Steven (CS 2012 student) jointly published a paper at the Journal of Procedia Engineering

Steven (Computer Science 2012 student) jointly published a paper, which was funded by a Research Grant from Indonesian Government, at the Journal of Procedia Engineering, Vol. 50, 2012. The title of their paper is Harvesting Twitter for Traffic Information.

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Abstract of the paper:

The flow of information on Twitter holds a wealth of information that can be extracted for specific uses. This study attempted to extract road traffic information from Twitter timelines for real time mapping. Given the worsening traffic conditions in Jakarta, a real time map of traffic information could be very beneficial for motorists as they deal with everyday road conditions. With the virtually indeterminate sources of data on Twitter, we proposed an algorithm to measure the traffic information confidence level for the real time traffic mapping system. Based on the test results of this study, the system could be used to serve its intended purpose.