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2007
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Supporting creativity with awareness in distributed collaboration
Based on qualitative analysis of three groups collaborating on a research task in a distributed setting, we identify four breakdowns in creativity: (1) Minority ideas were under-c...
Umer Farooq, John M. Carroll, Craig H. Ganoe
GROUP
2005
ACM
14 years 29 days ago
Becoming Wikipedian: transformation of participation in a collaborative online encyclopedia
Traditional activities change in surprising ways when computermediated communication becomes a component of the activity system. In this descriptive study, we leverage two perspec...
Susan L. Bryant, Andrea Forte, Amy Bruckman
HUC
2010
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
Routine as resource for the design of learning systems
Even though the coordination of kids’ activities is largely successful, the modern dual income family still regularly experiences breakdowns in their practices. Families often r...
Scott Davidoff
ICPR
2006
IEEE
14 years 8 months ago
Interacting Active Rectangles for Estimation of Intervertebral Disk Orientation
This paper presents a fast and efficient method to determine intervertebral disk orientation in a magnetic resonance (MR) image of the spine. The algorithm originates from active ...
Amer Abufadel, Gregory G. Slabaugh, Gozde B. Unal,...
GROUP
2009
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Toward technologies that support family reflections on health
Previous research has explored how technology can motivate healthy living in social groups such as friends and coworkers. However, little research has focused on the implications ...
Andrea Grimes, Desney S. Tan, Dan Morris