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This website contains the results of the research activities about the definition of a FREE/OPEN Dynamic Carpooling system. This means a formal definition of a standard protocol for dynamic carpooling and the creation of a server prototype implementing the protocol and a mobile client.
The researches are done by Fondazione Bruno Kessler, a research organization of the Autonomous Province of Trento that promotes research in the areas of science, technology, and humanities. In particular, the Center for Information Technology - Irst, in the SoNET explorative unit.
You may also be interested to see some news in the official Blog
What is Dynamic Carpooling?
We accept the definition given by DynamicRidesharing.org:
A system that facilitates the ability of drivers and passengers to make one-time ride matches close to their departure time, with sufficient convenience and flexibility to be used on a daily basis.
We are going to use DyCaPo as abbreviation for Dynamic CarPooling.
See also the Wikipedia Entry for Dynamic Ridesharing
Mission
To develop a complete free/open System to provide Dynamic Carpooling capabilities. That is, Dycapo Project outputs will be:
- A Protocol aspiring to become a standard for Dynamic Ridesharing services
- A Server System prototype implementing the Protocol, providing a full Dynamic Carpooling system for testing purposes and for demonstrating the protocol
- A set of API to access the service
- A mobile Java client for Android smartphones
Objectives
1. Research
- Review of existing papers, comparison with "Current trends in Dynamic Ridesharing, Identification of Bottleneck Problems and proposition of Solutions" by Hannes Zimmerman and Yann Stempfel
- Review of existing web and mobile applications, comparison with "Current trends in Dynamic Ridesharing, Identification of Bottleneck Problems and proposition of Solutions" by Hannes Zimmerman and Yann Stempfel
- Review of protocols
- Research about the motivations of failure/success of existing realities
2. Action
- Definition of an open/free Protocol
- Implementation of an open/free Server system prototype
- Implementation of an open/free Client (mobile) system
- Possible integration with FBK systems
- Pushing the Standard
See Strategy for more information.
Why don't we directly contribute to DynamicRidesharing.org?
We really appreciate Dan Kirshner work, as well as his paper. The only reasons that make us keep our outcomes separated by his Wiki is that the main author of dycapoo.org Dynamic Carpooling website, Daniel, will use them for his BSC thesis and his University requires to know what are his specific contributions. If people finds some of our contents interesting, we encourage to update DynamicRidesharing.org Wiki using our contents. In fact the content on this wiki is released under a Creative Commons licence (see the footer) so reuse of the content, respecting the license is encouraged! This simply means citing who the author of the content you copied is. Thanks!
How to Contribute
In order to contribute, you have to register to the Wiki with a valid e-mail address. Then you will be able to write in Talk sections of pages. We may then allow you to edit pages directly.
Outcomes
- Research page - Contains the outcomes of the research phase. Papers and Systems analyzed, analysis of proposed solutions, ...
- Server page - The system we are developing
- Protocol page - The protocol that we are developing
People
- Daniel Graziotin, <daniel dot graziotin at acm dot org>, Dycapo server and Dycapo Protocol creator
- Riccardo Buttarelli, <rico dot sleeps at gmail dot com>, is developing a mobile client for Dycapo
- Paolo Massa, <phauly at gnuband dot org>, supervisor
- Maurizio Napolitano, <napo at fbk dot eu>, supervisor