Based on analysis of human-human interactions, we have developed an initial model of engagement for human-robot interaction which includes the concept of connection events, consisting of: directed gaze, mutual facial gaze, conversational adjacency pairs, and backchannels. We implemented the model in the open source Robot Operating System and conducted a human-robot interaction experiment to evaluate it.

Three of the most widely studied software dependency types are the structural, logical and semantic dependencies. Logical dependencies capture the degree of co-change between software artifacts. Semantic dependencies capture the degree to which artifacts, comments and names are related. Structural dependencies capture the dependencies in the source code of artifacts. Prior studies show that a combination of dependency analysis (e.g., semantic and logical analysis) improves accuracy when predicting which artifacts are likely to be impacted by ripple effects of software changes (though not to a large extent) compared to individual approaches. In addition, some dependencies could be hidden dependencies when an analysis of one dependency type (e.g., logical) does not reveal artifacts only linked by another dependency type (semantic). While previous studies have focused on combining dependency information with minimal benefits, this Thesis explores the consistency of these measurements, and whether hidden dependencies arise between artifacts, and in any of the axes studied. In this Thesis, 79 Java projects are empirically studied to investigate (i) the direct influence and the degree of overlap between dependency types on three axes (logical - structural (LSt); logical - semantic (LSe); structural - semantic (StSe)) (structural, logical and semantic), and (ii) the presence of hidden coupling on the axes. The results show that a high proportion of hidden dependencies can be detected on the LSt and StSe axes. Notwithstanding, the LSe axis shows a much smaller proportion of hidden dependencies. Practicable refactoring methods to mitigate hidden dependencies are proposed in the Thesis and discussed with examples.

The main goal of the theses is the analysis and selection of open-source, web-based project management tools for support of project management. The theoretical chapter focuses on basic project management definitions and functions. The methodological chapter briefly describes multi-criteria decision-making and other methods used in the practical section. The practical chapter includes a short summary of the IQUAP Czech Republic, Ltd. Company, then research on available project management tools, two round multi-criteria evaluation of the selected tools, selection and pilot testing of the final tool TeamLab, evaluation of the pilot testing by using questionnaires. The main benefit of the theses is the analysis and evaluation of the project management tools in relation to the utilization within practice.

Nas últimas décadas a tecnologia de realidade virtual tem sido cada vez mais utilizada em várias aplicações na sociedade. Particularmente a partir do início da década de 90, observamos o advento da realidade virtual baseada em multiprojeções, com o surgimento do paradigma de construção de sistemas de realidade virtual totalmente imersivos como por exemplo o CAVE™. Esta tese tem por objetivo apresentar pesquisas e desenvolvimentos relacionados com a implementação do primeiro sistema de multiprojeção totalmente imersivo baseado em aglomerado de computadores convencionais, sistema este denominado de CAVERNA Digital. O trabalho aqui apresentado é composto por um panorama atual do estado da arte das tecnologias de realidade virtual baseadas em multiprojeção. O conceito de aglomerados de computadores convencionais para realidade virtual, ou especificamente VRCluster é apresentado, bem como uma taxonomia de organização interna dos VRClusters. O sistema de multiprojeção da CAVERNA Digital é apresentado, descrevendo em detalhe as opções dos inúmeros subsistemas como projetores, telas, subsistema de vídeo, dispositivos de interação e outros. Outra contribuição desta tese é pela inovação de uma plataforma de visualização interativa voltada para ambientes de realidade virtual imersivos, plataforma esta denominada de JINX, baseada no padrão aberto X3D. Aspectos relacionados com a operação destes sistemas de realidade virtual avançados são apresentados como é o caso das interface de gerenciamento de ambientes imersivos denominado de SIRIUS e do núcleo de gerenciamento de ambientes imersivos denominado de ZEUS. Por fim vários testes de desempenho são realizados para a validação da integração dos inúmeros recursos utilizados na CAVERNA Digital. / In the last decades, virtual reality technology has been increasingly used in many applications for the society. Particularly in the beginning of 90’s, we can observe the advent of virtual reality based in multi-projections, leading to the construction paradigm of CAVE™ like virtual reality systems. The goal of this thesis is to present the research and developments related to the construction of the first multi projection completely immersive system based on commodity computer clusters called CAVERNA Digital. The work here presented is composed by an updated panorama of the state-of-art multi-projection virtual reality technologies. The concept of commodity computer clusters for virtual reality, or specifically VRCluster is shown, as well as the taxonomy for internal organization of the VRClusters. The CAVERNA Digital multi-projection system is shown, including details of the options of uncountable subsystems, like projectors, screens, video, and interaction devices, among others. This thesis contributes with another innovation: the visualization platform, called JINX, based on the open standard X3D. Aspects related to the operation of these advanced virtual reality systems are presented, which is the case of the user interface for immersive environments called SIRIUS and the management core for immersive environments called ZEUS. Finally, various performance tests were conducted to validate the integration of the uncountable resources used in the CAVERNA Digital.

A esterilização utilizando a radiação ionizante é uma técnica consolidada para o processamento de produtos médicos descartáveis. No Brasil há irradiadores gama em operação com capacidade entre 0.37 PBq (10kCi) a 185 PBq (5 MCi ) utilizando radioisótopos 60Co como fonte de radiação. O trabalho desenvolvido proporciona um controle e registro apurado da aplicação das Boas Práticas de Fabricação (BPF), durante todas as fases de um processo de irradiação, requeridos pelas normas da ANVISA , ISO e recomendações técnicas da AIEA durante o tratamento de alimentos e produtos médicos. Todas as etapas envolvidas no tratamento por irradiação estão mapeados em fluxos de processos (workflow) onde cada agente (participante) tem suas tarefas sistematizadas. A aquisição de dados do processo, o acompanhamento e controle, estão baseados em um conjunto de ferramentas (software livre de licenças) integradas por uma rede de comunicação eficiente, inclusive, utilizando-se recursos da WEB. O desenvolvimento foi realizado para uma unidade com capacidade de processamento a nível industrial , utilizando-se o Irradiador Gama Multipropósito do IPEN/CNEN/USP. O sistema permite a rastreabilidade do processamento, em tempo real, a qualquer participante e também o armazenamento dos registros correspondentes para serem auditados. / The sterilization of medical care products using ionizing radiation is a consolidated technique. In Brazil there are in operation gamma irradiators with capacity between 0.37 PBq (10kCi) 185 PBq (5 MCi) using radioisotopes 60Co as radiation source. The developed work provides an accurate control anda data acquisition for the application of Good Manufacturing Practices during all fases of an irradiadiation process, required by the standards of ANVISA , ISO and IAEA technical recommendations for the treatment of foods and medical products.. All the steps involved in the irradiation treatment are mapped into process flow (workflow) , where each agent (participant) has its systematized tasks. The data acquisition process, monitoring and control, are based on a set of tools (free software licenses) integrated by a network of efficient communication, including the use of Web resources. Using the Gamma Irradiator Multipurpose IPEN/CNEN/USP all the development was performed to be applied in irradiators facilities operating in industrial scale. The system enables a complete traceability of the process, in real time, for any participant and also the storage of the corresponding records to be audited.

Na década de 90, os Sistemas ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) alcançaram larga utilização, principalmente em empresas de grande porte, devido ao seu elevado custo. Em contrapartida, o interesse por sistemas livres data dos primeiros softwares desenvolvidos para computadores na década de 60 e 70 até os dias atuais com sistemas empresariais como os sistemas ERP. O problema desta pesquisa encontra-se em como adotar, selecionar e implementar um ERP livre. Assim, o objetivo deste trabalho é compreender e avaliar o processo de adoção, seleção e implementação de ERP livre. Para esta finalidade, o trabalho é dividido em duas partes: a parte inicial, baseada na pesquisa bibliográfica, apresenta como 3 capítulos iniciais a Introdução, Fundamentação Teórica e Metodologia. A parte final que apresenta a contribuição desta pesquisa, composta dos capítulos Modelo Inicial, Trabalho de Campo, Modelo Final e Conclusão. As contribuições do trabalho iniciam-se com a proposição pelo autor de um modelo inicial de ciclo de vida de ERP abrangendo estes processos considerando não haver distinções entre o modelo para um ERP proprietário ou livre. Refina-se este modelo inicial através da aplicação do método de pesquisa-ação em um trabalho de campo com a implantação de um ERP livre em uma organização brasileira. Como resultado deste trabalho obteve-se um modelo final de ciclo de vida de ERP independente do mesmo ser desenvolvido na forma de software livre ou proprietário. Identificaram-se também as diferenças nos processos de adoção, seleção e implementação entre ERP proprietário e livre. Encontraram-se conclusões que suportam as empresas a considerar ou não a inclusão do ERP livre nos processos de adoção, seleção e implementação. / In the 90s, the ERP systems (Enterprise Resource Planning) have achieved wide use, especially in large-sized companies because of its high cost. By contrast, interest in free systems date of the first software designed for computers in the 60s and 70s until the present day with enterprise systems such as ERP systems. The problem of this research is on how to adopt, select and implement an ERP free. The objective of this work is to understand and evaluate the process of adoption, selection and implementation of ERP free. To this, work has two parts: the initial part, based on bibliographic research has 3 chapters: initial introduction, theoretical fundaments and methodology. The final part shows the contribution of this research composed of chapters: Initial Model, Work of Field and Final Model. Finally, present the conclusion. The contributions of work begin with the proposition by the author of an original model of the life cycle of ERP covering these processes considering no distinctions between the proprietary and free ERP. Initial model was refined using the method of action research with the adoption, selection and implementation of a free ERP in a Brazilian company. As result of this study, published a final model of the life cycle of ERP independent of development form (free or proprietary). Was identified also the differences between free and proprietary ERP in adoption, selection and implementation process. We found conclusions that support companies to consider whether or not the inclusion of ERP free in cases of adoption, selection and implementation.

Los MOOC son considerados la última modalidad de educación en línea con un crecimiento notable en los últimos años, cuya aplicación e influencia se viene dando en las principales universidades y corporaciones del mundo. El presente estudio de investigación consiste en evaluar el mercado de los MOOC y sus aplicaciones en el mercado peruano, el objetivo principal de la investigación es la identificación de un perfil de usuario de cursos MOOC en las zonas 6 y 7 de Lima Metropolitana, y los factores que determinan la culminación de los cursos. La investigación aborda el tema desde los inicios de la educación en línea, descripción de los MOOC, principales empresas proveedoras de este servicio, modelo de negocios e implicancias en el mercado peruano. Asimismo, por medio de encuestas, focus group y entrevistas a expertos se ha identificado los principales factores que influyen en el término de estos cursos y oportunidades de mejoras en los mismos. Actualmente existen pocas investigaciones sobre el fenómeno de los MOOC en el Perú, esta investigación ayudará a que universidades y empresas peruanas apuesten por este tipo de formación en sus estudiantes y colaboradores respectivamente. / MOOCs are considered the last modality in online education with a remarkable growth in recent years, whose application and influence has been taking place in the main universities and corporations of the world. The present research study consists of evaluating the MOOC market and its applications in the Peruvian market, the main objective of the research is the identification of a user profile of MOOC courses in zones 6 and 7 of Lima city, and the factors that determine the end of the courses. The research addresses the issue from the beginning of online education, description of the MOOCs, main suppliers of this service, business model and implications in the Peruvian market. Also, the research sought to identify the main factors that determine the completion of the courses through surveys, focus group and interviews with experts. Currently there is little research on the phenomenon of MOOCs in Peru, this research will help universities and Peruvian companies to bet on this type of training in their students and collaborators respectively. / Tesis

Das Potenzial der Wissensentdeckung in Daten wird häufig nicht ausgenutzt, was hauptsächlich auf Barrieren zwischen dem Entwicklerteam und dem Endnutzer des Data-Mining zurückzuführen ist. In dieser Arbeit wird ein transparenter Ansatz zum Beschreiben und Erklären von Daten für Entscheidungsträger vorgestellt. In Entscheidungsträger-zentrierten Aufgaben werden die Projektanforderungen definiert und die Ergebnisse zu einer Geschichte zusammengestellt. Eine Anforderung besteht dabei aus einem tabellarischen Bericht und ggf. Mustern in seinem Inhalt, jeweils verständlich für einen Entscheidungsträger. Die technischen Aufgaben bestehen aus einer Datenprüfung, der Integration der Daten in einem Data-Warehouse sowie dem Generieren von Berichten und dem Entdecken von Mustern wie in den Anforderungen beschrieben. Mehrere Data-Mining-Projekte können durch Wissensmanagement sowie eine geeignete Infrastruktur voneinander profitieren. Der Ansatz wurde in zwei Projekten unter Verwendung von ausschließlich Open-Source-Software angewendet. / Despite high potential of data mining in business and science many projects fail due to barriers between the developer team and the end user. In this work a more transparent approach to describing and explaining data to a decision-maker is presented. In decision-maker-centric tasks project requirements are defined and finally the results composed to a story. A requirement is made of a tabular report and possibly patterns in its data, each understandable to a decision-maker. The technical tasks consist of a data assay, the integration of data within a data warehouse and, as required, the creation of reports and the discovery of patterns. Multiple data mining projects benefit from each other through knowledge management and a common infrastructure. The approach has been applied to two projects exclusively using open source systems.

SALOME est une plate-forme générique Open Source de Pré-Post traitement destinée à être spécialisée pour y intégrer des codes de calcul existants. Elle intègre plusieurs modules dans une architecture de composants distribués. Notre mission dans le cadre du projet SALOME a été la conception et la mise en œuvre technologique du module DATA, dédié à la description des propriétés physiques.En ce sens, nous avons réalisé un nouveau langage dédié à la description des modèles de données physiques : le SPML (SALOME Physics Modelling Language). Un métamodèle dédié à la description des propriétés physiques offre au langage SPML sa base sémantique. Pour réaliser une partie commune de communication entre des modèles représentant différents domaines de la physique, il a été développé un Modèle de Données Commun, matérialise par une librairie SPML réutilisable. La réalisation de l'IHM, notamment l'adaptation automatique de l'interface graphique aux modèles physiques décrits en SPML, font du module DATA un outil performant, qui permet une adaptation facile de la plate-forme, pour tout domaine de la physique. Nous avons réalisé une première connexion du solveur Flux, dans le cadre de la plate-forme pour des analyses magnétostatiques sur des problèmes décrits en SALOME.

Ce travail de recherche porte sur la conception de Logiciels libres et Open Source (LOS), vue comme une nouvelle forme d'organisation du travail basée sur : des collectifs communautaires ouverts à la participation volontaire d'utilisateurs ; un processus de conception continu ; une distribution de la conception dans trois espaces d'activité sur Internet (espaces de discussion, de documentation et d'implémentation). <br />L'apport méthodologique de ce travail consiste à analyser des traces contextuelles d'un processus de conception du projet Python, le Python Enhancement Proposal (PEP), et ceci dans des perspectives synchronique (centrée sur des discussions en ligne PEPs) et diachronique (centrée sur l'évolution d'une proposition PEP dans les trois espaces d'activité). Nous avons adopté une méthodologie originale combinant des analyses structurelles des listes de discussion du projet, l'une orientée usage et l'autre orientée conception (p.ex. représentation des discussions) à des analyses de contenu de ces listes (p.ex. activités collaboratives de conception), ainsi que des analyses des traces des espaces de documentation et d'implémentation et des entretiens.<br />Concernant l'organisation de la conception de l'artefact dans les trois espaces d'activité, nous montrons que la liste orientée usage et la liste orientée conception sont spécialisées, en termes de phases du processus de conception et d'activités qui y ont lieu. De même, nous montrons les relations qui lient les actions dans les listes (espace de discussion) avec les actions dans les deux autres espaces d'activités (implémentation, documentation). Les discussions de conception sont focalisées et marquées par des moments d'échange quasi-synchrones, traduisant la présence de règles implicites encadrant les discussions. Enfin, la répartition des activités collaboratives de conception et des séquences d'activités est similaire à celle mise en évidence dans d'autres études concernant les réunions de conception en face à face.<br />Concernant ce qui constitue le collectif de conception, nous montrons que la communauté des concepteurs de Python est constituée de réseaux de conception locaux associant des membres provenant de diverses communautés d'utilisateurs, autour d'un noyau dur de développeurs. Dans ce collectif de conception, la participation est basée sur les rôles effectivement tenus par les participants, plus que sur leurs statuts (utilisateurs vs. développeurs). Notre analyse montre que les rôles cognitifs (génération-évaluation de solutions de conception) et épistémiques (clarification) sont pris en charge par l'ensemble des participants, y compris les utilisateurs. Des profils de participants spécifiques apparaissent néanmoins. Le chef de projet et les personnes proposant les nouvelles fonctionnalités (les champions) ont un profil d'animateur du processus de conception, caractérisé par un rôle de coordination, par un rôle interactif (gestion de l'interaction) central dans les discussions, et parfois par un rôle socio-relationnel (relations interpersonnelles). Des profils d'acteurs d'interface, articulant usage et conception, apparaissent comme des participants clés pour la performance du processus de conception. Ils se caractérisent par un rôle interactif basé sur la participation croisée, entre les listes orientées usage et conception, et une position centrale dans les discussions. Ils ont également un rôle épistémique basé sur des apports de connaissances spécifiques quant aux domaines d'application de la conception, et enfin un rôle de soutien du champion de la proposition. <br />Ces résultats peuvent fonder la spécification d'outils permettant de favoriser la participation aux projets LOS, en dépassant diverses barrières (p.ex. coût temporel d'intégration dans un projet) et en soutenant la construction et le maintien de la conscience du projet (conscience du processus de conception et conscience sociale).