The Ubiquitousness of PowerPoint

The Unreasonable Ubiquitousness of Quasi-polynomials

A function g, with domain the natural numbers, is a quasi-polynomial if there exists a period m and polynomials p0, p1, . . . , pm−1 such that g(t) = pi(t) for t ≡ i mod m. Quasi-polynomials classically – and “reasonably” – appear in Ehrhart theory and in other contexts where one examines a family of polyhedra, parametrized by a variable t, and defined by linear inequalities of the form a1x1 + ...

KAIO: MULTIMODAL DISCUSSION (POWERPOINT ORAL PRESENTATION) PowerPoint

Using PowerPoint.

PowerPoint is a very flexible program and, for the most part, there is no right and wrong way to do things. Views expressed here are those of the authors and the methods used have been tried and tested. There are three articles in the series. The first article looks at the design issues that need to be considered when preparing a PowerPoint presentation. The second article will concentrate on t...

Security of smartphones at the dawn of their ubiquitousness

The importance of researching in the field of smartphone security is substantiated in the increasing number of smartphones, which are expected to outnumber common computers in the future. Despite their increasing importance, it is unclear today if mobile malware will play the same role for mobile devices as for common computers today. Therefore, this thesis contributes to defining and structuri...

PowerPoint Visuals in the Humanities

In recent years, PowerPoint presentations have become the medium of choice for high school and college educators. Research on images in these presentations has determined that relevant diagrams and graphics improve learning in science and engineering fields; however, there has been little research on images in the humanities, where diagrams are less common. This study first surveyed college stu...