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- Kienle, Holger, et al.
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How Open are Societies in the Virtual? Towards an Assessment of the Distribution of Power Between Users and Operators
- 2010
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Virtual environments such as massive multi-player online games and virtual worlds areexpected to have an increasing impact on peoples' lives. These virtual environments arenot mere play, but are hosting virtual societies and communities. From this perspective, itseems pertinent to ask, what is the degree of freedom that users are experiencing in thesevirtual environments? In this paper, we try to analyze this question with the help of fourlenses|social, ethical, technical, and legal|that expose dierent viewpoints from whichthis matter can be looked at. We focus our discussion on two stakeholders|the operatorsof virtual environments and its users|and look at the distribution of power between them.While our analysis is only a rst step towards understanding this question, we believe thatour lenses are a useful approach to structure the discussion.
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- Kienle, Holger, et al.
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Liability for Software in Safety-Critical Mechatronic Systems : An Industrial Questionnaire
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Ingår i: 2012 2nd International Workshop on Software Engineering for Embedded Systems, SEES 2012 - Proceedings. - 9781467318532 ; , s. 44-50
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- There is very little research on how industry is dealing with the risk of legal liability when constructing safety- critical mechatronic systems that are also software intensive. In this paper we propose a case study approach with the goal to understand how liability concerns in this setting impact software development in industry. The approach takes into account that software development is embedded into a complex socio-technical context involving stakeholders from technical, managerial and legal backgrounds. We present first results of our case study from a questionnaire involving six companies that develop software- intensive, safety-critical systems in the vehicular and avionics domains. The results of the questionnaire shed light on current industrial practices and concerns. The results indicate that liability seems indeed a concern and that a more in-depth analysis of this topic would be desirable to better understand the strategies that are used by industry to address liability risks.
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- Kienle, Holger, et al.
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Software Reverse Engineering in the Domain of Complex Embedded Systems
- 2012
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Ingår i: Reverse Engineering. - : InTech. - 9799533072684 - 9789535101581
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This chapter provides a review of reverse engineering of software for complex embedded systems. Our review is motivated by the observation that the reach and importance of embedded systems are growing along with their complexity. Thus, software reverse engineering can be expected to play a more prominent role in the evolution of large industrial embedded systems in the future. The chapter focuses on reverse engineering tools and techniques that are particularly suitable for complex embedded systems. These systems have unique characteristics and challenges compared to other domains. A key concern is the timing behavior of embedded systems, which is addressed by timing analysis. Consequently, we survey timing analysis techniques, assessing their applicability for complex embedded systems. The objective of this chapter is twofold: On the one hand, we aim to identify tools and techniques that are promising candidates for industrial application; on the other hand, we survey the current research landscape with the aim to identify opportunities for future research in software reverse engineering.
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- Kienle, Holger, et al.
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System-specific static code analyses : a case study in the complex embedded systems domain
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Ingår i: Software quality journal. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0963-9314 .- 1573-1367. ; 20:2, s. 337-367
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper, we are exploring the approach to utilize system-specific static analyses of code with the goal to improve software quality forspecific software systems. Specialized analyses, tailored for a particular system, make it possible to take advantage of system/domainknowledge that is not available to more generic analyses. Furthermore, analyses can be selected and/or developed in order to best meet the challenges and specific issues of the system at hand. As a result, such analyses can be used as a complement to more generic code analysistools because they are likely to have a better impact on (business) concerns such as improving certain software quality attributes and reducing certain classes of failures. We present a case study of a large, industrial embedded system, giving examples of what kinds of analyses could be realized and demonstrate the feasibility of implementing such analyses. We synthesize lessons learned based on our case study and provide recommendations on how to realize system-specific analyses and how to get them adopted by industry.
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- Kienle, Holger, et al.
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Ten Years of Access for All from WSE 2001 to WSE 2011
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Ingår i: 2011 13TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON WEB SYSTEMS EVOLUTION (WSE). - 9781457707001 ; , s. 98-103
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- At WSE 2001 the theme was Access for All. A decade later, this theme is revisited for WSE 2011. We take this opportunity to discuss the past, present, and future of Web accessibility. Five representative categories of Web accessibility are considered: accommodating disabilities, Web literacy, user interfaces, lingual barriers, and open data.
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- Kienle, Holger
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Tools of the Trade It's About Time to Take Java Script (More) Seriously
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Ingår i: IEEE Software. - : IEEE. - 0740-7459 .- 1937-4194. ; 27:3, s. 60-62
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- JavaScript is a scripting language, of course. The drawbacks and benefits of scripting languages compared to full-fledged programming languages have been explored before. In a previous installment of this column, Diomidis Spinellis points out that with scripting languages, users can benefit from flexible syntax, loose type systems, powerful reflection mechanisms, and shorter build cycles. Scripting languages have proven their usefulness in various application areas. Unix relies heavily on shell scripting to accomplish many complex tasks. Visual Basic, in combination with ActiveX, provides a low-entry barrier into the world of component-based programming. Tcl/Tk is still popular to rapidly develop GUI-based applications. And then there's JavaScript, which has gained considerable importance in realizing clientside functionality on Web apps. In a survey on the most popular programming languages, JavaScript made it to the Top 10.
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- Kraft, Johan, et al.
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Software Maintenance Research in the PROGRESS Project for Predictable Embedded Software Systems
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Ingår i: 15th European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering (CSMR'11). - Los Alamitos : IEEE Computer Society. - 9780769543437 ; , s. 335-338
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- PROGRESS is a project and strategic research centre at Malardalen University in Sweden that is funded for 2006-2010 by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF). PROGRESS research targets embedded software in the vehicular, automation, and telecom domains, focusing on the areas of component technology, verification and analysis for predictability, predictable execution, as well as reuse and maintenance of legacy embedded software. We first describe the funding, organization and research areas of PROGRESS, and then give several examples of PROGRESS research that addresses maintenance of legacy embedded software with the goal to improve program comprehension, quality assurance, and debugging. Specifically, we describe research in tracing and trace visualization, impact analysis of temporal behavior, slicing, and system-specific static analyses.
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