News and events relating to the Soft Reliability project, including some academic project output, are listed below.

===== Year 2009 =====

|**August**|Android observation project finished. This project targeted the Android mobile platform to enable remote observation of phones and applications, and exploring user behavior on-the-go. ||
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|**June**|Both valorization grant applications have been awarded the phase 1 STW Valorization Grant, i.e., 25 000 EUR for each. The two distinct projects aim at commercializing research tools for industrial applications. More information about the projects can be found at [[http://fluxicon.com|Fluxicon Process Laboratories]] and at [[http://uxsuite.com|UXsuite]] (coming soon). Furthermore, IOP is generously supporting the two valorization initiatives by extending the participants' contracts up to 10 months.||
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|**May**|Philips Healthcare Workshop||
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|**April**|Submitted two separate applications for the [[http://www.stw.nl|STW]] Valorisation Grant (phase 1). More information on STW's competitive valorization grant scheme is available [[http://www.stw.nl/Programmas/ValorisationGrant/|here]] (in Dutch). [[http://www.stw.nl|STW]] is a governmental "technology foundation for funding excellent utilization-oriented technology research at Dutch universities and selected institutions since 1981."||
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|**March**|Philips AppTech Workshop, with Human Centered Solutions Group||
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|**February**|Philips Medical Systems Workshop||
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|****|Starting collaboration with Philips InnoHub, Singapore. A case-study about observation supported usability evaluation of a communication device for elderly is  carried out.||
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|**January**|Nederlandse Vereniging voor Risicoanalyse en Bedrijfszekerheidstechniek,  [[http://www.nvrb.nl/agenda/20jan2009_soft_reliability.htm|NVRB evening]] of Soft Reliability ||
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|****|Second part of Océ workshop about adding observation capabilities to a printer prototype. After connecting the prototype to the observation system, the entire workflow of specifying observation, automatic data collection, and subsequent analysis could be demonstrated successfully at TU/e. ||
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===== Year 2008 =====
|**December**|DPX field study with Philips prototypes to realize the research collaboration amongst project PhDs and to test the joint feedback data evaluation framework, TU/e.||
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|****|First part of Océ workshop about adding observation capabilities to a printer prototype. The preparation of the printer prototype including connection to an observation module and placement of hooks was demonstrated at Océ/Venlo.||
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|****|Successful completion of a project at Philips Healthcare in Best. Additional test cases for medical devices are generated based on log data gathered from real product usage. This helps to test the machines based on realistic circumstances.||
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|****|Two M.Sc. students start working on the parts of the D'PUIS framework. A new platform module for embedded systems is being developed. The students tackle integration and performance issues.||
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|**November**|Philips [[mini-symposium]] entitled "Automated Product Observation & Customer feedback for Connected Products", as an official wrap-up of the collaboration for the Internet on TV case, Philips Eindhoven & Philips Hong Kong||
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|**October**| The tools developed in the context of the Soft Reliability project are presented on the new [[tools]] page together with related technologies. ||
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|****|Second joint {{koca et al_uxtv_2008.pdf|paper}}, resulting from the collaboration between the doctoral candidates of the Soft Reliability project and Philips Consumer Lifestyle, presented at the [[http://www.uxtv2008.org|International Conference on Designing Interactive User Experiences for TV and Video]], Silicon Valley, CA, USA||
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|**June**|End of the joint Internet on TV case study at Philips.||
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|**May**|{{themadag poster.pdf|Poster}}, resulting from the collaboration between the doctoral candidates of the Soft Reliability project, presented at the [[http://www.senternovem.nl/iop|IOP Themadag]] "Impulsen voor Economie en Samenleving" in Rotterdam. ||
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|****|First joint {{koca_2008.pdf|paper}}, resulting from the collaboration between all academic participants of the Soft Reliability project, accepted for publication in [[http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/3680/home|Quality and Reliability Engineering International]]||
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|****|Exploring the industrial potential of research work with advice from [[http://www.incubator3plus.nl/|business incubators]], Eindhoven||
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|**April**|Start of second case-study "Internet on TV" with Philips Consumer Lifestyle; data from test products in located at user homes in the UK and Singapore is collected and analyzed||
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|**March**|Start of the discussions with  [[http://www.beko.com/|Beko]] (an industrial collaborator), Enschede||
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|**February**|Case study with Philips Consumer Lifestyle on improving call classification at their call centers (in connection with IBM), Eindhoven||
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|****|Start of the discussions with  [[http://www.redesignme.com/|RedesignMe]] (an industrial collaborator), Eindhoven||
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===== Years 2005 - 2007 =====

Find out what happened since the project started in 2005: [[archive|News archive]].