An overview of Citizense – A generic user-oriented participatory sensing framework

One of the effective methods to collect and share information on the surrounding environment is through participatory sensing. It allows to gather both physical data produced by embedded sensors in the participants’ device and their observation and reasoning. However, almost all existing participatory sensing applications lack multi-functional capabilities; they are designed to collect one single or limited types of information. In this work, we propose a generic participatory sensing framework Citizense that focuses on ease of use, and allows the creation, execution of context-aware, multi-purpose participatory sensing campaigns.