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2019

A use error taxonomy for improving human-machine interface design in medical devices

Authors
Silva, C; Masci, P; Zhang, Y; Jones, PL; Campos, JC;

Publication
SIGBED Review

Abstract
Use error is one of the leading causes of medical device incidents. It is crucial for all stakeholders to have a unified means to better understand, classify, communicate, and prevent/avoid medical device use errors. In this paper, we present our ongoing work on developing a new use error taxonomy for medical devices that has the potential to enable fine-grained analysis of use errors and their root causes in system design. Our ultimate goal is to create a generic framework that can be used by medical device designers to better identify effective design solutions to mitigating use errors.

2019

Trends on Engineering Interactive Systems: an overview of works presented in workshops at EICS 2019

Authors
Distante, D; Winckler, M; Bernhaupt, R; Bowen, J; Campos, JC; Müller, F; Palanque, P; Van Den Bergh, J; Weyers, B; Voit, A;

Publication
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACM SIGCHI SYMPOSIUM ON ENGINEERING INTERACTIVE COMPUTING SYSTEMS (EICS'19)

Abstract
Workshops are a great opportunity for identifying innovative topics of research that might require discussion and maturation. This paper summarizes the outcomes of the workshops track of the 11th Engineering Interactive Computing Systems conference (EICS 2019), held in Valencia (Spain) on 18-21 June 2019. The track featured three workshops, one half-day, one full-day and one two-days workshop, each focused on specific topics of the ongoing research in engineering usable and effective interactive computing systems. In particular, the list of discussed topics include novel forms of interaction and emerging themes in HCI related to new application domains, more efficient and enjoyable interaction possibilities associated to smart objects and smart environments, challenges faced in designing, developing and using interactive systems involving multiple stakeholders.

2019

Model-Based Testing of Post-WIMP Interactions Using Object Oriented Petri-Nets

Authors
Canny, A; Navarre, D; Campos, JC; Palanque, PA;

Publication
Formal Methods. FM 2019 International Workshops - Porto, Portugal, October 7-11, 2019, Revised Selected Papers, Part I

Abstract
Model-Based Testing (MBT) relies on models of a System Under Test (SUT) to derive test cases for said system. While Finite State Machine (FSM), workflow, etc. are widely used to derive test cases for WIMP applications (i.e. applications depending on 2D widgets such as menus and icons), these notations lack the expressive power to describe the interaction techniques and behaviors found in post-WIMP applications. In this paper, we aim at demonstrating that thanks to ICO, a formal notation for describing interactive systems, it is possible to generate test cases that go beyond the state of the art by addressing the MBT of advanced interaction techniques in post-WIMP applications. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.

2019

Formal Methods – The Next 30 Years

Authors
ter Beek, MH; McIver, A; Oliveira, JN;

Publication
Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Abstract

2019

Towards Intra-Datacentre High-Availability in CloudDBAppliance

Authors
Ferreira, L; Coelho, F; Alonso, AN; Pereira, J;

Publication
CLOSER: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLOUD COMPUTING AND SERVICES SCIENCE

Abstract
In the context of the CloudDBAppliance (CDBA) project, fault tolerance and high-availability are provided in layers: within each appliance, within a data centre and between data centres. This paper presents the proposed replication architecture for providing fault tolerance and high availability within a data centre. This layer configuration, along with specific deployment constraints require a custom replication architecture. In particular, replication must be implemented at the middleware-level, to avoid constraining the backing operational database. This paper is focused on the design of the CDBA Replication Manager along with an evaluation, using micro-benchmarking, of components for the replication middleware. Results show the impact, on both throughput and latency, of the replication mechanisms in place.

2019

Recovery in CloudDBAppliance's High-availability Middleware

Authors
Abreu, H; Ferreira, L; Coelho, F; Alonso, AN; Pereira, J;

Publication
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DATA SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS (DATA)

Abstract
In the context of the CloudDBAppliance (CDBA) project, fault tolerance and high-availability are provided in layers: within each appliance, within a data centre and between datacentres. This paper presents the recovery mechanisms in place to fulfill the provision of high-availability within a datacentre. The recovery mechanism takes advantage of CDBA's in-middleware replication mechanism to bring failed replicas up-to-date. Along with the description of different variants of the recovery mechanism, this paper provides their comparative evaluation, focusing on the time it takes to recover a failed replica and how the recovery process impacts throughput.

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