Elisa Yumi Nakagawa
Papers
10
Total Citations
133
H-Index
6
About
Elisa Yumi Nakagawa is a prominent software engineering researcher whose work sits at the intersection of software architecture, robotics, and service-oriented systems. Based at a leading Brazilian research institution, she has made significant contributions to two interconnected fields: reference architectures and service-oriented robotic systems. Nakagawa's most influential work focuses on formalizing the design and evaluation of reference architectures — specialized architectural frameworks that promote reuse, standardization, and domain-wide understanding in software development. Her 2014 paper on consolidating this process has garnered 78 citations, establishing her as a key authority in the field and providing practitioners with structured methodologies that have shaped how software architects approach domain-specific design challenges. Alongside this, Nakagawa has dedicated substantial research effort to advancing software engineering practices for robotic systems. Through systematic investigations, taxonomies, tooling — notably the RoboSeT cataloging tool — and dedicated processes such as ArchSORS, she has helped establish a rigorous software engineering foundation for service-oriented robotics, an area of growing societal importance as robots increasingly collaborate with humans across diverse domains. Her sustained output across systematic reviews, tool development, and process design reflects a researcher committed to bridging theory and practice, making her work essential reading for anyone exploring robotics software architecture or reusable architectural frameworks.
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- 2An investigation into the development of service-oriented robotic systems16 citations · 2013
- 3An Investigation into Reference Architectures for Mobile Robotic Systems8 citations · 2012
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- 10A systematic review on service-oriented robotic systems development.2 citations · 2012