Thesis Topic Details
Topic ID: |
1473 | |
Title: |
Towards Personal Process Management | |
Supervisor: |
Helen Hye-Young Paik | |
Research Area: |
Services, Web Applications, Mobile Computing | |
| Associated Staff | ||
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Assessor: |
John Shepherd | |
| Topic Details | ||
Status: |
Active | |
Type: |
R & D | |
Programs: |
CS CE BINF SE | |
Group Suitable: |
Yes | |
Industrial: |
No | |
Pre-requisites: |
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Description: |
Despite huge technology advances, the power of software reuse has not been transferred to the daily activities of the computer end-users In the business or personal computing environments, where end users operate, people carry out repetitive tasks on a daily basis. We also see that, in such an environment, the knowledge gained by the people carrying out the routines is locked away (e.g., in a person's email folder, or simply in someone's head), inaccessible to others. That is, even though we have sophisticated communication means available, we have no easy way of reusing or sharing our ``knowledge'' about how we do what we do. We believe that this is due to the lack of support for a systematic approach for those end-users to effectively define, automate, reuse and share the tasks. We use the term ``personal processes'' to refer to daily, repetitive tasks A personal process can be as simple as opening a computer account for newly arrived personnel, a finding a restaurant to go out for a Friday night and make a reservation, or as complicated as preparing an annual tax return. Common characteristics of personal processes are that they consist of a sequence of ``instructions'', which allows them to be described and executed. Under this project, we will develop a system which is a new and innovative platform designed for personal process management. This is an umbrella project which consists of many small projects. Students are welcome to contact the supervisors and discuss the scope and shape of individual thesis project for themselves. |
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Comments: |
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| Past Student Reports | ||
| Prashanthan RANJAN in s1, 2012 Towards Personal Process Management |
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