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CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Deliberate interactions: characterizing technology use in Nairobi, Kenya
We present results from a qualitative study examining how professionals living and working in Nairobi, Kenya regularly use ICT in their everyday lives. There are two contributions...
Susan Wyche, Thomas N. Smyth, Marshini Chetty, Pau...
BIBE
2009
IEEE
161views Bioinformatics» more  BIBE 2009»
14 years 2 months ago
Soft Tissue Deformation and Optimized Data Structures for Mass Spring Methods
One of the essential components of a virtual reality surgical simulation is deformation. Deformations in computer graphics and surgical simulations are commonly modeled with three...
Tansel Halic, Sinan Kockara, Coskun Bayrak, Richar...
HAPTICS
2007
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Force Feedback is Noticeably Different for Linear versus Nonlinear Elastic Tissue Models
Realistic modeling of the interaction between surgical instruments and human organs has been recognized as a key requirement in the development of high-fidelity surgical simulato...
Sarthak Misra, Allison M. Okamura, K. T. Ramesh
PDP
2007
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Automated Deployment Support for Parallel Distributed Computing
Heterogeneous distributed computing platforms continue to require substantial effort in terms of software installation and management for efficient use, often necessitating manua...
Magdalena Slawiñska, Dawid Kurzyniec, Jaros...
EMSOFT
2007
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Slice-balancing H.264 video encoding for improved scalability of multicore decoding
With multicore architectures being introduced to the market, the research community is revisiting problems to evaluate them under the new preconditions set by those new systems. A...
Michael Roitzsch