All Authors contributed equally; they appear in alphabetical order. Abstract Continuous improvement is a well known method for improving an organization step by step. This paper shows that with computer support even an improvement process can be improved. It presents a long-term study of GSS use in the Hohenheim Computer Aided Team (CATeam) room. Over two years the authors observed a natural gr...

We linked names and contact information to publicly available profiles in the Personal Genome Project. These profiles contain medical and genomic information, including details about medications, procedures and diseases, and demographic information, such as date of birth, gender, and postal code. By linking demographics to public records such as voter lists, and mining for names hidden in attac...

In this paper, we describe a unique approach to the creation of a system to provide electronic performance support and training for electronics technicians. This work starts with a survey of relevant approaches to knowledge elicitation and modeling for performance support, and a review of other systems that have been created to assist with electronics troubleshooting. We then describe a system ...

This paper explores the issues surrounding the evolution of wearable technology and the principle of taking a platform based approach and what could be done to make wearable technology easier to develop and more accessible. The paper suggests definitions of where the boundary lies between what constitutes wearable technology and technology that is carried rather than worn. The main areas highli...

This article locates the frequent call for public participation in the governance of technology within a theory of democratic representation. The article examines several modes of representation—symbolic, formal, delegate, trustee, and descriptive—in light of their potential contribution to a democratic theory of publicly representative technology. Publicly representative technology depends on ...

Society depends on engineers to produce sound structures and innovative technologies. Engineering education adequately prepares them to do this by focusing on technical design considerations. However, this is only part of what should be required of the profession. Indeed, as the authors of this book, Daniel Vallero and P. Aarne Vesilind, note, ‘‘no project is complete unless matters of justice ...

Aiming at the current status of the agricultural information service business, this paper elaborates the characteristics of the agricultural short-message resources, and puts forward a kind of framework and a design method that sets up the agricultural short-message management system, and the key technique of carrying out the system. Especially in the upper-level applications of analyzing, proc...

There are two types of criteria for users: economic criteria and technical criteria. The set of economic criteria for users was designed to determine which type of machine translation system should be introduced in order to obtain maximum economic efficiency. The technical set of criteria for users was designed to help those who have decided to introduce a machine translation system to determin...

The objective of this workshop was to discuss current tools and environments for learning object-oriented concepts and to share ideas and experiences about the usage of computer support to teach the basic concepts of object technology. Workshop participants presented current and ongoing research. During the discussions the participants developed a general “package” of requirements for such tool...

Acknowledgment I want to give thanks to my mother, father, sisters and brothers for their permanent support, motivation, enthusiasm, and guidance on my life. I want to thank also to SENACYT and IFARHU who gave me the opportunity to study for an advanced degree in a prestigious international institution. I would also express my gratitude to Dr. Gerald J LaHoste for his professionalism, guidance ...