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ICYCS
2008
IEEE
16 years 13 days ago
Computer Ability Assisted Assessment System for Large-Scale Heterogeneous Distributed Environments
In 21 century, an era of information and internet, it is essential for universities to develop their education in order to be focused. Testing online has unparalleled advantages i...
Qing Wu, Wen Ding, Weihua Hu, Bishui Zhou, Tianzho...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
143views Education» more  SIGCSE 2009»
16 years 25 days ago
Thinking about computational thinking
Jeannette Wing’s call for teaching Computational Thinking (CT) as a formative skill on par with reading, writing, and arithmetic places computer science in the category of basic...
James J. Lu, George H. L. Fletcher
BSN
2009
IEEE
145views Sensor Networks» more  BSN 2009»
16 years 25 days ago
Accurate, Fast Fall Detection Using Gyroscopes and Accelerometer-Derived Posture Information
—Falls are dangerous for the aged population as they can adversely affect health. Therefore, many fall detection systems have been developed. However, prevalent methods only use ...
Qiang Li, John A. Stankovic, Mark A. Hanson, Adam ...
ACMSE
2007
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
Hierarchical land cover information retrieval in object-oriented remote sensing image databases with native queries
Classification and change detection of land cover types in the remotely sensed images is one of the major applications in remote sensing. This paper presents a hierarchical framew...
Jiang Li
CHI
2010
ACM
16 years 27 days ago
Children's roles using keyword search interfaces at home
Children want to find information about their world, but there are barriers to finding what they seek. Young people have varying abilities to formulate complex queries and compreh...
Allison Druin, Elizabeth Foss, Hilary Hutchinson, ...