• An Evaluation of Mashup Technology 

      Lilje, Gine (Master thesis, 2010)
      Mashups are web applications developed using contents and services available on the web. Mashups provide a flexible and "easy-to-use" way for service composition on the Web. In this thesis we share the result of an evaluation ...
    • Assessing the Potential of Digital Collaborative Sharing Platforms in Fostering Neighbourhood Participation Through Volunteerism 

      Akin, Deniz; Vilarinho, Thomas; Floch, Jacqueline; Halvorsen, Trond; Baer, Daniela (Chapter, 2019)
      This paper seeks to discuss whether and how digital collaborative sharing platforms can foster citizen engagement in urban neighbourhoods by addressing various challenges experienced by local initiatives. To that aim, we ...
    • City Guide: Service Composition in an Urban Environment 

      Blakstad, Eirik (Master thesis, 2009)
      The aim of this thesis has been to develop and validate the user interface of a service composition tool for creating mobile tourist services in a city environment. The project has been conducted in cooperation with SINTEF ...
    • Describing Component Collaboration Using Goal Sequences 

      Carrez, Cyril; Floch, Jacqueline; Sanders, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)
      Services are normally not performed by a single component, but result from the collaboration of several distributed components. Their precise specification and validation require complex models, where the intention of the ...
    • Developing a Social Innovation Methodology in the Web 2.0 Era 

      Vilarinho, Thomas; Floch, Jacqueline; Oliveira, Manuel Fradinho; Dinant, Inès; Pappas, Ilias; Mora, Simone (Chapter, 2018)
      The world is facing a growing number of societal challenges such as inequality rise, political upheaval, ageing population, etc. Governments are struggling to keep up to theirs existing service offers, making it difficult ...
    • Experimenting a Digital Collaborative Platform for Supporting Social Innovation in Multiple Settings 

      Vilarinho, Thomas; Floch, Jacqueline; Pappas, Ilias; Mora, Simone; Oliveira, Manuel Fradinho; Dinant, Inès; Jaccheri, Maria Letizia (Chapter, 2018)
      Social Innovation is gaining popularity as an approach to address societal challenges. Governments, charities, NGOS and organizations are taking up the role of facilitating citizens participation into social innovation ...
    • Gaining socially sustainable cities through sharing indoor spaces for voluntary activities: The case of Trondheim, Norway 

      Baer, Daniela; Akin, Deniz; Bø, Lars Arne; Floch, Jacqueline; Halvorsen, Trond Uhre; Høyland, Karin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The influence of indoor shared spaces in neighbourhoods on voluntary activities is barely investigated in literature. Conversely, the impact of space on social activities is widely recognized in literature and an impact ...
    • InstantSocial: social networking in mobile ad-hoc environments 

      Halvorsen, Henrik (Master thesis, 2009)
      This report covers the research, design and prototype implementation of a social application for mobile ad-hoc networks, InstantSocial. The main goals of this project has been to look at this exciting field and examine how ...
    • Participatory Ideation for Gamification: Bringing the User at the Heart of the Gamification Design Process 

      Vilarinho, Thomas; Farshchian, Babak A.; Floch, Jacqueline; Hansen, Ole Gunhildsberg (Chapter, 2019)
      Gamification, i.e. applying game elements in non-game contexts, is been increasingly used for designing systems and application elements to foster user engagement, enjoyment and support behavior change. Experts agree that, ...
    • Sharing with neighbours: Insights from local practices of the sharing economy 

      Akin, Deniz; Jakobsen, Kine Charlotte; Floch, Jacqueline; Hoff, Emily (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This paper explores the use of sharing economy platforms at the neighbourhood level. We aim to discuss appropriations of these technologies by studying the variety of user motivations and experiences. For that purpose, we ...
    • Towards Plug-and-Play Services: Design and Validation Using Roles 

      Floch, Jacqueline (Dr. ingeniøravhandling, 0809-103X; 2003:47, Doctoral thesis, 2003)
      Today telecommunication service users expect to access a similar set of services independently of what network they happen to use, they expect services to adapt to new surroundings and contexts as they move around, and ...