Jacqueline Alma

Jacqueline Alma lives and works in Vancouver (BC), Canada. She was a professor at the HEC Montréal École de Gestion, British Columbia Institute of Technology, and Vancouver Film School. She received her B.A., master’s and doctorate degree in Computing & IT from the Simon Fraser University and University of British Columbia. The main areas of the interest are computer science, database, interactive design, video games, computer animation, cinema digital and business technology management.

Publications

Technology-Enhanced Human Interaction in Modern Society
Technology-Enhanced Human Interaction in Modern Society
Francisco Vicente Cipolla-Ficarra, Maria Valeria Ficarra, Miguel Cipolla-Ficarra, Alejandra Quiroga, Jacqueline Alma, Jim Carré. © 2018. 319 pages.
Technology has changed the way people carry out their daily lives and communicate with one another. Society has become dependent on technology and with that comes the need to...
Web Divide and Paper Unite: Towards a Model of the Local Tourist Information for All
Web Divide and Paper Unite: Towards a Model of the Local Tourist Information for All
Francisco V. Cipolla-Ficarra, Miguel Cipolla-Ficarra, Jacqueline Alma, Alejandra Quiroga. © 2015. 8 pages.
The authors present the first results of a study intending to unify the quality criteria of the local touristic information in digital support (Internet) and analog (paper). An...
Static Graphics for Dynamic Information
Static Graphics for Dynamic Information
Francisco V. Cipolla-Ficarra, Jacqueline Alma. © 2014. 15 pages.
The authors present the first results of the heuristic analysis of the static graphics in the digital newspapers for senior users. They examine the main systems of static...
Museum Information and Communicability Evaluation
Museum Information and Communicability Evaluation
Francisco V. Cipolla-Ficarra, Alejandra Quiroga, Jim Carré, Jacqueline Alma, Miguel Cipolla-Ficarra. © 2014. 22 pages.
The authors present the first results of a heuristic analysis of the evolution of the commercial off-line systems related to the main European museums. The analysis is...
Design and Behaviour Computer Animation for Children
Design and Behaviour Computer Animation for Children
Francisco V. Cipolla-Ficarra, Jacqueline Alma, Jim Carré, Miguel Cipolla-Ficarra. © 2014. 12 pages.
A study of the three-dimensional design strategies through color, shape, and the audiovisual script for the child audience is presented in this chapter. The authors show the key...
Towards a Cyber-Destructors Assessment Method
Towards a Cyber-Destructors Assessment Method
Francisco V. Cipolla-Ficarra, Alejandra Quiroga, Jacqueline Alma. © 2014. 10 pages.
This chapter shows the first results of a technique based on the information from Web 2.0 that can speedily and economically detect the networks or people who play, anonymously...
Knowledge and Background of the Multimedia Culture: A Study of the Spatio-Temporal Context in Claymation and Computer Animation for Children and Adults
Knowledge and Background of the Multimedia Culture: A Study of the Spatio-Temporal Context in Claymation and Computer Animation for Children and Adults
Francisco V. Cipolla-Ficarra, Miguel Cipolla-Ficarra, Jacqueline Alma. © 2014. 14 pages.
The chapter compares three digital and analogical animation series from the referential and contextual space-temporal point of view, which are mainly aimed at the infantile...
Human Factors in Computer Science, New Technologies, and Scientific Information
Human Factors in Computer Science, New Technologies, and Scientific Information
Francisco V. Cipolla-Ficarra, Jacqueline Alma, Jim Carré. © 2014. 11 pages.
The research work presents a set of rhetorical questions with regard to the new profile that an expert or an editor of scientific information must have regarding computer science...
Web Divide and Paper Unite: Towards a Model of the Local Tourist Information for All
Web Divide and Paper Unite: Towards a Model of the Local Tourist Information for All
Francisco V. Cipolla-Ficarra, Miguel Cipolla-Ficarra, Jacqueline Alma, Alejandra Quiroga. © 2014. 8 pages.
The authors present the first results of a study intending to unify the quality criteria of the local touristic information in digital support (Internet) and analog (paper). An...