User Study on Remotely Controlled UAVs with Focus on Interfaces and Data Link Quality

in IEEE/RAS International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (2017)

User’s guide to apply, configure and adapt the Genetics Lab

E-print/Working paper (2012)

User-centricity and Public Values in eGovernment: Friend or Foe?

in Proceedings of the 30th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) (2022, July)

In their delivery of services, public administrations seek to develop a ‘citizen-centric’ approach. Concomitantly, user-centricity is emerging as a widely accepted construct for Web 3.0 applications ... [more ▼]

In their delivery of services, public administrations seek to develop a ‘citizen-centric’ approach. Concomitantly, user-centricity is emerging as a widely accepted construct for Web 3.0 applications supporting the digital interaction between service providers and recipients. The digitalization of public services can positively impact important public values, such as efficiency and transparency. However, the digital divide highlights that information and communication technologies can simultaneously neglect public needs. This begs the question of whether user-centricity reflects or conflicts with public values. To answer this question, we present a systematic review of existing literature on user-centricity and public values. The contribution of this paper is an extended taxonomy of public values for user-centricity, as well as recommendations for public policy to address conflicts between public values and user-centricity. [less ▲]

“Use”: When personas become real users…

Scientific Conference (2022, May 24)

Building upon our experience with ARCH, our study related to the IIPC Novel Coronavirus collection, as well as upon the first months of research we conducted as a cohort team in the Archives Unleashed ... [more ▼]

Building upon our experience with ARCH, our study related to the IIPC Novel Coronavirus collection, as well as upon the first months of research we conducted as a cohort team in the Archives Unleashed Project, we will provide feedback related to users’ needs and achievements. Ian Milligan distinguished in his paper “You shouldn’t Need to be a Web Historian to Use Web Archives: Lowering Barriers to Access Through Community and Infrastructure” (WARCnet paper, Aarhus, 2020), three personas: a computational humanist, a digital humanist, and a conventional historian. As an heterogeneous team, mirroring in some ways the personas distinguished by Ian Milligan, we will underline the successes and failures we experienced, the technical layers and levels we unfolded, our experience of collective work which also needs to take interdisciplinarity and heterogeneity (of technical skills, interests, availability, digital literacy) into account, the value of mentorship and our iterative process with data and research questions. We will finally shortly discuss the many pros and few cons in lowering barriers to access web archives (e.g. How to make access easiest without hiding the complexity of web archives?). [less ▲]

Using a Grid for Risk Management : Communication Complexity of Covariance Calculations

in 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) (2009)

Using Agent Based Modelling for describing mobility decisions in pre-urban societies

Scientific Conference (2019, February 26)

Using and Specializing a Pattern-Based E-business Framework: An Auction Case Study

in The 6th Annual IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications (2002)

Sun's J2EE environment is becoming one of the major technologies for the development of web applications. The reuse of stable and integrated components is a well-known mean to achieve effective software ... [more ▼]

Sun's J2EE environment is becoming one of the major technologies for the development of web applications. The reuse of stable and integrated components is a well-known mean to achieve effective software development. Frameworks have this objective but few frameworks are available for the J2EE platform, and moreover, they are rarely integrated in a global methodological approach supported by a tool. Furthermore, the available literature mainly provides a general conceptual presentation of frameworks. The objective of this paper is to present, from a pragmatic perspective, the use of the J2EE framework called JAFAR devoted to the development of web applications. As JAFAR has been developed from a software engineering point of view, we also show how its use can be supported by CASE tools that support design modeling and allows pattern-based development. For this purpose we used the Rational environment. [less ▲]

Using Artificial Intelligence to Prevent Crime: implications for due process and criminal justice

in AI and Society (2022)

Using atmospheric plasma to design multilayer film from polylactic acid and thermoplastic starch: a screening Life Cycle Assessment

in Journal of Cleaner Production (2015), 87

The accumulation of plastic waste and the increasing awareness of the environmental implications and technical challenges associated to their treatment and recycling have led to a constant increase of ... [more ▼]

The accumulation of plastic waste and the increasing awareness of the environmental implications and technical challenges associated to their treatment and recycling have led to a constant increase of biopolymers market in the 90's. Polylactic acid (PLA) is one of the most promising biodegradable plastics, showing a wide range of potential applications, e.g. in the packaging industry. However, the high production costs hamper its further development. The use of PLA in multilayer (ML) films is a potential opportunity to reduce the production costs. This study tackled the ecodesign of a clam shell for packaging applications based on a novel ML film made of PLA and thermoplastic starch (TPS), evaluating the environmental performance of different design concepts through Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). In order to assure proper compatibility between PLA and TPS, the use of dielectric barrier discharge (dbd) plasma technology at atmospheric pressure to increase the hydrophilicity of PLA was investigated. The results have highlighted the significant contribution of plasma treatment to the overall environmental impact of the ML film and the need for further optimisation. Despite the contribution of the PLA end-of-life phase to the overall environmental impact of the ML clam shell is low, the methodological approach to end-of-life can have a significant influence on the LCA results. This seems to be due to the low PLA recycling and recovery rate assumed, which is nevertheless realistic. The promotion of high recovery and recycling rates should therefore be a priority in the future. At the current development stage, even the most improved ML clam shell concept obtained using atmospheric plasma technology is not an environmentally sound alternative to pure PLA clam shell, although it is likely to be a cost-effective option. A good compromise between cost and environmental constrains to be further investigated could be to increase further the proportion of PLA in the ML, by improving the water adsorption capability of TPS through, e.g., the addition of a phthalate free plasticiser. [less ▲]

Using automated electrode localization to guide stimulation management in DBS

in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology (2018), 0(0),

Abstract Deep Brain Stimulation requires extensive postoperative testing of stimulation parameters to achieve optimal outcomes. Testing is typically not guided by neuroanatomical information on electrode ... [more ▼]

Abstract Deep Brain Stimulation requires extensive postoperative testing of stimulation parameters to achieve optimal outcomes. Testing is typically not guided by neuroanatomical information on electrode contact locations. To address this, we present an automated reconstruction of electrode locations relative to the treatment target, the subthalamic nucleus, comparing different targeting methods: atlas‐, manual‐, or tractography‐based subthalamic nucleus segmentation. We found that most electrode contacts chosen to deliver stimulation were closest or second closest to the atlas‐based subthalamic nucleus target. We suggest that information on each electrode contact's location, which can be obtained using atlas‐based methods, might guide clinicians during postoperative stimulation testing. [less ▲]