Nenad Čuš Babič

Automated construction activity monitoring system

Building activities are inadequately monitored during construction projects when attempting to satisfy the need for information, especially in those cases of unforeseen events and conditions on-site. Many IT-supported methods have been introduced, but so far none has been able to deliver satisfactory and reliable information. This paper presents a combined method, consisting of three components: an automated activity tracking subsystem based on image recognition, an automated material tracking subsystem, and a mobile computing supported communication environment. All subsystems are based on the same 4D model of a building.

What Is Seen Is Who You Are: Are Cues in Selfie Pictures Related to Personality Characteristics?

Developments and innovation in the areas of mobile information technology, digital media and social networks foster new reflections on computer-mediated communication research, especially in the field of self-presentation. In this context, the selfie as a self-portrait photo is interesting, because as a meaningful gesture, it actively and directly relates the content of the photo to the author of the picture. From the perspective of the selfie as an image and the impression it forms, in the first part of the research we explored the distinctive characteristics of selfie pictures; moreover, from the perspective of the potential reflection of a selfie image on the personality of its author, in the second part we related the characteristics of selfie pictures to various personality constructs (e.g., Big Five personality traits narcissism and femininity-masculinity). Important aspects of selfies especially in relation to gender include the tilt of the head, the side of the face exhibited, mood and head position, later related also to the context of the selfie picture. We found no significant relations between selfie cues and personality constructs. The face-ism index was related to entitlement, and selfie availability to neuroticism.