title: A multi-source dataset of urban life in the city of Milan and the Province of Trentino.
abstract: The study of socio-technical systems has been revolutionized by the unprecedented amount of digital records that are constantly being produced by human activities such as accessing Internet services, using mobile devices, and consuming energy and knowledge. In this paper, we describe the richest open multi-source dataset ever released on two geographical areas. The dataset is composed of telecommunications, weather, news, social networks and electricity data from the city of Milan and the Province of Trentino. The unique multi-source composition of the dataset makes it an ideal testbed for methodologies and approaches aimed at tackling a wide range of problems including energy consumption, mobility planning, tourist and migrant flows, urban structures and interactions, event detection, urban well-being and many others.
authors.affiliation: SKIL-Telecom Italia , Trento 38123, Italy ; FBK , Trento 38123, Italy ; These authors contributed equally to this work.
authors.forename: Gianni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barlacchi
authors.affiliation: FBK , Trento 38123, Italy ; These authors contributed equally to this work.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Nadai
authors.affiliation: SKIL-Telecom Italia , Trento 38123, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Larcher
authors.affiliation: SKIL-Telecom Italia , Trento 38123, Italy.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casella
authors.affiliation: SKIL-Telecom Italia , Trento 38123, Italy.
authors.forename: Cristiana
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chitic
authors.affiliation: SKIL-Telecom Italia , Trento 38123, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Torrisi
authors.affiliation: SKIL-Telecom Italia , Trento 38123, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Antonelli
authors.affiliation: Northeastern University , Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vespignani
authors.affiliation: MIT Media Lab , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pentland
authors.affiliation: FBK , Trento 38123, Italy.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lepri
mesh_terms: D002947:Cities; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Complex networks; Computational science; Geography; Sociology