The dissertation "ORGANIZATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE BODY ON TECHNICAL DEBT: TYPES, INDICATORS, MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND CAUSES" developed by graduate NICOLLI SOUZA RIOS ALVES (2016) under the guidance of Prof. Rodrigo Spínola is PPGCOMP's first success story.

Nicolli Rios' dissertation was one of the first results and a decisive milestone in developing research in the area of ​​technical debt (TD). The dissertation is a successful case for the following set of evidence:

• The dissertation was awarded: first place in the Software Quality Thesis and Dissertation Contest (Master's Level) at the Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality in 2017.

• The dissertation generated an award-winning paper: BEST PAPER AWARD from the Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA 2017).

• The dissertation was the second stage in Nicolli Rios' academic progression: she began with a scientific initiation (IC) at UNIFACS, followed with a master's degree at PPGCOMP and, from this successful beginning, she did a doctorate at UFBA with co-supervision of Prof. Rodrigo Spínola and is currently doing PosDoc at COPPE/UFRJ (2020) under the supervision of Prof. Rodrigo.

• The dissertation involved Nicolli Rios in producing technical debt papers with Prof. Rodrigo Spínola, and more than ten (10) articles were published, eight (8) of which are among the 4N best bibliographic publications of PPGCOMP in the quadrennium (CAPES evaluation and accreditation process).

This success story goes beyond the master's thesis as a specific product. We report the impact and innovative character of intellectual production in technical debt, which contributes to and participates in the reported success product.

--- IMPACT AND INNOVATIVE CHARACTER OF INTELLECTUAL PRODUCTION IN THE AREA OF TECHNICAL DEBT (TD)

The impact and innovative character of intellectual production in the area of ​​technical debt (TD) in software engineering, coordinated by Prof. Rodrigo Spínola, is of great relevancy from the following results obtained in the quadrennium 2017 - 2020 (summary):

• Best Paper Award - 2017 - Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA 2017) - A STRATEGY BASED ON MULTIPLE DECISION CRITERIA TO SUPPORT TECHNICAL DEBT MANAGEMENT – publication with alumni: NICOLLI SOUZA RIOS ALVES (highlighted alumni).

• First place in the Software Quality Thesis and Dissertations Contest – Master's Level Dissertation by NICOLLI SOUZA RIOS ALVES (highlighted graduate) (2017).

• DAVID A. WILSON AWARD for Excellence in Teaching and Learning – Teaching in the area of ​​software engineering and technical debt (2019).

• RESEARCH PROJECT CONTEXT AWARD 2019 – International Network Project - InsighTD - Investigating Causes and Implications of Technical Debt in Software Projects through a Globally Distributed Family of Surveys – Coordination Prof. Rodrigo Spinola.

• CNPQ RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY SCHOLARSHIP (PQ) LEVEL 2 – Prof. Rodrigo Spinola.

• Publication of two articles in an A1 journal, one article in an A2 event, three articles in an A3 event, and three articles in an A4 event in 2020. In previous years, two articles were published in journals (A1 and A2) and four events ( 4 A3 and A1).

The research line on technical debt is embodied through the research projects "Supporting Evidence-Based Teaching in Software Engineering Courses through the Organization of Empirical Data from a Globally Distributed Family of Industrial Surveys" and "InsighTD - Investigating Causes and Implications of Technical Debt in Software Projects through a Globally Distributed Family of Surveys.” This research line is a catalyst and the first indicator of the innovative character, in state of the art, with great internationality and international visibility of PPGCOMP's master's work and research developments.

The first essential aspect of this research line at PPGCOMP is that Prof. Rodrigo Spínola is one of the world leaders in ​​technical debt. At least in part, the area was launched by the action of Prof. Rodrigo and a set of national and international partners.

A result and evidence presented for the relevance of innovation and impact of products developed in DT are that, in 2020, Prof. Rodrigo was awarded a research productivity grant (PP) from CNPq with a work proposal entitled “InsighTD: Investigation of Causes, Effects, and Technical Debt Management in Software Projects” in the area of ​​technical debt.

The TD research line follows the PPGCOMP strategic planning, which defines a set of research areas, applications, and knowledge where professors should preferably focus their research and development actions for products and dissertations, emphasizing innovation state of the art.

In the TD research line, the research project “Supporting Evidence-Based Teaching in Software Engineering Courses through the Organization of Empirical Data from the Globally Distributed Family of Industrial Surveys” has the following objective:

-- The concept of Technical Debt (DT) represents a metaphor for discussing software development problems. Recent studies have shown that TD is a good communication vehicle among software professionals, regardless of their experience level. Thus, the concept of DT can be used to bridge the gap between theory and practice. In this context, the objective of this research project is threefold. First, organize the state of DT practice concerning its causes and effects. Second, represent such information in probabilistic cause-effect diagrams (PCEDs). PCEDs can be easily interpreted and highlight the causes that can most contribute to the occurrence of the problem analyzed and the most common effects that occur as a result of the problem. Lastly, investigate how to effectively use these diagrams in software engineering courses to enhance students' learning experience. To achieve these goals, we designed InsighTD, a globally distributed family of industry research on the causes and effects of TD. Researchers from 12 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, and the United States) have already joined the initiative.

Still in the line of research on technical debt, the research project "InsighTD - Investigating Causes and Implications of Technical Debt in Software Projects through a Family of Globally Distributed Surveys" aims to investigate the state of practice and industry trends in the area of ​​technical debt, including its status quo, the causes that lead to the occurrence of technical debt, the effects of its existence, how these problems manifest themselves in the software development process, and how software development teams react when they are aware of the presence of debt items in your projects.

Coordinated by Prof. Rodrigo Spínola, InsightTD is the first large-scale study carried out in the area of ​​technical debt. In addition to the technical contributions that have been obtained, the project also involves the collaborative development of an experimental method that allows the continuous and independent replication of studies and the realization of data synthesis in a continuous, incremental, and collaborative way. The development of this method is responsible for the excellent progress of the project, which can be observed through the various works that have been disseminated in the last three years at http://www.td-survey.com/publication-map/.

The TD research line involves international and national partnerships with the public and private sector as follows:

• University of Maryland Baltimore Count – United States, with the participation of Profa. Carolyn Seaman;

• Carnegie Mellon University and Software Engineering Institute – the United States, with the participation of Prof. Forrest Shull;

• Montana State University – United States, with the participation of Prof. Clement Izurieta;

• University of Rome - Italy, with the participation of Prof. Davide Falessi;

• University of Milano – Italy, with the participation of Prof. Francesca Fontana;

• University of Oslo – Norway, with the participation of Prof. Antonio Martini;

• Blekinge Institute of Technology - Sweden, with the participation of Profa. Emilia Mendes;

• Tampere University of Technology - Finland, with the participation of Profa. Valentina Lenarduzzi and Prof. Davide Taibi;

• Technical University of Munich – Germany, with the participation of Prof. Daniel Méndez;

• University of Stuttgart – Germany, with the participation of Prof. Dr. Stefan Wagner;

• University of Novi Sad - Serbia, with the participation of Profs. Vladimir Mandić, Nebojša Taušan and Robert Ramač;

• Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – Brazil, with the participation of Prof. Guilherme Travassos;

• Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro – Brazil, with the participation of Prof. Mark Kalinowski;

• Federal University of Bahia – Brazil, with the participation of Prof. Manoel Mendonça;

• University of Los Andes - Colombia, with the participation of Profs. Darío Correal and Boris Pérez;

• Univ. Technique Federico Santa María - Chile, with the participation of Prof. Hernan Astudillo;

• University of Costa Rica – Costa Rica, with the participation of Profs. Gabriela Marín Raventós and Gustavo Lopez;

• Univ. of Petroleum and Energy Studies - India, with the participation of Profs. Neeraj Chugh and Mitali Chugh;

• King Fahd University – Saudi Arabia, with the participation of Prof. Mohammad Alshayeb;

• National University of Center of Buenos Aires – Argentina, with the participation of Profs. Andres Diaz-Pace and Guillermo Rodriguez;

• National University of the Northeast – Argentina, with the participation of Prof. Emanuel Irrazábal.

These partnerships place the research group of Prof. Rodrigo Spínola in leadership throughout Latin America and in a prominent position with its other international partners.

The PPGCOMP masters and graduates involved in the TD area are as follows:

-- Master's students involved: Gabriel Soares, Adriano Borges, Luciana Macedo, and Annanette Rabello;

-- Alumni involved: Amanda Ferraz de Oliveira Passos, Vivyane Caires, Leilane Ferreira, Nicolli Rios, Sandro Luiz Abreu Campos dos Santos, Ricardo Azevedo Porto, Henrique F. Soares.

The graduate Nicolli Rios is a highlight due to her outcomes with innovation and her history of academic evolution associated with PPGCOMP. Nicolli Rios began his academic evolution with a scientific initiation (IC) orientation and continued with his master's degree at PPGCOMP (with a dissertation award), always under the coordination of Prof. Rodrigo. Nicolli Rios continued with a doctorate at UFBA, co-supervised by Prof. Rodrigo Spínola in the scope of the PPGCOMP TD line, and currently culminates with the realization of a PosDoc at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (COPPE) with Prof. Guilherme Travassos under the supervision of Prof. Rodrigo Spinola.

The TD research line also involves partnerships with guidance in partnership with other HEIs. We have to highlight:

• Supervision of the Doctoral Sandwich by Alexia Pacheco from the University of Costa Rica.

• Co-supervision of four ongoing doctoral theses developed by Sávio Freire, Larissa Barbosa, João Pedro Bittencourt and Felipe Gomes at the Federal University of Bahia.

• Doctoral Co-supervisions concluded with the Federal University of Bahia: Dr. Thiago Mendes, Dr. Mário Farias and Dr. Nicolli Rios.

• Ongoing Master's Co-supervisions developed by Verusca Rocha and Lucineia Souza at the Federal University of Bahia.

We emphasize that the research line in DT is an indicator and evidence of the research strategy carried out by PPGCOMP professors and, indeed, represents its most outstanding example of success with the innovation and generation of globally-accessed academic products for the education of professors and researchers and the society.

The research project “Artificial Intelligence applied to Financial Systems” coordinated by Prof. Paulo Caetano is a PPGCOMP success story based on the following set of evidence:

• The project catalyzes a set of national and international partnerships with research activities;

• The national partnerships involve institutions of great importance on the national scene such as the National Treasury Secretariat, the Federal Revenue, the Federal University of Santa Catarina, and the Federal University of Alagoas.

• The international partnerships involve the Universidad de Rosário (Argentina), Rutgers University (New Jersey - USA), and Northeast University (Boston - USA).

• A set of bibliographic, technical, and event-making significant productions.

Below is the detailing of the impact and innovative character of the project “Artificial Intelligence applied to Financial Systems” in the line of research in financial systems of software engineering.

--- IMPACT AND INNOVATIVE CHARACTER OF INTELLECTUAL PRODUCTION IN THE AREA OF INTELLIGENT FINANCIAL SYSTEMS

The intellectual production linked to the research line “Artificial Intelligence applied to Financial Systems” coordinated by Prof. Paulo Caetano is evidence and an indicator of the innovative, multidisciplinary and state-of-the-art nature of PPGCOMP's research and master's dissertation developments with a specific focus on the financial area.

This line of action is carried out through the research project "Artificial Intelligence applied to Financial Systems" and catalyzes a set of national and international partnerships with research activities where PPGCOMP master's students actively participate in developing research, products, and solutions for society.

This action reflects PPGCOMP's strategic planning, which defines a set of application and knowledge areas where professors should preferably focus their research and dissertation development actions, emphasizing innovation and state of the art. In this case, the financial area with blockchain computational support and machine learning techniques is the specific focus.

This line of research involves national partnerships with the public and private sector as follows:

• Internal Revenue Service with the participation of Dr. Clóvis Belbute, Internal Revenue Auditor, former head of SPED (Public Digital Bookkeeping System) and current judge at the SRF's Brasília Judgment Office;

• National Treasury Secretariat with the participation of Professor Paulo Caetano as XBRL consultant in the SICONFI project (Accounting and Fiscal Information System for the Brazilian Public Sector);

• Federal University of Santa Catarina, through Profs, Dr. Fabrícia Rosa and Rogério Lunkes;

• Federal University of Alagoas, through Professor Dr. André Magno Costa de Araújo.

The international partnerships linked to the research and development project and area are as follows:

• Universidad de Rosário (Argentina) with the participation of Profs. Dr. Daniel Diaz and Dr. Patricia Sepliarsky;

• Rutgers University (New Jersey - USA) with the participation of Profs. Dr. Miklos Vasarhelyi;

• Northeast University (Boston – USA) with the participation of Prof. Dr. Maurício Codesso

Concerning PPGCOMP masters and graduates involved in this line of research, we have:

• List of Master's students involved Lara Dourado, Carlos Cesar Silva Pereira, Henderson Bragança;

• List of graduates involved José Geraldo Luciano, Alisson Santana, Márcio Alexandre Pereira da Silva, Nacles Bernadino.

Some of the innovative products and results developed in this action in the financial area in the quadrennium (2017 – 2020) are the following:

• Development of a data dictionary for SPED for the Internal Revenue Service;

• Ontology Specification for Outpatient and Inpatient Regulation of the Unified Health System for Camaçari City Hall (BA);

• Evaluation on the exchange of financial data on the internet represented by JSON, YAML, and XML technologies;

• A systematic review of the literature on the impact of data protection laws on lending;

• International Seminar: 46th World Continuous Auditing & Reporting Symposium (http://raw.rutgers.edu/46wcars.html) – Rutgers Business School (USA), Bahia Regional Accounting Council (CRC-BA), Universidade Salvador (Unifacs) and Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBa);

• International Seminar: Developments in Blockchain and Intelligent Contracts - Its impact on administration, business and the birth of crypto-economy, Faculty of Economics and Statistics – Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) and Council Profesional en Ciencias Económicas de la Provincia from Santa Fe (Argentina);

• Digital Currencies Seminar - CBDC – Central Bank Digital Currency, Universidad de Cordoba (Argentina);

• Development of the AuditModelTool tool for auditing financial and management systems.

This line of research also involves partnerships with masters and doctoral supervision in other HEIs in Brazil. We have to highlight:

• Co-supervision of the doctoral thesis FRAMEWORK FOR HETEROGENEOUS DATA INTEGRATION USING ONTOLOGIES developed by Nacles Bernardino Pirajá Gomes at the Federal University of Bahia;

• Co-supervision of the master's dissertation DIFFERENTIAL PRIVACY IN CRYPTOCURRENCY FROM CENTRAL BANKS SUPPORTED IN BLOCKCHAIN ​​developed by Lara Mota at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança and University of Coimbra.

We emphasize that this action developed by Prof. Paulo Caetano and promoting the integration of PPGCOMP with several national and international institutions interacts strongly with public organizations in Brazilian society, providing solutions that institutions can use. In addition, it provides Master's students with the opportunity to interact in the academic and professional spheres, thus allowing their development and possibilities for more advanced studies.

The dissertation “A PUBLISH/SUBSCRIBE QOS-AWARE FRAMEWORK FOR MASSIVE IOT TRAFFIC ORCHESTRATION” by alumnus PEDRO FRANCESCO DIAS MORAES supervised by Prof. Joberto Martins is a PPGCOMP success story based on the following set of evidence:

• The dissertation had an award-winning article in 2018 (BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD).

• The dissertation resulted in the publication of three articles on important events and with citations.

• The dissertation developed the initial prototype of the PSIoT framework (Publish/Subscribe Framework for Internet of Things) (technical product) that supports since its initial development new works in the area of ​​IoT and Pub/Sub at PPGCOMP.

• Graduate Pedro Francesco became an entrepreneur and created a startup company (Udok) due to his master's development experience.

• The dissertation was published in English with an international review board.

Below is the detailing of the impact, the innovative character of the dissertation, and current developments in the work.

The dissertation resulted in the publication of three articles, two directly resulting from the work of the dissertation at the 6th International Workshop on ADVANCEs in ICT Infrastructures and Services (ADVANCE 2018) and at the 3rd International Conference on Future Networks and Distributed Systems (ICFNDS 2019). A third using Reinforcement Learning in the PSIoT framework was published at the 3rd ACM International Conference on Machine Learning for Networking (MLN'2020).

The dissertation created the initial prototype of the PSIoT framework. PSIoT is a framework based on the Publish/Subscribe (Pub/Sub) paradigm that supports a massive flow of data, especially in the context of the Internet of Things and smart cities. PSIoT was the basis for the development of Pedro Francesco's dissertation, and it was also the basis for the development of two other master's dissertations by CARLOS EDUARDO ARRUDA DE SOUZA graduates in the area of ​​using machine learning to optimize massive flows of IoT data and GABRIELE DA CRUZ RIBEIRO in the area of ​​medical data distribution in the smart city.

The dissertation impacted the formation of 3 graduates. Currently has a student developing dissertation work and should impact some more in the future because exploring the Pub/Sub strategy for IoT in smart cities with machine learning is one of the ongoing research actions by Prof. Joberto Martins.

The dissertation was published in English, aiming at greater international visibility, and had an international evaluation board with the participation of Prof. Nazim Agoulmine within the existing partnership between PPGCOMP and Université Paris-Saclay Evry.

Graduate Pedro Francesco created the startup Udok (udok.com.br). Udok is a complete Telemedicine platform that promises ease and agility for healthcare professionals, physicians, and patients. The platform is under development under the guidance and coordination of Pedro Francesco. Pedro's testimony regarding PPGCOMP is as follows: “The master's degree at Unifacs served to improve important characteristics for the development of an entrepreneur in the technology field. The experience and guidance of the professors provided gains far beyond the academic environment.”

The publication “An Infrastructure to Support the Visual Analysis of Data from the Brazilian Public Health System” (2017), authored by Prof. Glauco Carneiro with external participants Ethan Munson (University of Wisconsin), Carlos Helano, and Ed Santana, is a PPGCOMP success story due to the following set of facts and evidence:

• The publication is the first product of the data science research line.

• The line of research in data science focuses in 2020 on health and prison systems, generating an impact on innovation and the social area.

• The publication strengthens the partnership between PPGCOMP and the University of Wisconsin.

Below is the detailing of the impact and innovative character of intellectual production with data science applied to the health area, where the successful case publication initiated research activities.

--- IMPACT AND INNOVATIVE CHARACTER OF INTELLECTUAL PRODUCTION WITH DATA SCIENCE APPLIED TO THE HEALTH AREA

The research line "Applied Data Science for the Health Area" of the software engineering concentration area is coordinated by Prof. Glauco Carneiro and materialized through the research projects “The Data Science Approach to Analyze Global Health Data” and “Analysis of the Cost Profile of the SUS in the Northeast Region of Brazil supported by an Interactive Environment based on Multiple Views.”

The products associated with this line of research are innovative and have a relevant social impact on society. This is because data science supports healthcare solutions and benefits citizens in different ways.

The application of data science for health (Data Science – DS) is aligned with the actions of PPGCOMP's strategic planning and is part of the PPGCOMP's set of focus themes with an emphasis on innovation and state of the art.

The research project “The Data Science Approach to Analyze Global Health Data” aims to analyze data from different sources related to global health, including using available cohorts for scientific purposes using data science and information visualization resources. The focus of innovation is specifically in the database, data science, and global health discoveries.

Also, in the line of research in data science (DS) for health, the research project "Analysis of the Cost Profile of the SUS in the Northeast Region of Brazil supported by an Interactive Environment based on Multiple Views" aims to analyze the profile cost of SUS in the States of the Northeast region. The aim is to identify cost patterns and care profiles in the States analyzed through public data made available by the Ministry of Health's DATASUS. State and Municipal. The analysis provides relevant information related to the pattern of cost of care whose transfer and authorization depend on the Health Departments of the different spheres of the executive power.

Effective results of this research action for society include:

-- Construction of an interactive portal based on multiple views to make available data collected from DATASUS on hospital care, in Emergency Care Units (UPAs) and Basic Health Units (UBS) in the Northeast Region from the following perspectives: care and deaths by International Disease Code (ICD) by the city following time series, amounts paid for care in each city following time series.

The DS research line involves international and national partnerships with the public and private sector as follows:

-- Analysis of data from hospital care networks with the participation of Prof. Jake Luo (Associate Professor, Health Care Informatics Graduate Program Director, College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee/USA).

Master's students Rafael Antonio Lima Cardoso and Marcelo Moreira West are involved in the quadrennium in this line of research.

The research project “New Methodologies for Teaching Computational Content,” coordinated by Prof. Artur Kronbauer, is a PPGCOMP success story based on the following set of evidence:

-- The project impacts the innovation and improvement of undergraduate education.

-- The project has innovation as a milestone for using human-computer interaction techniques with a greater focus on education.

-- Tools (UXSense) and techniques (Chatbot) were developed and applied in undergraduate courses to improve teaching.

-- It is a multidisciplinary research project with relevant social impact.

A detailed description of the evidence presented follows.

The products linked to the multidisciplinary research project “NEW METHODOLOGIES FOR THE TEACHING OF COMPUTATIONAL CONTENT” are evidence of the contribution of PPGCOMP to the development of innovative teaching proposals.

The project “NEW METHODOLOGIES FOR THE TEACHING OF COMPUTATIONAL CONTENT” objective is to research new pedagogical practices that can engage, motivate and, consequently, improve the learning of technical content covered in courses in the field of computing. In addition, the project is concerned with creating tools that can measure the impact of applying new pedagogical practices on the target audience.

Prof. Artur Kronbauer coordinates research and product development activities associated with innovative teaching techniques, and the impact of associated production is relevant due to the following results obtained in the quadrennium:

In 2017, the article “A Playful Model for Teaching Computer Programming Concepts” was published in the Brazilian Journal of Informatics in Education (RBIE), one of the consequences of the master's thesis defended by student Almir David Valente Santiago. The article addresses the demotivation that introductory computer programming courses cause in university students beginning computing and engineering courses. In this context, several playful teaching methodologies have been presented in order to mitigate the problem. However, the possibility of exploring playful teaching proposals for computational concepts that have not yet been well explored in the scientific literature was identified. Thus, the article describes the process of building and validating a playful model for teaching the concept of recursive algorithms. The model aims to provide an alternative algorithmic visualization mechanism through the use of playful metaphors. The model was validated through an experimental study with 38 university students beginning computer and engineering courses at Universidade Salvador. In the study, quantitative and qualitative assessments were used to obtain the indicator data for the proposal. The quantitative results indicate that the use of visual play methodology provided students with a better understanding of the concept of recursion. The qualitative results indicate that there was a satisfactory level of acceptance of the proposal. In this sense, based on the results, it is found that playful metaphors have the methodological potential for teaching computer programming concepts in universities. Thus, it is suggested to integrate the playful visual methodology based on metaphors with the traditional teaching methodology based on textual code.

After completing his master's degree at PPGCMP, Almir David Valente Santiago became a professor of Computer Science, Information Systems, and Computer Engineering courses at Universidade Salvador, where he has the opportunity to apply the concepts investigated during his research in master's degree.

In 2019, the article “A platform for efficient communication between students and educational institutions” was published in the annals of the Brazilian Congress on Informatics in Education, which reports the research results by PPGCOMP student Daniela Barreto Araújo. The article deals with one of the problems in education, which is the pedagogical monitoring adopted by teachers and the analysis of the students' experience in the classroom. The ideal would be a follow-up before, during, and after each class, making it possible to obtain contextualized information about the students' expectations and the didactics used by the teacher. In this sense, the article presents as a contribution a platform called ASENSE that makes it possible to carry out, in real-time, the collection of data related to the student's experience with the methodology adopted by the teacher. The platform is based on submitting questions to students on their smartphones and storing the answers in a database. In this way, those responsible for academic quality control or the teacher himself can monitor the students' perception regarding the methodological actions during each class and contribute to possible adjustments when necessary.

Daniela Barreto Araújo, who was already a professor at Universidade Salvador at the time of her master's degree, is currently the Coordinator of the Computer Science and Information Systems Courses, where she has the opportunity to use the ASENCE tool to improve academic management.

In 2019, the article "A Platform for UX Assessment Based on Self-Reporting Techniques" was published by student João Batista da Silva Júnior, which describes a platform called UXSence, which serves to assist in the design, preparation, and analysis of assessment results of User eXperience (UX) based on self-report techniques. The proposed platform aims to contribute to efforts to automate developing UX assessments at all stages. The platform includes a configuration system to define the general evaluation strategies, a system to recommend the technique to be used, an automatic generation of mobile applications to support the evaluation, and a persistence and processing mechanism for the collected data. In order to test the platform, a pilot experiment was carried out with university students. The context of the experiment was the evaluation of the UX concerning the active teaching-learning methodologies used in three classes of the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) course at Universidade Salvador. With the result, it was possible to verify that UXSENSE can become a reference tool for UX assessment in different contexts. In the article "Assessing the experience of users with active methodologies in Human-Computer Interaction classes," published in 2019, in the annals of the Brazilian Congress on Informatics in Education, it is possible to find the results obtained concerning the active methodologies used in HCI classes.

Currently, João Batista da Silva Júnior is a Senior Consultant Analyst in the research, technology, and innovation sector at Solutis Tecnologias, where he uses the UXSENSE platform as a tool for UX evaluations in the products developed by the company.

Another relevant work in the field of Informatics in Education was carried out by Ciro Ferreira de Carvalho Júnior, who defended his master's thesis at PPGCOMP in 2019, entitled "Chatbot Assessment as an active teaching methodology." The purpose of the research was to make the students of a particular discipline feed a chatbot as the content addressed in the classroom. Thus, the research objective was to investigate if the use of a chatbot was viable as a new active teaching methodology. The scientific investigation was carried out at the Federal Institute of Tocantins (IFTO) – Campus Palmas, in the course of Computer Science for the Internet, in Introduction to Connectivity. The evaluation of the proposal, as an active methodology, was carried out using a UX technique in order to verify the hedonic emotions aroused, engagement, and motivation to carry out the proposed activities. The results were promising, and it was found that the use of chatbot as an active methodology in the classroom can be efficient.

Ciro Ferreira de Carvalho Júnior is currently a professor at the Federal Institute of Piauí (IFPI) with exclusive dedication and continues to apply the methodology researched in his master's degree to enhance the engagement and motivation of his students.

Finally, the publication of the article “A methodological design to engage and motivate students in remote classes in the Covid-19 pandemic”, in the journal Interfaces Científicas – Educação, by prof. Artur Kronbauer, in 2020. The article presents a methodological design to be applied in remote classes based on good pedagogical practices from Distance Education, Collaborative Learning, and Active Methodologies. The proposal is applied in four classes of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), from two courses in ​​information technology at a university in northeastern Brazil. To assess the students' experience with the pedagogical practices applied during the classes, a technique from the User Experience area (User eXperience – UX) was used. The legacy of the study can contribute so that teachers from different areas can improve students' experience in remote classes during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.