October 2017 Publication History

Abstract

Connected Communities (CCs) are socio-technical systems that rely on an information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure to integrate people and organizations (companies, schools, hospitals, universities, local and national government agencies) willing to share information and perform joint decision-making to create sustainable and equitable work and living environments. We discuss a research agenda considering CCs from three distinct but complementary points of view: CC metaphors, models, and services.

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Index Terms

Extending the Outreach: From Smart Cities to Connected Communities
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Web-based interaction
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing and business
      1. Socio-technical systems

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ACM Transactions on Internet Technology Volume 18, Issue 1

Special Issue on Connected Communities

February 2018

250 pages

ISSN:1533-5399

EISSN:1557-6051

DOI:10.1145/3155100

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