This thesis develops Arnor, an agent-oriented software engineering (AOSE) method to engineer social intelligence in personal agents. Arnor goes beyond traditional AOSE methods to engineer personal agents by systematically capturing interactions that influence social experience. We empirically evaluate Arnor via a developer study, and a set of simulation experiments. We find that (1) Arnor suppo...

Social Order becomes a major problem in MAS and in computer mediated human interaction. After explaining the notions of Social Order and Social Control, I claim that there are multiple and complementary approaches to Social Order and to its engineering: all of them must be exploited. In computer science one try to solve this problem by rigid formalisation and rules, constraining infrastructures...

101 A large number of population surveys from different parts of the globe have consistently demonstrated hypertension to be a ubiquitous disease1-5 encompassing all ethnic groups and geographic regions. The disease affects both sexes and more and more patients are turning up at younger ages. Hypertension is the leading member of the group of so called “non-communicable diseases” (NCD) and a le...

Courses on Social Informatics at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics have been offered since 1992. After 25 semesters, with more than 1200 students (mainly electrical engineering majors) who have taken the courses, our views on the subject, together with a comprehensive report on teaching experiences are now presented in a two volume handbook. We would like to share our notions ...

This paper presents a web platform that applies concepts from the domain of Social Software to requirements engineering. The platform implements several community-oriented features that support collaboration and knowledge sharing and aim to foster the engagement of larger groups of stakeholders in the collection, discussion, development, and structuring of software requirements.

Social engineering is a method of attack involving the exploitation of human weakness, gullibility and ignorance. Although related techniques have existed for some time, current awareness of social engineering and its many guises is relatively low and efforts are therefore required to improve the protection of the user community. This paper begins by examining the problems posed by social engin...

In this paper, we present a technology platform for personalised learning environments and discuss the key features that will enhance user experience. In particular, we consider elements of social software, integrated tools and user modelled services as they converge on the development of folksonomies. We base our discussion on design principles for accessing and sharing a range of different re...

The people-intensive nature of software engineering has been understood for some time. Curtis et al [1] cite a number of studies in a variety of contexts demonstrating "the substantial impact of behavioural (i.e. human and organisational) factors on software productivity", while [2] believe that software companies are particularly vulnerable to people problems. Despite this recognition, however...

TUBITAK National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE) Department of Information Systems Security makes social engineering attacks to Turkish public agencies within the frame of “Information Security Tests” [19]. This paper will make an analysis of the social engineering tests that have been carried out in several Turkish public agencies. The tests include phone calling to sa...

Code It! fosters mathematics learning environments where pre-algebra students use handheld technologies to confidently and enjoyably explore and learn about functions. The resources we developed—server-based and handheld software and paper-based student and teacher texts—were packaged as a 20-session unit on code making and breaking and designed to boost students’ understanding of mathematical ...