[Dataset] hope/amd (v. 2008-08-07)

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the initial version

@MISC{hope-amd-2008-08-07,
  author = {aestetix and Christopher Petro},
  title = {{CRAWDAD} data set hope/amd (v. 2008-08-07)}, 
  howpublished = {Downloaded from http://crawdad.cs.dartmouth.edu/hope/amd},
  month = aug,  
  year = 2008
}
					

RFID tracking data was collected from the seventh HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) conference
which was held in July 18-20, 2008. Conference attendees received RFID badges that uniquely 
identify and track them across the conference space.

Please refer to [LICENSE.html] below.

RFID technology is now ubiquitous. RFID tags are used to track people and their belongings, 
monitor their behavior, make payments on major transit systems, manage store inventories, 
and far more. 

The AMD, or "Attendee Meta-Data", project is an attempt to apply the RFID technology 
to the seventh HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) conference, which was held at the Hotel 
Pennsylvania in New York City, July 18-20, 2008. The AMD project aims to transparently 
show that the RFID technology can be used to connect each of the conference attendees 
with other people so they get a better conference experience.

RFID is an acronym for "radio frequency identification". In the case of the AMD or 
"Attendee Meta-Data" project, people can wear a special badge with an RFID "chip" 
inside which responds to RFID "readers" placed around the conference. The chip can tell 
the reader where it is, and we can use that to follow people around the conference. 

The badges, commissioned by Mitch Altman, inventor of TV-B-Gone, expanded on equipment 
from the Sputnik project, an experiment in RFID tracking at the 24th Chaos Communication 
Congress held in Berlin last year.

Attendees receive RFID badges that uniquely identify and track them across 
the conference space. Location information is incredibly accurate - visitors' 
exact locations and movements are monitored in real time, and used to drive 
social networking features which completely change the conference experience.

Private information is either anonymized (e.g., EMAIL, LOCATION) or 
removed (e.g., PHONE, ROOM_NUMBER).

Due to obvious privacy concerns, it only follows people in the most public areas 
(such as talk rooms).  People who are not on the mezzanine or 18th floor will not 
be trackable.

[Traceset] hope/amd/conference (v. 2008-08-07)

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the initial version.

@MISC{hope-amd-conference-2008-08-07,
  author = {aestetix and Christopher Petro},
  title = {{CRAWDAD} trace set hope/amd/conference (v. 2008-08-07)}, 
  howpublished = {Downloaded from http://crawdad.cs.dartmouth.edu/hope/amd/conference},
  month = aug,  
  year = 2008
}
					

RFID tracking data was collected from the seventh HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) conference
which was held in July 18-20, 2008. Conference attendees received RFID badges that uniquely 
identify and track them across the conference space. The attendees "tag" themselves 
with multiple interests, to become discoverable by fellow attendees with similar interests, 
in the same room or across the building.

1. Conference setting

The AMD, or "Attendee Meta-Data", project is an attempt to take an emerging technology 
called RFID and transparently show how it is capable of being used. In addition, it uses 
a concept called "interest tags" to allow attendees to not only get a better 
conference experience, but also gives them a new way to connect with other people.

The AMD project introduces a new location-aware social networking system to track and 
bring together hackers based on a huge array of matching interests. 
Conference goers are given ability to connect with new people, find the talks they're 
most interested in attending, see what's happening and where in real time, and experience 
and talk about the way RFID technology is changing the world.

Attendees receive RFID badges that uniquely identify and track them across 
the conference space. Location information is incredibly accurate - visitors' 
exact locations and movements are monitored in real time, and used to drive 
revolutionary social networking features which completely change the conference 
experience.

2. Interest tags and the AMD site

The AMD social networking site lets visitors "tag" themselves based on 
a diverse set of interests. Old-school hackers, network security experts, 
cryptographers, political activists, law geeks, lockpickers, reverse engineers, 
bloggers, privacy advocates, and far more - visitors can label themselves 
with multiple interests, to become discoverable by fellow visitors from around 
the world with similar interests, in the same room or across the building. 
Attendees can then use email or text messages to "ping" the people they discover 
on the site - new contacts and old friends alike.

Interest tags are bits of data pertaining to a subject at hand. For example, 
the image website Flickr uses interest tags to help users sort images. In AMD, 
users with RFID badges can log into the website, and on the "participate" page, 
they can select up to five interests they may share with other conference attendees. 
We can use these interests to determine other people the users may want to meet.

The AMD site connects visitors to the many talks and events occurring 
during the conference, too. The same interests tags are used to highlight 
events and alert visitors to something they might otherwise miss - 
a vital feature for such a large conference. Attendees can also use the interactive 
schedule to select events they want to attend, and receive alerts before those events begin.

The site also provides visualizations of activity on the conference floors. 
Website users can watch the real time positions and movements of people across 
the Mezzanine, revealing the group dynamics of a massive number of people and 
instantly identifying the hotspots. Users can also click on any conference room 
to see its current event, speakers, and attendees.

Visitors are further encouraged to connect and participate through interactive games. 
The LIFE:CLOCK game scores visitors based on which events they attend and for how long - 
or if they do nothing, their clock slowly ticks away towards zero.

Although the AMD Project offers a radical new way to experience The Last HOPE, 
participation is voluntary. And attendees who do participate can choose to reveal 
as much or as little personal information as they desire. Users can see other users' 
handles, but contact information is not divulged until users send or reply to pings. 
Unwanted pings can be ignored, and privacy preserved.

3. Tracking and collecting information

RFID is an acronym for "radio frequency identification". In the case of the AMD project, 
people can wear a special badge with an RFID "chip" inside which responds to RFID 
"readers" placed around the conference. The chip can tell the reader where it is, 
and we can use that to follow people around the conference. Due to obvious privacy 
concerns, it only follows people in the most public areas (such as talk rooms). 
People who are not on the mezzanine or 18th floor will not be trackable.

The only thing that gets tracked is the RFID number burned into the badge 
(for example, "2001"). No personal information is stored on the badge. 
However, if an attendee create a profile, everything that is entered 
can be used in tracking, so we can track as much or as little information 
as the attendee want.

The other information we collect is voluntary, but help enhance the attendees' 
convention experience. This includes the information of age, email address, phone number,
and home town. The information of age and home town can be used for things like meetup groups. 
For example, we can let an attendee from St. Louis know that everyone from St. Louis 
is meeting up at 5pm to go out for dinner. Phone numbers can help enhance the experience 
even more. For example, we can send a text message reminder of a talk the participate 
wanted to see, 15 minutes before the talk. Or maybe an attendee would like to get ahold 
of someone he or she met, but only remember their handle. Then the attendee can use 
the AMD system to make that new connection.

[Trace] hope/amd/conference/countries (v. 2008-08-07)

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the initial version

@MISC{hope-amd-conference-countries-2008-08-07,
  author = {aestetix and Christopher Petro},
  title = {{CRAWDAD} trace hope/amd/conference/countries (v. 2008-08-07)}, 
  howpublished = {Downloaded from http://crawdad.cs.dartmouth.edu/hope/amd/conference/countries},
  month = aug,  
  year = 2008
}
					

A list of countries for the hope/amd RFID tracking data.

A list of countries.

ID,COUNTRY

File name: countries.csv

Sample data:

1,"United States"
2,"Japan"
3,"Germany"
4,"China (PRC)"
5,"United Kingdom"

[Trace] hope/amd/conference/creation (v. 2008-08-07)

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the initial version

@MISC{hope-amd-conference-creation-2008-08-07,
  author = {aestetix and Christopher Petro},
  title = {{CRAWDAD} trace hope/amd/conference/creation (v. 2008-08-07)}, 
  howpublished = {Downloaded from http://crawdad.cs.dartmouth.edu/hope/amd/conference/creation},
  month = aug,  
  year = 2008
}
					

User creation logs for the hope/amd RFID tracking data.

User creation logs.

ID,PIN,REGISTERED,TIMESTAMP

File name: creation.csv

Sample data:

7451,7218361199,,7/18/2008 6:30:23 AM
7452,4820243524,,7/18/2008 6:30:23 AM
7453,3770182004,,7/18/2008 6:30:23 AM
7454,8021624905,,7/18/2008 6:30:23 AM
7455,2146521284,,7/18/2008 6:30:23 AM

[Trace] hope/amd/conference/interests_list (v. 2008-08-07)

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the initial version

@MISC{hope-amd-conference-interests_list-2008-08-07,
  author = {aestetix and Christopher Petro},
  title = {{CRAWDAD} trace hope/amd/conference/interests_list (v. 2008-08-07)}, 
  howpublished = {Downloaded from http://crawdad.cs.dartmouth.edu/hope/amd/conference/interests_list},
  month = aug,  
  year = 2008
}
					

A list of interests for the hope/amd RFID tracking data.

A list of interests.

INTEREST_ID,INTEREST_NAME

File name: interests_list.csv

Sample data:

1,"new tech"
2,"activism"
3,"radio"
4,"lockpicking"
5,"crypto"

[Trace] hope/amd/conference/interests (v. 2008-08-07)

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the initial version

@MISC{hope-amd-conference-interests-2008-08-07,
  author = {aestetix and Christopher Petro},
  title = {{CRAWDAD} trace hope/amd/conference/interests (v. 2008-08-07)}, 
  howpublished = {Downloaded from http://crawdad.cs.dartmouth.edu/hope/amd/conference/interests},
  month = aug,  
  year = 2008
}
					

User-interest mapping for the hope/amd RFID tracking data.

User-interest mapping.

ID,INTEREST

File name: interests.csv

Sample data:

3003,5
3003,6
3003,11
3003,12
3003,15

[Trace] hope/amd/conference/person (v. 2008-08-07)

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the initial version

@MISC{hope-amd-conference-person-2008-08-07,
  author = {aestetix and Christopher Petro},
  title = {{CRAWDAD} trace hope/amd/conference/person (v. 2008-08-07)}, 
  howpublished = {Downloaded from http://crawdad.cs.dartmouth.edu/hope/amd/conference/person},
  month = aug,  
  year = 2008
}
					

Personal user profile for the hope/amd RFID tracking data.

Personal user profile.

ID,LOCATION,EMAIL,HANDLE,PASSWORD,ROOM_NUMBER,PHONE,AGE,SEX,COUNTRY,EDITED,PROVIDER,SPEAKER,ADMIN,REMINDER,VALIDATION,LOGGEDIN

File name: person.csv

Sample data:

4135,,user4135@amd.hope.net,user4135,,,,,,,,,,,,,
4291,1060,user4291@amd.hope.net,user4291,,,,29,1,1,1,3,,,3,,
3407,Vancouver,user3407@amd.hope.net,user3407,,,,36,2,9,1,3,,,0,,
4137,14304,user4137@amd.hope.net,user4137,,,,23,1,1,1,,,,1,,
3489,,user3489@amd.hope.net,user3489,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Trace] hope/amd/conference/ping (v. 2008-08-07)

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the initial version

@MISC{hope-amd-conference-ping-2008-08-07,
  author = {aestetix and Christopher Petro},
  title = {{CRAWDAD} trace hope/amd/conference/ping (v. 2008-08-07)}, 
  howpublished = {Downloaded from http://crawdad.cs.dartmouth.edu/hope/amd/conference/ping},
  month = aug,  
  year = 2008
}
					

User ping longs for the hope/amd RFID tracking data.

User ping logs: attendees can use email or text messages to "ping" the people 
they discover on the site - new contacts and old friends alike.

ID,TO_ID,PINGTIMESTAMP,PINGTYPE4031,4029,7/18/2008 9:13:46 AM,"email"

File name: ping.csv

Sample data:

4031,3014,7/18/2008 9:13:51 AM,"email"
3144,3014,7/18/2008 6:39:10 PM,"email"
4178,3082,7/18/2008 6:59:15 PM,"email"
4011,3504,7/20/2008 11:55:59 AM,"sms"

[Trace] hope/amd/conference/position_snapshot (v. 2008-08-07)

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the initial version

@MISC{hope-amd-conference-position_snapshot-2008-08-07,
  author = {aestetix and Christopher Petro},
  title = {{CRAWDAD} trace hope/amd/conference/position_snapshot (v. 2008-08-07)}, 
  howpublished = {Downloaded from http://crawdad.cs.dartmouth.edu/hope/amd/conference/position_snapshot},
  month = aug,  
  year = 2008
}
					

Location logs for the hope/amd RFID tracking data.

Location logs.

SNAPSHOT_TIMESTAMP,TAG_ID,AREA_ID,X,Y,Z

File name: position_snapshot.csv

Sample data:

7/18/2008 2:27:47 PM,3642,"LaptopWorkArea",,,
7/18/2008 2:27:47 PM,4177,"Turing",,,
7/18/2008 2:27:47 PM,4147,"Turing",,,
7/18/2008 2:27:47 PM,4195,"LegoTable",,,
7/18/2008 2:27:47 PM,4238,"Turing",,,

[Trace] hope/amd/conference/providers (v. 2008-08-07)

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the initial version

@MISC{hope-amd-conference-providers-2008-08-07,
  author = {aestetix and Christopher Petro},
  title = {{CRAWDAD} trace hope/amd/conference/providers (v. 2008-08-07)}, 
  howpublished = {Downloaded from http://crawdad.cs.dartmouth.edu/hope/amd/conference/providers},
  month = aug,  
  year = 2008
}
					

A list of mobile phone providers for the hope/amd RFID tracking data.

A list of mobile phone providers.

ID,PROVIDER,ADDRESS

File name: providers.csv

Sample data:

0,"Choose a provider...","n/a"
1,"Verizon","vtext.com"
2,"Sprint PCS","messaging.sprintpcs.com"
3,"AT&T Wireless","txt.att.net"
4,"Cingular","cingularme.com"

[Trace] hope/amd/conference/snapshot_summary (v. 2008-08-07)

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the initial version

@MISC{hope-amd-conference-snapshot_summary-2008-08-07,
  author = {aestetix and Christopher Petro},
  title = {{CRAWDAD} trace hope/amd/conference/snapshot_summary (v. 2008-08-07)}, 
  howpublished = {Downloaded from http://crawdad.cs.dartmouth.edu/hope/amd/conference/snapshot_summary},
  month = aug,  
  year = 2008
}
					

Activity span logs for the hope/amd RFID tracking data.

Activity span logs.

TIME_PERIOD,TAG_ID,AREA_ID,NORMALIZED_TIME_IN_AREA

File name: snapshot_summary.csv

Sample data:

7/20/2008 1:40:00 PM,4245,"VendorTables",0.2
7/20/2008 1:40:00 PM,4245,"CTF",0.2
7/20/2008 1:40:00 PM,4245,"LegoTable",0.1
7/20/2008 1:45:00 PM,4245,"VendorTables",0.916666666666667
7/20/2008 1:45:00 PM,4245,"Hammocks",0.0833333333333333

[Trace] hope/amd/conference/talk_presence (v. 2008-08-07)

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the initial version

@MISC{hope-amd-conference-talk_presence-2008-08-07,
  author = {aestetix and Christopher Petro},
  title = {{CRAWDAD} trace hope/amd/conference/talk_presence (v. 2008-08-07)}, 
  howpublished = {Downloaded from http://crawdad.cs.dartmouth.edu/hope/amd/conference/talk_presence},
  month = aug,  
  year = 2008
}
					

Talk presence logs for the hope/amd RFID tracking data.

Talk presence logs.

PERSON_ID,TALK_ID,HANDLE,TALK_TITLE,TRACK,TALK_TIME

File name: talk_presence.csv

Sample data:

4326,27,"baxkylie","Exploration of Possibilities: Brain Hacking","Engressia",7/18/2008 7:00:00 PM
3690,29,"santod","A Collaborative Approach to Hardware Hacking: NYCResistor","Turing",7/18/2008 7:00:00 PM
3838,28,,"Hacking the Young Lady's Illustrated Primer: Dispatches from the Field of Educational Technology","Hopper",7/18/2008 7:00:00 PM
4252,29,,"A Collaborative Approach to Hardware Hacking: NYCResistor","Turing",7/18/2008 7:00:00 PM
3677,28,,"Hacking the Young Lady's Illustrated Primer: Dispatches from the Field of Educational Technology","Hopper",7/18/2008 7:00:00 PM

[Trace] hope/amd/conference/talks (v. 2008-08-07)

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the initial version

@MISC{hope-amd-conference-talks-2008-08-07,
  author = {aestetix and Christopher Petro},
  title = {{CRAWDAD} trace hope/amd/conference/talks (v. 2008-08-07)}, 
  howpublished = {Downloaded from http://crawdad.cs.dartmouth.edu/hope/amd/conference/talks},
  month = aug,  
  year = 2008
}
					

A list of talks for the hope/amd RFID tracking data.

A list of talks.

D,SPEAKER_NAME,TALK_TITLE,ABSTRACT,TALK_TIME,TRACK

File name: talks.csv

Sample data:

9,"Gregory Conti","Evil Interfaces: Violating the User",In a perfect world, interfaces help users accomplish tasks quickly and efficiently. However, in the real world, interfaces are often designed to manipulate users into behaving according to the designer's calculated and suspect intent. Malicious interfaces abound on the web - employing trickery, misdirection of browsing, forced viewing of advertisements, and even animations designed to trigger epileptic seizures. Evil interfaces are seen virtually anywhere profit is at stake, from desktop applications and websites to gas pumps and toothpaste dispensers. This talk explores malicious interface techniques both on and off the desktop, and aims to energize the audience to pursue positive solutions. You'll leave with a better awareness and understanding of the problem, increased resistance to attack and ideas for generating solutions.,7/18/2008 1:00:00 PM,"Engressia"

[Trace] hope/amd/conference/talks_list (v. 2008-08-07)

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the initial version

@MISC{hope-amd-conference-talks_list-2008-08-07,
  author = {aestetix and Christopher Petro},
  title = {{CRAWDAD} trace hope/amd/conference/talks_list (v. 2008-08-07)}, 
  howpublished = {Downloaded from http://crawdad.cs.dartmouth.edu/hope/amd/conference/talks_list},
  month = aug,  
  year = 2008
}
					

User-talk mapping for the hope/amd RFID tracking data.

User-talk mapping.

HACKER_ID,TALK_ID

File name: talks_list.csv

Sample data:

3066,86
3066,87
3066,88
3066,89
3066,90

[Author] aestetix

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[Author] Christopher Petro

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