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28 April 2008
The Role of Formal Methods in the Analysis of Human-computer Interaction
Location: KMi Podium
Time: 12.00-13.45
Speaker(s): Antonio Cerone
Abstract:
Reducing the likelihood of human error in human-computer interaction
is increasingly important. Human errors could not only hinder the correct
use and operation, they can also compromise the safety and security of
interactive systems. Hence the need for formal methods to analyse and verify
the correctness of interactive systems, particularly with regards to human
interaction.
This seminar will illustrate through examples how to incorporate human
behaviour within a formal model of the system and how to use formal
analysis techniques, in particular model-checking, to detect patterns
of human behaviours that may lead to erroneous interactions.
Finally, the seminar will describe how model-checking may be used as a
supporting tool in cognitive psychology to formally verify the correctness
and completeness of behavioural theories developed from empirical studies.
Short bio:
Antonio Cerone joined the International Institute for
Software Technology (IIST) of the United Nations University (UNU)
as a Research Fellow in February 2004.
His research focuses on the use of formal methods in verification of
software and hardware, and in modelling cognitive human behaviour.
He is particularly interested in the verification of interactive systems,
security systems, safety-critical systems, asynchronous hardware and
concurrent and real-time systems.
Antonio completed his PhD in 1993 and his Master's degree in 1989, both
at the University of Pisa, Italy.
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