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CHI
2003
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Designing an integrated review sheet for an electronic textbook
In this paper, we present findings and design decisions arisen while designing a review sheet within the confines of a pre-existing digital textbook, AdaptiveBook. Through user st...
Neema Moraveji, Abigail Travis, Maura Bidinost, Ma...
CHI
2002
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Evaluating the effectiveness of spatial memory in 2D and 3D physical and virtual environments
User interfaces can improve task performance by exploiting the powerful human capabilities for spatial cognition. This opportunity has been demonstrated by many prior experiments....
Andy Cockburn, Bruce J. McKenzie
OSDI
2008
ACM
16 years 6 months ago
Disk Drive Workload Captured in Logs Collected During the Field Return Incoming Test
Hard disk drives returned back to Seagate undergo the Field Return Incoming Test. During the test, the available logs in disk drives are collected, if possible. These logs contain...
Alma Riska, Erik Riedel
SIGMOD
2009
ACM
167views Database» more  SIGMOD 2009»
16 years 6 months ago
HDSampler: revealing data behind web form interfaces
A large number of online databases are hidden behind the web. Users to these systems can form queries through web forms to retrieve a small sample of the database. Sampling such h...
Anirban Maiti, Arjun Dasgupta, Nan Zhang, Gautam D...
SIGMOD
2007
ACM
156views Database» more  SIGMOD 2007»
16 years 6 months ago
JouleSort: a balanced energy-efficiency benchmark
The energy efficiency of computer systems is an important concern in a variety of contexts. In data centers, reducing energy use improves operating cost, scalability, reliability,...
Suzanne Rivoire, Mehul A. Shah, Parthasarathy Rang...