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Virtual assistants are a growing area of research in academia and industry, with an impact on people’s daily lives. Many disciplines in science are moving towards the incorporation of intelligent virtual assistants in multiple scenarios and application domains, and GIScience is not external to this trend since they may be connected to intelligent spatial decision support systems. This article presents a scoping review to indicate relevant literature pertinent to intelligent virtual assistants and their usage of geospatial information and technologies. In particular, the study was designed to find critical aspects of GIScience and how to contribute to the development of virtual assistants. Moreover, this work explores the most prominent research lines as well as relevant technologies/platforms to determine the main challenges and current limitations regarding the use and implementation of virtual assistants in geospatial‐related fields. As a result, this review shows the current state of geospatial applications regarding the use of intelligent virtual assistants, as well as revealing gaps and limitations in the use of spatial methods, standards, and resources available in spatial data infrastructures to develop intelligent decision systems based on virtual assistants for a wide array of application domains.
Carlos Granell; Paola G. Pesántez‐Cabrera; Luis M. Vilches‐Blázquez; Rosario Achig; Miguel R. Luaces; Alejandro Cortiñas‐Álvarez; Carolina Chayle; Villie Morocho. A scoping review on the use, processing and fusion of geographic data in virtual assistants. Transactions in GIS 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleCarlos Granell, Paola G. Pesántez‐Cabrera, Luis M. Vilches‐Blázquez, Rosario Achig, Miguel R. Luaces, Alejandro Cortiñas‐Álvarez, Carolina Chayle, Villie Morocho. A scoping review on the use, processing and fusion of geographic data in virtual assistants. Transactions in GIS. 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarlos Granell; Paola G. Pesántez‐Cabrera; Luis M. Vilches‐Blázquez; Rosario Achig; Miguel R. Luaces; Alejandro Cortiñas‐Álvarez; Carolina Chayle; Villie Morocho. 2021. "A scoping review on the use, processing and fusion of geographic data in virtual assistants." Transactions in GIS , no. : 1.
GIScience conference authors and researchers face the same computational reproducibility challenges as authors and researchers from other disciplines who use computers to analyse data. Here, to assess the reproducibility of GIScience research, we apply a rubric for assessing the reproducibility of 75 conference papers published at the GIScience conference series in the years 2012-2018. The rubric and process were previously applied to the publications of the AGILE conference series. The results of the GIScience paper assessment are in line with previous findings: descriptions of workflows and the inclusion of the data and software suffice to explain the presented work, but they do not enable the findings to be reproduced by a third party with reasonable effort. We summarise and adapt previous recommendations for improving this dire situation and invite the GIScience community to start a broad discussion on the reusability, quality, and openness of its research. The code and data for this article are published at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4032875.
Frank Olaf Ostermann; Daniel Nüst; Carlos Granell; Barbara Hofer; Markus Konkol. Reproducible Research and GIScience: an evaluation using GIScience conference papers. 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleFrank Olaf Ostermann, Daniel Nüst, Carlos Granell, Barbara Hofer, Markus Konkol. Reproducible Research and GIScience: an evaluation using GIScience conference papers. . 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrank Olaf Ostermann; Daniel Nüst; Carlos Granell; Barbara Hofer; Markus Konkol. 2020. "Reproducible Research and GIScience: an evaluation using GIScience conference papers." , no. : 1.
In an attempt to increase the reproducibility of contributions to a long-running and established geospatial conference series, the 23rd AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science 2020 (https://agile-online.org/conference-2020) for the first time provided guidelines on preparing reproducible papers (Nüst et al., 2020) and appointed a reproducibility committee to evaluate computational workflows of accepted papers ( https://www.agile-giscience-series.net/review_process.html). Here, the committee’s members report on the lessons learned from reviewing 23 accepted full papers and outline future plans for the conference series. In summary, six submissions were partially reproduced by reproducibility reviewers, whose reports are published openly on OSF ( https://osf.io/6k5fh/). These papers are promoted with badges on the proceedings’ website (https://agile-giss.copernicus.org/articles/1/index.html). Compared to previous years’ submissions (cf. Nüst et al. 2018), the guidelines and increased community awareness markedly improved reproducibility. However, the reproduction attempts also revealed problems, most importantly insufficient documentation. This was partly mitigated by the non-blind reproducibility review, conducted after paper acceptance, where interaction between reviewers and authors can provide the input and attention needed to increase reproducibility. However, the reviews also showed that anonymisation and public repositories, when properly documented, can enable a successful reproduction without interaction, as was the case with one manuscript. Individual and organisational challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the conference’s eventual cancellation increased the teething problems. Nevertheless, also under normal circumstances, future iterations will have to reduce the reviewer’s efforts to be sustainable, ideally by more readily executable workflows and a larger reproducibility committee. Furthermore, we discuss changes to the reproducibility review process and their challenges. Reproducibility reports could be made available to “regular” reviewers, or the reports could be considered equally for acceptance/rejection decisions. Insufficient information or invalid arguments for not disclosing material could then lead to a submission being rejected or not being sent out to peer review. Further organisational improvements are a publication of reviewers’ activities in public databases, making the guidelines mandatory, and collecting data on used tools/repositories, spent efforts, and communications. Finally, we summarise the revision of the guidelines, including their new section for reproducibility reviewers, and the status of the initiative “Reproducible Publications at AGILE Conferences” (https://reproducible-agile.github.io/initiative/), which we connect to related undertakings such as CODECHECK (Eglen et al., 2019). The AGILE Conference’s experiences may help other communities to transition towards more open and reproducible research publications.
Daniel Nüst; Frank Ostermann; Carlos Granell; Alexander Kmoch. Improving reproducibility of geospatial conference papers – lessons learned from a first implementation of reproducibility reviews. Septentrio Conference Series 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleDaniel Nüst, Frank Ostermann, Carlos Granell, Alexander Kmoch. Improving reproducibility of geospatial conference papers – lessons learned from a first implementation of reproducibility reviews. Septentrio Conference Series. 2020; (4):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniel Nüst; Frank Ostermann; Carlos Granell; Alexander Kmoch. 2020. "Improving reproducibility of geospatial conference papers – lessons learned from a first implementation of reproducibility reviews." Septentrio Conference Series , no. 4: 1.
University students enroling in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)‐related studies such as computer science continue to decline, even though worldwide educational policy reports warn about the need for this type of professionals in the immediate future. Promoting computer science studies among preuniversity students seems the most direct solution to reverse this issue. In this context, we present the Sucre4Kids project whose main objectives are to engage young people into computational thinking and programming concepts using tangible elements and social interaction. We apply the Sucre4Kids approach to introductory courses of computational thinking and programming concepts to high‐school students. The main results of the 3‐year intervention in the classroom with 256 high‐school students reached suggest that tangible elements and social interaction in groups are determining factors in increasing students' motivation to learn to code and to raise their interest in STEM disciplines.
Sergio Trilles; Carlos Granell. Advancing preuniversity students' computational thinking skills through an educational project based on tangible elements and virtual block‐based programming. Computer Applications in Engineering Education 2020, 28, 1490 -1502.
AMA StyleSergio Trilles, Carlos Granell. Advancing preuniversity students' computational thinking skills through an educational project based on tangible elements and virtual block‐based programming. Computer Applications in Engineering Education. 2020; 28 (6):1490-1502.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSergio Trilles; Carlos Granell. 2020. "Advancing preuniversity students' computational thinking skills through an educational project based on tangible elements and virtual block‐based programming." Computer Applications in Engineering Education 28, no. 6: 1490-1502.
Este artículo describe las experiencias, actividades realizadas, recursos generados y recomendaciones para la promoción e incentivación de prácticas en investigación reproducible en el campo de la ciencia de la información geográfica. Aunque el artículo se centra en la comunidad y conferencia AGILE (Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe), creemos que los recursos y lecciones aprendidas pueden ser extrapolables a comunidades y asociaciones científicas afines en otras regiones, como puede ser Latinoamérica. En este sentido, hacemos especial hincapié en la descripción de las directrices para la redacción de artículos reproducibles propuestas en el seno de AGILE, así como en una serie de recomendaciones dirigidas principalmente a asociaciones y organizadores de conferencias científicas para la adopción y promoción paulatina de dichas prácticas. Se trata pues de una llamada a la comunidad Latinoamérica de la ciencia de la información geográfica a que consideren los recursos aquí detallados con el fin de incentivar la investigación reproducible en sus comunidades científicas.
Carlos Granell; Barbara Hofer; Daniel Nüst; Frank O. Ostermann; Rusne Sileryte. Reproducibilidad en AGILE: Experiencias, logros y recomendaciones. Revista Cartográfica 2020, 155 -172.
AMA StyleCarlos Granell, Barbara Hofer, Daniel Nüst, Frank O. Ostermann, Rusne Sileryte. Reproducibilidad en AGILE: Experiencias, logros y recomendaciones. Revista Cartográfica. 2020; (100):155-172.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarlos Granell; Barbara Hofer; Daniel Nüst; Frank O. Ostermann; Rusne Sileryte. 2020. "Reproducibilidad en AGILE: Experiencias, logros y recomendaciones." Revista Cartográfica , no. 100: 155-172.
Este artículo describe las experiencias, actividades realizadas, recursos generados y recomendaciones para la promoción e incentivación de prácticas en investigación reproducible en el campo de la ciencia de la información geográfica. Aunque el artículo se centra en la comunidad y conferencia AGILE (Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe), creemos que los recursos y lecciones aprendidas pueden ser extrapolables a comunidades y asociaciones científicas afines en otras regiones, como puede ser Latinoamérica. En este sentido, hacemos especial hincapié en la descripción de las directrices para la redacción de artículos reproducibles propuestas en el seno de AGILE, así como en una serie de recomendaciones dirigidas principalmente a asociaciones y organizadores de conferencias científicas para la adopción y promoción paulatina de dichas prácticas. Se trata pues de una llamada a la comunidad Latinoamérica de la ciencia de la información geográfica a que consideren los recursos aquí detallados con el fin de incentivar la investigación reproducible en sus comunidades científicas.
Carlos Granell; Barbara Hofer; Daniel Nüst; Frank O. Ostermann; Rusne Sileryte. Reproducibilidad en AGILE: Experiencias, logros y recomendaciones. Revista Cartográfica 2020, 155 -172.
AMA StyleCarlos Granell, Barbara Hofer, Daniel Nüst, Frank O. Ostermann, Rusne Sileryte. Reproducibilidad en AGILE: Experiencias, logros y recomendaciones. Revista Cartográfica. 2020; (100):155-172.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarlos Granell; Barbara Hofer; Daniel Nüst; Frank O. Ostermann; Rusne Sileryte. 2020. "Reproducibilidad en AGILE: Experiencias, logros y recomendaciones." Revista Cartográfica , no. 100: 155-172.
Background Smartphone apps are an increasingly popular means for delivering psychological interventions to patients suffering from a mental disorder. In line with this popularity, there is a need to analyze and summarize the state of the art, both from a psychological and technical perspective. Objective This study aimed to systematically review the literature on the use of smartphones for psychological interventions. Our systematic review has the following objectives: (1) analyze the coverage of mental disorders in research articles per year; (2) study the types of assessment in research articles per mental disorder per year; (3) map the use of advanced technical features, such as sensors, and novel software features, such as personalization and social media, per mental disorder; (4) provide an overview of smartphone apps per mental disorder; and (5) provide an overview of the key characteristics of empirical assessments with rigorous designs (ie, randomized controlled trials [RCTs]). Methods The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines for systematic reviews were followed. We performed searches in Scopus, Web of Science, American Psychological Association PsycNET, and Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, covering a period of 6 years (2013-2018). We included papers that described the use of smartphone apps to deliver psychological interventions for known mental disorders. We formed multidisciplinary teams, comprising experts in psychology and computer science, to select and classify articles based on psychological and technical features. Results We found 158 articles that met the inclusion criteria. We observed an increasing interest in smartphone-based interventions over time. Most research targeted disorders with high prevalence, that is, depressive (31/158,19.6%) and anxiety disorders (18/158, 11.4%). Of the total, 72.7% (115/158) of the papers focused on six mental disorders: depression, anxiety, trauma and stressor-related, substance-related and addiction, schizophrenia spectrum, and other psychotic disorders, or a combination of disorders. More than half of known mental disorders were not or very scarcely (<3%) represented. An increasing number of studies were dedicated to assessing clinical effects, but RCTs were still a minority (25/158, 15.8%). From a technical viewpoint, interventions were leveraging the improved modalities (screen and sound) and interactivity of smartphones but only sparingly leveraged their truly novel capabilities, such as sensors, alternative delivery paradigms, and analytical methods. Conclusions There is a need for designing interventions for the full breadth of mental disorders, rather than primarily focusing on most prevalent disorders. We further contend that an increasingly systematic focus, that is, involving RCTs, is needed to improve the robustness and trustworthiness of assessments. Regarding technical aspects, we argue that further exploration and innovative use of the novel capabilities of smartphones are needed to fully realize their potential for the treatment of mental health disorders.
Ignacio Miralles; Carlos Granell; Laura Díaz-Sanahuja; William Van Woensel; Juana Bretón-López; Adriana Mira; Diana Castilla; Sven Casteleyn. Smartphone Apps for the Treatment of Mental Disorders: Systematic Review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth 2020, 8, e14897 .
AMA StyleIgnacio Miralles, Carlos Granell, Laura Díaz-Sanahuja, William Van Woensel, Juana Bretón-López, Adriana Mira, Diana Castilla, Sven Casteleyn. Smartphone Apps for the Treatment of Mental Disorders: Systematic Review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth. 2020; 8 (4):e14897.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIgnacio Miralles; Carlos Granell; Laura Díaz-Sanahuja; William Van Woensel; Juana Bretón-López; Adriana Mira; Diana Castilla; Sven Casteleyn. 2020. "Smartphone Apps for the Treatment of Mental Disorders: Systematic Review." JMIR mHealth and uHealth 8, no. 4: e14897.
BACKGROUND Smartphone apps are an increasingly popular means for delivering psychological interventions to patients suffering from a mental disorder. In line with this popularity, there is a need to analyze and summarize the state of the art, both from a psychological and technical perspective. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to systematically review the literature on the use of smartphones for psychological interventions. Our systematic review has the following objectives: (1) analyze the coverage of mental disorders in research articles per year; (2) study the types of assessment in research articles per mental disorder per year; (3) map the use of advanced technical features, such as sensors, and novel software features, such as personalization and social media, per mental disorder; (4) provide an overview of smartphone apps per mental disorder; and (5) provide an overview of the key characteristics of empirical assessments with rigorous designs (ie, randomized controlled trials [RCTs]). METHODS The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines for systematic reviews were followed. We performed searches in Scopus, Web of Science, American Psychological Association PsycNET, and Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, covering a period of 6 years (2013-2018). We included papers that described the use of smartphone apps to deliver psychological interventions for known mental disorders. We formed multidisciplinary teams, comprising experts in psychology and computer science, to select and classify articles based on psychological and technical features. RESULTS We found 158 articles that met the inclusion criteria. We observed an increasing interest in smartphone-based interventions over time. Most research targeted disorders with high prevalence, that is, depressive (31/158,19.6%) and anxiety disorders (18/158, 11.4%). Of the total, 72.7% (115/158) of the papers focused on six mental disorders: depression, anxiety, trauma and stressor-related, substance-related and addiction, schizophrenia spectrum, and other psychotic disorders, or a combination of disorders. More than half of known mental disorders were not or very scarcely (<3%) represented. An increasing number of studies were dedicated to assessing clinical effects, but RCTs were still a minority (25/158, 15.8%). From a technical viewpoint, interventions were leveraging the improved modalities (screen and sound) and interactivity of smartphones but only sparingly leveraged their truly novel capabilities, such as sensors, alternative delivery paradigms, and analytical methods. CONCLUSIONS There is a need for designing interventions for the full breadth of mental disorders, rather than primarily focusing on most prevalent disorders. We further contend that an increasingly systematic focus, that is, involving RCTs, is needed to improve the robustness and trustworthiness of assessments. Regarding technical aspects, we argue that further exploration and innovative use of the novel capabilities of smartphones are needed to fully realize their potential for the treatment of mental health disorders. CLINICALTRIAL
Ignacio Miralles; Carlos Granell; Laura Díaz-Sanahuja; William Van Woensel; Juana Bretón-López; Adriana Mira; Diana Castilla; Sven Casteleyn. Smartphone Apps for the Treatment of Mental Disorders: Systematic Review (Preprint). 2019, 1 .
AMA StyleIgnacio Miralles, Carlos Granell, Laura Díaz-Sanahuja, William Van Woensel, Juana Bretón-López, Adriana Mira, Diana Castilla, Sven Casteleyn. Smartphone Apps for the Treatment of Mental Disorders: Systematic Review (Preprint). . 2019; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIgnacio Miralles; Carlos Granell; Laura Díaz-Sanahuja; William Van Woensel; Juana Bretón-López; Adriana Mira; Diana Castilla; Sven Casteleyn. 2019. "Smartphone Apps for the Treatment of Mental Disorders: Systematic Review (Preprint)." , no. : 1.
This work identifies major areas of knowledge and proposes a set of relevant dimensions by area that must be taken into account in the design and delivery of context-aware mobile applications for mental health interventions. We argue that much of the related research has focused only on a few dimensions, paying little or no attention to others and, most importantly, to potential relationships between them. Our belief is that the improvement of the effectiveness of mobile interventions to support mental health necessarily implies that developers and therapists comprehensively consider the interaction between the proposed dimensions. Taking as a starting point the three areas of knowledge (Technology, Context, and Mental Health), we re-examine each area to identify relevant dimensions, discuss the relationships between them and finally draw a series of considerations. The resulting considerations can help therapists and developers to devise, design, and generate custom mobile applications in a way that increases the motivation and engagement of patients and, therefore, the effectiveness of psychological treatments.
Ignacio Miralles; Carlos Granell. Considerations for Designing Context-Aware Mobile Apps for Mental Health Interventions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019, 16, 1197 .
AMA StyleIgnacio Miralles, Carlos Granell. Considerations for Designing Context-Aware Mobile Apps for Mental Health Interventions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16 (7):1197.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIgnacio Miralles; Carlos Granell. 2019. "Considerations for Designing Context-Aware Mobile Apps for Mental Health Interventions." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 7: 1197.
In large-scale context-aware applications, a central design concern is capturing, managing and acting upon location and context data. The ability to understand the collected data and define meaningful contextual events, based on one or more incoming (contextual) data streams, both for a single and multiple users, is hereby critical for applications to exhibit location- and context-aware behaviour. In this article, we describe a context-aware, data-intensive metrics platform —focusing primarily on its geospatial support—that allows exactly this: to define and execute metrics, which capture meaningful spatio-temporal and contextual events relevant for the application realm. The platform (1) supports metrics definition and execution; (2) provides facilities for real-time, in-application actions upon metrics execution results; (3) allows post-hoc analysis and visualisation of collected data and results. It hereby offers contextual and geospatial data management and analytics as a service, and allow context-aware application developers to focus on their core application logic. We explain the core platform and its ecosystem of supporting applications and tools, elaborate the most important conceptual features, and discuss implementation realised through a distributed, micro-service based cloud architecture. Finally, we highlight possible application fields, and present a real-world case study in the realm of psychological health.
Luis E. Rodríguez-Pupo; Carlos Granell; Sven Casteleyn. An Analytics Platform for Integrating and Computing Spatio-Temporal Metrics. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2019, 8, 54 .
AMA StyleLuis E. Rodríguez-Pupo, Carlos Granell, Sven Casteleyn. An Analytics Platform for Integrating and Computing Spatio-Temporal Metrics. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2019; 8 (2):54.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLuis E. Rodríguez-Pupo; Carlos Granell; Sven Casteleyn. 2019. "An Analytics Platform for Integrating and Computing Spatio-Temporal Metrics." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 8, no. 2: 54.
To meet the growing demands from public and private stakeholders for early yield estimates, a high-resolution (2 km × 2 km) rice yield forecasting system based on the integration of the WARM model and remote sensing (RS) technologies was developed. RS was used to identify rice-cropped area and to derive spatially distributed sowing dates, and for the dynamic assimilation of RS-derived leaf area index (LAI) data within the crop model. The system—tested for the main European rice production districts in Italy, Greece, and Spain—performed satisfactorily; >66% of the inter-annual yield variability was explained in six out of eight combinations of ecotype × district, with a maximum of 89% of the variability explained for the ‘Tropical Japonica’ cultivars in the Vercelli district (Italy). In seven out of eight cases, the assimilation of RS-derived LAI improved the forecasting capability, with minor differences due to the assimilation technology used (updating or recalibration). In particular, RS data reduced uncertainty by capturing factors that were not properly reproduced by the simulation model (given the uncertainty due to large-area simulations). The system, which is an extension of the one used for rice within the EC-JRC-MARS forecasting system, was used pre-operationally in 2015 and 2016 to provide early yield estimates to private companies and institutional stakeholders within the EU-FP7 ERMES project.
Valentina Pagani; Tommaso Guarneri; Lorenzo Busetto; Luigi Ranghetti; Mirco Boschetti; Ermes Movedi; Manuel Campos-Taberner; Francisco Javier Garcia-Haro; Dimitrios Katsantonis; Dimitris Stavrakoudis; Elisabetta Ricciardelli; Filomena Romano; Francesco Holecz; Francesco Collivignarelli; Carlos Granell; Sven Casteleyn; Roberto Confalonieri. A high-resolution, integrated system for rice yield forecasting at district level. Agricultural Systems 2019, 168, 181 -190.
AMA StyleValentina Pagani, Tommaso Guarneri, Lorenzo Busetto, Luigi Ranghetti, Mirco Boschetti, Ermes Movedi, Manuel Campos-Taberner, Francisco Javier Garcia-Haro, Dimitrios Katsantonis, Dimitris Stavrakoudis, Elisabetta Ricciardelli, Filomena Romano, Francesco Holecz, Francesco Collivignarelli, Carlos Granell, Sven Casteleyn, Roberto Confalonieri. A high-resolution, integrated system for rice yield forecasting at district level. Agricultural Systems. 2019; 168 ():181-190.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValentina Pagani; Tommaso Guarneri; Lorenzo Busetto; Luigi Ranghetti; Mirco Boschetti; Ermes Movedi; Manuel Campos-Taberner; Francisco Javier Garcia-Haro; Dimitrios Katsantonis; Dimitris Stavrakoudis; Elisabetta Ricciardelli; Filomena Romano; Francesco Holecz; Francesco Collivignarelli; Carlos Granell; Sven Casteleyn; Roberto Confalonieri. 2019. "A high-resolution, integrated system for rice yield forecasting at district level." Agricultural Systems 168, no. : 181-190.
Reproducibility is a fundamental pillar in science but it has recently been described as hard and challenging to achieve, as stated in numerous editorials and papers, some of which alert on a “reproducibility crisis”. In this article we outline 1/ the approach taken to put Reproducible Research (RR) in the agenda of the GIScience community, 2/ first actions and initial lessons learned towards the discussion and adoption of RR principles and practices in the workflows and habits of researchers, and finally, we present 3/ our short-term strategy (two years) and specific actions to achieve the main goal of making RR an integral part of scientific workflows of the GIScience community.
Carlos Granell; Daniel Nüst; Frank O Ostermann; Rusne Sileryte. Reproducible Research is like riding a bike. 2018, 1 .
AMA StyleCarlos Granell, Daniel Nüst, Frank O Ostermann, Rusne Sileryte. Reproducible Research is like riding a bike. . 2018; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarlos Granell; Daniel Nüst; Frank O Ostermann; Rusne Sileryte. 2018. "Reproducible Research is like riding a bike." , no. : 1.
Reproducibility is a fundamental pillar in science but it has recently been described as hard and challenging to achieve, as stated in numerous editorials and papers, some of which alert on a “reproducibility crisis”. In this article we outline 1/ the approach taken to put Reproducible Research (RR) in the agenda of the GIScience community, 2/ first actions and initial lessons learned towards the discussion and adoption of RR principles and practices in the workflows and habits of researchers, and finally, we present 3/ our short-term strategy (two years) and specific actions to achieve the main goal of making RR an integral part of scientific workflows of the GIScience community.
Carlos Granell; Daniel Nüst; Frank O Ostermann; Rusne Sileryte. Reproducible Research is like riding a bike. 2018, 1 .
AMA StyleCarlos Granell, Daniel Nüst, Frank O Ostermann, Rusne Sileryte. Reproducible Research is like riding a bike. . 2018; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarlos Granell; Daniel Nüst; Frank O Ostermann; Rusne Sileryte. 2018. "Reproducible Research is like riding a bike." , no. : 1.
The demand for reproducible research is on the rise in disciplines concerned with data analysis and computational methods. Therefore, we reviewed current recommendations for reproducible research and translated them into criteria for assessing the reproducibility of articles in the field of geographic information science (GIScience). Using this criteria, we assessed a sample of GIScience studies from the Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe (AGILE) conference series, and we collected feedback about the assessment from the study authors. Results from the author feedback indicate that although authors support the concept of performing reproducible research, the incentives for doing this in practice are too small. Therefore, we propose concrete actions for individual researchers and the GIScience conference series to improve transparency and reproducibility. For example, to support researchers in producing reproducible work, the GIScience conference series could offer awards and paper badges, provide author guidelines for computational research, and publish articles in Open Access formats.
Daniel Nüst; Carlos Granell; Barbara Hofer; Markus Konkol; Frank Ostermann; Rusne Sileryte; Valentina Cerutti. Reproducible research and GIScience: an evaluation using AGILE conference papers. PeerJ 2018, 6, e5072 .
AMA StyleDaniel Nüst, Carlos Granell, Barbara Hofer, Markus Konkol, Frank Ostermann, Rusne Sileryte, Valentina Cerutti. Reproducible research and GIScience: an evaluation using AGILE conference papers. PeerJ. 2018; 6 ():e5072.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniel Nüst; Carlos Granell; Barbara Hofer; Markus Konkol; Frank Ostermann; Rusne Sileryte; Valentina Cerutti. 2018. "Reproducible research and GIScience: an evaluation using AGILE conference papers." PeerJ 6, no. : e5072.
Águeda Gómez-Cambronero; Ignacio Miralles; Carlos Granell. ESCAPE ROOM VIDEO GAME TO LEARN AND PRACTICE DIFFERENT WRITING SYSTEMS. INTED2018 Proceedings 2018, 3268 -3273.
AMA StyleÁgueda Gómez-Cambronero, Ignacio Miralles, Carlos Granell. ESCAPE ROOM VIDEO GAME TO LEARN AND PRACTICE DIFFERENT WRITING SYSTEMS. INTED2018 Proceedings. 2018; ():3268-3273.
Chicago/Turabian StyleÁgueda Gómez-Cambronero; Ignacio Miralles; Carlos Granell. 2018. "ESCAPE ROOM VIDEO GAME TO LEARN AND PRACTICE DIFFERENT WRITING SYSTEMS." INTED2018 Proceedings , no. : 3268-3273.
The demand for reproducibility of research is on the rise in disciplines concerned with data analysis and computational methods. In this work existing recommendations for reproducible research are reviewed and translated into criteria for assessing reproducibility of articles in the field of geographic information science (GIScience). Using a sample of GIScience research from the Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe (AGILE) conference series, we assess the current state of reproducibility of publications in this field. Feedback on the assessment was collected by surveying the authors of the sample papers. The results show the reproducibility levels are low. Although authors support the ideals, the incentives are too small. Therefore we propose concrete actions for individual researchers and the AGILE conference series to improve transparency and reproducibility, such as imparting data and software skills, an award, paper badges, author guidelines for computational research, and Open Access publications.
Daniel Nüst; Carlos Granell; Barbara Hofer; Markus Konkol; Frank O Ostermann; Rusne Sileryte; Valentina Cerutti. Reproducible research and GIScience: an evaluation using AGILE conference papers. 2018, 1 .
AMA StyleDaniel Nüst, Carlos Granell, Barbara Hofer, Markus Konkol, Frank O Ostermann, Rusne Sileryte, Valentina Cerutti. Reproducible research and GIScience: an evaluation using AGILE conference papers. . 2018; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniel Nüst; Carlos Granell; Barbara Hofer; Markus Konkol; Frank O Ostermann; Rusne Sileryte; Valentina Cerutti. 2018. "Reproducible research and GIScience: an evaluation using AGILE conference papers." , no. : 1.
The demand for reproducibility of research is on the rise in disciplines concerned with data analysis and computational methods. In this work existing recommendations for reproducible research are reviewed and translated into criteria for assessing reproducibility of articles in the field of geographic information science (GIScience). Using a sample of GIScience research from the Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe (AGILE) conference series, we assess the current state of reproducibility of publications in this field. Feedback on the assessment was collected by surveying the authors of the sample papers. The results show the reproducibility levels are low. Although authors support the ideals, the incentives are too small. Therefore we propose concrete actions for individual researchers and the AGILE conference series to improve transparency and reproducibility, such as imparting data and software skills, an award, paper badges, author guidelines for computational research, and Open Access publications.
Daniel Nüst; Carlos Granell; Barbara Hofer; Markus Konkol; Frank O Ostermann; Rusne Sileryte; Valentina Cerutti. Reproducible research and GIScience: an evaluation using AGILE conference papers. 2018, 1 .
AMA StyleDaniel Nüst, Carlos Granell, Barbara Hofer, Markus Konkol, Frank O Ostermann, Rusne Sileryte, Valentina Cerutti. Reproducible research and GIScience: an evaluation using AGILE conference papers. . 2018; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniel Nüst; Carlos Granell; Barbara Hofer; Markus Konkol; Frank O Ostermann; Rusne Sileryte; Valentina Cerutti. 2018. "Reproducible research and GIScience: an evaluation using AGILE conference papers." , no. : 1.
Barbara Hofer; Carlos Granell; Lars Bernard. Innovation in geoprocessing for a Digital Earth. International Journal of Digital Earth 2017, 11, 3 -6.
AMA StyleBarbara Hofer, Carlos Granell, Lars Bernard. Innovation in geoprocessing for a Digital Earth. International Journal of Digital Earth. 2017; 11 (1):3-6.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBarbara Hofer; Carlos Granell; Lars Bernard. 2017. "Innovation in geoprocessing for a Digital Earth." International Journal of Digital Earth 11, no. 1: 3-6.
Ignacio Miralles; Carlos Granell; Luis E. Rodríguez-Pupo; Sven Casteleyn; Joaquín Huerta. Games, Health and the City. Extended Abstracts Publication of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play 2017, 239 -245.
AMA StyleIgnacio Miralles, Carlos Granell, Luis E. Rodríguez-Pupo, Sven Casteleyn, Joaquín Huerta. Games, Health and the City. Extended Abstracts Publication of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. 2017; ():239-245.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIgnacio Miralles; Carlos Granell; Luis E. Rodríguez-Pupo; Sven Casteleyn; Joaquín Huerta. 2017. "Games, Health and the City." Extended Abstracts Publication of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play , no. : 239-245.
Metrics are important and well-known tools to measure users’ behavior in games, and gameplay in general. Particularities of location-aware games—a class of games where the player’s location plays a central role-demand specific support in metrics to adequately address the spatio-temporal features such games exhibit. In this article, we analyse and discuss how existing game analytics platforms address the spatio-temporal features of location-aware games. Our analysis reveals that little support is available. Next, based on the analysis, we propose a classification of spatial metrics, embedded in existing literature, and discuss three types of spatial metrics-point-, trajectory- and area-based metrics-, and elaborate examples and difficulties. Finally, we discuss how spatial metrics may be deployed to improve gameplay in location-aware games.
Luis E. Rodríguez-Pupo; Sven Casteleyn; Carlos Granell. On Metrics for Location-Aware Games. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2017, 6, 299 .
AMA StyleLuis E. Rodríguez-Pupo, Sven Casteleyn, Carlos Granell. On Metrics for Location-Aware Games. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2017; 6 (10):299.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLuis E. Rodríguez-Pupo; Sven Casteleyn; Carlos Granell. 2017. "On Metrics for Location-Aware Games." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 6, no. 10: 299.