I’m not sure that Wi-Fi data will be the best for doing actual contact tracing. Maybe if you’ve got the full blown Meridian location tracking or something similar that can tie in Bluetooth-based beacons, but it seems to me that the granularity of Wi-Fi only data wouldn’t quite be up to what you’d need for effective contact tracing. I’m not completely convinced that Bluetooth doesn’t cast too wide a net either, but it’d be a lot better that Wi-Fi triangulation.
Where we’re anticipating having the discussion around Wi-Fi data is gauging user/device density and duration of stay in general areas so that we can gauge what areas present the greater risks of exposure. There was a recent NYT article that explored this using cell phone location data. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/06/opinion/coronavirus-us-reopen.html Going back to contact tracing, as of right now we see the value of trying to roll our own app or system to be limited given that there’s no way to tell what people are going to do when they leave campus. I’m hoping the state will come up with something workable that we can then point everyone here to use. -- Julian Y. Koh Associate Director, Telecommunications and Network Services Northwestern Information Technology 2020 Ridge Avenue #331 Evanston, IL 60208 +1-847-467-5780 Northwestern IT Web Site: <http://www.it.northwestern.edu/> PGP Public Key: <https://bt.ittns.northwestern.edu/julian/pgppubkey.html> On May 15, 2020, at 11:17, McGuire, Michael <000000208832ddd0-dmarc-requ...@listserv.educause.edu<mailto:000000208832ddd0-dmarc-requ...@listserv.educause.edu>> wrote: As I’m sure everyone else is doing, we’re working on plans for having our campus community rejoin us at some point. The question of “how far back do you keep wireless logs” was just asked which of course leads to “we want to see where a person has been on a given day”. This of course has privacy issues along with the technical challenges of storing and accessing that data. Has anyone else been asked to look into this or begun to make preparations for such? Being an Aruba shop we already leverage AirWave reports for our campus police when tracing lost or stolen devices as well as where a user has been or devices in an area at a specific time. This request seems to be a larger scale with potentially more moving parts. - Michael Michael McGuire Network Systems Administrator Monmouth University mmcgu...@monmouth.edu<mailto:mmcgu...@monmouth.edu> 732.263.5589 <image001.png><https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.monmouth.edu/?utm_source=Email*Signature&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Email*Signature*Generator__;Kysr!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!GxdXiJ7V22R-CDaaztQ6k-ODF5Ou3tlHTD5MIYpPr8iu4Avdrb9P8gdGGcZypbLaFMvufg$> 400 Cedar Avenue West Long Branch, NJ 07764 monmouth.edu<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.monmouth.edu/?utm_source=Email*Signature&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Email*Signature*Generator__;Kysr!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!GxdXiJ7V22R-CDaaztQ6k-ODF5Ou3tlHTD5MIYpPr8iu4Avdrb9P8gdGGcZypbLaFMvufg$> <image002.png><https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://twitter.com/monmouthu__;!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!GxdXiJ7V22R-CDaaztQ6k-ODF5Ou3tlHTD5MIYpPr8iu4Avdrb9P8gdGGcZypbLnKTorsw$> <image003.png><https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.facebook.com/MonmouthUniversity__;!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!GxdXiJ7V22R-CDaaztQ6k-ODF5Ou3tlHTD5MIYpPr8iu4Avdrb9P8gdGGcZypbLszoFXbQ$> <image004.png><https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://instagram.com/monmouthuniversity__;!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!GxdXiJ7V22R-CDaaztQ6k-ODF5Ou3tlHTD5MIYpPr8iu4Avdrb9P8gdGGcZypbLwXUY6fw$> <image005.png><https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.snapchat.com/add/monmouthu__;!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!GxdXiJ7V22R-CDaaztQ6k-ODF5Ou3tlHTD5MIYpPr8iu4Avdrb9P8gdGGcZypbI6PXAvNQ$> <image006.png><https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.linkedin.com/school/monmouth-university/__;!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!GxdXiJ7V22R-CDaaztQ6k-ODF5Ou3tlHTD5MIYpPr8iu4Avdrb9P8gdGGcZypbI9xp1Rqg$> <image007.png> We are a green campus. Think before you print. ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.educause.edu/community__;!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!GxdXiJ7V22R-CDaaztQ6k-ODF5Ou3tlHTD5MIYpPr8iu4Avdrb9P8gdGGcZypbKQBiQd7w$> ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community
