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CHI
2008
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Results from deploying a participation incentive mechanism within the enterprise
Success and sustainability of social networking sites is highly dependent on user participation. To encourage contribution to an opt-in social networking site designed for employe...
Rosta Farzan, Joan Morris DiMicco, David R. Millen...
CHI
2008
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Emotion rating from short blog texts
Being able to automatically perceive a variety of emotions from text alone has potentially important applications in CMC and HCI that range from identifying mood from online posts...
Alastair J. Gill, Darren Gergle, Robert M. French,...
CHI
2008
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
On the benefits of confidence visualization in speech recognition
In a typical speech dictation interface, the recognizer's bestguess is displayed as normal, unannotated text. This ignores potentially useful information about the recognizer...
Keith Vertanen, Per Ola Kristensson
CHI
2008
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
The see-Puck: a platform for exploring human-robot relationships
We present the see-Puck, a round display module that extends an open robot platform, the e-Puck. It holds 148 LEDs (light emitting diodes) to enable the presentation of eye-catchi...
Mattias Jacobsson, Johan Bodin, Lars Erik Holmquis...
CHI
2008
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Query suggestions for mobile search: understanding usage patterns
Entering search terms on mobile phones is a time consuming and cumbersome task. In this paper, we explore the usage patterns of query entry interfaces that display suggestions. Ou...
Maryam Kamvar, Shumeet Baluja
CHI
2008
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
WallCology: designing interaction affordances for learner engagement in authentic science inquiry
The broadening array of technologies available to support the design of classroom activity has the potential to reshape science learning in schools. This paper presents a ubiquito...
Brenda López Silva, Brian Uphoff, Darshan B...
CHI
2008
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Keeping in touch by technology: maintaining friendships after a residential move
Many observers have praised new communication technologies for providing convenient and affordable tools for maintaining relationships at a distance. Yet the precise role of media...
Irina Shklovski, Robert E. Kraut, Jonathon N. Cumm...
CHI
2008
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Predictability and accuracy in adaptive user interfaces
While proponents of adaptive user interfaces tout potential performance gains, critics argue that adaptation's unpredictability may disorient users, causing more harm than go...
Krzysztof Z. Gajos, Katherine Everitt, Desney S. T...
CHI
2008
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Human-aided computing: utilizing implicit human processing to classify images
In this paper, we present Human-Aided Computing, an approach that uses an electroencephalograph (EEG) device to measure the presence and outcomes of implicit cognitive processing,...
Pradeep Shenoy, Desney S. Tan
CHI
2008
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
MySong: automatic accompaniment generation for vocal melodies
We introduce MySong, a system that automatically chooses chords to accompany a vocal melody. A user with no musical experience can create a song with instrumental accompaniment ju...
Ian Simon, Dan Morris, Sumit Basu