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2011
ACM
13 years 2 months ago
Mark my words!: linguistic style accommodation in social media
The psycholinguistic theory of communication accommodation accounts for the general observation that participants in conversations tend to converge to one another’s communicativ...
Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil, Michael Gamon, S...
CGF
2011
12 years 11 months ago
BSSRDF Estimation from Single Images
We present a novel method to estimate an approximation of the reflectance characteristics of optically thick, homogeneous translucent materials using only a single photograph as ...
Adolfo Muñoz, Jose I. Echevarria, Francisco...
CSEE
2011
Springer
12 years 11 months ago
Pex4Fun: Teaching and learning computer science via social gaming
Pex4Fun (http://www.pexforfun.com/)from Microsoft Research is a web-based serious gaming environment for teaching computer science. Pex4Fun can be used to teach and learn computer...
Nikolai Tillmann, Jonathan de Halleux, Tao Xie
HRI
2011
ACM
12 years 10 months ago
Human-robot proxemics: physical and psychological distancing in human-robot interaction
To seamlessly integrate into the human physical and social environment, robots must display appropriate proxemic behavior—that is, follow societal norms in establishing their ph...
Jonathan Mumm, Bilge Mutlu
AAAI
2011
12 years 7 months ago
Learned Behaviors of Multiple Autonomous Agents in Smart Grid Markets
One proposed approach to managing a large complex Smart Grid is through Broker Agents who buy electrical power from distributed producers, and also sell power to consumers, via a ...
Prashant P. Reddy, Manuela M. Veloso