Author: Shuyi Sun

Objects, locations, and situations are interconnected through a kind of network that enables their coordination, interaction, and cooperation. Such a pervasive presence of connections is the Internet of Things (IoT). These clusters of objects work together to achieve individual and common goals. Typically, these objects are digital or technical smart objects. Because of the common…

Trust is difficult to establish over the internet. This paper states that trust in a group is best established beforehand through in person meetings. However, it is possible to mitigate the lack of trust through prior computer mediated communication strategies too. This follows the common belief that having prior social interaction, or at least knowledge…

Soylent is a word processing tool used for proofreading. It goes through many contributors sourced through Amazon Mechanical Turk, and produces crowdsourced edited documents for writers. Soylent consists of three main tasks: shorten, proofread, and format. This paper believes that crowdsourcing the task of proofreading allows writers to gather a holistic and advanced final draft…

This paper studied the relationship between Facebook and three types of social capital. Social capital is the nuances and interactions between individuals in a society of any size. It also most commonly refers to the benefits and reciprocity that is associated with a social network. Weak ties, or bridging social capital is loosely connected with…

GroupLens is an open source structure for collaborative filtering of netnews. It is similar to Netflix ratings, Amazon reviews, and Rotten Tomato. This paper studies the group benefits of shared rating system and other filtering techniques, for example, the ability to put certain topics or authors on a kill file. Results show that a 5…

Groupware and Social Dynamics analyzed past successes and failures of social technology. The authors generalized that software made for groups did not focus enough on what makes groupware effective, but instead focused on technical designs. They advocated for more attention on workplace, group needs, and user demands. The eight problem areas of groupware were disparity…

Social translucence refers to the strategy of making social information visible within a digital system. This paper focuses on the differences between how vastly available and transparent social cues are in real life and how technological communication is much more opaque. The three key components of communication in our world are visibility, awareness, and visibility….

In brief, this paper examines grounding, which is constructing a mutual understanding, in communication. Establishing, updating, and engaging in a common contextual ground in communication has many steps and nuances. In this paper, Clark analyzed in extreme details the properties of a conversation. Furthermore, techniques are introduced for more effective communication. To converse, one must…