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GENERAL POSTER SESSION
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Learning Anywhere?
Presenter: Olutayo Boyinbode (University
of Cape Town)
Ubiquitous Computing is a brand –
new and human centered computing
paradigm, which is seamlessly embedded
into every fabric of our lives. Ubiquitous
learning also called U-learning is based on
ubiquitous technology.
The most important and complete role
of Ubiquitous computing technology in
U-learning is to construct a ubiquitous
learning environment, where any woman
is able to learn at anyplace and anytime.
African Women can be empowered through
U-learning.
LEMON: A Cheap and Accurate Indoor
Localization Technique
Presenter: Israat Tanzeena Haque
(University of Alberta)
Indoor localization is a challenging problem
due to the unavailability of GPS under
the roof. One solution to such localization
problem is to use RF-based profiling.
With profiling, the problem of localization
boils down to data mining in a database
of profiled samples and then averaging
the coordinates of best-matched samples
into an approximate location. We propose
a novel profiling-based indoor localization
scheme dubbed LEMON, which offers high
accuracy but simple and inexpensive.
Lessons Learned in Selecting,
Developing, and Assessing Outreach
Curriculum for Middle School Girls
Presenter: Nannette Napier (Georgia
Gwinnett College)
This poster will provide insights from
multiple perspectives on appropriate
outreach to middle school girls, relative to
existing resources. Some of us share years
of experience with camps and workshops
with many resources at our disposal. While
others are starting from “Scratch” at a new
college with no existing programs. We share
strategies for selecting, designing, and
assessing curriculum and provide concrete
examples of effective programs for middle
school outreach.
Measuring the Value of Enterprise
Architecture - A Metrics Driven
Approach
Presenter: Manasa Basavaraju
(Pennsylvania State University)
Enterprise Architecture (EA) is increasingly
being adopted by large enterprises these
days. Yet the research related to its value
measurement is very limited. This research
attempts to investigate the current state of
EA value measurement in organizations and
measurement techniques. Here we extend a
well known measurement technique called
Goal-Question-Metric to EA by adding new
features and propose a conceptual model
which organizations can utilize to evaluate
their EA program efforts.
Metadata Annotation Support System
Using Blogs and Personal LifeLogs
Presenter: Airi Sonehara (Tsuda College)
“Lifelogging” refers to creating records
of individuals’ life experiences. Recent
progress of storage technology and
wearable devices has made lifelogging
much easier. In addition, consumers can shift
their focus away from taking pictures and
focus on reusing content. Nonetheless, it is
time-consuming to find pictures from huge
multimedia data collections. Efficient search
environments can be created by using
personal lifelogs. We propose a metadata
annotation system to support multimedia
content reuse.
Methyalted DNA Sequence Alignment
Presenter: M. Elizabeth O. Locke
(University of Western Ontario)
In bioinformatics, comparing biological
sequences is fundamental to research.
However, DNA methylation of the sequence
at specific sites can affect sequence regulation
and function between species, tissues,
and disease states.
To compare these annotated sequences
efficiently and meaningfully, we augment
traditional dynamic programming alignment
algorithms and incorporate methylation
profiles directly. This approach could further
biological study and enable effective
searches through very large databases
required for methylated DNA sequence data.
Mobile Collaboration - “Base of the
Pyramid” Phones with Implications for
Emerging Geographies
Presenter: Kiran Grover (IBM India Private
Ltd.)
With increase in mobile penetration
across the globe, mobile-phones have
become important mean for collaboration.
Mobile-Collaboration can be of great help to
uplift people living at Base of Pyramid(BoP).
It can help to raise people socially and
economically. This presentation will focus on
BoP in Rural Indian market, their requirements
and how Mobile-Collaboration can
help. This will also discuss technological
tailoring required in mobile hand-sets to
fulfill the demands.
Modeling the Distribution of Mouse
Mediated Responses
Presenter: Maria Vicente Bonto-Kane
(North Carolina State University)
HCI methods rely on KLM GOMS and
Fitts’s Law models to predict mouse
movement times for accessing icons on
an interface. Current models, however,
generate single point estimates. This
research presents methods using distribution
modeling. The lognormal model along
with empirically derived parameters helped
in distribution modeling of response times
and offered not only confidence intervals but
also quantiles for predicting performance
boundaries of users.
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