MILO : a microarchitecture and logic optimizer

In this report we discuss strengths and weaknesses of logic synthesis systems and describe a system for microarchitectural and logic optimization. Our system uses a set of algorithms for synthesizing SSI/MSI macros from parameterized microarchitecture components. In addition, it uses rules for optimizing both at the microarchitecture and logic level. The system increases designer productivity and requires less design knowledge and experience from circuit engineers

Spartan Daily, February 28, 1994

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Intelligent user support in graphical user interfaces

1. This paper presents a frontend to an intelligent help system based on plans called InCome (Interaction Control Manager). It visualizes user actions previously executed in a specific application as a graph structure and enables the user to navigate through this structure. A higher level of abstraction on performed user actions shows the dialog history, the interaction context and reachable goals. Finally, the user is able to act on the application via InCome by performing undo mechanisms as well as specifying user goals inferred already by the help system. 2. This paper describes the system PLUS, a plan-based help system for applications offering an object-oriented user interface. Our plan recognition process is based on a predefined static hierarchical plan base, that is modelled using a goal plan language. This language is designed to especially cope with the problems arising when plan recognition is performed in a graphical user interface environment whose interaction is based on a user-directed dialog by means of direct manipulation -- so-called Direct Manipulation User Interfaces. The plan hierarchy is entered using the interactive graphics-oriented plan editor PlanEdit+. The plan recognition module PlanRecognizer+ builds a dynamic plan base by mapping user actions to plans stored in the static plan base. The dynamic plan base contains hypotheses about tasks the user is pursuing at the moment. These plan hypotheses serve as a basis to offer various kinds of assistance to the user. A central component of our graphical help is the module InCome+. InCome+ visualizes user actions previously executed in an application as a graph structure and enables the user to navigate through this structure. A higher level of abstraction on performed actions shows the dialog history, the interaction context, and reachable goals. InCome+ offers special features like task-oriented undo und redo facilities and a context-sensitive tutor. As a substantial extension of the graphical user assistance, we integrate the presentation of animated help within PLUS. Animation sequences are generated in the context of the tasks the user is currently working on

Cursos de 1.º Ciclo em Sistemas de Informação

Neste documento analisa-se um conjunto de cursos de 1.º ciclo em Sistemas de Informação, com foco principal em cursos da União Europeia. Para o efeito, procedeu-se ao levantamento das caraterísticas de 50 cursos, 45 dos quais sedeados em países da União Europeia, quatro nos Estados Unidos da América e um na Suíça. Mediante a análise desse conjunto de cursos, que se argumenta ilustrativo, ainda que não representativo, espera-se assistir o processo de reformulação do curso de Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia e Gestão de Sistemas de Informação, do Departamento de Sistemas de Informação da Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho, designadamente no que respeita ao desenho do curso de 1.º ciclo que derivará daquele mestrado integrado. O estudo realizado enquadra-se no processo de reflexão sobre a oferta educativa do Departamento de Sistemas de Informação da Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho, desencadeado na sequência da decisão da tutela de extinção dos cursos de mestrado integrado em todas as áreas de formação, exceto Medicina e Arquitetura. O processo de reflexão é presidido por João Álvaro Carvalho, Professor Catedrático na Universidade do Minho e Diretor do Departamento de Sistemas de Informação da Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho, e os trabalhos são coordenados por Filipe de Sá-Soares, Professor Auxiliar na Universidade do Minho e Diretor-Adjunto do Departamento de Sistemas de Informação da Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho