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IOHIVE: Design Requirements for a System that Supports Interactive Journaling for Beekeepers During Apiary Inspections

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In this paper, we present an ongoing project that focuses on designing interactive systems and their respective interfaces for monitoring and journaling of apiculture information acquired in the actual field during apiary inspections by the beekeepers. Initially, the paper provides a brief overview of the concepts and technologies found in the domain. Next, it examines the scenarios to be used for the design of interactions related to the actual beehive inspections and desktop use in the office. The paper mainly focuses on the design requirements based on user research. It provides a review of interaction techniques that can be implemented for journaling in the workplace of the apiary, briefly outlines the infrastructure and gives a system overview at its current state of development. Finally, the paper discusses future work including, guidelines towards the development of the various system components for journaling and a preliminary evaluation plan for the case studies that will follow.

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This research has been co-financed by the European Union and Greek national funds through the Operational Program ‘Research Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation in South Aegean ΟΠΣ 3437’, under the call South Aegean Operational Plan 2014–2020 (project code: ΝΑΙΓ1-0043435). Parts of this work was done in collaboration with our project partners: the Institute of Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems and Forest Products Technology (Dr. Sofia Gounari) and Kudzu P.C [62].

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Chamaidi, T. et al. (2022). IOHIVE: Design Requirements for a System that Supports Interactive Journaling for Beekeepers During Apiary Inspections. In: Soares, M.M., Rosenzweig, E., Marcus, A. (eds) Design, User Experience, and Usability: UX Research, Design, and Assessment. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13321. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05897-4_12

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