| Do the stars align? Multidimensional analysis of Android's layered architecture University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2012-01-01 | |
| ChainTracker, a Model-Transformation Trace Analysis Tool for Code-Generation Environments University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2014-01-01 | |
| Backward propagation of code refinements on transformational code generation environments University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2013-01-01 | |
| UnderControl an educational serious-game for reproductive health University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2014-01-01 | Victor Guana, Tracy Xiang, Hannah Zhang, Ella Schepens, Eleni Stroulia |
| ChainTracker: Towards a Comprehensive Tool for Building Code-Generation Environments University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2014-01-01 | |
| PhyDSL:A Code-generation Environment for 2D Physics-based GamesVideo-game design and development involves a variety of professionals working together to create games with engaging content, and an efficient and flexible software architecture. However, more often than not, video-game development environments are designed for software developers, supporting programming tasks agnostic of the needs of the non-computer experts on the team. Code-generation environments offer an alternative methodology to building families of software systems that systematically differ from each other. They provide high-level domain-specific languages that express the domain concepts and features of interest, and isolate the low-level implementation concerns, so that even non-programming experts can prototype and efficiently create software systems. In this paper we describe PhyDSL, a code-generation environment for the creation of mobile physics-based games in 2D. We report how we have used PhyDSL for the rapid prototyping of customizable and cost effective games based on physics.
6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2014-10-22 | |
| Supporting Maintenance Tasks on Transformational Code Generation Environments6.2 COG-ASSESS | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2013-01-01 | Victor Guana |
| The Y Cancellation Test App6.1 MEN-ASSESS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Product | 2015-10-26 | |
| How Do Developers Solve Software-engineering Tasks on Model-based Code Generators? An Empirical Study Design6.1 MEN-ASSESS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2015-09-28 | |
| Rapid Deployment and Evaluation of Mobile Serious Games: A Cognitive Assessment Case StudyTiffany Tong, Victor Guana, Andrea Jovanovic, Fiona Tran, Golnaz Mozafari, Mark Chignell, and Eleni Stroulia. Rapid Deployment and Evaluation of Mobile Serious Games: A Cognitive Assessment Case Study. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Information Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, November 2015. Procedia Computer Science, 69, 96-103.6.1 MEN-ASSESS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Toronto, University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2015-11-23 | |
| SociQL: A Query Language for the SocialWeb University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2013-01-01 | |
| Hacking Health – Edmonton 2016Media on the Event
1. The second U of A Health Hack-a-thon takes place this weekend - CBC Edmonton AM, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016
2. Edmonton healers and hackers join forces - Metro Edmonton, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016
3. Hackers to help seniors access health care - Global News, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016
4. Hacking Health Hackathon goes at the University of Alberta - 630 CHED, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016
5. Global News, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016
6. Technological solutions to health problems - CTV Two, Monday, Feb. 22, 2016
From Fernandez:
In Hacking Health 2016 in Edmonton, I participated as software engineering mentor, I brought my expertise and experience in developing games for rehabilitation, Kinect, CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training, and virtual simulation of human behaviour. The team, "SPINOIS NAP", was very useful the information about Kinect hardware in the implementation. They present a prototype which helps to maintain the correct posture during long hours seating in front of the computer.
6.1 MEN-ASSESS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta, University of Toronto, KITE Research Institute at University Health Network | KTEE - Knowledge Mobilization | 2016-02-19 | |
| Detecting Cognitive Ability Changes in Patients With Moderate Dementia Using a Modified 'Whack-a-Mole' GameB. Wallace, F. Knoefel, R. Goubran, P. Masson, A. Baker, V. Guana, E. Stroulia, “Detecting Cognitive Ability Changes in Patients With Moderate Dementia Using a Modified 'Whack-a-Mole' Game”, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 67, no. 7, pp. 1521-1534, Jul. 2018. 5.1 AMBI-MON, 6.2 COG-ASSESS, AWNIH-SAM3 AGE-WELL NIH SAM3, Bruyere Research Institute, Carleton University, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2018-07-01 | |
| Computer games for older adults: Findings of a usability study (Conference paper)6.1 MEN-ASSESS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Waterloo, University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2018-06-22 | |
| SmartCondo: A Smart Assisted Living Lab6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2015-10-23 | |
| Persons with Moderate Dementia Improving Gameplay.5.1 AMBI-MON, 6.2 COG-ASSESS, AWNIH-SAM3 Carleton University, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2017-06-27 | |
| Detecting Cognitive Ability Changes in Patients with Moderate Dementia Using a Modified "Whack-a-MoleB. Wallace, F. Knoefel, R. Goubran, P. Masson, A. Baker, V. Guana, E. Stroulia, “Detecting Cognitive Ability Changes in Patients With Moderate Dementia Using a Modified 'Whack-a-Mole' Game”, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 67, no. 7, pp. 1521-1534, Jul. 2018
This paper presents results from a 1-year study of 12 patients with moderate dementia in an adult-day program who played a novel whack-a-mole game-based measurement instrument for cognitive behavior and performance. The ongoing measurement of cognition and changes associated with dementia is a challenge for healthcare providers. Measurement methods based on a tablet-based instrument are proposed. Partnership with the adult day program greatly eased recruitment: all but 1 eligible participant joined our study, compared to 1 in 5, or lower, for previous studies with similar populations. There are three unique aspects to the design of our game: first, it has two distinct targets requiring different actions, which increases the cognitive processing for the users; second, each level is systematically more difficult; third, it records and analyzes player performance. The results show that the patients’ game performance improves over the first few weeks; this indicates that they are learning the game and retaining ability gains from week to week, suggesting some procedural learning is still intact. Over the year, 4 participants showed cognitive decline, 4 were stable and 3 improved based on their MMSE score. Two measures are proposed based on level progression within the sessions and mole-hit performance. The level-progression measure identifies declining participants with 1FN and 1FP error. The mole-hit performance measure identifies declining participants with 1FN error. These results demonstrate the potential for the proposed instrument to provide an ongoing measurement as an alternative for the repeated application of the MMSE.5.1 AMBI-MON, 6.2 COG-ASSESS, AWNIH-SAM3 Bruyère Research Institute, Carleton University, AGE-WELL NIH SAM3, Bruyere Research Institute, University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2018-07-01 | |
| Monitoring cognitive ability in patients with moderate dementia using a modified “whack-a-mole”Monitoring cognitive ability in patients with moderate dementia using a modified “whack-a-mole”
Bruce Wallace; Frank Knoefel; Rafik Goubran; Philippe Masson; Amanda Baker; Brianna Allard; Eleni Stroulia; Victor Guana
2017 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA)
Year: 2017
Pages: 292 - 297
IEEE Conference Publications5.1 AMBI-MON, AWNIH-SAM3 Carleton University, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2017-09-20 | |
| Can a simple computer game help monitor cognitive change in persons with advancing cognitive impairment?“Refereed, First Listed Author (Abstract) In Press
Knoefel F, Goubran R, Baker A, Fraser S, Allard B, Wallace B, Stroulia E, Guana V, Masson P, Can a simple computer game help monitor cognitive change in persons with advancing cognitive impairment (poster), 9th Canadian Conference on Dementia, Canada, Toronto Conference Date: November 2017?”
5.1 AMBI-MON, AWNIH-SAM3 Bruyère Research Institute, Carleton University, University of Ottawa, University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2017-11-02 | |
| Patient Oriented Research Summer Institute 2016Noelannah Neubauer and Peyman Azad-Khaneghah participated in "Patient Oriented Research Summer Institute 2016" facilitated by Alberta Innovates Health Solutions from May 3rd until May 4th. Noelannah and Peyman attended several workshops related to patient oriented research such as designing scales based on patient oriented outcomes, knowledge transfer and knowledge translation, and several panel presentations and poster presentations.
Noelannah and Peyman prepared a presentation which was delivered to Edmonton-based Project Leaders and HQP on May 27, 2016. The presentation included a discussion about the parallels between patient-oriented research and transdisciplinarity. A discussion was also held about how patient-oriented research and transdisciplinarity in WP6.1 and WP6.2. 6.1 MEN-ASSESS University of Alberta, University of Waterloo | KTEE - Knowledge Mobilization | 2016-05-03 | |
| Serious Games: Rehabilitation Fuzzy Grammar for Exercise and Therapy Compliance Serious Games (SG) are advocated as a technology for engaging and motivating a variety of activities, such as learning and exercising. The motivating intuition is that infusing activities with game mechanics should make them more interesting and entertaining, resulting in increased practice time, and consequently, improved performance. In our work we are interestedintherolethatseriousgamescanplayinrehabilitation, relying on affordable, accessible and increasingly precise biomechanic sensors, such as the KinectTM. In this paper, we describe a KinectTM -based system that guides players through their prescribed rehabilitation-exercise regimen at home, after a sports injury. The system is endowed with a grammar, in terms of which the rehabilitation exercises can be precisely specified by physical therapists, and a fuzzy-logic-based component that discerns in real time, whether the user “correctly” follows the prescribed regimen. To respect the privacy of the player, the system mimics the postures into an avatar. We demonstrate our system through the development of three different games.5.3 IIES-PHYS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2015-10-16 | Victor Fernandez, Eleni Stroulia, " Luis E. Oliva ", " Francisco Gonzalez ", "Claudio Castillo " |
| Serious Rehabilitation Games with Kinect This demo presents a suite of serious KinectTMbased games for rehabilitation. The game embodies three metaphors and corresponding game mechanics, for three exercise movements: elbow flexion and extension (fisherman), shoulder abduction and adduction (moon spaceship), and knee flexion and extension (the trail of the penguin). Conceived to support sport-injury rehabilitation regimens, the games guide the players through their prescribed rehabilitation exercise at home6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Product | 2015-10-15 | Victor Fernandez, Eleni Stroulia, "Claudio Castillo ", "Luis Oliva ", "Francisco Gonzalez " |
| Fuzzy model based on RGBD images to identify biometrical facial geometryAutomatic face recognition is an important and complex task. Therefore, it is necessary to design efficient algorithms able to cope with all the different problems of face recognition. Thus, a great progress has been done using the actual vision technology. For example, a lot of topography description of the facial geometry information has not been used for the lack adequate technology. In this paper, we present an algorithm to recognize the human face, and it uses inputs from RGBD images provided by the camera and depth sensor, Kinect. The images are translated to a point cloud structure to recognize facial geometry patterns on the topography with fuzzy rules set describing the pattern algebra of each point shape identifying the connectivity pattern with their neighbors. First, it finds the nose tip which is segmented with concentric squares to evaluate symmetry. Then the face is segmented in eight different areas. The algorithm was tested in an interview scenario with a person with free range of movements. | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2013-07-10 | Victor Fernandez, "A. Mendez", "M. Corchado", "M. Gudiño" |
| Best Demo award, AGE-WELL 2017 conference6.2 COG-ASSESS | Scientific Excellence - Leadership | 2017-10-17 | Victor Fernandez |
| SmartCondo Viewer (Technology demonstration)Technology demonstration at the 2017 AGE-WELL conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba.6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2017-10-17 | |
| Virtual Gym (Technology Demonstration)At 2017 AGE-WELL conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2017-10-17 | |
| Virtual Reality EveningOn September 25th, the Edmonton chapter of the Manning Innovation Awards will be hosting “Virtual Reality and its Place in Real Life Edmonton” at the Telus World of Science. The purpose of the evening is to introduce high school students and their families to innovation in virtual and augmented reality, and to inspire them to discover and seek Virtual Reality (VR) experiences in their own lives.
Our goal is to make this event interactive and inspiring. As such, we are reaching out to you see if you are willing to do:
•A short talk an on inspiring development in VR (i.e. 10 minutes or less), AND/OR
•Host an interactive exhibit where attendees can experience a VR application for themselves.
5.3 IIES-PHYS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Leadership | 2015-09-25 | |
| Usability of Virtual Gym, a Kinect-based system to enhance the physical and mental health of persons with dementiaNeubauer, N., *Fernandez, V., Daum, C., Lee, A., Donovan, J., Liu, L., & Storulia, E. (2017). Usability of Virtual Gym, a Kinect-based system to enhance the physical and mental health of persons with dementia. Poster presented at AGE-WELL’s 3rd Annual Conference, October 17-19, 2017, Winnipeg, MB.6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Waterloo, University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2017-10-18 | |
| Face-to-face meeting with York Care Centre (Partner) regarding Virtual Gym and Vibrant Minds projects6.1 MEN-ASSESS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta, University of Waterloo | Networking and Partnerships | 2017-10-19 | |
| A behavior model based on personality and emotional intelligence for virtual humansIn this chapter, we present a three-layered model based on the Triune Brain Model to simulate human brain functioning and human beings’ behavior in realistic virtual humans. In order to implement this model, we use the ten personality scales defined by Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the Emotional Competence Framework defined in the Emotional Intelligence Model to endow virtual humans with a real personality and emotional intelligence. In this model, we apply a set of fuzzy rules to change and regulate virtual humans’ affective state according to their personality, emotional and mood history, and events they perceive from the environment. We also implement an EBDI-based intention selection using the Event Calculus formalism. This intention selection mechanism allows virtual humans performing actions based on their current affective state, beliefs, desires and intentions. Thus, these intentions define virtual humans' behavior for each situation they experience in the environment. | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2010-06-04 | "H. Orozco", "F. Ramos", "Daniel Thalman", Victor Fernandez, "O. Gutierrez" |
| Recruitment event at the Cardiac Athletic Society of Edmonton for Vibrant Minds studyGave an overview of the study to the group and demonstrated the technology that will be implemented and tested in the study to recruit participants.6.1 MEN-ASSESS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Networking and Partnerships | 2017-10-16 | |
| Site visit to Chinese Christian Wing Kei Nursing Home Association and meeting regarding collaborationMembers of WP6.1@UAlberta and 6.2 traveled to Calgary to meet with the Board Chair, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Care, Care Managers, and Rehabilitation and Recreation Manager to tour their facilities and discuss potential collaboration. Specific projects and technologies discussed included Vibrant Minds, Virtual Gym, Digital Storytelling and Dementia, Ambient Activity Technology (on behalf of Mark Chignell and Marc Kanik), Activity Localization, and Wandering Risk. A follow up meeting will be held in January 2017 to identify a timeline for unrolling projects at Wing Kei facilities. For more information on Wing Kei, please visit: www.wingkei.org6.1 MEN-ASSESS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta, University of Waterloo | Networking and Partnerships | 2017-12-01 | |
| WP6 Face to face meeting (in Winnipeg, Manitoba)6.1 MEN-ASSESS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS, 6.3 PAIN CARE, 6.4-S1 SPEECH-ASSESS, 6.5-CAT, 6.6-CAT, 6.7-CAT, 6.8-SIP A1, AWNIH-DHC University of Alberta, University of Toronto, University of Regina, Toronto Rehab Institute, The KITE Research Institute at University Health Network, Toronto Rehab Institute, University Health Network, Bruyère Research Institute, Simon Fraser University, Toronto Rehab Institute/University of Toronto, Bruyere Research Institute, University of Waterloo | Networking and Partnerships | 2017-10-18 | Lili Liu, Eleni Stroulia, Mark Chignell, Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Babak Taati, Frank Rudzicz, Frank Knoefel, Zahra Moussavi, Sylvain Moreno, Andrea Wilkinson, Tiffany Tong, Peyman Azad-Khaneghah, Victor Fernandez, Dillam Romero, Azin Asgarian, Ahmed Ashraf, Natasha Gallant, Erin Browne, Caroline Ethier, Christine Daum |
| VirtualGym : A kinect-based system for seniors exercising at home6.1 MEN-ASSESS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2018-08-01 | |
| Ambient and wearable sensors for indoor activity recognition (Poster presentation)Diaz, D., Mohebbi, P., Yee, N., Daum, C., Liu, L., Nikoalidis, I., & Stroulia, E. (2017). Ambient and wearable sensors for indoor activity recognition. Poster presented at AGE-WELL’s 3rd Annual Conference, October 17-19, 2017, Winnipeg, MB6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Waterloo, University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2017-10-18 | |
| Activity recognition with J!NS glasses (Technology demo)Demonstration occurred at the 2017 AGE-WELL conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba.6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2017-10-17 | |
| completing the Early Professionals, Inspired Careers programcompleting EPIC | HQP Training | 2018-09-20 | Dillam Romero |
| Face-to-face meeting between WP6.1, 6.2, 6.8, 5.1 to discuss current and future projectsDiscussion included next steps in the Ottawa WOW project as well as the Neurocatch project.5.1 AMBI-MON, 6.1 MEN-ASSESS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS, 6.8-SIP A1 Bruyère Research Institute, University of Alberta, Bruyere Research Institute, University of Waterloo | Networking and Partnerships | 2017-10-18 | |
| Detecting Depression From VoiceDepression is the most common psychological disorder affecting more than 300 million people worldwide and is considered as the leading cause of disability worldwide. Current depression diagnostic instruments require active participation of the depressed individuals. But due to lack of awareness and the nature of the disorder itself, a large percentage of population refrain from seeking expert assistance.
Recent studies reveal that depression is reflected in behavioral fluctuations of certain day-to-day activities and also in the ways people talk. These findings have motivated a wave of research efforts aimed at developing automated depression detection methods based on vocal acoustic features.Introduction of Depression Recognition Sub-Challenge (DSC) as a part of Audio-Visual Emotion Challenge (AVEC) since 2013 has accelerated interventions in depression recognition combining different modalities, i.e., audio, video and text features. Different directions of feature engineering, algorithms and contextual information incorporation has been explored in four challenges taken place this far. In our work, we are interested in developing a practical system that can capture the audio of the users’ voice during phone-call conversations and analyze it to detect their depression level. A pre-requisite for such a system is a model capable of detecting evidence of depression from conversational audio. In this work we explored the effectiveness of different machine learning algorithms for the anticipated depression detection model with the currently available AVEC data sets. 6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2019-05-28 | |
| 2nd International Workshop on Personalized Web Tasking University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2013-01-01 | Eleni Stroulia, Joanna Ng, Hausi Muller, Diana Lau, Kostas Kontogiannis, Norha Villegas |
| Teaching distributed software engineering with UCOSP: the undergraduate capstone open-source project University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2011-01-01 | |
| Third international workshop on software engineering in healthcare (SEHC 2011) University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2011-01-01 | |
| Virtual worlds for modeling complex processes between people and systems University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2010-01-01 | Eleni Stroulia, Mihnea Galeteanu, Paul Pacholski, Kelly Lyons, Paul Messinger |
| Service interaction patterns University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2009-01-01 | |
| Software engineering for health education and care delivery systems: The Smart Condo project University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2009-01-01 | |
| User Interface Reverse Engineering in Support of Interface Migration to the Web University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2003-01-01 | |
| EduNuggets: an intelligent environment for managing and delivering multimedia education content University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2003-01-01 | |
| Constructing XML-Speaking Wrappers for WEB Applications: Towards an Interoperating WEB University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2000-01-01 | |
| Legacy systems migration in CelLEST University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2000-01-01 | |
| Reverse Engineering Legacy Interfaces: An Interaction-Driven Approach University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 1999-01-01 | |
| Evaluating PSMs in evolutionary design: the Autognostic experiments University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 1999-01-01 | |
| Purposeful and Reactive Navigation Based on Qualitative Path Planning and Fuzzy Logic University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 1997-01-01 | |
| A model-based approach to blame assignment: revising the reasoning steps of problem solvers University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 1996-01-01 | |
| Failure-driven learning as model-based self-redesign University of Alberta | HQP Training | 1994-01-01 | |
| Reflective reasoning and learning University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 1994-01-01 | |
| Reflective, Self-Adaptive Problem Solvers University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 1994-01-01 | |
| Learning problem-solving concepts by reflecting on problem solving University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 1994-01-01 | |
| Smart-phone application design for lasting behavioral changes University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2013-01-01 | |
| Interactive exploration of collaborative software-development data University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2013-01-01 | |
| Towards families of personalized mobile applications University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2013-01-01 | |
| Communities, artifacts, interaction and contribution on the web University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2013-01-01 | |
| Home care and technology: A case study University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2012-01-01 | |
| Toward a use-inspired research agenda for software engineering in healthcare University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2011-01-01 | |
| Smart services across the real and virtual worlds University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2010-01-01 | |
| Welcome from the general chair University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2009-01-01 | |
| Structural and semantic matching for assessing web-service similarity University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2005-01-01 | |
| Message from the Program Chairs University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2003-01-01 | |
| An Intelligent-Agent Architecture for Flexible Service Integration on the Web University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2003-01-01 | |
| From legacy to web through interaction modeling University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2002-01-01 | |
| Model-based approach to blame assignment: Revising the reasoning steps of problem solvers University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 1996-01-01 | |
| Functional representation and reasoning for reflective systems University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 1995-01-01 | |
| Smart-Condo Walkthrough to Minister Moncef The visit lasted about 30 minutes.
The Minister was interested in understanding how the overall Smart-Condo idea might be used to increase job growth and better care for seniors in her riding.
6.1 MEN-ASSESS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | KTEE - Knowledge Mobilization | 2016-02-26 | |
| Overview of the Smart-Condo Research Program6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Leadership | 2017-02-08 | |
| Tour of Smart Condo with John Barlow, MP for Foothills, AlbertaMP Barlow is the Conservative Party of Canada Associate Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food.6.1 MEN-ASSESS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS, 7.5-SIP A1 C-ASAP University of Alberta, University of Waterloo | KTEE - Knowledge Mobilization | 2017-11-17 | |
| Infrastructure for the Smart Condo (Application for an NSERC Research Tools and Instruments grant)Total amount requested: $136,472.006.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Networking and Partnerships | 2017-10-23 | |
| Meeting with international collaborators in Hong KongStroulia, Liu, and Nikolaidis are meeting with their collaborators on a project funded by the Worldwide Universities Network in Hong Kong December 18 - 20, 2017. Collaborators include Gangmin Ning (Zheijiang University), Raymond Tong (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), and Arthur Mak (The Chinese University of Hong Kong). Activities will include: site visits to labs, research centres, and centres that serve older adults; seminars with faculty and graduate students; research presentations. 6.1 MEN-ASSESS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta, Zhejiang University | Networking and Partnerships | 2017-12-18 | |
| Virtual Gym: An Exergames Platform for Seniors (oral presentation)Exergames are serious games aimed at motivating users to exercise regularly and correctly. Specifying exercise sessions for an individual user is a complex, effort-intensive task that requires expertise in game controllers, game engines, software engineering, human-computer interaction, and physical education. It becomes even more challenging when he target audience involves seniors who may be unfamiliar with technology and may experience physical infirmities. We have developed a Kinect-based system that supports the specification of exercise routines in terms of a high-level language, generates a game that fluidly guides seniors through an automatically personalized version of these exercise routines, and collects data to evaluate the players performance and his/her improvement over time. Our system includes an editor that enables rehabilitation therapists to specify the prescribed exercise. This specification is used by the game environment to drive the animation of a coach avatar demonstrating the prescribed exercise. As the user follows its instructions, the system provides timely and specific feedback in a variety of modalities, by comparing the players’ postures against those of the coach. In this paper, we describe our system and its evolutionary development based on the expertise of our multidisciplinary team and the advice of our envisioned users.6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Leadership | 2017-12-18 | |
| WSMeta: a meta-model for web services to compare service interfaces University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2013-01-01 | |
| HGrid: A Data Model for Large Geospatial Data Sets in HBase University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2013-01-01 | |
| WSDarwin: automatic web service client adaptation University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2012-01-01 | |
| Automated Acceptance Testing of JavaScript Web Applications University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2012-01-01 | |
| fAARS: a platform for location-aware trans-reality games University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2012-01-01 | |
| Enhancing query support in HBase Via An Extended Coprocessors Framework University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2011-01-01 | |
| Supporting a multidisciplinary digital media research community with GRAND aspirations University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2011-01-01 | |
| Autonomic Configuration Adaptation Based on Simulation-Generated State-Transition Models University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2011-01-01 | |
| Automated State-Space Exploration for Configuration Management of Service-Oriented Applications University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2011-01-01 | |
| Developing a virtual-world simulation University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2011-01-01 | |
| Configuration decision making using simulation-generated data University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2011-01-01 | |
| Analyzing natural-language artifacts of the software process University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2010-01-01 | |
| Annoki: a MediaWiki-based collaboration platform University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2010-01-01 | |
| Healthcare education with virtual-world simulations University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2010-01-01 | David Chodos, Eleni Stroulia, Patricia Boechler, Sharla King, Pawel Kuras, Michael Carbonaro, Erik de Jong |
| Building highly-interactive, data-intensive, REST applications: the Invenio experience University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2008-01-01 | |
| Second Life Gift Registry: Bringing Retail Web Applications into the Metaverse University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2008-01-01 | |
| The JDEvAn tool suite in support of object-oriented evolutionary development University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2008-01-01 | |
| Use Case Redocumentation from GUI Event Traces University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2008-01-01 | |
| Swing2Script: Migration of Java-Swing Applications to Ajax Web Applications University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2007-01-01 | |
| Valuating Software Service Development: Integrating COCOMO II and Real Options Theory University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2007-01-01 | |
| Examining usage protocols for service discovery University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2006-01-01 | |
| Refactoring Detection based on UMLDiff Change-Facts Queries University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2006-01-01 | |
| Refactoring Practice: How it is and How it Should be Supported - An Eclipse Case Study University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2006-01-01 | |
| UMLDiff: an algorithm for object-oriented design differencing University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2005-01-01 | |
| Towards Experience-Based Mentoring of Evolutionary Development University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2005-01-01 | |
| Accurate and Efficient HTML Differencing University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2005-01-01 | |
| Supporting Adaptive Web-Service Orchestration with an Agent Conversation Framework University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2005-01-01 | |
| Design mentoring based on design evolution analysis University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2004-01-01 | |
| Understanding Phases and Styles of Object-Oriented Systems' Evolution University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2004-01-01 | |
| Towards Reengineering Web Sites to Web-services Providers University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2004-01-01 | |
| Flexible Interface Matching for Web-Service Discovery University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2003-01-01 | |
| Reverse Engineering the Process of Small Novice Software Teams University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2003-01-01 | |
| Assessing the Maintainability Benefits of Design Restructuring Using Dependency Analysis University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2003-01-01 | |
| Understanding Web Usage for Dynamic Web-Site Adaptation: A Case Study University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2002-01-01 | |
| From run-time behavior to usage scenarios: an interaction-pattern mining approach University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2002-01-01 | |
| Recovering software requirements from system-user interaction traces University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2002-01-01 | |
| Mining System-User Interaction Traces for Use Case Models University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2002-01-01 | |
| Babel: An XML-Based Application Integration Framework University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2002-01-01 | |
| Babel: representing business rules in XML for application integration University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2001-01-01 | |
| The Space Station Operations Control Software: A Case Study in Architecture Maintenance University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2001-01-01 | |
| Task-Structure Based Mediation: The Travel-Planning Assistant Example University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2000-01-01 | |
| Legacy Interface Migration: A Task-Centered Approach University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 1999-01-01 | |
| Smart homes and home health monitoring technologies for older adults: a systematic literature review6.1 MEN-ASSESS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Leadership | 2015-10-23 | |
| Smart homes and home health monitoring technologies for older adults: A systematic reviewBACKGROUND: Around the world, populations are aging and there is a growing concern about ways that older adults can maintain their health and well-being while living in their homes. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this paper was to conduct a systematic literature review to determine: (1) the levels of technology readiness among older adults and, (2) evidence for smart homes and home-based health-monitoring technologies that support aging in place for older adults who have complex needs. RESULTS: We identified and analyzed 48 of 1863 relevant papers. Our analyses found that: (1) technology-readiness level for smart homes and home health monitoring technologies is low; (2) the highest level of evidence is 1b (i.e., one randomized controlled trial with a PEDro score >/=6); smart homes and home health monitoring technologies are used to monitor activities of daily living, cognitive decline and mental health, and heart conditions in older adults with complex needs; (3) there is no evidence that smart homes and home health monitoring technologies help address disability prediction and health-related quality of life, or fall prevention; and (4) there is conflicting evidence that smart homes and home health monitoring technologies help address chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. CONCLUSIONS: The level of technology readiness for smart homes and home health monitoring technologies is still low. The highest level of evidence found was in a study that supported home health technologies for use in monitoring activities of daily living, cognitive decline, mental health, and heart conditions in older adults with complex needs.6.1 MEN-ASSESS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2016-01-13 | |
| Meeting with potential older adult co-researcher Lili Liu, Eleni Stroulia, and Christine Daum met with Ken Yu who was recruited to become an older adult co-researcher in specific projects within WP6.1@UAlberta and WP6.2. Ken agreed to join the team and will begin his involvement in projects in early January 2017.6.1 MEN-ASSESS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta, University of Waterloo | Networking and Partnerships | 2017-11-30 | |
| C-ASAP Calgary Action Team MeetingTeam members met with members of the Calgary Action Team (Kim Savard from CARYA; John Mungham from Age Friendly Calgary, City of Calgary; Paul Bartel from the Alzheimer Society of Calgary; Patty McCallum from the Calgary Police Service) to provide an overview of the C-ASAP system that has been developed and obtain feedback. Suggestions for changes were identified and modifications will be made by mid- to late- January 2018. A follow-up meeting will occur in late January in which the next iteration of the system will be presented and additional feedback obtained. 7.5-SIP A1 C-ASAP University of Alberta, Independent (industry representative), Independent, University of Waterloo | Networking and Partnerships | 2017-12-04 | |
| UMLDiff: An Algorithm for Object-oriented Design Differencing University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2005-01-01 | |
| The PACSLAC-II AppAn app designed to facilitate the assessment of older adults living with severe dementia in long-term care environments. The app is designed for use by nursing staff.AWCRP-2020-07 University of Regina, University of Alberta | Product | 2022-12-01 | |
| A contextual approach towards more accurate duplicate bug report detection University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2013-01-01 | |
| Feature Detection in Ajax-Enabled Web Applications University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2013-01-01 | |
| Webdiff: A generic differencing service for software artifacts University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2011-01-01 | |
| JDeodorant: identification and application of extract class refactorings University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2011-01-01 | Marios Fokaefs, Nikolaos Tsantalis, Eleni Stroulia, Alexander Chatzigeorgiou |
| Moving Text Analysis Tools to the Cloud University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2010-01-01 | |
| Toward a simulation-generated knowledge base of service performance University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2009-01-01 | Michael Smit, Andrew Nisbet, Eleni Stroulia, Gabriel Iszlai, Andrew Edgar |
| Capacity planning for service-oriented architectures University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2008-01-01 | Michael Smit, Andrew Nisbet, Eleni Stroulia, Andrew Edgar, Gabriel Iszlai, Marin Litoiu |
| Simplicity in RNA Secondary Structure Alignment: Towards biologically plausible alignments University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2006-01-01 | |
| Taking the community's pulse: one blog at a time University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2006-01-01 | |
| Conversation Errors in Web Service Coordination: Run-time Detection and Repair University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2005-01-01 | |
| A Study on the Current State of the Art in Tool-Supported UML-Based Static Reverse Engineering University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2002-01-01 | |
| Supporting the Deployment of Object-Oriented Frameworks University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2002-01-01 | |
| Modeling the System-User Dialog Using Interaction Traces University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2001-01-01 | Mohammad El-Ramly, Paul Iglinski, Eleni Stroulia, Paul Sorenson, Bruce Matichuk |
| 3rd international workshop on net-centric computing (NCC 2001): Theme: migrating to the Web University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2001-01-01 | Jens Jahnke, Kostas Kontogiannis, Eleni Stroulia, Scott Tilley, Kenny Wong |
| Sensor placement for indoor multi-occupant tracking6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2015-07-08 | |
| Multi-Occupant Movement Tracking in Smart Home Environments6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2015-01-01 | |
| Indoor Localization: A Cost-Effectiveness vs. Accuracy StudyRecognizing the occupants' movement and locations within a home is a basic functionality, underlying a variety of smart-home services, including energy management, ambient-environment control, and assistive-living services for seniors and people with disabilities. The outdoor-localization variant of the problem is effectively addressed with the use of GPS; however, GPS does not work well inside buildings, which makes the indoor-positioning problem a very active research topic. In this paper, we report on a study of the indoor-localization problem, relying on easy-to-deploy, inexpensive, BLE-enabled stickers and beacons and WiFi access points.6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2017-06-15 | |
| A rating scale for mental health mobile applications for older adults (poster presentation at CAG 2017)Objective. There are numerous mental health mobile applications (apps) available to the public. People can download these apps from online app markets. Few mental health apps are designed to take into consideration age-related cognitive, perceptual and sensory changes. Currently, there are no scales to help users rate the quality of mental health apps. The objective of this study was to create a scale that clinicians, mental health community organizations and app developers can use to rate the quality of mental health apps for older adults. Methods. A 2 phase multi method design was used. In phase 1, representatives from different stake holders such as older adults, clinicians, and app developers, participated in two focus groups to identify items of the scale. The literature on technology usability was used to guide the focus groups. In phase 2, which is still in progress, the relevance and adequacy of the items of the scale were evaluated by a panel of experts using a Delphi survey method. Results. Subscales identified from the literature and focus groups are ease of use, usefulness, appearance, compatibility, and cost. Phase 2 of the study (relevance and adequacy of items) is still in progress. Implications. The scale can be used for clinical, research and App development purposes. It can help organizations and clinicians to identify appropriate health apps for older adults. Researchers can use the scale to better study apps in systematic reviews. App developers can use this scale to design health-apps that are useable by older adults.
This abstract was submitted in April 2017, accepted, and was presented at CAG on Oct 20, 2017.6.1 MEN-ASSESS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2017-10-20 | |
| A rating scale for mental health mobile applications for older adults: Item relevance and adequacy (Workshop at CAG 2017)Purpose and Objectives. There are numerous mental health mobile applications (apps) available to the public. People can download these apps from online app markets. Few mental health apps are designed to take into consideration age-related cognitive, perceptual and sensory changes. Currently, there are no scales to help users rate the quality of mental health apps. In phase 1 of this study we worked with clinicians, caregivers, older adults, and app developers to create a scale that clinicians can use to rate the quality of mental health apps for older adults. In this workshop, we will present the draft version of the developed scale and invite participants to provide feedback on the relevance and adequacy of the scale items. The workshop will contribute to phase 2 of the study, which is still in progress. Format. Participants will use a sample mental health app that is available on consumer app markets (iTunes or Google Play) and use the developed scale to rate the quality of the app. The trial will be followed by a focus group style discussion on the relevance and adequacy of the scale items. Suggestions from workshop participants will be used to improve the scale. Implication. The scale can be used for clinical, research and App development purposes. It can help organizations and clinicians to identify appropriate health apps for older adults. Researchers can use the scale to better classify apps in systematic reviews. App developers can use this scale to design health-apps that are useable by older adults.
This abstract was submitted April 2017, accepted, and the workshop was delivered at CAG on Oct 21, 2017.6.1 MEN-ASSESS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2017-10-21 | |
| A rating scale for mental health mobile applications for older adultsAzad-Khaneghah, P., *Neubauer, N., Stroulia, E., & Liu, L. (2017). A rating scale for mental health mobile applications for older adults. Poster presented at AGE-WELL’s 3rd Annual Conference, October 17-19, 2017, Winnipeg, MB.
6.1 MEN-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2017-10-18 | |
| Features of acceptable mental health mobile apps: Opinions of stakeholders (Paper presentation)6.1 MEN-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2018-06-23 | |
| Mobile Apps Quality Checklist (MAQC)6.1 MEN-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2018-06-21 | |
| Meeting with Rich McAloney (SIP Accelerator Mentor to WP7.5 C-ASAP)7.5-SIP A1 C-ASAP University of Toronto, University of Alberta, Independent, Independent (industry representative), University of Waterloo | KTEE - Commercialization | 2017-10-19 | |
| Information Rich ADL Visualization in the Smart Condo (VisADLSC)Presented Oct 17 and 18, 20186.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2018-10-16 | |
| Sensor-enabled Functional-Mobility Assessment: An Exploratory InvestigationThe population of adults aged 65 years and older is expected to double by 2050. Healthcare systems must adapt to in order to manage the care of this increasing population. Older adults with complex care needs require a significant amount of additional support from caregivers. To maintain, and possibly improve, their quality of life, it is ideal that they receive this support while continuing to live in their own homes. Recent advances in sensing technologies offer the ability to recognize and collect multiple different types of data around a person's movement and physical ability. This data can subsequently be analyzed in order to inform a person's functional-mobility assessment. In this paper, we present an exploratory feasibility study around the use of Microsoft Kinect and KINVENT's K-FORCE plates for the purpose of assessing balance skills. Our results indicate that the analysis of data streams from these two sensors can effectively lead us towards a portable and adaptable gesture-evaluation system.6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2019-04-01 | |
| Implementation and evaluation of a pain assessment app and novel community platform for long-term care health professionals.Scientific publication in press in Aging & Mental HealthAWCRP-2020-07 University of Alberta, University of Regina | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2022-12-20 | |
| Code convention adherence in evolving software University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2011-01-01 | |
| An Empirical Study on Web Service Evolution University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2011-01-01 | Marios Fokaefs, Rimon Mikhaiel, Nikolaos Tsantalis, Eleni Stroulia, Alex Lau |
| On coordination tools in the PicOS tuples system University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2011-01-01 | |
| The smart condo: integrating sensor networks and virtual worlds University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2011-01-01 | |
| PicOS tuples: easing event based programming in tiny pervasive systems University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2010-01-01 | |
| 2D and 3D visualizations in WikiDev2.0 University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2010-01-01 | |
| WikiDev 2.0: discovering clusters of related team artifacts University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2009-01-01 | |
| Comprehending Aspect-Oriented Programs: Challenges and Open Issues University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2007-01-01 | Giuseppe A. Di Lucca, Michael Smit, Bruce Fraser, Eleni Stroulia, H. James Hoover |
| Digging the Development Dust for Refactorings University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2006-01-01 | |
| Users' attitudes towards personal health records: A cross-sectional studyAzad Khaneghah, P., Miguel-Cruz, A., Bentley, P., Liu, L., Stroulia, E., & Ferguson-Pell, M. (2016). Users’ attitudes towards personal health records. A cross-sectional pilot study. Applied Clinical Informatics, 7(2), 573-586. doi: 10.4338/aci-2015-12-ra-0180
Background: Prevention and management of chronic conditions is a priority for many healthcare systems. Personal health records have been suggested to facilitate implementation of chronic care programs. However, patients’ attitude towards personal health records (PHRs) can significantly affect the adoption rates and use of PHRs. Objectives: to evaluate the attitude of patients with Type II diabetes towards using a PHR to manage their condition. Methods: We used a cross-sectional exploratory pilot study. Fifty-four (54) patients used a PHR to monitor and record their blood glucose levels, diet, and activities for 30 days, and to communicate with their clinicians. At the end of the study, patients responded to a survey based on three constructs borrowed from different technology acceptance frameworks: relative advantage, job fit, and perceived usefulness. A multivariate predictive model was formed using partial least squaring technique (PLS) and the effect of each construct on the patients’ attitude towards system use was evaluated. Patients also participated in a semi-structured interview. Results: We found a significant positive correlation between job fit and attitude (JF → ATT = +0.318, p<0.01). There was no statistical evidence of any moderating or mediating effect of other main constructs or any of the confounding factors (i.e., age, gender, time after diagnosed) on attitude. Conclusion: The attitude of patients towards using PHR in management of their diabetes was positive. Their attitude was mainly influenced by the extent to which the system helped them better perform activities and self-manage their condition.
6.1 MEN-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2016-06-22 | |
| Engagement during computer serious games: A rapid literature review (presentation at CAG 2017)Objective: To conduct a rapid literature review to: 1) identify methods used to measure
engagement while individuals are performing computer serious game tasks, and 2) determine to
what extent these methods are used with older adults who have dementia.
Methods: A rapid literature review was conducted. Three search strings including search terms of
engagement, immersion, involvement, absorption, computer serious games, gamification,
scale, and questionnaire were used in a wide bibliographic database (Scopus). Studies were
included if they reported a way for measuring engagement during computer serious game tasks
and were published on or after the year 2000.
Results: Twenty nine studies were included from the 181 retrieved in the database. Study
participants included healthy adults (55%), students (21%), children (14%) and healthy older
adults (10%). Engagement was measured mainly through self reported questionnaires involving
sense of control, immersion, absorption, challenge, positive and negative affect in 98% of the
studies, whereas only 7% of the studies reported observation. Most of the measures of
engagement in computer serious games were supported by the Flow Theory (31%). Six papers
used self reported questionnaires along with interviews (21%), and 24% of the papers reported
other questionnaires that measured player’s motivation, concentration, anxiety, preferences and
experience with the game. Questionnaires used either 5 or 7point Likert scales.
Conclusion: Few studies have measured engagement during computer serious game with healthy
older adults, and no studies have measured engagement in older adults with dementia. Research is
needed to develop or adapt scales to be used with older adults with dementia.
Abstract for oral presentation at CAG submitted in April 2017. Presentation to be delivered at CAG on Oct 20, 2017.
6.1 MEN-ASSESS, 6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2017-10-20 | |
| BIM_Sim_3D : Multi-Agent Human Activity Simulation in Indoor SpacesSmart buildings are a prevalent example of cyber-physical systems: embedded with sensors, they emit a continuous data stream based on which algorithms are being developed to infer the occupants' activities in order to control the building's ambiance to improve the occupants' comfort and safety, and to reduce the building's energy consumption. This type of sensor-fusion-for-occupant-activity-analysis research requires large data sets; however, the security and privacy concerns around sharing data about people's activities impede the collection, curation, and sharing of such data sets. One solution to this issue would be the creation of a human-activity simulator for generating synthetic, yet realistic, data sets. In this paper, we describe our human-activity simulator as a component in our general framework for evaluating activity-recognition methods for indoor spaces. Our simulator, developed in Unity3D, uses the Building Information Model (BIM) of the space as the context in which to simulate multiple agents, with different abilities and tasks. We conclude with a reflection of the pros and cons of our simulator design and implementation and discuss areas for future research.6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2019-05-28 | |
| Simulation-Based Deployment Configuration of Smart Indoor SpacesEvaluating Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) deployment scenarios for sensor-driven applications is a tedious and labour-intensive task. To mitigate the cost involved with comparatively evaluating alternative deployments, we present an integrated methodology that enables the modeling, simulation, and evaluation of alternative candidate WSN deployments, as well as, the fine-tuning of the corresponding sensor--driven applications. Based on our previous experience on indoor occupant localization and activity recognition, we illustrate our methodology by applying it to the task of deploying an ambient-intelligence application. We explain how our methodology models the real-world environment and the candidate WSN deployment, simulates the occupants' activities and the WSN run-time behavior, and evaluates, through a variety of metrics, the effectiveness of the application under different deployment configurations. We demonstrate our methodology on two real-world localization application scenarios corresponding to two, drastically different, spaces.6.2 COG-ASSESS University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2019-04-01 | |
| Exploring and visualizing academic social networks University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2010-01-01 | Veselin Ganev, Zhaochen Guo, Diego Serrano, Denilson Barbosa, Eleni Stroulia |
| WikiDev 2.0: Facilitating Software Development Teams University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2010-01-01 | Marios Fokaefs, Brendan Tansey, Veselin Ganev, Ken Bauer, Eleni Stroulia |
| JRefleX: towards supporting small student software teams University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2003-01-01 | Kenny Wong, Warren Blanchet, Ying Liu, Curtis Schofield, Eleni Stroulia, Zhenchang Xing |
| Understanding Android Fragmentation with Topic Analysis of Vendor-Specific Bugs University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2012-01-01 | Dan Han, Chenlei Zhang, Xiaochao Fan, Abram Hindle, Kenny Wong, Eleni Stroulia |
| An environment for building, exploring and querying academic social networks University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2009-01-01 | Veselin Ganev, Zhaochen Guo, Diego Serrano, Brendan Tansey, Denilson Barbosa, Eleni Stroulia |
| The Landscape of Service-Oriented Systems: A Research Perspective University of Alberta | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2007-01-01 | Kostas Kontogiannis, Grace A. Lewis, Dennis B. Smith, Marin Litoiu, Hausi Muller, Stefan Schuster, Eleni Stroulia |
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