Toward large-scale and dynamic social network analysis with heterogeneous sensors in ambient environment

In this paper, we present our vision on large-scale and dynamic social network analysis in real environment, which is expected to be enabled by introduction of large-scale heterogeneous sensors in ambient environment. We address challenges toward realization of large-scale dynamic social network analysis in real environment, and discuss several promising applications. We finally present our preliminary experimental results of dynamic social network analysis for six-person social gatherings in real environment.