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CSCW
2008
ACM
15 years 8 months ago
Family accounts: a new paradigm for user accounts within the home environment
In this paper we present Family Accounts, a new user account model for shared home computers. We conducted a study with sixteen families, eight who used individual profiles at hom...
Serge Egelman, A. J. Bernheim Brush, Kori M. Inkpe...
EWRL
2008
15 years 8 months ago
New Error Bounds for Approximations from Projected Linear Equations
We consider linear fixed point equations and their approximations by projection on a low dimensional subspace. We derive new bounds on the approximation error of the solution, whi...
Huizhen Yu, Dimitri P. Bertsekas
GI
2008
Springer
15 years 7 months ago
ECHOES - A Crazy Multiplayer Pervasive Game
: Computer games play an increasing role in our modern information society. Besides pure entertainment, games can provide valuable input for social interaction, learning, etc. Rece...
Karen Detken, Carlos Martinez, Darren Carlson, Var...
ICFP
2010
ACM
15 years 7 months ago
Experience report: growing programming languages for beginning students
A student learning how to program learns best when the programming language and programming environment cater to her specific needs. These needs are different from the requirement...
Marcus Crestani, Michael Sperber
SIGOPS
2008
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15 years 6 months ago
Using model checkers in an introductory course on operating systems
During the last three years, we have been experimenting with the use of the Uppaal model checker in an introductory course on operating systems for first-year Computer Science stu...
Roelof Hamberg, Frits W. Vaandrager