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SIGCSE
2003
ACM
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15 years 2 months ago
Measuring the effectiveness of robots in teaching computer science
We report the results of a year-long experiment in the use of robots to teach computer science. Our data set compares results from over 800 students on identical tests from both r...
Barry S. Fagin, Laurence D. Merkle
CORR
2008
Springer
149views Education» more  CORR 2008»
14 years 9 months ago
Gaussian Belief Propagation for Solving Systems of Linear Equations: Theory and Application
The canonical problem of solving a system of linear equations arises in numerous contexts in information theory, communication theory, and related fields. In this contribution, we...
Ori Shental, Danny Bickson, Paul H. Siegel, Jack K...
TSP
2010
14 years 4 months ago
Decentralized sparse signal recovery for compressive sleeping wireless sensor networks
Abstract--This paper develops an optimal decentralized algorithm for sparse signal recovery and demonstrates its application in monitoring localized phenomena using energy-constrai...
Qing Ling, Zhi Tian
JMLR
2010
191views more  JMLR 2010»
14 years 4 months ago
Noise-contrastive estimation: A new estimation principle for unnormalized statistical models
We present a new estimation principle for parameterized statistical models. The idea is to perform nonlinear logistic regression to discriminate between the observed data and some...
Michael Gutmann, Aapo Hyvärinen
VIS
2004
IEEE
131views Visualization» more  VIS 2004»
15 years 10 months ago
Visualization of Intricate Flow Structures for Vortex Breakdown Analysis
Vortex breakdowns and flow recirculation are essential phenomena in aeronautics where they appear as a limiting factor in the design of modern aircrafts. Because of the inherent i...
Charles D. Hansen, Christoph Garth, Eduard Deines,...