This paper is about the rehabilitation of aesthetics in the context of teaching computer science at school. It explains how interdisciplinary, digitally extended learn-environments can be created with the help of free or low cost applications; these learning environments focus especially on the idea that sensorial perceptions and co-construction of knowledge should be an integrated part of a cr...

The primary clocks CS1, CS2 and CS3 of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) have contributed to the realization of International Atomic Time, TAI (Temps Atomique International), throughout 1999. Their operation, their performance and the uncertainty with which they realized the International System of Units (SI) second are described in some detail, together with the results and assoc...

In this paper we are exploring the idea of applying community support concepts and ubiquitous user interfaces to supporting the motivation to innovate in corporate settings. Our special focus is on the early phase of the innovation process – the phase of idea generation and suggestion management. The key idea is to provide awareness for a company's creative potential and appreciation for the id...

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This workshop proposal explores a concept for engaging AI in a non-deterministic manner in order to collaboratively produce physical artworks with a digital system. It draws from a lineage of “games” played by artists, from Surrealists to Situationists, that were targeted towards automatism and creative exploration as opposed to the expression of a preconceived idea.

This paper aimed to show the idea that concepts and methods from Creative Problem Solving can also be useful in dealing with developing Metaheuristics. A dynamic approach based on Divergent and Convergent Thinking can be used to understand the modus operandi and behaviour of this kind of optimization solvers.

In this paper, we introduce the concept of mixsourcing as a modality of crowdsourcing focused on using remixing as a framework to get people to perform creative tasks. We implement this idea through two design exercises that helped us identify the promises and challenges of this peerproduction modality. Author

This research examines a chronic problem in academic settings – inappropriate copying or misuse of source materials–i.e., plagiarism. We conduct a computer-based writing experiment to examine the effects of psychological and situational characteristics on subjects’ propensity to misappropriate text. Specifically, we examine to what extent such misappropriations may be explained by available tec...