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PLDI
2009
ACM
16 years 1 months ago
Parallelizing sequential applications on commodity hardware using a low-cost software transactional memory
Multicore designs have emerged as the mainstream design paradigm for the microprocessor industry. Unfortunately, providing multiple cores does not directly translate into performa...
Mojtaba Mehrara, Jeff Hao, Po-Chun Hsu, Scott A. M...
CHI
2005
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Testing the media equation with children
Designers of children's technology are often more interested in user motivation than those who design systems for adults. Since children's technology often has aims such...
Sonia Chiasson, Carl Gutwin
HCI
2007
15 years 8 months ago
Web 2.0 Technology: Future Interfaces for Technology Enhanced Learning?
Web 2.0 is an emerging catch phrase and the applications associated with it shocked the traditional eLearning world. However, is this really all new and can it be considered suitab...
Martin Ebner, Andreas Holzinger, Hermann A. Maurer
PLDI
2009
ACM
16 years 1 months ago
Dynamic software updates: a VM-centric approach
Software evolves to fix bugs and add features. Stopping and restarting programs to apply changes is inconvenient and often costly. Dynamic software updating (DSU) addresses this ...
Suriya Subramanian, Michael W. Hicks, Kathryn S. M...
CHI
2008
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Invoking emotional support in a health crisis
This dissertation research explores the invocation of emotional support from friends and family for parents who have a baby in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, through the use of t...
Wendy Moncur