Andrey Usov

Andrey Usov

Master student (1st year)

E-mail: usovandrey2013@gmail.com

Research interests

Human Computer Interaction, Assistive Technologies, Mobile Applications, Adaptive User Interfaces for Special Needs

Education and research experience

2012 – 2016:

BSc at the Software Engineering Department, Faculty of electronics and computer science at Volgograd State Technical University, Russia (BSc thesis “Development of the assistive mobile application with adaptive user interface for people with IDD”);

2016 – present:

MSc at the Software Engineering Department, Faculty of electronics and computer science at Volgograd State Technical University, Russia.

Strength

Human Computer Interaction, Algorithms and Data Structures, Object-oriented Programming

Conferences, science schools

Mobile HCI 2016 (Florence, Italy)
11th International days (Thomas More Kempen, Geel, Belgium)

Teaching

Teaching assistant in the courses:

2016-2017, Logic and theory of algorithms;
2017, Programming Language C++.

Grants and scholarships

February – May 2016, internship at Thomas More Kempen, Geel, Belgium in framework of Erasmus+ Program “Mobility for Individuals”;
2017 – 2018, Grant FASIE, program «Umnik”.

Technical skills

Programming languages: C++, Java, C#, PHP, Javascript, SQL
Databases: MySQL, NoSQL (Hbase, Mongo, Stardog, Neo4j, CouchDB)
Technologies and tools: Unity3D, Android Studio, LaTeX, Git, Mercurial, Protégé.

Languages

Russian – native,
English – advanced.

Papers

2018 (1)

M. Kultsova, A. Usov, A. Potseluico, A. Anikin (July 2018) An Ontological Representation of Interface Patterns in Context of Interface Adaptation for Users with Special Needs. In 2018 9th International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications (IISA). pp. 1-5. doi bibtex

@INPROCEEDINGS{8633682, 
author={M. {Kultsova} and A. {Usov} and A. {Potseluico} and A. {Anikin}}, 
booktitle={2018 9th International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications (IISA)}, 
title={An Ontological Representation of Interface Patterns in Context of Interface Adaptation for Users with Special Needs}, 
year={2018}, 
volume={}, 
number={}, 
pages={1-5}, 
keywords={Ontologies;Cognition;Adaptation models;Mobile applications;Databases;Engines;Software}, 
doi={10.1109/IISA.2018.8633682}, 
ISSN={}, 
month={July},
thanks = "rfbr-18-07-00032"}

2017 (2)

M. Kultsova, D. Matyushechkin, A. Usov, S. Karpova, R. Romanenko (Aug 2017) Generation of pictograph sequences from the Russian text in the assistive mobile application for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In 2017 8th International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems Applications (IISA). pp. 1-4. doi bibtex

@INPROCEEDINGS{8316440, 
author={M. Kultsova and D. Matyushechkin and A. Usov and S. Karpova and R. Romanenko}, 
booktitle={2017 8th International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems Applications (IISA)}, 
title={Generation of pictograph sequences from the Russian text in the assistive mobile application for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities}, 
year={2017}, 
volume={}, 
number={}, 
pages={1-4}, 
abstract={This paper is devoted to a problem of correct translation of text in Russian to the sequence of pictograms for the mobile application “Travel and Communication Assistant” which supports the mobility and communication of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This application provides the possibility to such people to independently perform a known route (for example a route from home to the day care center, from home to the bakery, etc.) under the remote supervision of their caregivers and to communicate with them using text, voice and pictogram messages. A scheme of the process of translating a text in Russian into a sequence of pictograms was proposed and implemented as an extension of web service “Text2Picto” to the Russian language.}, 
keywords={handicapped aids;mobile computing;text analysis;Web services;pictograph sequences;Russian text;assistive mobile application;intellectual disabilities;developmental disabilities;Communication Assistant;mobility;pictogram messages;Text2Picto;Russian language;Databases;Speech;Mobile applications;Electronic mail;Web services;Natural languages;Color}, 
doi={10.1109/IISA.2017.8316440}, 
ISSN={}, 
month={Aug},}

Abstract This paper is devoted to a problem of correct translation of text in Russian to the sequence of pictograms for the mobile application “Travel and Communication Assistant” which supports the mobility and communication of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This application provides the possibility to such people to independently perform a known route (for example a route from home to the day care center, from home to the bakery, etc.) under the remote supervision of their caregivers and to communicate with them using text, voice and pictogram messages. A scheme of the process of translating a text in Russian into a sequence of pictograms was proposed and implemented as an extension of web service “Text2Picto” to the Russian language.

M. Kultsova, D. Matyushechkin, A. Usov, S. Karpova, A. Petrenko (Aug 2017) Assistive technology for complex support of children rehabilitation with autism spectrum disorder. In 2017 8th International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems Applications (IISA). pp. 1-5. doi bibtex

@INPROCEEDINGS{8316444, 
author={M. Kultsova and D. Matyushechkin and A. Usov and S. Karpova and A. Petrenko}, 
booktitle={2017 8th International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems Applications (IISA)}, 
title={Assistive technology for complex support of children rehabilitation with autism spectrum disorder}, 
year={2017}, 
volume={}, 
number={}, 
pages={1-5}, 
abstract={This paper is devoted to a problem of complex computer support of children rehabilitation with autism spectrum disorder. This goal is achieved due to the development of computer assistive technology which includes web system for online diagnostics, a mobile application for support of communications using PECS and interactive visual timetable. The proposed assistive technology was design and implemented in accordance with the requirements of specialists from Regional rehabilitation center for children with disabilities “Nadezhda” in Volzhsky city (Russia). At present, the developed web services and mobile applications are tested and evaluated in the rehabilitation center.}, 
keywords={handicapped aids;Internet;medical disorders;mobile computing;patient rehabilitation;Web services;autism spectrum disorder;computer assistive technology;web system;online diagnostics;mobile application;interactive visual timetable;Regional rehabilitation center;complex support;children rehabilitation;complex computer support;Nadezhda;Volzhsky city;web services;mobile applications;Autism;Electronic mail;Visualization;Assistive technology;Mobile applications;Monitoring;Servers}, 
doi={10.1109/IISA.2017.8316444}, 
ISSN={}, 
month={Aug},}

Abstract This paper is devoted to a problem of complex computer support of children rehabilitation with autism spectrum disorder. This goal is achieved due to the development of computer assistive technology which includes web system for online diagnostics, a mobile application for support of communications using PECS and interactive visual timetable. The proposed assistive technology was design and implemented in accordance with the requirements of specialists from Regional rehabilitation center for children with disabilities “Nadezhda” in Volzhsky city (Russia). At present, the developed web services and mobile applications are tested and evaluated in the rehabilitation center.

2016 (1)

Marina Kultsova, Roman Romanenko, Irina Zhukova, Andrey Usov, Nikita Penskoy, Tatiana Potapova (2016) Assistive Mobile Application for Support of Mobility and Communication of People with IDD. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Adjunct. pp. 1073–1076. ACM. New York, NY, USA. doi web bibtex

@inproceedings{Kultsova:2016:AMA:2957265.2965003,
 author = {Kultsova, Marina and Romanenko, Roman and Zhukova, Irina and Usov, Andrey and Penskoy, Nikita and Potapova, Tatiana},
 title = {Assistive Mobile Application for Support of Mobility and Communication of People with IDD},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Adjunct},
 series = {MobileHCI '16},
 year = {2016},
 isbn = {978-1-4503-4413-5},
 location = {Florence, Italy},
 pages = {1073--1076},
 numpages = {4},
 url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2957265.2965003},
 doi = {10.1145/2957265.2965003},
 acmid = {2965003},
 publisher = {ACM},
 address = {New York, NY, USA},
 keywords = {adaptive user interface, assistive technologies, intellectual and developmental disabilities, mobile applications, special needs assessment},
}

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