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Xiaoyu Cui
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Name: Xiaoyu Cui <br> Email: xcui@students.cs.uu.nl <br> Homepage: ----++ Planning _indicate which courses or other actitivities you plan to take in which period (for convenience links to ST courses have been added; replace if necessary)_ -----+++ 2005-2006 * [[Master.ColloquiumSoftwareTechnology][Software Technology Colloquium]] (one meeting each week during year 1 and 2) Period 1 * [[http://www.cs.uu.nl/education/vak.php?vak=INFOPST][Deficiency courses]] Period 2 * [[Master.Software Architecture][Software Architecture]] * [[Master.Data Base Architectures][Data Base Architectures]] Period 3 * [[Master.Program Transformation][Program Transformation]] * [[Master.Advanced Functional Programming][Advanced Functional Programming]] Period 4 * [[Master.Distributed Object Systems][Distributed Object Systems]] * [[Stc.WebHome][STC]] ----+++ 2006-2007 Period 1 * [[Master.Software Engineering][Software Engineering]] * [[Stc.WebHome][STC]] Period 2 * [[Master.Implementation of Programming Languages]] * [[Master.Networked Objects]] Period 3 * thesis Period 4 * thesis ----+++ 2007-2008 Period 1 * thesis Period 2 * thesis Period 3 * thesis Period 4 * thesis ----+++ 2008-2009 Period 1 * thesis Period 2 * thesis -----++ Thesis Project -----+++ Automated Usability Prediction of Web-based User Interface (UI) -----+++ Project Project title: Automated Model-based analysis of Web-based User Interface (UI) <br> Advisor: Wishnu Prasetya <br> Start date: 15/2 2007 <br> Proposal approved: week46 2007 <br> End date: -----++++ Description Many companies have moved to use web applications to run their business (interact with their customers, internal administrations, business scheduling, etc) and to provide global access over Internet to their business. Web application is very attractive, in particular when compared to traditional client-server applications. A web application is platform independent. Since all its functions can be accessed via a web browser, a web application requires no effort to distribute. Furthermore, releasing a new version only requires changes at the server side. So, installation, upgrade, and maintenance efforts are minimized It is also supported by many technologies e.g. Java, Javascript, DHTML, Flash, Ajax enabling much better interactive experience than before (e.g. by playing audio, drawing on screen, etc). In this project we will focus on the usability of web applications. It is not uncommon that a browser-based user interface turns out to be very poor in terms of usability. Partly this is because web based UI are updated frequently (contents updated, new links and pages added, redesign layout, etc). But furthermore methodologies and tools for evaluating the usability of web based UI are not efficient (e.g. they may requires the use of many users) or not effective. With the rapid growth in number and complexity of web applications, we would need a better tool. -----+++ Progress After I finished my 10th courses at Feb 2007, I started full time job at TomTom. I was quite confident at that time that I can handle both my thesis working and full time working. Although I tried to work hard by using all my weekends and holidays, at beginning, the progress of my thesis was very slow. I would like to give many thanks to Wishnu Prasetya who is my supervisor. He gave me many helps and encourage me keep going when I almost decide to give up… Below is my progress records, it crossed two year, first year shows my progress is a bit slow but the situation gets better at second year. -----++++2007-2008 -----+++++Week 6 * First meeting with Wishnu -----+++++Week 7 * Read about SMV * Read concurrent haskell implementation -----+++++Week 8 * Read WebCube -----+++++Week 9-12 * Slow progress on SPIN * spin basic manual * The model checker spin by Gerard J. Holzmann * other spin knowledge at web page -----+++++Week 13 – 16 * Write pre-proposal * Study user interface specification -----+++++Week 17 – 24 * Investigate possibility about building combinators based on haskell html to generate codes which can be used by spin to verify properties. * Standard libraries study on html library and WASH -----+++++Week 25 * Learn usability in general * Learn usability for web application -----+++++Week 26 * Write proposal chapter motivation * Write proposal chapter problem statement -----+++++Week 27 * Write proposal chapter approach -----+++++Week 28 - 32 * Finalize first version of proposal -----+++++Week 33 - 36 * Study existing tools * WebCAT * Morae * TREVIS with GOMS model -----+++++Week 37 - 41 * Rewrite second version of proposal -----+++++Week 42 – 43 * Investigate possibility to implement my own test engine * Look at T2 -----+++++Week 44 - 45 * Construct case study of web example -----+++++Week 46 * Proposal approved -----+++++Week 47 - 50 * Holiday -----+++++Week 51 * Finish Construct case study of web example -----++++2008-2009 -----+++++Week 1 * Exist solution investigation including webcat, IBM Ezort, etc * Learn card sorting * Learn cluster analysis like distance measurement, clustering algorithm. -----+++++Week 2 * Investigate how to integrate page categorization into development lifecycle * Build study case for page categorization * Write texts for page categorization -----+++++Week 3 * Learn NGOSL model * Learn Similarity of web application -----+++++Week 4 * Design solution for similarity * Design learn-ability for web application -----+++++Week 5 * Finalize page categorization part * Finalize similarity and learn-ability part -----+++++Week 6 * Learn CTL, LTL * Learn basic model checking * Learn LTL model checking with SPIN -----+++++Week 7 * Learn CTL model checking with SMV * Case study of model checking with SMV -----+++++Week 8 * Study HTL * Study Kripke * Design UI model -----+++++Week 9 * Design UI constraints * Write chapter UI model * Extend HTL -----+++++Week 10 * Investigate how NGOMSL can be integrated * Write chapter HTL -----+++++Week 11 * Summarize usability properties for web application * Write chapter EHTL -----+++++Week 12 * Improve chapter UI model * Investigate how express usability properties in CTL -----+++++Week 13 * Improve EHTL * Write chapter UI constraints * Improve chapter UI model -----+++++Week 14 * Write chapter our approach * Write chapter NGOMSL -----+++++Week 15 * Improve chapter HTL * Improve chapter Kripke * Improve chapter NGOMSL -----+++++Week 16 * Switch current document to Latex * Start to refactor all chapteres -----+++++Week 17 * Write chapter UI model * Kirpke structure * Computation tree logic -----+++++Week 18 * Write chapter UI model * Write chapter web based UI composition * Representing web based UI with UI model * Improve previous sections in UI model chapter -----+++++Week 19 * Improve chapter UI model * Kirpke structure * Computation tree logic * UI model -----+++++Week 20 * Write chapter UI task and UI category * Write chapter UI specifications -----+++++Week 21 * Write chapter UI verification * Write chapter UI testing -----+++++Week 22 * Write chapter introduction -Motivation -Problems -Approach overview -Contribution -----+++++Week 23 * Design GUI Builder * Create GUI Builder -----+++++Week 24 * Create UIModel XMLLoader * Improve GUI Builder -----+++++Week 25 * Create UI model * Create CTL specification -----+++++Week 26 * Create UIMetaModel Generator * Create SMV converter -----+++++Week 27 * Create TestGnerator * Create TestLanucher which integrate with selenium -----+++++Week 28 * Selenium extension for memory leaks * sIEve extension for memory leaks -----+++++Week 29 * Refactor Introduction chapter * Add new chapter about prototype overview -----+++++Week 30 * Improve section motivation, problems, approach overview and contribution * Improve section Kripke structure, CTL, SMV program -----+++++Week 31 * Improve section memory leaks in web-based application * Improve section sIEve * Improve section our approach of memory leak detection Last updated by Xiaoyu Cui at 21 Aug 2008
