{"title":"Understanding Usability Defect Reporting in Software Defect Repositories","authors":"N. Yusop","doi":"10.1145/2811681.2817757","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2811681.2817757","url":null,"abstract":"Software defect management is a critical component of good software engineering practice. The information reported about a defect is a key element to ensure defects are rectified effectively. However, based on research, reporting usability defects using an existing defect tracking system (DTS) is impractical. This is due to text-centric design and lack of features to support usability attributes. In addition, not all defects can be explained textually; especially defects that involve interface redesign. Another aspect to consider is that the reporters describe usability defects based on their usability knowledge and the information available at the time the defects are found. Defects stored in a DTS in a universal format. Therefore, when reporting usability defects there are some possibilities: the data may not be relevant or irrelevant, useful or not useful, or may even be beyond the reporter's knowledge. This makes it impossible to submit a high quality defect report. To address these issues, I propose a custom defect template that can adjust defect form according to whom, when and how the defect is found. In this way, it will provide flexibility to the reporters to record data based on their expertise and knowledge.","PeriodicalId":292017,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the ASWEC 2015 24th Australasian Software Engineering Conference","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134588644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multi-dimensional approach to bridging the gap between Software Engineering Research and Industry Practice","authors":"Richa Awasthy, S. Flint, R. Sankaranarayana","doi":"10.1145/2811681.2817755","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2811681.2817755","url":null,"abstract":"The success of software engineering research can be measured in terms of the industrial adoption of methods and tools developed by researchers. Current adoption rates are low [6] and this contributes to a widening gap between software engineering research and practice. This indicates that there are some factors which act as a barrier to university-industry collaboration. My research aims to explore ways to bridge the gap between university and industry using a multi-dimensional approach.","PeriodicalId":292017,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the ASWEC 2015 24th Australasian Software Engineering Conference","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130043532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Extending Attention Span of ADHD Children through an Eye Tracker Directed Adaptive User Interface","authors":"Othman Asiry, Haifeng Shen, P. Calder","doi":"10.1145/2811681.2824997","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2811681.2824997","url":null,"abstract":"Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common neurobiological condition affecting school-age children. One of the main symptoms is short attention span, which is a key factor of poor academic performance, especially in tasks requiring high amount of concentration time. In this position paper, we outline our research plan of extending the attention span of children with ADHD by designing and developing a computer software application that adapts its user interface for incorporating multiple stimuli. The proposed adaptive user interface is directed by an eye tracker, which constantly monitors the user's attention state.","PeriodicalId":292017,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the ASWEC 2015 24th Australasian Software Engineering Conference","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131318245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Huai Liu, M. Spichkova, H. Schmidt, A. Ulrich, Horst Sauer, J. Wieghardt
{"title":"Efficient Testing based on Logical Architecture","authors":"Huai Liu, M. Spichkova, H. Schmidt, A. Ulrich, Horst Sauer, J. Wieghardt","doi":"10.1145/2811681.2811691","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2811681.2811691","url":null,"abstract":"The rapid increase of software-intensive systems' size and complexity makes it infeasible to exhaustively run testing on the low level of source code. Instead, the testing should be executed on the high level of system architecture, i.e., at a level where component or subsystems relate and interoperate or interact collectively with the system environment. Testing at this level is system testing, including hardware and software in union. Moreover, when integrating complex, distributed systems and providing support for conformance, interoperability and interoperation tests, we need to have an explicit test description. In this vision paper, we discuss (1) how to select tests from logical architecture, especially based on the dependencies within the system, and (2) how to represent the selected tests in explicit and readable manner, so that the software systems can be cost-efficiently maintained and evolved over their entire life-cycle. In addition, we further study the relevance between different tests, based on which, we can optimise the test suites for efficient testing, and propose optimal resource allocation strategies for cloud-based testing.","PeriodicalId":292017,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the ASWEC 2015 24th Australasian Software Engineering Conference","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132049610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}