We discuss models and data of crowd disasters, crime, terrorism, war and disease
spreading to show that conventional recipes, such as deterrence strategies, are often not …

With the popularity of sensor-rich mobile devices (eg, smart phones and wearable devices),
mobile crowdsourcing (MCS) has emerged as an effective method for data collection and …

We describe a platform for smart, city-wide crowd management based on participatory
mobile phone sensing and location/situation specific information delivery. The platform …

We propose a novel approach for Ad-Hoc WiFi based distribution of information within large
crowds of mobile users. The work is motivated by civil protection scenarios where …

This chapter reviews several examples of how (machine and human) resources of a
(mobile) crowd of people with separately owned devices can be pooled together and …

We propose to study a novel approach for Ad-Hoc WiFi based distribution of information,
usable in large crowds of mobile users. We follow a basic opportunistic networking …

The concepts of public space and crowd have been in a close relationship in every period of
history. Especially in today's metropolises, this relationship leads to significant changes and …

With the popularity of sensor-rich mobile devices (eg, smart phones and wearable devices),
Mobile Crowdsourcing (MCS) has emerged as an effective method for data collection and …

We present a city-scale crowd simulation model based on a large data set (25 million GPS
data points from 28'000 volunteers recorded during a 3-day city-wide festival held in Zurich …