The socio‐technical model of trust The proposed model, which we advocate for be use as a design tool in informing the design of social participatory services, depicts trust as a construct informed by seven individual qualities. The model determines the extent to which one relates with one’s social and technical environment. This model, see Fig. 1, is based on the combination of the unification ...

Medium-voltage DC electrical distribution is envisioned as a possible system for the warship of the future, bringing numerous advantages including a very power-dense architecture. This system takes the AC power produced by generators, immediately rectifies all power to DC and distributes it throughout the ship, requiring inversion back to AC for all AC loads. The question then arises whether it...

In current curriculum materials for middle school students in the US, data and chance are considered as separate topics. They are then ideally brought together in the minds of high school or university students when they learn about statistical inference. In recent studies we have been attempting to build connections between data and chance in the middle school by using a modeling approach made...

This paper shows the capabilities of applying the three-dimensional finite element method (3D-FEM) for designing complex-shaped substation connectors to operate at 765 kVRMS AC. To check this methodology, it was analyzed the feasibility of upgrading a 400 kVRMS substation connector to operate at 765 kVRMS. However, both experimental and simulation results conducted according to the ANSI/NEMA CC...

• Implemented corrective training to improve recognition performance; on the standard training set this improves speaker-independent perplexity 60 performance from 6.7% error to 5.1% error, and for a larger training set (about 11,000 sentences), improves speaker-independent recognition from 5.3% error to 4.1% error. Plans • Complete the construction of the current hardware design, and develop s...

A difficulty with research in computational design methods is in evaluating the capabilities and merit of the fundamental research output beyond initial benchmark tests that compare to theoretical examples. While this is a necessary step in method development, issues involving integration of computational methods within the design process are often overlooked. This need for better integration o...

Copyright © 2017 for this paper is held by the author(s). Proceedings of MICI 2017: CHI Workshop on Mixed-Initiative Creative Interfaces. Abstract Puzzle game levels generally each admit a particular set of intended solutions so that the game designer can control difficulty and the introduction of novel concepts. Catching unintended solutions can be difficult for humans, but promising connectio...

Our engagement with consumer products diminishes gradually over the last decades, which causes considerable usability problems. To dissolve these problems, the designer's emphasis should shift from creating beautiful products in appearance to beautiful interactions with products. Consequently, the designer needs new tools like gestural sketching. To develop a gestural design tool, we tested the...

In this paper we illustrate the application of a synthesis procedure used for timed asynchronous circuits to the design of synchronous circuits. In addition to providing a uniform synthesis approach, our procedure results in circuits that are significantly smaller and faster than those designed using the synchronous design tool SIS. .

An undergraduate interior design learning environment within a design unit at a university was developed to integrate the application of three-dimensional tools within design, not as a presentation stage, but rather as a conceptual design tool. Teaching and learning in design and engineering disciplines using computer-based technologies within a higher education context is not unusual. Many stu...