Maria F. Costabile Research Interests: Human-Computer Interaction, Theory of Visual Languages, Information Visualization, Visual Data Mining, Multimodal and Multimedia Interaction, Adaptive Interfaces, WWW Interfaces, Usability Engineering, End-User Develompment
Maria Francesca Costabile Full Professor IVU laboratory Dipartimento di Informatica Università degli Studi di Bari Via Orabona, 4 70125 Bari - Italy phone: +39 080 5443300 fax: +39 080 5443300 email: costabile@di.uniba.it	Curriculum   Publications   Projects   Courses

Curriculum Vitae of Maria Francesca Costabile

Maria Francesca Costabile is full professor at the Computer Science Department of the University of Bari, Italy, where she teaches human-computer interaction and other courses for the computer science curriculum. Formerly, she worked as assistant professor at the University of Calabria, Italy from 1981 to 1988, and as associate professor at the University of Bari from 1989 to 1999. She is currently the coordinator of the Computer Science Curriculum of the University of Bari at Brindisi.
She has been visiting scientist in several foreign universities, including Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY, USA; University of Munster, Germany; University of Bonn, Germany; University of Houston, TX, USA; Rutgers University, NJ, USA; University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Her current research interests are in human-computer interaction, in particular interaction design, mobile systems, usability engineering, information visualization, end-user development. She has published over one hundred fifty papers in scientific journals, books and proceedings of international conferences on the above topics, and edited seven books, published by ACM Press and Springer.
Prof. Costabile is regularly in program committees of international conferences and workshops. She has been General Co-Chair of IS-EUD 2011, the third International Symposium on End-User Development. She has been Program Co-Chair of CHI 2008, the most important international conference on HCI, Program Co-Chair of INTERACT 2005, Program Chair of AVI 2004. She has been in the Steering Committee of the Advanced Visual Interfaces Conference (AVI), organized every two years in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI. She has been in the Steering Committee of VL/HCC, the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing.
She is senior member of IEEE and member of ACM; she is a founding member of the Italian Chapter of ACM SIGCHI, and served as Chair from 1996 to 2000.

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Some publications:

• LANZILOTTI R., ARDITO C., COSTABILE M. F., DE ANGELI A. (2010). Do patterns help novice evaluators? A comparative study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN COMPUTER STUDIES, Vol.69(1-2), January, 2011; pp. 52-69, ISSN:1071-5819, doi:10.1016/j.ijhcs.2010.07.005.
• ARDITO C., COSTABILE M. F., LANZILOTTI R.(2010). Enjoying cultural heritage thanks to mobile technology. INTERACTIONS. vol (17)3, (May. 2010), pp. 30-33. ACM Press, New York, USA. ISSN:1072-5520 . DOI= http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1744161.1744169.
• ARDITO C., BUONO P., COSTABILE M. F., LANZILOTTI R., PICCINNO A. (2009). Enabling interactive exploration of cultural heritage: an experience of designing systems for mobile devices. KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY. Volume 22, Issue1 (2009), pp. 79-86. doi:10.1007/s12130-009-9079-7.
• ARDITO C., BUONO P., COSTABILE M. F., LANZILOTTI R., SIMEONE A. (2009). An information visualization approach to hospital shifts scheduling. In: J.A. JACKO. Human-Computer Interaction, Part IV. vol. LNCS 5613, p. 439-447, BERLIN/HEIDELBERG: Springer, ISBN/ISSN: 978-3-642-02582-2.
• COSTABILE M. F., MUSSIO P., PARASILITI PROVENZA L., PICCINNO A. (2009). Supporting End Users to Be Co-designers of Their Tools. In: PIPEK V., ROSSON M.B., DE RUYTER B., WULF V. End-User Development. vol. LNCS 5435, p. 70-85, BERLIN / HEIDELBERG: Springer, ISBN/ISSN: 978-3-642-00425-4, doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-00427-8.
• COSTABILE M. F., FOGLI D., MARCANTE A., MUSSIO A., PARASILITI PROVENZA L., PICCINNO A. (2008). Designing Customized and Tailorable Visual Interactive Systems. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING, vol. 18(3); pp. 305-325, ISSN: 0218-1940.
• ARDITO C., BUONO P., COSTABILE M. F., LANZILOTTI R., PEDERSON T., PICCINNO A. (2008). Experiencing the Past through the Senses: An M-Learning Game at Archaeological Parks. IEEE MULTIMEDIA. vol. October-December 2008, pp. 76-81. ISSN: 1070-986X.
• COSTABILE M., DE ANGELI A., LANZILOTTI R., ARDITO C., BUONO P., PEDERSON T. (2008). Explore! Possibilities and Challenges of Mobile Learning. In proc. of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2008 (CHI 2008). Florence, Italy. APRIL 5-10, 2008. NEW YORK: ACM Press (UNITED STATES).
• ARDITO C., BUONO P., COSTABILE M., LANZILOTTI R., PEDERSON T. (2007). An Augmented Reality Game on Standard Mobile Phones for Exploring History at Archaeological Parks. In: R. Meersman, Z. Tari, P. Herrero et al. Eds. On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems. (vol. LNCS 4805, pp. 357-366). BERLIN: Springer (Germany). ISBN: 978-3-540-76887-6.
• ARDITO C., BUONO P., COSTABILE M., LANZILOTTI R., PEDERSON T. (2007). Mobile games to foster the learning of history at archaeological sites. In proc. of IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL-HCC 2007). Coeur d’Alène, Idaho, Usa. September 23-27, 2007. (pp. 81-84). ISBN/ISSN: 0-7695-2987-9. LOS ALAMITOS, CA: IEEE Computer Society (UNITED STATES).
• ARDITO C., COSTABILE M., LANZILOTTI R., PEDERSON T. (2007). Making Dead History Come Alive Through Mobile Game-Play. In proc. of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2007 (CHI '07). San Jose, California, USA. 28 April - 3 May, 2007. (pp. 2249-2254). ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-59593-642-4. NEW YORK: ACM Press (UNITED STATES).
• COSTABILE M., FOGLI D, MUSSIO P, PICCINNO A. (2007). Visual Interactive Systems for End-User Development: a Model-based Design Methodology. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS MAN AND CYBERNETICS PART A-SYSTEMS AND HUMANS. vol. 37 ISSN: 1083-4427.
• ARDITO C., COSTABILE M., DE ANGELI A., PITTARELLO F. (2007). Navigation help in 3D Worlds: some empirical evidences on use of sound. MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS. vol. 33(2), pp. 201-216 ISSN: 1380-7501. doi:10.1007/s11042-006-0060-0 Springer Netherlands.
• BOTTONI P, COSTABILE M., LEVIALDI S, MUSSIO P. (2007). The Theory of Visual Sentences to Formalize Interactive Visual Messages. In: FERRI F. Visual Languages for Interactive Computing: Definitions and Formalizations. (pp. 1-21). ISBN: 978-1-59904-534-4. HERSHEY PA: IGI Global (UNITED STATES).
• ARDITO C., BUONO P., COSTABILE M.F., LANZILOTTI R., PEDERSON T. (2007). Mobile games to foster the learning of history at archaeological sites. In Proc. of IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL HCC 2007), Coeur d’Alène, Idaho, Usa, September 23-27, 2007, (pp. 81-84).
• ARDITO C., COSTABILE M., LANZILOTTI R., PEDERSON T. (2007). Making Dead History Come Alive Through Mobile Game-Play. CHI '07, San Jose, California, USA. 28 April - 3 May, 2007.
• COSTABILE M., FOGLI D., LANZILOTTI R., MUSSIO P., PICCINNO A. (2006). Supporting Work Practice Through End-User Development Environments. JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL AND END USER COMPUTING. vol. 18, pp. 43-65 ISSN: 1546-2234. Special Issue on "Technology Interaction Aspects of End User Development".
• COSTABILE M., PATERNO' F. (2005). Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2005. Di COSTABILE M., PATERNO' F. (vol. LNCS 3585). ISBN: 3-540-28943-7. BERLIN: Springer (GERMANY).
• ARDITO C., BUONO P., COSTABILE M. (2005). The Challenge of Visualizing Patient Histories on a Mobile Device. In COSTABILE M., PATERNO' F. Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2005. (vol. LNCS 3585, pp. 942-945). ISBN: 3-540-28943-7. Tenth IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Communicating Naturally through Computers. 12-16 September 2005, Rome, Italy. BERLIN: Springer (GERMANY).
• COSTABILE M., FOGLI D., LANZILOTTI R., MUSSIO P., PICCINNO A. (2006). Supporting Work Practice Through End-User Development Environments. JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL AND END USER COMPUTING. vol. 18, pp. 43-65 ISSN: 1546-2234.
• BUONO P., COSTABILE M. (2005). Visualizing Association Rules in a Framework for Visual Data Mining. In M. HEMMJE ET AL. From Integrated Publication and Informations Systems to Virtual Information and Knowledge Environments. (vol. LNCS 3379, pp. 221-231). ISBN: 3-540-24551-0. BERLIN: Springer (GERMANY).
• ARDITO C., COSTABILE M., DE MARSICO M., LANZILOTTI R., LEVIALDI S., ROSELLI T., ROSSANO V. (2005). An Approach to Usability Evaluation of e-Learning Applications. UNIVERSAL ACCESS IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY. vol. 4/3 ISSN: 1615-5289. Special Issue on “User-Centred Interaction Paradigms for Universal Access in the Information Society”.
• COSTABILE M., FOGLI D., MUSSIO P., PICCINNO A. (2005). A meta-design approach to End-User Development. IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC'05. September 20-24, 2005. (pp. 308-310). Dallas, Texas, USA.
• COSTABILE M. (2004). Advanced Visual Interfaces AVI 2004. Di M. F. COSTABILE. ISBN: 1-58113-867-9. NEW YORK: ACM Press (USA).
• COSTABILE M., FOGLI D., FRESTA G., MUSSIO P., PICCINNO A. (2004). Virtual Workshops for Human-Centric Computing. IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC'04 Rome, Italy. September 26-29, 2004. (pp. 65-68).
• COSTABILE M., DE ANGELI A., ROSELLI T., LANZILOTTI R., PLANTAMURA P. (2003). Does Hypermedia Really Work for Tutoring Children?. IEEE MULTIMEDIA. vol. 10 N.2, pp. 65-69 ISSN: 1070-986X.
• COSTABILE M., D. MALERBA EDITORS. (2003). Special Issue on Visual Data Mining. JOURNAL OF VISUAL LANGUAGES AND COMPUTING. pp. 499-501 ISSN: 1045-926X.
• COSTABILE M., DE ANGELI A., ROSELLI T., LANZILOTTI R., PLANTAMURA P. (2003). Evaluating the Educational Impact of a Tutoring Hypermedia for Children. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ANNUAL. pp. 289-308 ISSN: 1522-8185.
• COSTABILE M., FOGLI D., FRESTA G., MUSSIO P., PICCINNO A. (2003). Building environments for End-User Development and Tailoring. IEEE Symposia on Human Centric Computing Languages and Environmnets. Auckland, New Zeeland, October 28-31, 2003. (pp. 31-38).
• COSTABILE M., DE ANGELI A., PITTARELLO F., ARDITO C. (2003). Can audio help navigating in virtual environments? An experimental evaluation. INTERACT 2003, Zurich, Switzerland. September 1-5, 2003. (pp. 733-736).
• DE ANGELI A., MATERA M., COSTABILE M., GARZOTTO F., PAOLINI P. (2003). On the Advantages of Systematic Inspection for Evaluating Hypermedia Usability. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION. vol. 15, No 3, pp. 315-355 ISSN: 1044-7318.
• COSTABILE M., FOGLI D., LETONDAL C., MUSSIO P., PICCINNO A. (2003). Domain-Expert Users and their Needs of Software Development. Special Session on EUD, UAHCI Conference. Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2003. (pp. 532-536).
• COSTABILE M., DE ANGELI A., ROSELLI T., LANZILOTTI R., PLANTAMURA P.. (2003). Does Hypermedia Really Work for Tutoring Children?. IEEE MULTIMEDIA. vol. 10 N.2, pp. 65-69 ISSN: 1070-986X.
• COSTABILE M., FOGLI D., FRESTA G., MUSSIO P., PICCINNO A. (2002). Computer Environments for Improving End-User Accessibility. In N. CARBONELL C. STEPHANIDIS. Universal Access: Theoretical Perspectives, Practice and Experience. (vol. LNCS 2615, pp. 129-140).
• BOTTONI P., CHANG S.K., COSTABILE M., LEVIALDI S., MUSSIO P. (2002). Modelling Visual Interactive Systems Through Dynamic Visual Languages. IEEE TRANSACTION ON SYSTEMS MAN AND CYBERNETICS. vol. 32 No. 6 ISSN: 0018-9472. Part A: SYSTEMS AND HUMANS. November 2002.
• BOTTONI P., COSTABILE M., LEVIALDI S. (2002). Analyzing, Modelling, and Specifying Visual Interaction. SOFT COMPUTING. vol. 7 No. 1, pp. 9-19 ISSN: 1432-7643.
• MATERA M., COSTABILE M., GARZOTTO F., PAOLINI P. (2002). SUE Inspection: an Effective Method for Systematic Usability Evaluation of Hypermedia. IEEE TRANSACTION ON SYSTEMS MAN AND CYBERNETICS. vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 93-103 ISSN: 0018-9472.
• COSTABILE M. (2001). Usability in the Software Life Cycle. In S.K. CHANG. In Handbook of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering. (vol. 1, pp. 179-192). : S.K. CHANG ED., World Scientific.
• COSTABILE M., MATERA M. (2001). Guidelines for Hypermedia Usability Inspection. IEEE MULTIMEDIA. vol. 8, N. 1, pp. 66-69 ISSN: 1070-986X.
• BOTTONI P., COSTABILE M., MUSSIO P. (1999). Specification and Dialogue Control through Visual Rewriting Systems. ACM TRANSACTIONS ON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND SYSTEMS. vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 1077-1136 ISSN: 0164-0925.
• COSTABILE M., ESPOSITO F., SEMERARO G., FANIZZI N. (1999). An Adaptive Visual Environment for Digital Libraries. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON DIGITAL LIBRARIES. vol. 2, N. 2+3, pp. 124-143 ISSN: 1432-5012.
• COSTABILE M. (1999). Usable Multimedia Applications. Proc. IEEE Multimedia Systems '99. pp. 124-127). Invited paper at IEEE Multimedia Systems '99, Firenze, June 7-11, IEEE Computer Society. (pp. 124-127).
• BOTTONI P., COSTABILE M., LEVIALDI S., MUSSIO P. (1999). On Orders in Visual Interaction. JOURNAL OF VISUAL LANGUAGES AND COMPUTING. vol. 10, n.4, pp. 343-380 ISSN: 1045-926X. Special Issue on Theory of Visual Languages.
• CATARCI T., COSTABILE M., SANTUCCI G., TARANTINO L. (1998). Advanced Visual Interfaces AVI'98. Di CATARCI T., COSTABILE M., SANTUCCI G., TARANTINO L. NEW YORK: ACM Press (UNITED STATES).
• BOTTONI P., COSTABILE M., LEVIALDI S., MUSSIO P. (1998). Specifying Dialog Control in Visual Interactive Systems. JOURNAL OF VISUAL LANGUAGES AND COMPUTING. vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 535-564 ISSN: 1045-926X.
• CATARCI T., COSTABILE M., LEVIALDI S., BATINI C. (1997). Visual Query Systems for Databases: A Survey. JOURNAL OF VISUAL LANGUAGES AND COMPUTING. vol. 8, n.2, pp. 215-260 ISSN: 1045-926X.
• BOTTONI P., COSTABILE M., LEVIALDI S., MUSSIO P. (1997). Defining Visual Languages for Interactive Computing. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS MAN AND CYBERNETICS PART A-SYSTEMS AND HUMANS. vol. 27, pp. 773-783 ISSN: 1083-4427.
• CATARCI T., COSTABILE M. (1996). Special Issue on Visual Query Systems - II Part. JOURNAL OF VISUAL LANGUAGES AND COMPUTING. vol. 7, n.3, pp. 243-245 ISSN: 1045-926X.

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Projects

• IST-2001-37470 EUD-Net (End-User Development - Empowering people to flexibly employ advanced information and communication technology)
• IST-2001-34290 FairsNet (On-line Solutions for Trade Fairs)
• IST-1999-12641 FAIRWIS (Trade Fair Web-based Information Services)
• Italian MIUR Project DEVISU: Specifica, progetto e sviluppo di sistemi interattivi visuali
• Italian MIUR Project VICE: comunità virtuali per l'apprendimento
• STRESSAFISH Project, sponsored by Puglia Region: Sviluppo di metodi di supporto al miglioramento qualitativo e di resistenza allo stress di pesci eurialini
• Italian MIUR Project CHAT ("Cultural Heritage fruition & e-learning applications of new Advanced (multimodal) Technologies")
• Italian MIUR Project Learning for All (L4A) : a multi-paradigm, multi-channel and multi-tecnology approach to innovative pedagogy
• DIPIS (DIstributed Production as Innovative System)
• GENÒMENA (Beni Culturali Immateriali per la Ricostruzione della Memoria Storica del Territorio)

Courses:

Material for students of various courses.

a.a. 2011-2012

Interazione Uomo Macchina a.a. 11/12

Interazione Uomo Macchina II a.a. 11/12

a.a. 2010-2011

Progettazione dell'Interazione con l'Utente e Interazione Uomo Macchina a.a. 10/11

Interazione Uomo Macchina II a.a. 10/11

a.a. 2009-2010
Interazione Uomo-Macchina II (Modulo A) a.a. 09-10
Interazione Uomo-Macchina (sedi di Bari e Brindisi) a.a. 09-10
Metodi di Interazione Avanzata a.a. 09-10

Previous years:
Linguaggi per l'Interazione a.a. 07-08
Linguaggi per l'Interazione a.a. 06-07
Algoritmi e Strutture Dati a.a. 06-07

Interazione Uomo-Macchina e Progettazione della Interazione con l'Utente a.a. 05-06
Linguaggi per l'Interazione a.a. 05-06
Interazione Uomo-Macchina a.a. 04-05
SSIS corso speciale, Informatica per l'Insegnamento

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