Upgrade to Pro — share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …

Sex, Bugs, and Mobile Phones

Sex, Bugs, and Mobile Phones

Given at the "Tackling Epidemics Face On" evening at Birmingham Pint of Science 2015. Held in the Jekyll & Hyde.

Matt J Williams

May 19, 2015
Tweet

More Decks by Matt J Williams

Other Decks in Science

Transcript

  1. Pint of Science 2015
    Jekyll & Hyde, Birmingham
    18 May 2015
    Sex, Bugs, and Mobile Phones
    Matt Williams
    University of Birmingham
    [email protected]
    http://www.mattjw.net
    @voxmjw
    [Jean-Yves Sgro]

    View Slide

  2. [Sean Everton. 2012]

    View Slide

  3. 93%adults in the UK
    that own a mobile phone
    61% own a
    smart phone
    [Ofcom. 2014]

    View Slide

  4. vs
    2015
    [flickr/x1brett]
    2005

    View Slide

  5. [flickr/janitors]
    Location – GPS
    Location – Cell tower
    Location – WiFi router
    Encounters – Bluetooth

    View Slide

  6. [Pew. 2015]

    View Slide

  7. View Slide

  8. [flickr/keyslibraries]

    View Slide

  9. [flickr/profilerehab]

    View Slide

  10. Stanley Milgram

    View Slide

  11. [flickr/keyslibraries]

    View Slide

  12. hubs like Mr Jacobs allow quick routes
    through a social network

    View Slide

  13. View Slide

  14. % people
    num. friends + acquaintances
    most people typically have
    100-150 friends (inc. family)

    View Slide

  15. % people
    200 followers 10 million
    followers
    60 million
    followers

    View Slide

  16. # sexual partners
    % people
    [latora. 2006]
    Sexual partners in Burkina
    Faso, via interviews & surveys

    View Slide

  17. View Slide

  18. [SciAm. Barabasi & Bonabeau. 2003.]
    before
    after
    Hub
    Vaccinated Hub

    View Slide

  19. Cell tower logs...
    Ivory Coast:
    5 million users, 2012
    Senegal:
    9 million users, 2013
    Not only Bluetooth experiments...
    ...mobile phone service providers are also
    providing big support for research

    View Slide

  20. ?
    [Julia Hyland]

    View Slide