Open source software is an attractive target when developing and evaluating software defect detection tools. This position paper discusses some of the benefits and challenges I have encountered as a researcher interacting with the open source community. The Cooperative Bug Isolation Project (CBI) explores ways to identify and fix bugs in widely deployed software. We use a mix of lightweight ins...

1 1 Warning! These notes are just a draft. They contain errors, unproved statements and a large part of the material is still missing. Introduction This course is an introduction to the algebraic foundations of automata theory. They are built on semigroup theory, a part of algebra which is usually not part of the standard background of a student in mathematics or in computer science. For this r...

As the market demand for environmentally friendly synthetic leather products has increased, water-based manufacturing technology and product performance have made great progress. Along with explosive growth of coffee grounds generated by urban consumers in their daily lives, research on sustainable reuse gradually become a trend field. This study discusses method preparing that reuses is assess...

The study reported in this paper is part of an ongoing research project examining Asian immigrants’ information behaviour in South Australia. Involving eight Asian participants, the pilot study was conducted from March to April 2013. The study used questionnaires, photovoice, and interviews to collect data relating to participants’ information needs, information sources, and information grounds...