Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University / The Earlab Project at Boston University Hearing Research Center (HRC), http://earlab.bu.edu, is a computational simulation system created by the HRC to allow researchers to run simulations efficiently, using software representations of physiological pathways. The existing complexity of Earlab presents difficulty for users who may wish to adjust the parameters necessary to change from models of the ear to models that simulate other physiological pathways. To address this difficulty, several approaches were explored to assist in formulating a new framework for editing files associated with Earlab. XML, a mark-up language, was used to derive a series of prototype XML based documents as replacements for existing Earlab files. Microsoft Visual Studio and C# was then used to create a prototype of a graphical user interface that is capable of displaying an XML based document in a visual manner. The resulting framework shows the process of the intake of an XML document of an sample Earlab model, the presentation of the model in a graphical framework and the ability to edit the model and receive feedback on the suitability of values in the model.

Orientador: Jose Antonio Siqueira Dias / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Eletrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-09T20:31:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tozetto_EduardoHenrique_M.pdf: 2634313 bytes, checksum: 16d70c7f88dab18e657af6ec34a2defb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: O contexto econômico competitivo em que as empresas que desenvolvem ferramentas para projeto de CIs estão inseridas dificulta o estabelecimento de padrões e plataformas de desenvolvimento comuns. Em geral, a necessidade de inúmeras ferramentas resulta em um ambiente de projeto fragmentado. Este trabalho apresenta uma ferramenta desenvolvida através da implementação de interfaces gráficas paramétricas em TCL/TK, que integra funções gerais, permitindo a rápida codificação de procedimentos e seu acesso através de elementos gráficos. A ferramenta desenvolvida serve para facilitar e otimizar as tarefas envolvidas no aprimoramento das técnicas de projeto de Circuitos ntegrados através da elaboração de métodos e scripts visando à automação de etapas do fluxo de projeto / Abstract: The competitive environment in which the companies who develop software tools for the design of integrated circuits creates many barriers to the establishment of standards and common platforms. Usually the need for several software tools leads to a design environment which is fragmented and difficult to manage. This work presents the development of software tool, based on graphical parametric user interfaces in TCL/TK, which integrates many general functions and allows for a quick codification of procedures and its access through the graphics elements. The developed tool optimizes and facilitates the tasks employed in the improvement of the techniques used in integrated circuits design through the elaboration of methods and scripts dedicated to the automation of the design flow steps / Mestrado / Eletrônica, Microeletrônica e Optoeletrônica / Mestre em Engenharia Elétrica

Over the past three decades, modelling packages for chemical processes have become more advanced and widely used. For example, equation-oriented dynamic simulators, such as gPROMS are useful for simulating plantwide processes as well as unit operations, and are widely used by process engineers. Whereas, other types of simulator (e.g. Simulink) are often used by control engineers to solve complex control problems. However, both these types of simulator rely on the user being proficient in modelling and familiar with their syntax beforehand. A useful development would be the integration of some knowledge into the formation of the process models and automatic syntax code generation. This would lead to the design engineers having a library of knowledge to check on first, much as an expert engineer uses their past experiences to help guide them through a design. If this could be incorporated into a modelling interface this would greatly help the design engineer, especially when tackling problems in areas that they have little, or no experience. The thesis addresses this problem and describes the design of an intelligent modelling interface that incorporates a knowledge base using some form of a priori case library and recall facility. The interface also incorporates an automatic input file generation stage. At present, the user can: specify a single unit operation problem to search for, retrieve similar cases from the database, specify their solution in the database based on past cases and experience, and then automatically generate an input file for either gPROMS or Simulink. These features are demonstrated through four case studies.

Denna rapport är resultatet av mitt examensarbete i informationsdesign vid Mälardalens Högskola. Rapporten behandlar utvärdering och utveckling av ett gränssnitt som används på charkuterimaskinen Handtmann VF 300. Målgruppen är nyanställda personer på charkuteriföretaget ”Ingemar Johansson i Sverige AB”. Rapporten beskriver det tillvägagångssätt som använts för att utveckla gränssnittet och målet har varit att göra det lättare för nyanställda att förstå hur det fungerar. Det nya gränssnittet skulle också minska olycksrisken och göra användarna tryggare. Detta för att uppfylla de krav som ställs på årets tema som är säkerhet. Utprovningar har skett på det befintliga och nya gränssnittet i form av kvalitativa intervjuer och användartester. Data som samlats in vid användartester på det befintliga gränssnittet har stått som grund vid utvecklingen av det nya. Resultatet visar stora skillnader vid användning av de båda gränssnitten.

Over the past decade, the IT business have shown tremendous growth specially in the area of services for both internal and external customers. As the development of these services continuous to increases so does the need to be able to present documentations of the services in an effective and useable way. TeliaSonera is one of the companies that have problems reaching its customers with information about the various services they offer, and is currently wanting to develop a system to provide to its customers to elevate this growing problem. The current system that is deployed by TeliaSonera has major issues when it comes to finding the right record or documentation which leads to that customer end up spending more time than intended and this in turn ends in customer dissatisfaction and the use of offered services decreases as well. This project aims to firstly create a requirement specification for the system that TeliaSonera needs to effectively resolve the issues they have and secondly use the requirement specification to develop a prototype for the presentation of the various services offered. The waterfall method was used when creating the requirement specification, which involved a group consisting of one system administrator and four users. By gathering the input from the group a requirement specification was created. The requirement specification was then used to develop the prototype, which included a REST API and a user interface. The usability tests that were performed comparing the current system with the prototype indicates that the prototype is providing a platform to users that enables them to decrease the time spent on finding the request information. Furthermore the usability tests indicates that by providing a very detailed and specific website almost all employees will be able to use the system. Another benefit that the usability tests showed was that users learned to use the system very effectively after the initial run and that the users retained the knowledge over time. / Under de senaste årtiondet har IT-världen vuxit explosionsartat och i dagens läge utvecklas diverse tjänster, ämnade för både intern användning och extern användning för kunder. Då utvecklandet av dessa tjänster sker kontinuerligt ökar behovet av att kunna presentera dokumentationerna av tjänsterna på ett bra sätt. TeliaSonera är ett av företagen som har problem med att presentera dokumentationerna då de idag inte har hittat ett effektivt sätt att göra de på. I nuvarande systemet som TeliaSonera har är tidsåtgången för att hitta en dokumentation för hög, vilket leder till missnöje bland de anställda, då de måste spendera dyrbar tid att leta efter efterfrågad dokumentation. Därmed syftar projektet till att minska tidsåtgången och missnöjdheten bland de anställda. Genom att ta fram en kravspecifikation enligt vattenfallsmetoden tillsammans med en grupp som bestod av en administratör och fyra anställda konstruerades en kravspecifikation. Kravspecifikationen lade grunden för påbyggnaden av en prototyp, som innehöll ett REST API och ett användargränssnitt. Därefter genomfördes användbarhetstester och sedan jämfördes det nuvarande systemet med prototypen som skapades. Jämförelsen resulterade med att de anställda hittade dokumentationerna av tjänsterna snabbare på prototypen, men jämförelsen skulle kunna vara missledande eftersom att prototypen endast innehöll 10 tjänster. Detta innebär i sin tur att det skulle kunna ta längre tid och fler klick för en anställd att hitta efterfrågad dokumentation på prototypen om samtliga tjänster lades till i prototypen. Användbarhetstestet visade även att systemet måste vara väldigt specificerat och detaljerat för att fler anställda ska kunna förstå sig på systemet, exempelvis länkarna i navigeringsmenyn. Det som även visades under användbarhetstestet var att testpersonerna lärde sig att använda systemet mycket effektivare redan efter första gången och även veckan därpå då de fick ett liknande test.

This diploma thesis is dedicated to the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), which covers user friendliness, usability and further aspects of interaction between computer and a human. According to the assumptions of author this field is not favourably promoted during the educational process of the Czech IT experts at Czech universities. Knowledge of HCI is one of the crucial factors of development of effective information systems. The first key part of this thesis contains evaluation of education in HCI at Czech universities. In the second key part the author proposes a subject of HCI, which could be thought at Czech universities. Finally the reached goals are compared with the set ones.

This thesis deals with a relatively new method of education called m-learning. It shows its advantages and disadvantages that may arise during its implementation. It also deals with current mobile technology and the appropriateness of its use for mobile learning. Research was conducted on the use of mobile technology in the study information system ISIS at the University of Economics in Prague, where it was also an emphasis on its potential shortcomings. The output is a recommendation of changes to its website for better use on mobile devices.

Agents that act as user assistants will become invaluable as the number of information sources continue to proliferate. Such agents can support the work of users by learning to automate time-consuming tasks and filter information to manageable levels. Although considerable advances have been made in this area, it remains a fertile area for further development. One application of agents under careful scrutiny is the automated negotiation of conflicts between different user's needs and desires. Many techniques require explicit user models in order to function. This dissertation explores a technique for dynamically constructing user models and the impact of using them to anticipate the need for negotiation. Negotiation is reduced by including an advising aspect to the agent that can use this anticipation of conflict to adjust user behavior.

<p>Oblast istraživanja ove disertacije obuhvata interakciju čoveka i računara.<br />Kreirani su: model korisničkog interfejsa, sa smernicama za kvalitetniju<br />realizaciju obrazovnih softvera namenjenih najmlađim korisnicima, model<br />obrazovnog softvera na zakonima FITSA, kurikulum nastavnog predmeta<br />Interakcija čoveka i računara. Očekivano pobolj&scaron;anje obrazovnih efekata<br />nastave prikazano je kroz vrednovanje rezultata istraživanja ostvarenih<br />testiranjem preciznosti prilikom re&scaron;avanja testova znanja kod onih testova koji<br />se prilagođavaju performansama korisnika.</p> / <p>The research area of this thesis includes the interaction of man and<br />computer. Model of the user interface, with guidelines for better<br />implementation of educational software for the youngest users, a model of<br />educational software to the laws Fits, curriculum teaching subject interaction<br />of man and computer were created. Expected improvement of the educational<br />effects of teaching is shown through the evaluation of results achieved when<br />testing the accuracy of solving tests in those tests that adapt to user<br />performance.</p>

>Magister Scientiae - MSc / The generation of biomedical research data on the African continent is growing, with numerous studies realizing the importance of African genetic diversity in discoveries of human origins and disease susceptibility. The decrease in costs to purchase and utilize such tools has enabled research groups to produce datasets of significant scientific value. However, this success story has resulted in a new challenge for African Researchers and institutions. An increase in data scale and complexity has led to an imbalance of infrastructure and skills to manage, store and analyse this data