This paper addresses the important tradeoff between privacy and learnability, when designing algorithms for learning from private databases. We focus on privacy-preserving logisti...
In medical diagnosis doctors must often determine what medical tests (e.g., X-ray, blood tests) should be ordered for a patient to minimize the total cost of medical tests and mis...
Shengli Sheng, Charles X. Ling, Ailing Ni, Shichao...
: Research has found that animated characters are capable of capturing users’ attention, engaging them in active tasks, and entertaining them. Such capabilities are pedagogical t...
This study shows that affect-adaptive computer tutoring can significantly improve performance on learning efficiency and user satisfaction. We compare two different student uncer...
— Environments with varying reward contingencies constitute a challenge to many living creatures. In such conditions, animals capable of adaptation and learning derive an advanta...