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C5
2004
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Enabling Social Dimensions of Learning through a Persistent, Unified, Massively Multi-User, and Self-Organizing Virtual Environm
Existing online learning experiences lack the social dimension that characterizes learning in the real world. This social dimension extends beyond the traditional classroom into t...
Julian Lombardi, Mark P. McCahill
SEE
2010
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
The Social Nature of Engineering and its Implications for Risk Taking
Making decisions with an, often significant, element of risk seems to be an integral part of many of the projects of the diverse profession of engineering. Whether it be decisions...
Allison Ross, Nafsika Athanassoulis
ACNS
2011
Springer
237views Cryptology» more  ACNS 2011»
12 years 11 months ago
Private Discovery of Common Social Contacts
The increasing use of computing devices for social interactions propels the proliferation of online social applications, yet, it prompts a number of privacy concerns. One common p...
Emiliano De Cristofaro, Mark Manulis, Bertram Poet...
CVPR
2012
IEEE
11 years 10 months ago
Urban tribes: Analyzing group photos from a social perspective
The explosive growth in image sharing via social networks has produced exciting opportunities for the computer vision community in areas including face, text, product and scene re...
Ana C. Murillo, Iljung S. Kwak, Lubomir Bourdev, D...
HICSS
2008
IEEE
114views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2008»
14 years 2 months ago
Mobile Social Networking: An Information Grounds Perspective
Information grounds are places where people exchange information. Here we examine use of a mobile device-based social networking service as an information ground. The service allo...
Scott Counts, Karen E. Fisher