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Online activism: A concrete approach to a virtual problem, Israeli Embassy in London
This presentation looked at a concrete approach to online activism. This included background briefings on potential threats followed simulations of campaign building.
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Andre Oboler, Software Engineering for the Research Environment (SERE): a process of improving Process Improvement Processes in academic research, PhD Thesis
Abstract This thesis presents a new process based approach to software engineering designed to meet the needs of academic computer science researchers. The core objective was to examine whether software engineering approaches could be adapted for the research environment so that they gain acceptance and enable improvement of the research process. The approach included the […]
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Andre Oboler, Simon Lock, Ian Sommerville, “Targetted Improvements”, ICSEA 2007
Abstract In the creative environment where research takes place not everything can be improved. The creative “essence” of research must be undisturbed while “accident” wasted effort is reduced to a minimum. In this paper we discuss the types of knowledge at play in the research environment, introduce a new abstract model of knowledge, and using […]
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Andre Oboler, Enhancing Research: A Strategic Approach, poster for Emerging landscapes: Research into quality management in higher education
Managing Research? Higher Education does not like to be managed. It does not like to be watched. In fact, what academics really want is to be left alone. With demands for an ever ‘lighter touch’ from the sector and demands for greater return on the investment of public funds, a new approach to university management […]
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Andre Oboler, Formal Technical Reviews for Research Projects, CAQDAS 07
Formal Technical Reviews (FTRs), where a software developer and a team of reviewers walk through a piece of code to assess its quality, have been used in the computing industry for many years. In this paper we look at the suitability of FTRs in an academic research setting. We investigated the use of FTRs combined […]
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Andre Oboler and Ian Sommerville, Research Documentation Guidelines: Capturing knowledge, improving research, ITNG 2007
Abstract This paper introduced coding guidelines for use by academics developing code as part of their research in areas of computer science or similar disciplines. We introduce the guidelines and discuss their success and popularity as a tool for MSc students undertaking five month research projects. The guidelines lead to the use of comments combined […]