{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4404612118","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3678717.3695764","title":"LocaLingua: Leveraging Language Models for Cross-Building WiFi Mapping","display_name":"LocaLingua: Leveraging Language Models for Cross-Building WiFi Mapping","publication_year":2024,"publication_date":"2024-10-29","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4404612118","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3678717.3695764"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3678717.3695764","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3678717.3695764","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 32nd ACM International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5103985857","display_name":"Ahmed Hesham","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I84524832","display_name":"Alexandria University","ror":"https://ror.org/00mzz1w90","country_code":"EG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I84524832"]}],"countries":["EG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ahmed Hesham","raw_affiliation_strings":["Alexandria University, Egypt"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4899-956X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Alexandria University, Egypt","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I84524832"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Eman Samir","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9471-9229"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I84524832","display_name":"Alexandria University","ror":"https://ror.org/00mzz1w90","country_code":"EG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I84524832"]}],"countries":["EG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Eman Samir","raw_affiliation_strings":["Alexandria University, Egypt"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9471-9229","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Alexandria University, Egypt","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I84524832"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5013317917","display_name":"Hamada Rizk","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8278-8801"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I21376657","display_name":"Tanta University","ror":"https://ror.org/016jp5b92","country_code":"EG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I21376657"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I98285908","display_name":"The University of Osaka","ror":"https://ror.org/035t8zc32","country_code":"JP","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I98285908"]}],"countries":["EG","JP"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hamada Rizk","raw_affiliation_strings":["Osaka University, Japan, Tanta University, Egypt"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8278-8801","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Osaka University, Japan, Tanta University, Egypt","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I21376657","https://openalex.org/I98285908"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5008352007","display_name":"Moustafa Youssef","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2063-4364"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Moustafa Youssef","raw_affiliation_strings":["AUC, Egypt"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2063-4364","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"AUC, Egypt","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"723","last_page":"724"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10326","display_name":"Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies","score":0.9997000098228455,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10326","display_name":"Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies","score":0.9997000098228455,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11158","display_name":"Wireless Networks and Protocols","score":0.9973000288009644,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10575","display_name":"Wireless Communication Networks Research","score":0.9872999787330627,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7754586935043335},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cross-platform","display_name":"Cross-platform","score":0.4825958013534546},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.13279640674591064}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7754586935043335},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C92400490","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174666","display_name":"Cross-platform","level":2,"score":0.4825958013534546},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.13279640674591064}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3678717.3695764","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3678717.3695764","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 32nd ACM International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":2,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W3108157048","https://openalex.org/W4392159278"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2899084033","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2390279801","https://openalex.org/W4391913857","https://openalex.org/W2358668433","https://openalex.org/W4396701345","https://openalex.org/W2376932109","https://openalex.org/W2001405890","https://openalex.org/W4396696052"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"WiFi-based":[0],"indoor":[1],"localization":[2,93,119],"is":[3,56],"essential":[4],"but":[5],"often":[6],"hampered":[7],"by":[8],"its":[9],"dependence":[10],"on":[11],"specific":[12],"environments":[13],"and":[14,49,64,74,107],"network":[15],"configurations.":[16],"We":[17],"propose":[18],"a":[19,38,70,112],"novel":[20],"solution":[21],"using":[22],"Language":[23],"Models,":[24],"like":[25],"BERT,":[26],"to":[27,44,53,80,116],"overcome":[28],"these":[29],"limitations.":[30],"Our":[31,100],"approach":[32,111],"transforms":[33],"WiFi":[34,118],"RSSI":[35],"data":[36],"into":[37,69],"language-like":[39],"format,":[40],"enabling":[41],"the":[42,57,76,95],"system":[43,77],"generalize":[45],"across":[46],"different":[47],"buildings":[48],"AP":[50],"setups.":[51],"Key":[52],"our":[54,110],"method":[55],"Virtual":[58],"Space":[59],"Mapper,":[60],"which":[61],"standardizes":[62],"user":[63],"Access":[65],"Point":[66],"(AP)":[67],"locations":[68,82],"common":[71],"coordinate":[72],"system,":[73],"then":[75],"adapts":[78],"BERT":[79],"predict":[81],"within":[83],"this":[84],"virtual":[85],"space.":[86],"This":[87],"design":[88],"allows":[89],"for":[90,97],"robust,":[91],"accurate":[92],"without":[94],"need":[96],"extensive":[98],"recalibration.":[99],"results":[101],"show":[102],"significant":[103],"improvements":[104],"in":[105],"adaptability":[106],"accuracy,":[108],"making":[109],"scalable,":[113],"flexible":[114],"alternative":[115],"traditional":[117],"methods.":[120]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-07-14T23:27:15.235271","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}