Paper accepted at Big Data Research that analyzes data streams from smart home speakers deployed in the homes of elderly individuals. We develop visual representations and sonification to discover several patterns to draw tentative conclusions about how the aging-at-home elderly make use of smart speakers at home. With Haijing Hao and Chenhang Meng (Bentley). The work was funded by the National Science Foundation and carried out as part of the project related to managing health information for the elderly.
Purao, S., Hao, H., and Meng, C. 2021. The Use of Smart Home Speakers by the Elderly: Exploratory Analyses and Potential for Big Data. Big Data Research. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bdr.2021.100224.
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