Detailed research program – Conceptual Modelling WP-11 Presentation VISIONAIR GA, Twente 28.02.12

1. Detailed research program – Conceptual ModellingWP-11 Presentation VISIONAIR GA, Twente28.02.12 Prof. Dov Dori Prof. Yehudit Judy Dori 1

2. WP 11 Type of activity: RTD Work package title: Conceptual Modeling, Assessment, Metaphors and Social Impact Start month: 7 End month: 48 • WP11 is concerned with human-centered aspects of visualization. • These are of paramount importance since the ultimate intended beneficiary of the visualization technologies is the human user both as an individual and a group of humans as a collaborative entity. 2

3. Person-Months per Participant 3

4. Objectives • Development of paradigms and environments that visualize OPM-based conceptual models and enable their dynamic execution. • Development and implementation of assessment techniques for visualization on effectiveness of higher-order thinking skills and E-learning. • Research on visualization-related metaphors, ergonomics, usage, and social impact. • Development and assessment of advanced visualization applications for collaboration. • Development and assessment of scientific applications in chemistry, biology, and medicine, including cell-level biological processes. 4

5. Objectives • WP11 aims to “help humans harness the developed visualization technologies to improve holistic system comprehension and the ability to visualize man-made as well as natural systems.” • The above objectives will facilitate access to visitors. • Better understanding of usage of visualisation technologies shall be formalised and modelled. • The deployment of these models over the infrastructure will enhance the capacity of the installations to be adapted to new usages expected by the guest researchers. 5

6. Our vision of Visualisation and Interaction technologies The long-term vision time Application Preparation VIF expe Feedback Virtual Reality : VR High Definition : UHD net Scientific Visualisation : SCIVIS Advanced Collab. Envir. : ACE TNA 4 TNA 5 TNA 6 TNA 7 6

7. Our vision of Visualisation and Interaction technologies Applications view Functional view Process view Collaboration view Resources view Structural view A three-year vision Visualization service E map Application VIF Visualize Complex Phenomenon Platform Users Applications Cooperation C1 C2 Cn Health VVS Preparation Communication Molecular Biology Network Provide New metaphor User requirements capture Experiment Coordination Visionair Applications Virtual reality OPM Feed Back To be refined in relation to a specific service Interoperability ACE • Develop a generic conceptual model of the visualization process. • Several conceptual modelling frameworks could be used. • Specifically, Object Process Methodology (OPM), developed by Technion, is a prime candidate for this purpose. • The outcome of the model will provide a solid basis for a new visualization service offered by VISIONAIR. Each box is a component described by characteristics Ci which could be linked by relationships that could be drawn inside a same view or between two different views 7

8. List of planned actions Table 1. Actions to be executed under WP11 8

9. Action A11.1: Modeling user engagement with Visionair • Action A11.1 is aimed at modelling the process of external users' engagement with the Visionair consortium as they wish to access resources and conduct their scientific experiments. • This process will be modelled using OPCAT – the OPM CASE tool – to provide an accurate description of various stages and procedures that external users should follow in order to achieve optimal results from the Visionair infrastructure. • This action will gather and combine results from other actions to formalize the relationships among different views in the multi-view model. • The resulting OPM model will enrich the process view of the multiple-view model by refining components list and the components’ characteristics. Involved partners: • Technion: Dov Dori, Judy Dori, Sergey Bolshchikov, Galina Katsev • Grenoble-INP:Frédéric Noel, Cédric Masclet, Samira Sadeghi • Salford: Terrence Fernando 9

10. Proposal • Investigate the capacity of OPM to describe the process. • A Web service will help to trace the process for every guest project starting when the project is accepted and following the project up to its termination and assessment. • Special attention will be given to identify indicators for analysing the quality of the process throughout its execution. • A post (final) questionnaire filled by the guest will serve to provide vital complementary information which will be compared with the pre-questionnaire filled by the guest prior to the visit. • Collect indicators that will serve to analyse the quality of the process throughout its execution (cf. 11.4 for collaboration matters). 10

11. State of the art • OPM (Dori 2002) is defined formally and OPCAT software is available to all VISIONAIR partners as a conceptual modeling platform. • OPM is in advanced stages of being adopted by ISO as a standard conceptual modelling language (Dori et al., 2010; see Action A11.5). • We have developed and are refining Vivid OPM, which enables visualizing the OPM conceptual model. • We specialize in design of pre- and post-questionnaires as a basis for assessment of the visit quality and benefit. • The multi-view model (Tichkiewitch & Véron, 1997) which has been initially developed for product modelling can be challenged for service modelling. • Overall, OPM will be the integrating underlying modelling approach as it is capable of integrating the various model views at different abstraction levels. 11

12. Action 11.2: User requirements and expectations capture (lead: UTWENTE) • Provide an interactive tool for users to define their requirements and expectations from the Visionair project. • This requirement can be better understood by the Visionair service providers and used by the e-map (in Action 11,2) to map requirements to possible Visionair infrastructure installations. Involved partners • UTwente : R.G.J. Damgrave, W. Dankers, H.M. Schuurman-Hemmer 12

13. Action A11.3: Mapping user requirements to Visionair resources through enhancement of the resource e-map • Develop a Recommendation Tool: • A tool that can suggest the most appropriate combination of Visionair infrastructure services that best fulfils the user requirements and expectations. • This will be done by extending and evolving the Visionair resource E-map. Involved partners • LMS-UniPatras 13

14. A11.4: A Framework for modelling and assessing collaboration process within Visionair • Model and assess collaboration between external users and Visionair service providers. • Investigate cooperation, coordination, communication and interoperability issues. • Offer continuous enhancements of the collaboration experience between • external users and the Visionair infrastructure providers and • within the Visionair community. • Result of this action will involve: • refinement and characterization of the components for the collaboration view of the multi-view model • definition of indicators and metrics for assessment of the collaboration process • providing means for driving the user engagement process according to a strategy that still has to be defined. Involved partners Grenoble-INP, Salford, ECN, UNI PETRAS, TECHNION 14

15. Action A11.5: Conceptual Model for four visualization applications • Create conceptual models of four distinct visualization related applications. • Model a range of collaboration and advanced visualisation scenarios using OPM • Demonstrate how complex phenomena could be modelled to guide application developments while considering multi-faceted requirements. • Analyse and model the multi-functional team and organisational contexts with the view to informing the development of collaborative systems in realistic working conditions. • Five sub-actions are described below. 15

16. Simulation and animation of moon landing and mineral mining: • The NASA SISO Smackdown project • State of the art • Modeling and simulation is a critical tool in both science and engineering. Unfortunately, programs that provide strong educational background in modeling and simulation are rare. • The SISO Simulation Smackdown project is an international effort to promote better awareness and understanding of both the importance and the complexity of modern modeling and simulation through hands-on mentoring and participation with modeling and simulation practitioners. • Involved partners • Technion: Prof. Dov Dori, Sergey Bolshchikov • NASA: David Howes (ret.) • Agenda • Use Vivid OPM to animate the simulation. • Possibly develop interface between OPM-OPCAT and HLA to enable model-driven simulation. 16

17. Simulation and animation of moon landing: OPM model screenshot of the current OPCAT model of the Lunar Mining Operations process 17

18. Low-Cost Scanner for Preventive Medicine • Deliver a high-profile example of disruptive innovation in the highly complex healthcare sector. • Disruptive innovation and sector complexity require the support that Visionair infrastructure offers. • We expect to find gaps and identify opportunities for new visualisation solutions and additional Visionair services. • Create a demonstrator for the £1000 scanner and maintenance system by integrating product, process and production systems in a unified knowledge base system (32nd month) • Develop a conceptual model of £1000 scanner and its field maintenance for health care and maintenance (12th month) • Report on user evaluation of the £1000 scanner and maintenance system which includes assessment of social impact of these two (42nd month). 18

19. Low-Cost Scanner for Preventive Medicine Proposal Relationships between WP 11 and the £1000 scanner project Involved partners: • U. Cranfield: Prof. Daniel Steenstra, Dr. John Erkoyuncu • Technion: Prof. Dov Dori, Sergey Bolshchikov • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-6IsKj7ZlU&feature=related 19

20. Low-Cost Scanner for Preventive Medicine Involved partners: • U. Cranfield: Prof. Daniel Steenstra, Dr. John Erkoyuncu • Technion: Prof. Dov Dori, Sergey Bolshchikov • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-6IsKj7ZlU&feature=related 20

21. Visualization of molecular biology models • An elaborate OPM model of mRNA life cycle is being developed. • It is based on a Conceptual Model-based Systems Biology (CMSB) paradigm we are exploring. Involved partners: • Technion: Prof. Dov Dori, Judith Somekh, Sergey Bolshchikov, Chhaya Dhingra • RWTH Aachen: Prof. Torsten Kuhlen, Daniel Buendgens, Stefan Selzer 21

22. ISO standardization of OPM • ISO is in the process of adopting OPM as a visual conceptual model to be used as a basis for Model-Based Standards Authoring. • OPM Study Group created April 2009 at the Paris Annual Meeting of TC184/TC5 • Tasked with evaluating OPM and other tools for: • Improving the standards development process – consistency (inter-, intra-), reusability, … • Use as a modelling tool. • Participation of 27 experts • Used (parts of) IEC 62264 as test case • Presented to the Annual Meeting of TC184/TC5 Tokyo, March 26 2010. • Produced a normative Draft International Standard in the 9-13 May 2011 Meeting in N. Redington Beach, FL., USA. • Activity has continued by TC184/TC5/WG1 to develop: • Publicly Available Specification (PAS) of OPM • Draft ready for balloting of the Model-based Standards Authoring • To be presented in the 2012 TC184/TC5 Annual Meeting at Haifa, Israel, May 2012. • Involvedpartners: • Technion: Prof. Dov Dori, Alex Blekhman • ISO: Richard Martin, WG1 Convenor 22

23. ActionA11.6: Model based approach for developing collaborative environments • Develop a knowledge base that can be used to understand the complexity in developing collaboration environments for multi-functional teams. • Specifically, it will consider a range of models that can be used to capture user context, user awareness, information needs etc. • Involvedpartners: • Salford (Building Construction and Urban Planning) • GRENOBLE • CRANFIELD • SZTAKI: Laszlo Kovacs, Zoltan Toth • ECN: Prof. Alain Bernard 23