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In-VIGO: Making the Grid Virtually Yours

Internet-based Grid computing is emerging as one of the most promising technologies that may change the world. Dr. Hwang and his research team at the University of Southern California (USC) are working on self-defense tools to protect Grid resources from cyber attacks or malicious intrusions, automatically. This project builds an automated intrusion response and trust management system to facil...

The Fluency Pronunciation Trainer

In this article we describe the basis of the Fluency project for foreign language pronunciation training using automatic speech recognition. We describe the theoretical base, the interactive duration correction module, and our work toward adaptation to the way in which the user learns best. We show results in preliminary tests of the latter, and discuss future directions of the project.

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The Laparoscopic-Ring Simulation Trainer

Regardless of the level of experience, surgeons need convenient times and locations to practice laparoscopic skills. Although attendance at formal courses is essential for continuing surgical education, reinforcement is still needed by other means to allow surgeons to learn new operations as they advance. A method is presented here that allows surgeons to practice laparoscopic skills while foll...

Train the Trainer for general practice trainer - a report of the pilot within the programme Verbundweiterbildungplus

BACKGROUND Since 2008 the Verbundweiterbildung(plus) programme of the Competence Centre General Practice Baden-Wuerttemberg offers continual improvement with regards to content and structure of general practice training. The programme uses the didactical concept of the CanMEDs competencies, which were developed in Canada, as a postgraduate medical training framework. Train the trainer (TTT)-pro...