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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=IT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Dear competitors,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>here are some details on the criteria the evaluation committee used to give the scores that you can read at <a href="http://evaal.aaloa.org/home/winners-in-evaal-competition">http://evaal.aaloa.org/home/winners-in-evaal-competition</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>About user acceptance: the general topics on which the evaluation committee members were called to judge are defined in <a href="http://evaal.aaloa.org/current-competition/instruction">http://evaal.aaloa.org/current-competition/instruction</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>After the interview with the competitor, members met to have a brief discussion on the interview and to clarify each other's views. Then all were called to give their vote, without giving any justification.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>About integrability: the criteria used to give this score are listed in the technical annex <a href="http://evaal.aaloa.org/current-competition/techannex">http://evaal.aaloa.org/current-competition/techannex</a> and were:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> 2 points for availability of libraries for integration;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> 2 points for use of open solutions for libraries: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> 2 points for use of standards: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> 2 points for availability of tools for testing/monitoring the system;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> 1 point for availability of sample applications;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> 1 point for availability of documentation (beyond the submitted paper)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>In contrast with the vote on user acceptance, after the interview the evaluation committee discussed and reached an agreement on each point; the idea was that the results hold not be of personal opinion of evaluators, but reflect as much as possible an objective situation. We have not publish yet the detailed scores yet, we plan to do this in the next days.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>If any of you has questions, it would be nice to discuss them on this list. If you would like a private conversation, please feel free to contact me directly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'> Stefano<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>--------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Stefano Chessa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Dipartimento di Informatica - Universita' di Pisa <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, 56127 Pisa, Italy <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Phone: ++39 050 2213122<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Phone (ISTI) : ++39 050 3152887<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Fax: ++39 050 2212726<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.di.unipi.it/~ste"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.di.unipi.it/~ste</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>