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SIGUCCS
2003
ACM
15 years 2 months ago
Using a course management system to create a training course for student employees
The User Services unit of Information Technologies at the University of Delaware operates nine public computing facilities and employs about 150 students who work as assistants in...
Cindy Guerrazzi, Kate Webster
SODA
2000
ACM
95views Algorithms» more  SODA 2000»
14 years 11 months ago
Towards a theory of cache-efficient algorithms
We present a model that enables us to analyze the running time of an algorithm on a computer with a memory hierarchy with limited associativity, in terms of various cache parameter...
Sandeep Sen, Siddhartha Chatterjee
CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
Taking the time to care: empowering low health literacy hospital patients with virtual nurse agents
Ninety million Americans have inadequate health literacy, resulting in a reduced ability to read and follow directions in the healthcare environment. We describe an animated, empa...
Timothy W. Bickmore, Laura M. Pfeifer, Brian W. Ja...
SIGCSE
2002
ACM
211views Education» more  SIGCSE 2002»
14 years 9 months ago
To java.net and beyond: teaching networking concepts using the Java networking API
This paper covers the use of Java and its API for developing networking programs in an undergraduate computer networks class. Through the use of TCP and UDP sockets provided in th...
Greg Gagne
CORR
2011
Springer
158views Education» more  CORR 2011»
14 years 4 months ago
SqFreeEVAL: An (almost) optimal real-root isolation algorithm
Let f be a univariate polynomial with real coefficients, f ∈ R[X]. Subdivision algorithms based on algebraic techniques (e.g., Sturm or Descartes methods) are widely used for is...
Michael Burr, Felix Krahmer