This paper reports on empirical evaluation study of users’ performance and satisfaction with prototype of Web Based speech photo annotation with speech interaction. Participants involved consist of Johor Bahru citizens from various background. They have completed two parts of annotation task; part A involving PhotoASys; photo annotation system with proposed speech interaction and part B involvi...

Interaction constraints are an expressive formalism for describing coordination patterns, such as those underlying the coordination language Reo, that can be efficiently implemented using constraint satisfaction technologies such as SAT and SMT solvers. Existing implementations of interaction constraints interact with external components only in a very simple way: interaction occurs only betwee...

An intelligent problem solver must be able to decompose a complex problem into simplex parts. A decomposition algorithm would not only be beneficial for traditional subgoal-oriented planning systems but also support distributed, multi-agent planners. In this paper, we present an algorithm for automatic problem decomposition. Given a domain description with a number of objects to be manipulated,...

We present a study which compares human-human computermediated tutoring with two computer tutoring systems based on the same materials but differing in the type of feedback they provide. Our results show that there are significant differences in interaction style between human-human and human-computer tutoring, as well as between the two computer tutors, and that different dialogue characterist...

of Dissertation Presented to the Graduate School of the University of Florida in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy EFFECT OF BUG-IN-THE-EAR-FEEDBACK AS AN INTERVENTION TO PROMOTE ATTACHMENT BEHAVIORS IN THE ADOLESCENT MOTHER/INFANT DYAD By Afua Ottie Arhin December 2005 Chair: Jennifer Elder Major Department: Nursing Background: Previous studies have...

OF DISSERTATION Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Computer Science The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico

This paper describes an academic experience of podcasting, which involved a group of students of a course on multimedia communication and human-computer interaction. These students acted both as users of the university’s podcasting service, and as creators of podcasted lessons. A comprehensive analysis based on the evaluation of the effects on student performance, on data from student satisfact...

We are investigating constraint directed heuristic search as a means for performing design in the field of space planning. Space planning is selecting, dimensioning, locating and shaping design units to create two dimensional layouts based on functional, topological and geometrical considerations. Search is carried out using operators at different abstraction levels and design objects at differ...