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SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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16 years 1 months ago
A history of computing course with a technical focus
Many courses on the history of computing are designed for a general student audience, and as such, include fewer technical details than one might find in a typical CS course. Whi...
Geoffrey M. Draper, Robert R. Kessler, Richard F. ...
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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15 years 6 months ago
Inspiring blind high school students to pursue computer science with instant messaging chatbots
Blind students are an underrepresented group in computer science. In this paper, we describe our experience preparing and leading the computer science track at the National Federa...
Jeffrey P. Bigham, Maxwell B. Aller, Jeremy T. Bru...
WSC
2008
15 years 8 months ago
Supporting simulation in industry through the application of grid computing
An increased need for collaborative research, together with continuing advances in communication technology and computer hardware, has facilitated the development of distributed s...
Navonil Mustafee, Simon J. E. Taylor
COMPSAC
2006
IEEE
16 years 16 days ago
Highly Reliable Mobile Desktop Computing in Your Pocket
We present DeskPod, a portable system that provides a highly reliable desktop computing environment for mobile users by leveraging rapid improvements in capacity, cost, and size o...
Shaya Potter, Jason Nieh
AI
2009
Springer
16 years 1 months ago
Grid-Enabled Adaptive Metamodeling and Active Learning for Computer Based Design
Many complex, real world phenomena are difficult to study directly using controlled experiments. Instead, the use of computer simulations has become commonplace as a feasible alte...
Dirk Gorissen