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2024

50 years of Research in Engineering Interactive Computing Systems: the CCL 1974 to EICS 2024 journey

Authors
Campos, JC; Luyten, K; Nigay, L; Palanque, P; Paternò , F; Spano, LD; Vanderdonckt, J;

Publication
COMPANION OF THE 2024 ACM SIGCHI SYMPOSIUM ON ENGINEERING INTERACTIVE COMPUTING SYSTEMS, EICS 2024

Abstract
This panel commemorates the 50th anniversary of the IFIP TC2 Working Conference on Command Languages (CCL) and the 30th anniversary of the workshop series on Design Specification and Verification of Interactive Systems (DSV-IS), and uses that opportunity to position EICS within the HCI community. The discussion traces the origins of the EICS conference, from the union of seminal conferences to its current status and looks forward into its (possible) future. Reflecting on its contributions to the evolution of HCI methodologies, tools, and practices, the panel highlights the conference's role and impact on shaping the engineering of interactive systems.

2024

Explaining Temporal Logic Model Checking Counterexamples Through the Use of Structured Natural Language

Authors
Moreira, EJVF; Campo, JC;

Publication
ENGINEERING INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS, EICS 2023 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS AND DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM

Abstract
The use of model checking tools allows for the formal verification of properties over models of systems, improving their robustness. However, these tools are challenging to use, and their results require much work of interpretation to communicate to stakeholders. To address this issue, the IVY Workbench offers a plethora of options to make the process of creating and understanding the models, properties and results of the verification process more accessible, with a particular focus on interactive computing systems. Despite this, there is still a significant requirement of expertise to use the tool. To solve this, an approach to provide structured natural language explanations for the results of model checking-based tools is being developed, to be later incorporated into the IVY Workbench. This paper presents the current state of the approach's development, stating its objective and what results can already be achieved.

2024

Companion Proceedings of the 16th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems, EICS Companion 2024, Cagliari, Italy, June 24-28, 2024

Authors
Nebeling, M; Spano, LD; Campos, JC;

Publication
EICS (Companion)

Abstract

2024

A Language for Explaining Counterexamples

Authors
Ferreira Moreira, EJV; Campos, JC;

Publication
13th Symposium on Languages, Applications and Technologies, SLATE 2024, July 4-5, 2024, Águeda, Portugal

Abstract
Model checkers can automatically verify a system’s behavior against temporal logic properties. However, analyzing the counterexamples produced in case of failure is still a manual process that requires both technical and domain knowledge. However, this step is crucial to understand the flaws of the system being verified. This paper presents a language created to support the generation of natural language explanations of counterexamples produced by a model checker. The language supports querying the properties and counterexamples to generate the explanations. The paper explains the language components and how they can be used to produce explanations. © Ezequiel José Veloso Ferreira Moreira and José Creissac Campos.

2024

Editorial to the Second IFIP WG 2.7/13.4 Workshop on HCI Engineering Education

Authors
Spano, LD; Campos, JC; Dittmar, A;

Publication
DESIGN FOR EQUALITY AND JUSTICE, INTERACT 2023, PT I

Abstract
The second workshop on HCI Engineering Education continued the effort of the IFIP Working Group 2.7/13.4 on User Interface Engineering by discussing the issues and identifying the opportunities in teaching and learning Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Engineering. The workshop attracted eight papers covering different teaching contexts, ranging from massive university courses, passing through different teaching experiences in specific academic curricula, and even teaching engineering concepts to children. In addition, the workshop received input for improving and adapting the repository material to the dynamic nature of this field. The discussion after the presentation of the contributions focused on how to model competencies, the support to interdisciplinary work, the overall course design, the recruitment of the students and the provision of educational resources, paving the way for further editions of the workshop.

2024

An Online Repository for Educational Resources in HCI-Engineering

Authors
Spano, LD; Campos, JC; Dittmar, A; Forbrig, P;

Publication
DESIGN FOR EQUALITY AND JUSTICE, INTERACT 2023, PT I

Abstract
This paper leverages the outcomes of the first workshop on HCI Engineering Education [4] to create an online repository where the community can share content relevant to HCI. The repository takes advantage of the functionalities of the Git file versioning system to support presenting and adding content. The paper describes the structure of the repository and the process for adding new content. In addition, we propose an adaptation of the framework for presenting teaching samples, supporting more flexibility in the application of educational material for different teaching objectives. The new presentation format starts with describing a design problem and emphasises the students' applied understanding of conceptual and theoretical knowledge. The presentation format is demonstrated and discussed by the example of an end-user design tool for mobile data collection.

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