Publications

Publications by HumanISE

2022

Generated abstracts: evaluating automatic text summarization for blog posts in gray literature studies

Authors
Melegati, J; Guerra, E; Wiese, IS; Wang, X;

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EASE

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2022

A Framework Model to Support A/B Tests at the Class and Component Level

Authors
De Souza, WS; Oliveira Pereira, Fd; Albuquerque, VG; Melegati, J; Guerra, E;

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COMPSAC

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2022

XPro: A Model to Explain the Limited Adoption and Implementation of Experimentation in Software Startups

Authors
Melegati, J; Edison, H; Wang, X;

Publication
IEEE Trans. Software Eng.

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2022

HyMap: Eliciting hypotheses in early-stage software startups using cognitive mapping

Authors
Melegati, J; Guerra, E; Wang, X;

Publication
Inf. Softw. Technol.

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2022

Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Software-intensive Business: Towards Sustainable Software Business, IWSiB 2022, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 18 May 2022

Authors
Melegati, J;

Publication
IWSiB@ICSE

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2022

Authoring accessible media content on social networks

Authors
Pereira, LS; Coelho, J; Rodrigues, A; Guerreiro, J; Guerreiro, T; Duarte, C;

Publication
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 24TH INTERNATIONAL ACM SIGACCESS CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS AND ACCESSIBILITY, ASSETS 2022

Abstract
User-generated content plays a key role in social networking, allowing a more active participation, socialisation, and collaboration among users. In particular, media content has been gaining a lot of ground, allowing users to express themselves through different types of formats such as images, GIFs and videos. The majority of this growing type of online visual content remains inaccessible to a part of the population, in particular for those who have a visual disability, despite available tools to mitigate this source of exclusion. We sought to understand how people are perceiving this type of online content in their networks and how support tools are being used. To do so, we conducted a user study, with 258 social network users through an online questionnaire, followed by interviews with 20 of them-7 blind users and 13 sighted users. Results show how the different approaches being employed by major platforms may not be sufficient to address this issue properly. Our findings reveal that users are not always aware of the possibility and the benefits of adopting accessible practices. From the general perspectives of end-users experiencing accessible practices, concerning barriers encountered, and motivational factors, we also discuss further approaches to create more user engagement and awareness.

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