Data related to cultural archiving, as well as content itself, is increasingly made available through open formats and licenses. This gives opportunities for growing engagement from the public. However, the open data landscape is complex, involving cultural, critical, political, and technical aspects, which need further exploration.

The Living Archives project at Malmö University invites you to take part in an all day seminar to explore these topics. The day begins with presentations by both invited speakers and researchers in the project. The afternoon continues with breakout discussions on topics related to open data and cultural archiving, such as Augmented Reality, Life-Logging, and Urban Gardening/Farming.

Time: March 26, 9:30-15:00 (talks start at 10:00)
Place: Medea, Malmö University (map)

For full program and how to sign up, see the Living Archives website: http://livingarchives.mah.se/2014/03/seminar-open-data-cultural-archiving/.

På onsdag (19/3) kl 13.15 presenterar Wanda Presthus (http://nith.no/profiler/vis/12) sin forskning kring business intelligence och sociala medier på kursen ‘Verksamhetsstödjande system’ (Affärssystem). Hon kommer att berätta om två studier, den första om Qlikview-användande på Tine (stort norskt mejeriföretag), den andra om hur SAS och Norweigan använde Facebook efter vulkanutbrottet och efterföljande askmoln 2011.

Kom och lyssna! Och bjud in studenter som ni tror är intresserade.

När: Onsdagen 19/3, 13:15-15:00
Var: U531

Mvh
Helena

Dear all,

Most welcome to the next research seminar which will be held Friday, March 21.

We meet in Aktersalongen at 13.15 – ca 14.30.

I am very happy to welcome Prof. Kurt Schneider, Head of FB Software Engineering at Leibniz Universität Hannover. This spring, Prof. Schneider is a visiting researcher at Blekinge Tekniska Högskola (BTH) and it is my pleasure to have him visiting Malmö högskola. For more information about Kurt Schneider, please visit: http://www.se.uni-hannover.de/pages/en:mitarbeiter_kurt_schneider

Title and abstract can be found below:

Requirements, Feedback, and Communication in IT Ecosystems
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The term IT ecosystem has been used in different meanings by different researchers. At Leibniz Universität Hannover and at two partner universities in Germany, it stands for a system of IT subsystems, components, and humans interacting. The characteristics of the IT ecosystems are not only defined by the features of its components, but also by their combination and interactions. Like a new animal in a natural ecosystem, a new element can disturb an existing equilibrium. When subsystems are developed independently, and when they act semi-autonomously, emergent behaviour can occur. Users will have to deal with such phenomena.

For a supplier of IT systems, requirements engineering is never easy. However, in an IT ecosystem it becomes even more difficult. Traditional approaches like interviews and use cases scratch only the surface of user requirements and expectations. Intended users can hardly foresee future interactions, events, and whether they will like them. For that purpose, we followed two approaches to solicit useful requirements from IT ecosystems: (1) Explicit and spontaneous feedback is facilitated; and (2) unexptected behaviour of human users is observed as an implicit expression of an unidentified change request. In this talk, selected applications of those approaches are described. In the outlook, new potentials for empowering human users are sketched, and potential for future work is outlined.

Best regards,
Helena

Hi,

Most welcome to an extra research seminar this Thursday, March 13, 15.00 – 16.00 (please note the time) in Aktersalongen.

We are happy to welcome Prof. Jan Bosch from Chalmers University of Technology who is the director of Software Center – a research collaboration of which malmö University is part.

Title and abstract can be found below:

Title: “Achieving Academic Excellence through Industry Impact: Software Center”

Abstract:
Less than three years after its start, the Software Center embodies a close collaboration between seven companies and three universities as partners, more than 20 researchers in 15 projects having resulted in dozens of publications as well as real, tangible impact at the participating companies. The seminar will focus on why industrial impact is a necessity for academic excellence. This flies in the face of traditional academic beliefs that industrial collaboration is at odds with academically excellent research and the seminar seeks to facilitate a discussion to challenge these traditional beliefs.

MOST WELCOME!

/Helena

Nu kör vi för tredje året i rad en träff kring länkade data med syfte att skapa en mötesplats för personer från industri, myndigheter och akademi för att diskutera och utbyta erfarenheter. Vår förhoppning är att evenemanget ska vara givande både för de som är insatta och för de som bara är bekanta med begreppet och är nyfikna på vad länkad data är och kan erbjuda.

Dag och tid: 13 mars, 10-16
Plats: Medea, Malmö högskola, Ö. Varvsg. 11, Malmö (karta)
Registrering: krävs och görs via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lankade-data-i-sverige-2014-tickets-10482512477
Talare är, bland andra, Niklas Lundström från Kungliga biblioteket som ska prata om Libris och länkade data, Johan Carlström från Riksantikvarieämbetet som ska prata om semantiska länkar, och Hannes Ebner (KTH/Metasolutions) som ska prata om hur man kan bygga applikationer med länkade data..

Hela programmet hittar du på
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lankade-data-i-sverige-2014-tickets-10482512477

Dear all,

Most welcome to a research seminar Thursday, March 13 between 15.00 – 16.00 in ‘Aktersalongen’ (note that we start 15.00).

Prof. Jan Bosch is visiting us to introduce the Software Center research collaboration and the many interesting projects that are currently running in collaboration with companies such as Ericsson, Axis Communications, Volvo Cars, AB Volvo, Jeppesen etc.

Malmö University is a member of the Software Center since last year, and this seminar will provide an excellent opportunity for all of you to learn more about the collaboration and the many interesting areas in which we do research.

Please visit http://www.software-center.se for more information and MOST WELCOME to the seminar.

Best regards,
Helena

Hi,

Most welcome to Friday’s research seminar (February 21).

This time, we have Dr. Elizabeth Bjarnason from Lund University visiting us. A short bio and abstract of her talk can be found below.

Date: February 21
Time: 13.15 – ca 14.30
Place: Aktersalongen

Dr Elizabeth Bjarnason currently works as an associate senior lecturer at Lund University. She completed her PhD in Software Engineering in Nov 2013 on the topic of integrated Requirements Engineering (iRE). A field that she has experience of from her 15 years at Sony Mobile’s software development unit in Lund, Sweden. She was there responsible for the processes for developing software for Sony’s Xperia phones as part of the process team. In particular, she was responsible for the requirements aspects of those processes.

Through her experience of requirements as an integrated part of large-scale software development she has become interested in empirical research within the area of requirements engineering. Her main research interest is the role of requirements in the development process, including integrated and agile requirements engineering, requirements communication and collaboration, and alignment between requirements and later development activities.

Welcome!

Best regards,
Helena

Hi,

Most welcome to our next research seminar which will be held Friday, February 21.

This time, we have Dr. Elizabeth Bjarnason from Lund University visiting us. A short bio and abstract of her talk can be found below.

Date: February 21
Time: 13.15 – ca 14.30
Place: Aktersalongen

Dr Elizabeth Bjarnason currently works as an associate senior lecturer at Lund University. She completed her PhD in Software Engineering in Nov 2013 on the topic of integrated Requirements Engineering (iRE). A field that she has experience of from her 15 years at Sony Mobile’s software development unit in Lund, Sweden. She was there responsible for the processes for developing software for Sony’s Xperia phones as part of the process team. In particular, she was responsible for the requirements aspects of those processes.

Through her experience of requirements as an integrated part of large-scale software development she has become interested in empirical research within the area of requirements engineering. Her main research interest is the role of requirements in the development process, including integrated and agile requirements engineering, requirements communication and collaboration, and alignment between requirements and later development activities.

Welcome!

/Helena

Hi,

Unfortunately, we will have to cancel the research seminar with Miroslaw Staron tomorrow Thursday.

Miroslaw was invited here with two purposes – (1) for meetings related to our education and educational programs, and (2) for giving the research seminar.

Due to illness – his meetings have been cancelled – and therefore, we won’t ask Miroslaw to travel here for the seminar only (especially not in these weather conditions).

I will make sure we find another time for this seminar.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Regards,
Helena

Hi all,

Due to many people teaching in the afternoon, we have set a new time for the research seminar this Thursday.

Time: 15-16
Date: Thursday, January 30
Place: Aktersalongen

The speaker is Miroslaw Staron, University of Gothenburg, and the title and abstract can be found below:

Title: “Identifying Implicit Architectural Dependencies using Measures of Source Code Change Waves”

Abstract
The principles of Agile software development are increasingly used in large software development projects, e.g. using Scrum of Scrums or combining Agile and Lean development methods. When large software products are developed by self-organized, usually feature-oriented teams, there is a risk that architectural dependencies between software components become uncontrolled. In particular there is a risk that the prescriptive architecture models in form of diagrams are outdated and implicit architectural dependencies may become more frequent than the explicit ones. In this paper we present a method for automated discovery of potential dependencies between software components based on analyzing revision history of software repositories. The result of this method is a map of implicit dependencies which is used by architects in decisions on the evolution of the architecture. The software architects can assess the validity of the dependencies and can prevent unwanted component couplings and design erosion hence minimizing the risk of post-release quality problems. Our method was evaluated in a case study at one large product at Saab Electronic Defense Systems (Saab EDS) and one large software product at Ericsson AB.

Most welcome!
/Helena

Dear all,

Most welcome to an “extra” research seminar Thursday, January 30, 14.00-15.00.

It is my pleasure to announce that we have Miroslaw Staron, Associate professor in Software Engineering, at the University of Gothenburg, visiting us.

Miroslaw Staron is one of the researchers is the Software Center and his research focuses on development metrics. More information about his area of research can be found at http://www.software-center.se/research-themes/development-metrics/project–3/

The seminar will be held in Aktersalongen between 14.00-15.00.

Most welcome!

/Helena

Hi all,

There is no research seminar planned for Friday January 17.

The next seminar will be held Friday, February 21. At this seminar we will have Elisabet Bjarnasson from Lund University as a guest speaker (if it works out according to plans).

Best regards,
Helena

Please remember the research seminar this Friday, November 29.

The seminar will be held between 10-12 in E140 and the speakers are Marie Gustafsson Friberger and Julian Togelius.

Best regards,
Helena

Dear all,

Most welcome to a research seminar Friday, November 29.

The seminar will be held between 10-12 in E140 and the speakers are Marie Gustafsson Friberger and Julian Togelius.

Title and abstract can be found below, as well as a link to the most recent paper written by Marie and Julian on the topic.

Regards,
Helena

Title: “Data Games”

Abstract
Data games are games where gameplay and/or game content is based on real-world data external to the game, and where gameplay supports the exploration of and learning from this data. We will present data games in relation to open data, procedural content generation and serious games. Several prototype games will be presented, along with research challenges we have identified.

You can read more about data games here: http://data-games.org/publications/. This is the most recent paper: http://julian.togelius.com/Friberger2013Data.pdf

Most welcome to the next research seminar which will be held Friday, November 15 at 13.15 in Aktersalongen. This time, we have Håkan Jonsson visiting us. Håkan is a researcher at Sony Mobile and a PhD student at Lund University. Please find abstract and bio below.

Most welcome.
/Helena

Title: Proximates – an investigation into pervasive social context

Abstract:
Understanding the user’s context is important in creating application that can adapt to different user situations. Context has many aspects, including social context: What people is the user exchanging social interactions with in physical space, and what is his/her relations to them? In the Proximates project we use the mobile phone as a bridge between physical and digital identities in order to study users’ social context and its potential application space.

Bio:
Håkan Jonsson is a researcher at Sony Mobile, Advanced Application Lab, and a PhD student at Lund University, Computer Science. His research interests are ubiquitous computing, networks science and context awareness. Before joining Sony Mobile he was involved in several startups in the mobile area.

Hi,

Please attend today’s seminar with Dr. Mike Joy. We start at 13.15 in ‘Aktersalongen’.

Most welcome!

/Helena

Title: Perspectives on Source Code Plagiarism

Abstract
Over the past few years student plagiarism has become an increasingly important issue in universities. This seminar will present an overview of developments in plagiarism prevention and detection, concentrating on issues related to source code plagiarism, leading to an identification of current important and unanswered research questions.

Bio
Dr Mike Joy is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Warwick. His research interests include educational technology, computer science education, object-oriented programming, and Internet software, and he is the author or co-author of over 160 refereed papers. Dr Joy has masters degrees in Mathematics from Cambridge University and in Post-Compulsory Education from the University of Warwick, a PhD in Computer Science from the University of East Anglia, and has both CEng and CSci status. He is a Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Hi all,

In addition to the research seminar this Friday (October 18), I am happy to announce an additional research seminar Tuesday, October 22.
It is our pleasure to have Dr. Mike Joy visiting and he will give a seminar at 13-15 in ‘Aktersalongen’. Please find the title and abstract, as well as Mike’s bio, below. Most welcome.

Best regards,
Helena

Title: ‘Perspectives on Source Code Plagiarism’

Abstract
Over the past few years student plagiarism has become an increasingly important issue in universities. This seminar will present an overview of developments in plagiarism prevention and detection, concentrating on issues related to source code plagiarism, leading to an identification of current important and unanswered research questions.

Bio
Dr Mike Joy is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Warwick. His research interests include educational technology, computer science education, object-oriented programming, and Internet software, and he is the author or co-author of over 160 refereed papers. Dr Joy has masters degrees in Mathematics from Cambridge University and in Post-Compulsory Education from the University of Warwick, a PhD in Computer Science from the University of East Anglia, and has both CEng and CSci status. He is a Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Most welcome to the research seminar Friday, October 18.

This week we welcome our guest Vira Shendryk who will talk about her research as well as other research that is currently conducted at Sumy University, Ukraine.

The seminar will be held between 13.15 – 15.00 in Aktersalongen. Most welcome – the title and abstract can be found below:

Title: Research projects at Sumy State University

In the talk I will present research problems at Sumy University that we
currently work on. At first part of the talk, I’ll tell you a little about
Sumy State University (SSU) and about main directions of scientific
activity at SSU in the area of information technologies, and in the second
part – I’ll give example of the research project of SSU.

In this talk, I will present the design and implementation of the
monitoring system of heat building consumption in the form of
web-resource. The problem of efficient use of energy resources is very
critical and finding a solution is urgent. This project focuses on
improvements of mathematical models that allow determining most accurately
the resources needed for the system. The hardware support of the system
consists of monitoring devices, such as digital sensors and data
collection terminal. This allows monitoring in real time, providing
up-to-date information about the status of supplies. The system described
here, HeatCAM (Web-based information system for monitoring and prediction
of heat building consumption), has been implemented to provide
multifunctional insights, such as analysis of the current status of
supplies and short-term prediction of the required amount of heat under
certain climatic conditions. I will describe the general architecture of
the information system and its core functionality.

Dear all,

Most welcome to the first research seminar this fall.

Our first speaker is Steve Dahlskog and he will present his on-going research.

Date: September 20
Time: 13.15 – 15.00
Place: Aktersalongen

Title: “Towards Post Release Offline CAD PCG.”

Abstract: The entertainment software industry is faced with doubled costs with every new platform generation. A fair share of these costs are related to the game specific content. An initiative to minimize these costs is the use of procedural content generation (i.e. Algorithmic created content with none or little human input). The focus of my research lies in the post release phase of the software project. In this phase, content can keep players playing the game, drawing in new users in order raise ROI. In this situation, the players have a specific feel of the game’s content and most of the development team have left to other projects. In order to solve this issue, I look into the possibility to understand the content in a structured way, reproduce the similarity of previous designs but still generate interesting and novel content.

Best regards,
Helena

Most welcome to the first research seminar this fall.

Our first speaker is Steve Dahlskog and he will present his on-going research.

Date: September 20
Time: 13.15 – 15.00
Place: Aktersalongen

Title: “Towards Post Release Offline CAD PCG.”

Abstract: The entertainment software industry is faced with doubled costs with every new platform generation. A fair share of these costs are related to the game specific content. An initiative to minimize these costs is the use of procedural content generation (i.e. Algorithmic created content with none or little human input). The focus of my research lies in the post release phase of the software project. In this phase, content can keep players playing the game, drawing in new users in order raise ROI. In this situation, the players have a specific feel of the game’s content and most of the development team have left to other projects. In order to solve this issue, I look into the possibility to understand the content in a structured way, reproduce the similarity of previous designs but still generate interesting and novel content.