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Data collected

Below is the list of data from the participant's smartphone that would be collected by the CAR application.

  • Day of the week e.g., Monday, Tuesday etc.

  • Current hour of the day in 24 hour format

  • Is not weekend?

  • Mean (Avg) and maximum (Max) acceleration of the phone in last 30 seconds

  • User activity as inferred by Google API

  • Activity Probability

  • Foreground application

  • App Category (Game, media player etc.)

  • Music Playing?

  • Headphones connected?

  • Battery level [0-100] in %

  • Battery drain (%) in last 10 min

  • Mobile data connected?

  • Is Roaming?

  • GSM or CDMA?

  • Connected Tower ID

  • Location Area Code

  • GSM bit error rate

  • received signal strength

  • Connected to Wifi?

  • Configuration ID

  • AP Name

  • MAC of AP

  • WiFi IP address

  • Signal Strength

  • WiFi speed

  • Data received

  • Data transmitted

  • Data received mobile

  • Data transmitted mobile

  • Whether phone is charging or not

  • Mean ambient light level in SI lux units in the last 30 seconds

  • Home, work, passing, NoLoc

  • Location Accuracy

  • Mean ambient noise level (dB) in the last 30 seconds

  • Whether screen is covered (1) or not (0)

  • screen oriantation (e.g. Landscape or Portrait)

  • on, off, or unlocked

  • Time since screen was unlocked

  • Time since screen was changed i.e., unlocked or turned on or off

  • Time since the last call pickup

  • Time since the last call either made or picked up

  • Time since last app opened

  • Time since Notification center opened

  • Time since last call made

  • Time since last photo taken

  • Time since WhatsApp opened if installed

  • Number of Apps launched in the last 10 minutes

  • Number of pending notifications

  • Total light recorded in current day

  • Total battery drain recorded in current day

  • Total data transfer recorded in current day

  • Total number of notifcations received in current day

  • total data transmitted in current day

  • Percentage of time at home in current day

  • Percentage of time at work in current day

  • Percentage of time moving in current day

  • Percentage of time location not availabile in current day

  • Total battery drain recorded in last hour

  • Avg Acceleration recorded in last hour

  • Maximum Acceleration recorded in last hour

  • Number of WhatsApp messages received last hour

  • Time since last notification received

  • Time since last SMS received

  • Time since last incoming call received

  • Currently on call?

  • Ringer Mode: Silent, Vibrate, Normal

  • current ongoing event

  • time left in minutes for event to end

  • Current Temperature in C

  • Weather description


    • For any questions, comments or concerns please contact the researcher at pranut@cs.pitt.edu.