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ASSETS
2009
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
Speaking through pictures: images vs. icons
People with aphasia, a condition that impairs the ability to understand or generate written or spoken language, are aided by assistive technology that helps them communicate throu...
Xiaojuan Ma, Jordan L. Boyd-Graber, Sonya S. Nikol...
WWW
2007
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Communication as information-seeking: the case for mobile social software for developing regions
In this paper, we describe several findings from a multi-year, multi-method study of how information and communication technologies have been adopted and adapted in Central Asia. ...
Beth E. Kolko, Emma J. Rose, Erica J. Johnson
SIGCOMM
2006
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
Growth codes: maximizing sensor network data persistence
Sensor networks are especially useful in catastrophic or emergency scenarios such as floods, fires, terrorist attacks or earthquakes where human participation may be too dangero...
Abhinav Kamra, Vishal Misra, Jon Feldman, Dan Rube...