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CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
Why and why not explanations improve the intelligibility of context-aware intelligent systems
Context-aware intelligent systems employ implicit inputs, and make decisions based on complex rules and machine learning models that are rarely clear to users. Such lack of system...
Brian Y. Lim, Anind K. Dey, Daniel Avrahami
CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
The VoiceBot: a voice controlled robot arm
We present a system whereby the human voice may specify continuous control signals to manipulate a simulated 2D robotic arm and a real 3D robotic arm. Our goal is to move towards ...
Brandi House, Jonathan Malkin, Jeff Bilmes
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
94views Education» more  SIGCSE 2009»
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CS1 students speak: advice for students by students
We collected advice on how to succeed at learning to program from 164 CS1 students at 3 institutions during a "saying is believing"intervention designed to encourage a g...
Beth Simon, Brian Hanks, Carol Zander, Laurie Murp...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
151views Education» more  SIGCSE 2009»
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A CS unplugged design pattern
"Computer Science (CS) Unplugged"is an educational method for introducing non-specialists to concepts of CS through hands-on activities that don't require the use o...
Tomohiro Nishida, Susumu Kanemune, Yukio Idosaka, ...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
107views Education» more  SIGCSE 2009»
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Foss 101: engaging introductory students in the open source movement
Can engaging students in free and open source software (FOSS) pique their interest in computer science? This paper describes an introductory computer science course that introduce...
Ralph Morelli, Trishan R. de Lanerolle