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SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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15 years 6 months ago
Computing and higher education in Peru
Abstract: In Peru, the computing discipline as an academic field has been neglected during decades deriving in a lowquality higher education system and consequently shaping an acad...
Marco A. Alvarez, José Baiocchi, José...
CORR
2010
Springer
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15 years 6 months ago
The Application of Cloud Computing to the Creation of Image Mosaics and Management of Their Provenance
We have used the Montage image mosaic engine to investigate the cost and performance of processing images on the Amazon EC2 cloud, and to inform the requirements that higher-level...
G. Bruce Berriman, Ewa Deelman, Paul T. Groth, Gid...
CSCL
2010
15 years 1 months ago
Using activity theory to understand intergenerational play: The case of Family Quest
We implemented a five-week family program called Family Quest where parents and children ages 9 to 13 played Quest Atlantis, a multiuser 3D educational computer game, at a local af...
Sinem Siyahhan, Sasha A. Barab, Michael P. Downton
ICIP
2007
IEEE
16 years 8 months ago
Enabling Better Medical Image Classification Through Secure Collaboration
Privacy is of growing concern in today's day and age. Protecting the privacy of health data is of paramount importance. With the rapid advancement in imaging technology, anal...
Jaideep Vaidya, Bhakti Tulpule
GI
2007
Springer
16 years 13 days ago
Supporting Early Literacy with Augmented Books - Experiences with an Exploratory Study
: We here report on a study exploring the use of augmented books for early literacy education. Children aged 6-7 interacted alone and in pairs with an AR-book. The study was iterat...
Eva Hornecker, Andreas Dünser