Dr. Enrique Frias-Martinez
Telefonica Research
Distrito C, Edificio Oeste, Plata 5a
Madrid 28050
Spain
efm (at)
- Judge of the Final Phase of Global Data Fest organized by IBM, Intel and IEEE Smart Cities http://www.global.datafest.net/about/judges
- Our paper "Assessing the Potential of Ride-Sharing Using Mobile and Social Data", has been featured in MIT Technology Review
-Our paper “Studying Human Behavior through the Lens of Mobile Phones during Floods” has been featured in the UN Global Pulse web page and included in the 2014 Annual Report of the United Nations GP: http://www.unglobalpulse.org/tabasco-floods-CDRs
http://www.unglobalpulse.org/sites/default/files/Annual%20Report_2014_FINAL-DIGITAL%20VIEW.pdf
- My Contribution to Think Big Blog: “Urban Analysis for the XXI Century” , wasalso featured in the World Economic Forum Agenda: “What mobile phones teach us about cities” and the World Economic Forum @ DAVOS twitter account: https://twitter.com/davos/status/562543577927258112
- Our paper "Spectral Clustering for Sensing Urban Land Use using Twitter Activity" has been featured in ABC Newspaper (spanish), Muy Interesante (Printed Magazine), Muy Interesante (On-Line Magazine), CienciaXPlora, Vanguardia de Mexico, CBC News, TIME.com, The Times of India, Phys.org, Science Daily among others.
- Our work in modeling H1N1 spreading has been featured in The Economist as an example of how Big data can be used to control Ebola: "Ebola and Big data: Wainting on Hold" . Also by Australia Journal, Digital Economics, YeYang.org, 24h.net
- Our paper "Cross-Checking Different Sources of Mobility Information” was featured in Veooz, AllTheResearch, ScoopIt!
- Our paper "From mobile phone data to the spatial structures of cities” is featured at MIT Tech Review, Morphocode, Mobiles for Human Development Blog, World News Update - Science Section.
- Our data visualizations of mobility using cell phone records are part of Big Bang Data Exposition and have been featured at Television Española (minute 55:45) & CCCB Webpage.
- Our work in Big Daya for Social Good is feautre in SOMOS Magazine: http://somos.telefonica.com/num/33en/responsables-big-data-for-social-good/
- Our work in modeling H1N1 spread using CDRs has been featured in The Guardian: "Combating Global Epidemics with Big Mobile Data" and at MSN Innovation "Big Data and How it will change your world" and ABC newspaper (in spanish) "Los móviles, utiles para entender los movimientos poblacionales durante una pandemia".
- Research of Telefonica in use of CDRs for Developing Economies presented at UNICEF:
http://www.unglobalpulse.org/unicef-virtualworkshop
-Re:think 2012 - Advertising Research Foundation Panel: Data Philanhropy can make a difference: http://rethink12.thearf.org/talks/24563
- Our work in identifiying socioeconomic levels from CDR data is featured in Forbes Magazine:
Activity of the Telefonica Moviles network during the earthquake of Tuesday, March 20th, 2012. The visualization presents the activity prior, during and after the earthquake (and the first aftershock) focusing on Mexico City.
Activity of the Telefonica Moviles network during the earthquake of Tuesday, March 20th, 2012. The visualization presents the activity prior, during and after the earthquake (and the first aftershock) focusing on an area dlimited by Acapulco, Mexico City, Veracruz and Oaxaca.
Automatic Detection of land uses in Madrid using clustering techniques over Call Detail Records. See details in:
"Automated Land Use Identification using Cell-phone Records", V. Soto, E. Frias-Martinez, 3rd ACM Int. Workshop on Hot Topics in Planet-Scale Measurement, in conjuntion with ACM MobiSys2011, Washington DC, 2011 [PDF][External Link][Presentation]
"Robust Land Use Characterization of Urban Landscapes using Cell Phone Data", V.Soto, E. Frias-Martinez, Workshop on Pervasive Urban Applications in conjuntion with 9th Int. Conf. on Pervasive Computing, San Francisco, CA,2011 [PDF][External Link][Presentation]
This animation shows the aggregated mobility patterns of citizens in Mexico City for a period of 24 hours computed from Call Detail Records (CDRs). Each frame represents the number of movements made by citizens between any two cellular towers at that specific 1-hour slot in time. The red dots are the cellular towers and the thickness of the line represents the number of movements (normalized) between the two connecting locations. There is a clear increase in mobility as the day goes by, not only in the city center but also in neighborhoods in the outskirts of the city. The analysis of these mobility patterns generates critical information for urban planning, crisis management during natural disasters and global health (e.g., simulations of epidemic spreading).
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Dr. Enrique Frias-Martinez
Telefonica Research
Distrito C, Edificio Oeste, Plata 5a
Madrid 28050
Spain
efm (at)