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Cristina Adriana Alexandru Research Associate, University Teacher Centre for Intelligent Systems and Their
Applications Institute for Language, Cognition and
Computation Informatics
Forum Room
2.54 Email:
Cristina.Alexandru@ed.ac.uk Office phone number: +44 (0) 131 651 1739 |
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Research
Interests:
· Software
Engineering, Software Validation and Verification
· Human-Computer
Interaction, Usability Engineering
· Software
Modelling and Simulation
· Software
Quality and Usability
· Software
Metrics, Empirical Analysis
· Healthcare
IT, Medical Informatics, eHealth, Telehealthcare
Recent
publications:
1) Korte, J., Constantin,
A., Alexandru, A. C., Fails, J. A., Erikson, E., Good, J., Pain, H., Hourcade, J. P., Garzoto,
F., Waller, A. (2019). Pushing the Boundaries of
Participatory Design, Workshop, INTERACT 2019 (in press).
2) Constantin, A., Korte, J.,
Fails J. A., Good, J., Alexandru,
A. C., Dragomir, M., Pain, H., Hourcade, J. P., Erikson, E., Waller, A., Garzoto, F. (2019). Pushing the Boundaries of
Participatory Design with Children with Special Needs. Workshop,
IDC 2019 (in press).
3) Constantin, A., Korte, J.,
Fails, J. A., Alexandru, A. C., Dragomir, M., Pain,
H., Good, J., Garzoto, F., Erikson, E., Waller, A.
(2019). Expecting the Unexpected in
Participatory Design. SIG, CHI 2019 (in press).
4)
Alexandru,
C., Alhambra-Borras, T., Whitehouse, D., Anderson, S., Pavlickova,
A. (2019). SCIROCCO Tool to support knowledge transfer in integrated care. International Journal of Integrated Care (in press)
5) Alhambra-Borras, T., Alexandru, C., Whitehouse, D., & Garces-Ferrer, J.
(2018). Enhancing
the SCIROCCO tool using quantitative and qualitative methods. International Journal of
Integrated Care, 18(s2).
6)
Grooten, L., Alexandru, C. A.,
Alhambra-Borras, T., Anderson, S., Avolio, F., Valia Cotanda,
E., ... & Lange, M. (2018). A
scaling-up strategy supporting the expansion of integrated care: a study
protocol. International Journal of Integrated Care.
7)
Pavlickova, A., Henderson, D., Alexandru, C.
A., & Alhambra, T. (2018). The
maturity of integrated care systems: lessons learned in using the SCIROCCO tool
across Europe. European Journal of Public Health, 28(suppl_4), cky213-052.
8) C.A. Alexandru, D. Clutterbuck, P. Papapanagiotou, J. Fleuriot, A. Manataki (2017). A
Step Towards the Standardisation of HIV Care Practices, In HEALTHINF
2017: 10th International Conference on Health Informatics, Porto,
Portugal, February 2017.
9)
Alhambra-Borras, T., Alexandru, C.,
Whitehouse, D., & Garces-Ferrer, J. (2018). Enhancing the SCIROCCO tool
using quantitative and qualitative methods. International Journal of Integrated Care, 18(s2).
10) V. Hanschke, A. Manataki,
C.A. Alexandru, P. Papapanagiotou,
C. Deighan, L. Taylor and D. Robertson (2017) Designing
a Social Machine for the Heart Manual Service, In HEALTHINF 2017: 10th
International Conference on Health Informatics, Porto, Portugal, February 2017.
11) A. Alexandru, C. A. Alexandru,
D. Coardos, E. Tudora
(2016). Big Data: Concepts, Technologies
and Applications in the Public Sector, ICACSE 2016:18th International
Conference on Applied computer Science and Engineering, Conference Proceedings,
Prague Czech Republic, Oct 6-7, 2016, 18(10), Part VI, pp. 879-885, EISSN:
2010-3778, PISSN: 2010-376X; Awarded with the Best Paper Award.
12)
A. Alexandru, C. A. Alexandru, D. Coardos, E. Tudora (2016). Big Data: Concepts, Technologies and Applications in the Public Sector,
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of
Computer, Electrical, Automation, Control and Information Engineering,
Vol:10, No:10, 2016, pp. 1629-1635.
13)
A. Alexandru,
C.A. Alexandru, D. Coardos,
E. Tudora (2016). Healthcare, Big Data and Cloud Computing, WSEAS
Transactions on Computer Research, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1991-8755 / 2415-1521, Volume
4, 2016, Art. #14, pp. 123-131.
14)
C.A. Alexandru
(2016). Considerations of Interface
Efficiency in Scaling up Telehealthcare Systems. Procedia Computer Science, 98, pp. 308-315,
Book series, WOS:000387551200041
15)
J. Rutter, C. Alexandru, E. Niven, M. Wolters, R. Logie
(2015). The Museum as a Memory Institution, The Psychonomic Society Governing
Board Edinburgh Symposium.
16)
C.A. Alexandru
(2014). Using Models and Simulation for Predicting Efficiency
as a Measure of Success of Different Telemedicine Deployments, In eTELEMED 2014: The Sixth International Conference on
eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine, Barcelona, Spain, March 2014;
Awarded with the Best Paper Award
Older
publications (in reverse order):
1)
C.A. Alexandru
and P. Stevens (2013), Predicting the Usability of Telemedicine Systems in Different
Deployments through Modelling and Simulation, Proceedings of the
European Workshop on Practical Aspects of Health Informatics (PAHI 2013),
Edinburgh.
2)
C.A. Alexandru
and P. Stevens (2012), Models to Extend the Scope of Usability Testing for
Telemedicine Systems. In Digital Futures 2012: The Third Annual Digital
Economy All Hands Conference, Aberdeen.
3) C.A.
Alexandru, B. McKinstry (2012). Usability Evaluation of
Clinician Web Back-Ends to Telemonitoring Systems: Two Case-Studies in Scotland
, Studies in Informatics
and Control; 21(2)
4) C.A. Alexandru, S.
Anderson, B.
McKinstry, J. Ure, D. Robertson (2011). Resilient peer communities (abstract refereed), Resilience Engineering
International Symposium, Sophia Antipolis
5) C.A.
Alexandru (2010). Usability Testing and Improvement of Telemedicine Websites,
Master's thesis, University of Edinburgh, School of Informatics
6) A.
Alexandru, O. Bica, E. Tudora, C.S. Alecu, C.A. Alexandru, I. Covalcic
(2010). Enhancing
the Quality of Learning by Using an Innovative Approach for Teaching Energy in
Secondary Schools, ICACSE 2010:
"International Conference on Applied Computer Science and
Engineering", Proceedings of World Academy of Science, Engineering and
Technology (WASET), Year 6, Issue 70, September 28-30, 2010, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands, 5 pages, ISSN: 1307-6892.
7) A.
Alexandru, Bica, O., Tudora, E., Alecu, C. S., Alexandru, C. A.,
& Covalcic, I. (2010). Enhancing the Quality of Learning by
Using an Innovative Approach for Teaching Energy in Secondary Schools. World
Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of
Social, Behavioral, Educational, Economic, Business
and Industrial Engineering, 4(9), 1970-1974.
8) A. Alexandru, G. Gorghiu, C. L. Nicolescu, C.A. Alexandru
(2010). Using OLAP Systems to Manage
Environmental Risks in Dambovita County, Bulletin
of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca,
2010, Volume 67 (2), pp. 394-399, AcademicPress, ISSN
1843-5254, ISSN 1843-5394
9)
A. Alexandru, C.A. Alexandru
(2008). A Working Environment for Graphical
Interfaces for Visually Impaired People (in Romanian), Volume of Works of
the 5th National Conference on Human-Computer Interaction ROCHI 2008, A.I. Cuza
University Iasi, 18-19 September 2008, Iasi, Romania, pag. 157-158, MATRIX ROM
Printing House, ISBN 1843-4460
10)
A. Alexandru, C.A. Alexandru (2008). The Access to Mathematics for Blind and Visually Impaired People (in
Romanian), 1st National Conference on Inclusive Informatical Technologies
ProInclusiv 2008, The Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest, 7-18 April 2008,
ASE Bucuresti Printing House 2008, ISBN 978-606-505-048-8
11) A. Alexandru, C.S. Alecu, C.A. Alexandru
(2007). Visually Impaired People's Access to Mathematics (in Romanian),
4th National Conference of Human-Computer Interaction, RoCHI 2007, Constanta, 20-21 September 2007, pp.
211-212.
12)
A. Alexandru,
E. Jitaru, C.A. Alexandru
(2007). Energy and Environment,
Bibliotheca Publishng House, Targoviste
2007, ISBN 978-973-721-271-1.
13)
A. Alexandru,
E. Jitaru, C.A. Alexandru
(2006). Web-Based Education of Energy-
Efficient Appliances in Romania, Proceedings of the 5th RoEduNet IEEE International Conference, Sibiu Romania, 1-3
June 2006, "Lucian Blaga" University
Printing House, 2006, ISBN (10) 973-739-277-9, ISBN (13) 978-973-739-277-0 (ISI
PUBLICATION)
14)
A. Alexandru,
E. Jitaru, C.A. Alexandru,
O. Bica (2006). The
Role of the User Interface in the Universal Access in the Context of the
Information Society (in Romanian),
HUMAN - COMPUTER INTERACTION, Proceedings of the Third National Conference of
Human - Computer Interaction-RoCHI 2006, Academy of
Economic Studies, Bucharest, 21-22 September 2006, addendum to the ECONOMIC
INFORMATICS magazine, Volume X 2006, pages 67-71.
15)
A. Alexandru,
E. Jitaru, C.A. Alexandru
(2004). Education in Energy and
Environment (in Romanian), National Conference of New and Renewable Energy
Sources (CNSNRE 2004), 29-30 September 2004, Targoviste,
on CD-ROM
16)
A. Alexandru,
E. Jitaru, C.A. Alexandru
(2004). Energy Saving in the Home using
Energy Efficient Appliances. Teacher's guide, September 2004, 58 pages