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Designing social videogames for educational uses: Computers & Education
This paper is ostensibly a survey of “research into educational videogames.” In reality, it is more like a rambling talk, sometimes incoherent and sometimes insightful. It includes history, examples... more
Computer Uses in Education (K.3.1) | Feb 6 12
Learning to identify educational materials: ACM Transactions on Speech and Language Processing
Users often receive search results that are not accurate or consistent with their expectations. In this paper, the authors address the challenge of automating document... more
Text Analysis (I.2.7...) | Feb 6 12
Sparse conjugate directions pursuit with application to fixed-size kernel models: Machine Learning
While the conjugate gradient method is a popular iterative approach to solving large sparse linear systems, it is not biased to find good sparse solutions. This paper presents a variant called sparse... more
Learning (I.2.6) | Feb 6 12
Dynamic processing allocation in video: IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence
The problem of detecting features of interest in large video collections is addressed in this paper. The authors’ model uses a “second-order Markov model with a node for each frame and a state... more
Video Analysis (I.2.10...) | Feb 6 12
Social aspects of music and interactive technologies in facilitating face-to-face interactions in third places: DESIRE 11
This short research paper concisely presents two studies aimed at understanding social factors related to music. More precisely, it explores the way... more
Miscellaneous (H.5.m) | Feb 3 12
Tempo induction from music recordings using ensemble empirical mode decomposition analysis: Computer Music Journal
While many semantic analysis methods for text information exist, the vast majority of current data is of a multimedia nature, which... more
Sound & Music Computing (H.5.5) | Feb 3 12
Necessary and neglected? An empirical study of internal documentation in agile software development teams: SIGDOC 11
Agile programming is not known for favoring internal software documentation. Since internal documentation does not directly contribute to making clients happy, agile programmers exhibit little enthusiasm... more
Methodologies (D.2.1...) | Feb 3 12
Designing and implementing a measurement program for Scrum teams: What do agile developers really need and want?: C3S2E
Agile software development relies on burn-down charts to track progress. Traditional process control, however, demands substantial measurement programs. So what are the needs and wants... more
Software Development (K.6.3...) | Feb 2 12
List decodability at small radii: Designs, Codes and Cryptography
In many cases, it is impossible for a decoding algorithm to specify a unique codeword closest to a received word; list decoding refers to the technique of producing... more
Error Control Codes (E.4...) | Feb 2 12
Depixelizing pixel art: ACM Transactions on Graphics
Pixel art is a particular form of digital art where pixels are used to represent the different features in an image. Almost all arcade game graphics were done using pixel art. At the time they were... more
Fine Arts (J.5...) | Feb 2 12
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Bayesian time series models
Time series data appear in many areas, such as economics, audio analysis, video streaming, and biomedicine. Probabilistic models are popular tools to describe the characteristics of time series because... more
Time Series Analysis (G.3...) | Feb 6 12
The secret war between downloading and uploading: tales of the computer as culture machine
Once in a while, a book comes along that you think might provide enough material to make one truly question the direction that technology is taking. I began reading this book with such an... more
General (K.8.0) | Feb 6 12
Proofs and algorithms: an introduction to logic and computability
Mathematical logic is a challenging subject for many students. While its results are of critical importance to computer scientists, its experts often struggle to convey its main ideas to a lay audience.... more
General (F.1.0) | Feb 6 12
Data architecture: from Zen to reality
The provocative title is misleading: the book has nothing to do with Zen or its relationship to data architecture, with the exception of vague, superficial, and cliched principles that fit any philosophical concept... more
Data Storage Representations (E.2) | Feb 3 12
Privacy online: perspectives on privacy and self-disclosure in the social Web
Although individuals know that online postings are widely accessible, posters act as though this information is private. This is the privacy paradox. Divided into three sections--“Approaches,” “Applications,” and “Audiences”--this book... more
Web-Based Interaction (H.5.3...) | Feb 3 12
Basic electronics for scientists and engineers
Eggleston argues that scientists and engineers often deal with measurement and experimental data in the form of electric signals obtained from some sort of electronic circuitry. In many cases, the circuitry is self-made because the desired electronic... more
Electronics (J.2...) | Feb 2 12
Designing mLearning: tapping into the mobile revolution for organizational performance
Mobile learning (mLearning) is finding application in a wide range of technological innovations, including geolocation; near field communication (NFC), which may help... more
Computer Uses in Education (K.3.1) | Feb 2 12
Multibiometrics for human identification
Multibiometrics-based identification provides greater security and higher accuracy. Since 2006, there have been Annual Biometrics Workshops at the IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. This collection is... more
General (I.5.0) | Feb 1 12
Software development: an open source approach
Nowadays, many human activities rely heavily on data analysis, production, and dissemination. Software, which makes all of this data processing possible, must be robust, dependable, and easy to use. Accordingly, people who develop software should use... more
Software Process (K.6.3...) | Feb 1 12
Socially enhanced services computing: modern models and algorithms for distributed systems
Socially enhanced services computing is a rapidly developing field in Web services. Many open issues, such as Web services standards, practical interoperability of service-based solutions... more
Web-Based Services (H.3.5...) | Jan 31 12
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