Real cells - virtual computers

Where computers disappear, virtual humans appear

In this paper, we survey the role of virtual humans (or embodied conversational agents) in smart and ambient intelligence environments. Research in this area can profit from research done earlier in virtual reality environments and research on verbal and nonverbal interaction. We discuss virtual humans as social actors and argue that, rather than is common in traditional human–computer interfac...

Automatic program transformations for virtual memory computers

Improving the behavior of virtual memory systems is a popular subject, as evidenced by the vast number of papers in the literature. Typically, attempts to improve behavior fall into two areas-those which accept existing locality properties of programs and attempt to modify system parameters (e.g., memory allocated, window size for the working set policy, etc.), and those which attempt to reorga...

Thirdspace: The Trialectics of the Real, Virtual and Blended Spaces

This article aims to redefine the concept of Thirdspace and make a trilateral relationship between the three concepts of real space, virtual space and the user. To do so, not only the concept of Thirdspace has to be redefined, but also a new understanding of virtual space as a relatively independent space is required. This three-sided relation requires a new understanding of the relationship be...

8th Conference on Real Numbers and Computers

Are computers driving real wages down?

The annual growth in mean employee compensation plummeted from 2.6% in 1947–73 to 0.4% in 1973–2003. Using both time-series regression and pooled, cross-section, time-series regression analysis for 44 industries over the period 1953–2000, we find that earnings growth is positively related to overall productivity growth, capital investment excluding computers, and the unionization rate. We find ...