TY - GEN
T1 - Socially-augmented software
T2 - 3rd IEEE International Conference on Cloud and Green Computing, CGC 2013, Held Jointly with the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Its Applications, SCA 2013
AU - Ali, Raian
AU - Jiang, Nan
AU - Dogan, Huseyin
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - It is commonly agreed that a network of contacts can be an invaluable resource for an individual to obtain information and carry out certain tasks. However, this is still unexploited by software (i.e., contacts are not engaged when software acts to achieve the requirements of a user). Till recently, contacts and social relationships were hard to capture and manage by software and, thus, it was infeasible to use them to empower the operation of software. The emergence of social networks made it possible to realise a new kind of softwaremediated social relationships which would enable what we call "socially-augmented operation". In this position paper, we propose socially-augmented software, which can benefit from network of contacts of users including individuals and organizations to fulfil their requirements. We articulate our view and discuss fundamental concepts of this new paradigm. A set of research challenges to better enable socially-augmented operations in software development will be also presented in the discussion.
AB - It is commonly agreed that a network of contacts can be an invaluable resource for an individual to obtain information and carry out certain tasks. However, this is still unexploited by software (i.e., contacts are not engaged when software acts to achieve the requirements of a user). Till recently, contacts and social relationships were hard to capture and manage by software and, thus, it was infeasible to use them to empower the operation of software. The emergence of social networks made it possible to realise a new kind of softwaremediated social relationships which would enable what we call "socially-augmented operation". In this position paper, we propose socially-augmented software, which can benefit from network of contacts of users including individuals and organizations to fulfil their requirements. We articulate our view and discuss fundamental concepts of this new paradigm. A set of research challenges to better enable socially-augmented operations in software development will be also presented in the discussion.
KW - Requirements engineering
KW - Social contacts
KW - Social informatics
KW - Software engineering
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84893209877&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/CGC.2013.70
DO - 10.1109/CGC.2013.70
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84893209877
SN - 9780769551142
T3 - Proceedings - 2013 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Cloud and Green Computing, CGC 2013 and 2013 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Social Computing and Its Applications, SCA 2013
SP - 404
EP - 409
BT - Proceedings - 2013 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Cloud and Green Computing, CGC 2013 and 2013 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Social Computing and Its Applications, SCA 2013
Y2 - 30 September 2013 through 2 October 2013
ER -