We examine the problems with automated recommendation systems when information about user preferences is limited. We equate the problem to one of content similarity measurement an...
How do we know if we can afford a particular purchase? We can find out what the payments might be and check our balances on various accounts, but does this answer the question? Wh...
With the emergence of modularized componentbased electronic services, such as Web Services and semantically tagged services, Individual Service Provisioning, wherein any user can ...
The user expectations for usability and personalization along with decreasing size of handheld devices challenge traditional keypad layout design. We have developed a method for o...
Guidebots, or animated pedagogical agents, can enhance interactive learning environments by promoting deeper learning and improve the learner's subjective experience. Guidebo...
This paper describes a drawing system that incorporates two novel interaction techniques based on analogies to physical tools. Power tools add limited autonomy in the form of rota...