Probabilistic modelling of text data in the bagof-words representation has been dominated by directed graphical models such as pLSI, LDA, NMF, and discrete PCA. Recently, state of...
We provide a general framework for learning precise, compact, and fast representations of the Bayesian predictive distribution for a model. This framework is based on minimizing t...
This study explores how the design of visual display configurations relates to linguistic expressions. Twenty-five participants performed a series of object identification and nar...
This paper discusses some of the methodological challenges that can be encountered when usability testing with visually impaired users. These include (1) the need for customized t...
In this paper, I describe progress in research designed to explore the effect of the combination of behavioral and visual fidelity of avatars on users' social presence in syn...