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Dr. Nieves Pedreira Souto – CITIC (Centre for Information and Communications Technology Research), University of A Coru\u00c3\u00b1a, Spain
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“Shaping one\u2019s own political positions before a general election is a common but very complex task for any citizen of a democratic society; and it is poorly supported by existing CSCW technologies today.
We propose an alternative method and system that follows collective intelligence principles, and enables improved collective understanding and predictions, from the aggregation and analysis of dynamic individual interactions.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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