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CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Representation of interwoven surfaces in 2 1/2 D drawing
The state-of-the-art in computer drawing programs is based on a number of concepts that are over two decades old. One such concept is the use of layers for ordering the surfaces i...
Keith Wiley, Lance R. Williams
FPL
2001
Springer
88views Hardware» more  FPL 2001»
14 years 2 months ago
FPGA-Based Discrete Wavelet Transforms System
Although FPGA technology offers the potential of designing high performance systems at low cost, its programming model is prohibitively low level. To allow a novice signal/image pr...
Mokhtar Nibouche, Ahmed Bouridane, Fionn Murtagh, ...
VL
1999
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
Does Metaphor Increase Visual Language Usability?
Previous research suggests that graphical metaphor should increase the usability of visual programming languages (VPLs) by providing an instructional aid when learning to use the ...
Alan F. Blackwell, Thomas R. G. Green
ACE
2004
207views Education» more  ACE 2004»
13 years 11 months ago
Teaching Java First: Experiments with a Pigs-Early Pedagogy
This paper introduces PigWorld, a tool for teaching Java to novice programmers, via the objects-early style. Three design guidelines forobject-early assignments are discussed: (1)...
Raymond Lister
AFRIGRAPH
2004
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Designing a VR interaction authoring tool using constructivist practices
This paper describes the process of designing an authoring tool for virtual environments, using constructivist principles. The focus of the tool is on helping novice designers wit...
Cara Winterbottom, Edwin H. Blake