===== Soft Reliability Project (2005 - 2010) is Officially Over=====

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The Soft Reliability project has been carried out from 2005 until 2010 at Eindhoven University of Technology by 4 doctoral candidates and in fruitful collaboration with various industrial partners, especially Philips and Océ. 

As part of the closing event on 19 May 2010, an **[[http://www.idemployee.id.tue.nl/a.koca/panel/|international panel]]** entitled "SOFT RELIABILITY: Solving an Industrial Problem. //Is that Science?//" took place with the participation of both academic and industrial panelists. 

The highlights of this project's results can be listed as follows:\\
 *** 4 PhD dissertations** (2 of which //cum laude//) {{diploma.jpg?70}} \\
 *** 2 high-tech startup companies** (**[[http://www.uxsuite.com|UXsuite]]** and **[[http://www.fluxicon.com|Fluxicon]]**), which raised more than 600 000 EUR \\
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Both **[[http://www.uxsuite.com|UXsuite]]** and **[[http://www.fluxicon.com|Fluxicon]]** will carry on the great spirit of the Soft Reliability research project through the commercialization of key results as tools for the industry. \\


| {{ux_logo.jpg?70}} || UXSUITE technology enables to instrument any digital or electronic product, prototype, process, or a combination of these, so that it becomes possible to improve them by collecting and analyzing only relevant and semantically rich information about their usage in the field at real-time. |


| {{fluxicon_logo.png?200}} || With process mining technology, it is possible to automatically create smart flow diagrams of business processes. |





















===== Soft Reliability in the Media =====

What do people think, write and say about Soft Reliability?\\

[[http://www.agentschapnl.nl/persberichten/25-miljoen-euro-voor-ondersteuning-maakindustrie | 2,5 miljoen euro voor ondersteuning maakindustrie]] (May 2011)

[[http://www.fd.nl/artikel/22013580/technogadgets-zelflerend-vermogen | Technogadgets met zelflerend vermogen]] (Apr 2011)

[[http://www.rijksbegroting.nl/algemeen/gerefereerd/1/4/4/kst144748.html | Rijksbegroting]] (April 2011)

[[http://www.ed.nl/economie/8428208/Software-voor-luchten-onvrede-klant.ece | Software voor luchten onvrede klant]] (Apr 2011)

[[http://web.tue.nl/cursor/internet/jaargang53/cursor21/onderzoek/onderzoek.php?page=o2 | UXsuite kan kloof dichten tussen producent en gebruiker]] (Mar 2011)

[[http://web.tue.nl/cursor/internet/jaargang52/cursor36/nieuws/index.php?page=n3 | UXsuite and Fluxicon weer succesvol met valorisatiesubsidies]] (Jul 2010)

[[http://eponymouspickle.blogspot.com/search?q=soft+reliability | The Eponymous Pickle]] (Jun 2010)

[[http://www.theinternetofthings.eu/content/soft-reliability | Soft Reliability]] (May 2010)

[[http://web.tue.nl/cursor/internet/jaargang52/cursor24/onderzoek/onderzoek.php?page=o4 | Designers should distrust statistics]] (Mar 2010)

[[http://www.nvrb.nl/downloads/nieuwsbrieven/2009/2009_nb1_maart.pdf | NVRB Newsletter: Lezingen Januari 2009]] (Mar 2009)

[[http://www.accenture.com/NR/rdonlyres/475283F8-D311-4BB5-85CA-F0F6D57C4DB4/0/OutlookPDF_CHT_02.pdf | It’s a networked world, after all]] (Jan 2009)

[[http://www.jnd.org/ms/1.1%20Sociable%20Design.pdf | Sociable Design]] (Aug 2008)

[[http://www.accenture.com/NR/rdonlyres/8119AEE6-0442-4E0D-94AA-E5A2163D07DB/0/22701_ReturnsRepairsRvn_v04lr.pdf | Big Trouble with "No Trouble Found" Returns]] (2008)

[[http://www.accenture.com/NR/rdonlyres/96C52E32-80D2-44D8-AEC8-4BF9B13A1B88/0/EEtimesreprint16803e.pdf | Return of the Consumers]] (May 2008)

[[http://www.uselog.com/2008/01/soft-reliability-angle-on-quality.html | Product Usability Weblog]] (Jan 2008) 

[[http://www.uselog.com/2007/12/product-complexity-causes-product.html | Product Complexity Causes Product Returns]] (Dec 2007)

[[http://appliancemagazine.com/editorial.php?article=1794&zone=211&first=1 | Less Can Mean More]] (Aug 2007)

[[http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2007/05/28/070528ta_talk_surowiecki | Feature Presentation]] (May 2007)

[[http://www.wdsglobal.com/news/whitepapers/20060717/MediaBulletinNFF.pdf | Investigating the Mobile 'No Fault Found Phenomenon']] (Jul 2006)

[[http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,109254,00.html | Complexity Causes 50% of Product Returns]] (Mar 2006)

[[http://www.senternovem.nl/mmfiles/Factsheet%20managing%20soft%20reliability-EN_tcm24-277605.pdf | Managing Soft Reliability]] (2006)