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CANDC
2009
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Musicomputation: teaching computer science to teenage musicians
While algorithms have existed in math, music and other fields for over one thousand years, the use of algorithms to solve problems has become easier than ever before due to the a...
Adam L. Meyers, Marilyn C. Cole, Evan Korth, Sam P...
CANDC
2009
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Nature of creative analogies in biologically inspired innovative design
Analogy is a fundamental process of creativity. Biologically inspired design by definition entails crossdomain analogies, and in practice has led to many innovative designs. Thus,...
Swaroop Vattam, Michael E. Helms, Ashok K. Goel
CANDC
2009
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Children's storytelling and programming with robotic characters
We introduce mixed physical and digital authoring environments for children, which invite them to create stories with enriched drawings that are programmed to control robotic char...
Kimiko Ryokai, Michael Jongseon Lee, Jonathan Mica...
CANDC
2009
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
An empirical study of cognition and theatrical improvisation
This paper presents preliminary findings from our empirical study of the cognition employed by performers in improvisational theatre. Our study has been conducted in a laboratory ...
Brian Magerko, Waleed Manzoul, Mark Riedl, Allan B...
CANDC
2009
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Computational and cognitive infrastructures of stigma: empowering identity in social computing and gaming
Computing technologies such as games, social networking sites, and virtual environments often reproduce forms of social stigma encountered in everyday real life, as well as introd...
D. Fox Harrell