ETAG, A Formal Model of Competence Knowledge for User Interface Design

Vliet, J.C. van [Promotor]Tauber, M.J. [Copromotor]Veer, G.C. van der [Copromotor

Layout, design and new technology: a documentation and analysis of the impact of new technologies on the design and layout of The Star.

ABSTRACT A documentation and analysis of the impact of new technologies on the design and layout of The Star, particularly desktop publishing hardware and software, digital photography and the Internet. A broad outline of the production and editorial technology employed prior to the introduction of fourth wave in 1995 is provided to contextualise the research. A systematic visual analysis of selected pages from the 1920s to present as well as interviews with key members of staff from The Star, who have experienced the evolution of the paper first-hand, provide the primary source of information for the study. To prevent the paper from becoming too anecdotal, the organisational approach to the study of the media and theory of visual culture provide the theoretical framework. The research concludes that new technology itself has not drastically affected the design and layout of The Star over the past decade, but rather stimulated change within the organisational environment, which gradually did affected the visual appearance of the paper

FAR : an end-user language to support cottage e-services

E-commerce has begun to evolve beyond simple web pages to more sophisticated ways of conducting e-business transactions, such as through electronic advertising, negotiation, and delivery. However, to participate in these advances requires the skills of professional programmers, and end-user owners of small businesses often cannot justify this expense. In this thesis, we present FAR, an end-user language to offer and deliver e-services. The novel aspects of FAR are its support of small e-services and its multiparadigm approach to combining ideas from spreadsheets and rule-based programming with drag-and-drop web page layout devices

Grid Computing for LHC and Methods for W Boson Mass Measurement at CMS

The W boson mass is an important parameter of the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics. The experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) focus, amongst other goals, on checking the consistency of the SM; for this, the W boson mass is a vital parameter. This thesis presents a feasibility study of two methods for measuring the W boson mass with the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector; the simulation of proton-proton collisions was performed using grid computing tools