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PETRA
2009
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Design and prototype of a device to engage cognitively disabled older adults in visual artwork
We investigate technological solutions for arts therapists who work with older adults with cognitive disabilities, such as Alzheimer’s disease. We present ethnographic analysis ...
Scott Blunsden, Brandi Richards, Jennifer Boger, A...
CANDC
2009
ACM
14 years 6 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 6 months ago
The efficacy of prototyping under time constraints
Iterative prototyping helps designers refine their ideas and discover previously unknown issues and opportunities. However, the time constraints of production schedules can discou...
Steven P. Dow, Kate Heddleston, Scott R. Klemmer
CANDC
2009
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
2DEQ: an intuitive audio equalizer
The complexity of music production tools can be a significant bottleneck in the creative process. Here we describe the development of a simple, intuitive audio equalizer with the ...
Andrew T. Sabin, Bryan Pardo
CANDC
2009
ACM
14 years 6 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 6 months ago
Predicting successful completion of online collaborative animation projects
Online creative collaboration projects are started every day, but many fail to produce new artifacts of value. In this poster, we address the question of why some of these project...
Kurt Luther, Kevin Ziegler, Kelly E. Caine, Amy Br...
CANDC
2009
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Understanding the creative conversation: modeling to engagement
This workshop is aimed at describing the elusive creative process: addressing models and of creative practice, from art to craft, from dance to education. In particular, we wish t...
David A. Shamma, Dan Perkel, Kurt Luther
CANDC
2009
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
A quantitative analysis of the collective creativity in playing 20-questions games
Creativity is an important ingredient in problem solving, and problem solving is an important activity for both individuals and societies. This paper discusses our novel approach ...
Wen Dong, Taemie Kim, Alex Pentland
CANDC
2009
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Growing and destroying the worth of ideas
This paper presents a novel computational approach to the study of creativity. In particular, it discusses a modeling framework that addresses the worth of ideas ascribed by agent...
Ricardo Sosa, John S. Gero, Kyle Jennings