Human-Data Interaction (HDI) and blockchain: an exploration of the open research challenges for the construction community
Paper in proceeding, 2023

Challenges for human-data interaction (HDI) have not yet been contextualized within blockchain implementation in construction. In this positional paper, a focus group accepts the EC3 HDI Committee’s working definition of construction specific HDI, and identifies technical (immutability, data storage, transparency, system design, integrating technologies), non-technical (ethics, economic models, environmental, political, social), and overlapping (governance, data usage, data analysis, and data control) factors to be considered in the intersection of HDI and blockchain. Those considerations led to open questions for future research efforts – e.g., regarding what data types (and the associated HDI) are suitable when implementing blockchain in the built environment.

Blockchain

data governance

built environment

human-data interaction (HDI)

open challenges

Author

Jennifer Li

Northumbria University

Dimosthenis Kifokeris

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Building Design

Masoud Barati

Carleton University

Gulben Calis

Ege University

Barry Gledson

Northumbria University

Daniel M. Hall

Delft University of Technology

Jens Hunhevicz

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)

Mohamad Kassem

Newcastle University

Mahir Msawil

Northumbria University

Marijana Srećković

Vienna University of Technology

Proceedings of the European Conference on Computing in Construction

26841150 (eISSN)


978-0-701702-73-1 (ISBN)

2023 European Conference on Computing in Construction & CIB W78 40th International Conference
Heraklion, Greece,

Subject Categories

Media and Communication Technology

Construction Management

DOI

10.35490/EC3.2023.263

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