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ALT
2006
Springer
16 years 3 months ago
e-Science and the Semantic Web: A Symbiotic Relationship
e-Science is scientific investigation performed through distributed global collaborations between scientists and their resources, and the computing infrastructure that enables this...
Carole A. Goble, Óscar Corcho, Pinar Alper,...
CHI
2010
ACM
16 years 1 months ago
Constructing identities through storytelling in diabetes management
The continuing epidemics of diabetes and obesity create much need for information technologies that can help individuals engage in proactive health management. Yet many of these t...
Lena Mamykina, Andrew D. Miller, Elizabeth D. Myna...
CHI
2010
ACM
16 years 1 months ago
Deliberate interactions: characterizing technology use in Nairobi, Kenya
We present results from a qualitative study examining how professionals living and working in Nairobi, Kenya regularly use ICT in their everyday lives. There are two contributions...
Susan Wyche, Thomas N. Smyth, Marshini Chetty, Pau...
BIBE
2009
IEEE
161views Bioinformatics» more  BIBE 2009»
16 years 1 months ago
Soft Tissue Deformation and Optimized Data Structures for Mass Spring Methods
One of the essential components of a virtual reality surgical simulation is deformation. Deformations in computer graphics and surgical simulations are commonly modeled with three...
Tansel Halic, Sinan Kockara, Coskun Bayrak, Richar...
CHI
2009
ACM
16 years 1 months ago
Understanding why we preserve some things and discard others in the context of interaction design
This paper takes up the problem of understanding why we preserve some things passionately and discard others without thought. We briefly report on the theoretical literature relat...
William Odom, James Pierce, Erik Stolterman, Eli B...