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SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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14 years 8 months ago
Python CS1 as preparation for C++ CS2
How suitable is a Python-based CS1 course as preparation for a C++-based CS2 course? After fifteen years of using C++ for both CS1 and CS2, the Computer Science Department at Mich...
Richard J. Enbody, William F. Punch, Mark McCullen
HICSS
2003
IEEE
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14 years 19 days ago
A Field Study of Use of Synchronous Chat in Online Courses
A field study of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) as used in higher education asks the questions, "Will students take part in synchronous chat sessions if they are sched...
David H. Spencer, Starr Roxanne Hiltz
LWA
2008
13 years 8 months ago
Towards the Adaptation of Scientific Course Material powered by Communities of Practice
Several applications support the adaptation of course material. Even though most of these systems allow to specify interaction preferences or even employ user modeling techniques,...
Christine Müller
MIDDLEWARE
2007
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Got predictability?: experiences with fault-tolerant middleware
Unpredictability in COTS-based systems often manifests as occasional instances of uncontrollably-high response times. A particular category of COTS systems, fault-tolerant (FT) mid...
Tudor Dumitras, Priya Narasimhan
ACRI
2010
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
The Complexity of Three-Dimensional Critical Avalanches
In this work we study the complexity of the three-dimensional sandpile avalanches triggered by the addition of two critical configurations. We prove that the algorithmic problem c...
Carolina Mejía, J. Andrés Montoya