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CSCW
2006
ACM
15 years 3 months ago
The uses of paper in commercial airline flight operations
Designers of commercial aviation flight decks have recently begun to consider ways to reduce or eliminate the use of paper documents in flight operations. Using ethnographic metho...
Saeko Nomura, Edwin Hutchins, Barbara E. Holder
SIGCSE
2005
ACM
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15 years 3 months ago
Designing, implementing, and analyzing a placement test for introductory CS courses
An introductory CS1 course presents problems for educators and students due to students’ diverse background in programming knowledge and exposure. Students who enroll in CS1 als...
Leen-Kiat Soh, Ashok Samal, Suzette Person, Gwen N...
CSCW
2004
ACM
15 years 3 months ago
Controlling interruptions: awareness displays and social motivation for coordination
Spontaneous communication is common in the workplace but can be disruptive. Such communication usually benefits the initiator more than the target of an interruption. Previous res...
Laura A. Dabbish, Robert E. Kraut
FOCS
1999
IEEE
15 years 1 months ago
An Algorithmic Theory of Learning: Robust Concepts and Random Projection
We study the phenomenon of cognitive learning from an algorithmic standpoint. How does the brain effectively learn concepts from a small number of examples despite the fact that e...
Rosa I. Arriaga, Santosh Vempala
CSCW
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
Can markets help?: applying market mechanisms to improve synchronous communication
There is a growing interest in applying market mechanisms to tackle everyday communication problems such as communication interruptions and communication overload. Prior analytic ...
Gary Hsieh, Robert Kraut, Scott E. Hudson, Roberto...