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State of the art and future perspectives for smart support services for public ...

This paper summarizes existing systems and research on information transport services, and proposes a hypothetic scenario for future travellers using public transport. Increased distributed intelligence in pervasive mobile smart devices and in sensor networks in public transport vehicles is enabling a new approach for enhancing the experience of public transport customers. Such environment could be modelled thr...

Automated Scenario-based Testing of Distributed and Heterogeneous Systems

In this document we outline a Ph. D. research plan and a summary of preliminary results on test automation for distributed and heterogeneous systems.

Cultural awareness and personal customization of gestural commands using a sham...

Gesture-based interfaces to control systems using full body or upper torso motions are becoming more common, particularly in the entertainment industry but increasingly in other domains. These interfaces may represent significant hurdles for individuals with motion or balance impairments. Even for non-impaired users, commands which are not readily represented by body mimicry require users to learn new non-intui...

Reflection-Based Phase-Shifted Long-Period Fiber Grating for Cryogenic Temperat...

In this work, we propose a compact sensor head to perform cryogenic temperature measurements based on a long-period fiber grating. The presented configuration enables the sensor to be interrogated in reflection since a phase-shifted is produced by Fresnel reflection on the end-face of the fiber, cleaved at a quarter-period separation distance from the end of the grating.

A distributed system for learning programming on-line

Several Web-based on-line judges or on-line programming trainers have been developed in order to allow students to train their programming skills. However, their pedagogical functionalities in the learning of programming have not been clearly defined. EduJudge is a project which aims to integrate the "UVA On-line Judge", an existing on-line programming trainer with an important number of problems and users, int...

Sense, Feel, Design - INTERACT 2021 IFIP TC 13 Workshops, Bari, Italy, August 3...

Usability evaluation of an entertainment platform by people with intellectual d...

In this paper it is presented a usability evaluation of an entertainment platform, well-known, YouTube. The main aim is to study how people with intellectual disabilities interact with the layout and uses their search field option. We intended to observe and analyze performance and satisfaction but also if the interface can give them autonomy on the search option. The results show that participants had a good e...

Techniques for efficient MATLAB-to-C compilation

MATLAB to C translation is foreseen to raise the overall abstraction level when mapping computations to embedded systems (possibly consisting of software and hardware components), and thus for increasing productivity and for providing an automated modeldriven design-flow. This paper describes recent work developed in the context of MATISSE, a MATLAB to C compiler targeting embedded systems. We introduce several...

Robust Production Planning and Scheduling of a Pulp Digester and a Paper Machine

Disturbance Management is a major issue in process industries like the pulp and paper (P&P) case and is mostly performed in the execution/control level. That approach is confined to the amendment of plans sent by upper levels and can thus be problematic. This paper moves towards the integration of planning and control, starting from the planning's point of view. The application of Simulation-Optimization (S-O) ...

Video Based Group Tracking and Management

Tracking objects in video is a very challenging research topic, particularly when people in groups are tracked, with partial and full occlusions and group dynamics being common difficulties. Hence, its necessary to deal with group tracking, formation and separation, while assuring the overall consistency of the individuals. This paper proposes enhancements to a group management and tracking algorithm that recei...