Web-based research collaboration service: Crowd lifelog research case study

Abstract

Lifelog research often needs collaboration from many disciplines. Also most related works need very advanced expertise while chances to find all skilled members at one place are very rare. It also involves privacy and/or copyrighted materials where the mutual consent of the use of data is very important. Thus a secure Web-based service is a great way for researchers for technical collaboration to solve difficult issues. This paper details many aspects of lifelog research topics and technical challenges that the author has experienced over one year case study. It also describes the economical and efficient way to build fast web services without much complication. Steps and developed technologies introduced here are generally applicable for other diverse research communities that may help readers build up similar services for research collaboration.