Jennifer Horkoff

About Me

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Software Engineering Lab at the Department of Computer Science in the University of Toronto, working with Dr. John Mylopoulos.

Events

RIGiM'12: 4th International Workshop on Requirements, Intentions and Goals in Conceptual Modeling (RIGiM'12)

In Conjunction with the 31st International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER'12), Florence, Italy

15-18th October, 2012

https://sites.google.com/site/rigim12/

iStar Showcase '11: Exploring the Goals of your Systems and Businesses

June 21st, 2011, 1-5 pm

City University London, Northampton Square, London EC1V0HB, UK

Fifth International i* Workshop ( iStar ' 11 )

Trento, Italy, 29-30 August, 2011

http://www.cin.ufpe.br/~ istar11/

Co-located with the 19th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE' 11 )

RE'11 19th IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering

http://re11.fbk.eu/

Trento, Italy, August 29-September 2, 2011

Research Interests

Requirements Engineering
Early Requirements Engineering
Requirements Modeling
Business Intelligence
Intentional (Goal) Modeling
i* Modeling Framework
Analysis and Evaluation of Intentional Models
Interactive, Iterative Analysis
RE Case Studies and User Studies
Model Scalability
Model Presentation
Model Comprehension
Tool Support for Modeling

Publications

2011

J. Horkoff, E. Yu. Comparison and Evaluation of Goal-Oriented Satisfaction Analysis Techniques. Requirements Engineering Journal (REJ). 1-24. Springer.

J. Horkoff, E. Yu. Detecting Judgment Inconsistencies to Encourage Model Iteration in Interactive i* Analysis. iStar'11, 20-25. CEUR Workshop Proceedings.

Jennifer Horkoff, Eric Yu. Analyzing Goal Models – Different Approaches and How to Choose Among Them. Requirements Engineering Track - Fourth Edition, part of the 26th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC'11).

2010

Jennifer Horkoff, Eric Yu. Visualizations to Support Interactive Goal Model Analysis, Fifth International Workshop on Requirements Engineering Visualization (REV'10). IEEE

Jennifer Horkoff, Eric Yu, Arup Ghose. Interactive Goal Model Analysis Applied - Systematic Procedures versus Ad hoc Analysis, The Practise of Enterprise Modeling, 3rd IFIP WG8.1 (PoEM'10). Springer

Jennifer Horkoff, Eric Yu, Finding Solutions in Goal Models: An Interactive Backward Reasoning Approach, ER'10 Springer

Jennifer Horkoff, Eric Yu, A Framework for Iterative, Interactive Analysis of Agent-Goal Models in Early Requirements Engineering, iStar'10, 52-56

J. Horkoff, E. Yu, Interactive Analysis of Agent-Goal Models in Enterprise Modeling
International Journal of Information System Modeling and Design, IGI-Global.

Daniel Amyot, Sepideh Ghanavati, Jennifer Horkoff, Gunter Mussbacher, Liam Peyton, Eric Yu: Evaluating Goal Models within the Goal-oriented Requirement Language. Special issue on Goal-Driven Requirements Engineering to appear in International Journal of Intelligent Systems (IJIS).

2009

Jennifer Horkoff, Eric S. K. Yu: Evaluating Goal Achievement in Enterprise Modeling - An Interactive Procedure and Experiences. PoEM 2009: 145-160

Jennifer Horkoff, Eric Yu: A Qualitative, Interactive Evaluation Procedure for Goal- and Agent-Oriented Models. The 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Systems (CAiSE’09) Forum. Short Paper.

Daniel Amyot, Jennifer Horkoff, Daniel Gross, Gunter Mussbacher: A Lightweight GRL Profile for i* Modeling. ER Workshops 2009: 254-264

Jordi Cabot, Steve Easterbrook, Jennifer Horkoff, Jos-Norberto Mazn, Lysanne Lessard, Sotirios Liaskos: Integrating Sustainability in Decision-Making Processes: A Modelling Strategy. ICSE 2009 New Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER’09).

Yuan An, Patricia Gerrity, Prudence W. Dalrymple, Jennifer Horkoff, Michelle Rogers iSchool, Eric Yu: Collaborative Social Modeling for Designing a Patient Wellness Tracking System in a Nurse-Managed Health Care Center. 4th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST'09)

2008

Jennifer Horkoff, Golnaz Elahi, Samer Abdulhadi, Eric Yu: Reflective Analysis of the Syntax and Semantics of the i* Framework. RiGIM’08, ER Workshops 2008: 249-260.

M. Strohmaier, J. Horkoff, E. Yu, J. Aranda, & S. Easterbrook. (2008). Can Patterns improve i* Modeling? Two Exploratory Studies. International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundations for Software Quality (REFSQ'08).

J. Horkoff, E.Yu. (2008). Qualitative, Interactive, Backward Analysis of i* Models. 3rd International i* Workshop. Recife, Brazil. pp. 43-46.

Gemma Grau, Jennifer Horkoff, Dominik Schmitz, Samer Abdulhadi, Eric S. K. Yu: Fostering Investigation, Collaboration, and Evaluation: the i* Wiki Experience. iStar 2008: 33-36

2007

J. Aranda, N. Ernst, J. Horkoff, S. Easterbrook. (2007) A Framework for Empirical Evaluation of Model Comprehensibility. Modeling in Software Engineering (MiSE) Workshop with ICSE 2007, Minneapolis, MN, May, 2007.

M. Strohmaier, E. Yu, J. Horkoff, J. Aranda, S. Easterbrook. (2007) Analyzing Knowledge Transfer Effectiveness - An Agent-Oriented Approach. 40th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science (HICSS-40 2007), HI, USA.

2006

J. Horkoff, E. Yu, L. Liu. (2006) Analyzing Trust in Technology Strategies. International Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST 2006), Markham, Ontario, Canada. 12 pages. Accepted June 27, 2006.

2005

S. M. Easterbrook, E. Yu, J. Aranda, Y. Fan, J. Horkoff, M. Leica, and R. A. Qadir. Do Viewpoints Lead to Better Conceptual Mod? An Exploratory Case Study. 13th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE’05), Paris, France, Aug 29 – Sep 2 2005

Presentations

Strategic Models for Business Intelligence, CASCON'11
Detecting Judgment Inconsistencies to Encourage Model Iteration in Interactive i* Analysis, iStar'11, Co-located with RE'11
Analyzing Goal Models – Different Approaches and How to Choose Among Them. Requirements Engineering Track - SAC'11.
Interactive Goal Model Analysis Applied - Systematic Procedures versus Ad hoc Analysis Event: PoEM'10
Finding Solutions in Goal Models: An Interactive Backward Reasoning Approach, ER'10
Visualizations to Support Interactive Goal Model Analysis, REV'10, Co-located with RE'10
A Framework for Iterative, Interactive Analysis of Agent-Goal Models in Early Requirements Engineering, iStar'10
Analyzing Goal Models – Different Approaches and How to Choose Among Them, DCS SE Seminar
Evaluating Goal Achievement in Enterprise Modeling - An Interactive Procedure and Experiences. PoEM 2009
Reflective Analysis of the Syntax and Semantics of the i* Framework, RiGIM’08
Strategic Business Modeling with i*, CASCON Workshop on Requirements-Driven Business Process Modelling and Performance Management Markham, Ontario, Canada October 29, 2008
Qualitative, Interactive, Backward Analysis of i* Models (i* Workshop'08)
Fostering Investigation, Collaboration, and Evaluation: the i* Wiki Experience (i* Workshop'08)
Trust in Technology Strategies
i* Evaluation (2005) - An early version of my Master’s work.
Trusted Computing: An i* Case Study (2004)
Montreux Jazz Festival i* Exercise (2004)

Posters

Jennifer Horkoff, Eric Yu, Interactive, Iterative Analysis of Goal- and Agent-Oriented Models for Early Requirements Engineering: Research Proposal. Consortium for Software Engineering Research (CSER) Fall Meeting'09, Toronto, CA.

Jordi Cabot, Steve Easterbrook, Jennifer Horkoff, Jos-Norberto Mazn, Lysanne Lessard, Sotirios Liaskos: Integrating Sustainability in Decision-Making Processes: A Modelling Strategy. Consortium for Software Engineering Research (CSER) Spring Meeting ‘09 (National), Montreal, CA.

N. Ernst, J. Horkoff, K. Ng, M. Olinescu, J. Mylopoulos, E. Yu, OpenOME - A Tool for Early Requirements Modeling and Analysis, CASCON'08 Technology Showcase, Toronto, CA.

J. Horkoff, E. Yu. (2007) Analysis of Strategic Requirements (i*) Models. Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Orlando, FL. 2007.

J. Horkoff, E. Yu. (2007) Qualitative Evaluation Procedure for the i* Modeling Framework. Consortium for Software Engineering Research (CSER) Spring Meeting ‘07(National), Toronto, CA.

E. Yu, S. Easterbrook, J. Aranda, J. Horkoff. M. Strohmaier, R. Samavi, Strategic Requirements Analysis: The i* Framework. Department of Computer Science Research Demo, University of Toronto, 2007.

Prof. Eric S.K. Yu, Prof. John Mylopoulos, Dr. Yijun Yu, Jennifer Horkoff, Frank Zhihua Hu, Jane Zheng You, Zhifeng Liu; 2004; OpenOME, an ontology-based Strategic Requirements Modeling Tool; CASCON 2004, Markham, Ontario.