Research Papers by Category

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Understanding and Measuring Incremental Development in CS1

Anshul Shah
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Michael Granado
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Mrinal Sharma
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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John Driscoll
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Leo Porter
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Adalbert Gerald Soosai Raj
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

March 2023pp 722-728 https://doi.org/10.1145/3545945.3569880

Incremental development is the process of writing a small snippet of code and testing it before moving on. For students in introductory programming courses, the value of incremental development is especially higher as they may suffer from more syntax ...

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Instructor Perspectives on Prerequisite Courses in Computing

Sophia Krause-Levy
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Adrian Salguero
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Rachel S. Lim
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Hayden McTavish
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Jelena Trajkovic
California State University Long Beach, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Leo Porter
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

March 2023pp 277-283 https://doi.org/10.1145/3545945.3569787

Recent research in computing has shown that student performance on prerequisite course content varies widely, even when students continue to progress further through the computing curriculum. Our work investigates instructors' perspectives on the ...

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A demographic analysis on prerequisite preparation in an advanced data structures course

Sophia Krause-Levy
University of California San Diego
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Sander Valstar
University of California San Diego
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Leo Porter
University of California San Diego
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William G. Griswold
University of California San Diego

May 2022pp 34-41 https://doi.org/10.1145/3534563

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A Demographic Analysis on Prerequisite Preparation in an Advanced Data Structures Course

Sophia Krause-Levy
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Sander Valstar
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Leo Porter
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

February 2022pp 661-667 https://doi.org/10.1145/3478431.3499337

Previous work in computing has shown that Black, Latinx, Native American and Pacific islander (BLNPI), women, first-generation, and transfer students tend to have worse outcomes during their time in university compared to their majority counterparts. ...

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Understanding Sources of Student Struggle in Early Computer Science Courses

Adrian Salguero
University of California, San Diego, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, USA
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Christine Alvarado
University of California, San Diego, USA
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Leo Porter
University of California, San Diego, USA

August 2021pp 319-333 https://doi.org/10.1145/3446871.3469755

Computer science students struggle in early computing courses as evinced by high failure rates and poor retention. As such, studies have attempted to characterize the root of student struggles from many perspectives, including cognitive, meta-cognitive, ...

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The Relationship Between Sense of Belonging and Student Outcomes in CS1 and Beyond

Sophia Krause-Levy
University of California San Diego, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California San Diego, USA
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Leo Porter
University of California San Diego, USA
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Christine Alvarado
University of California San Diego, USA

August 2021pp 29-41 https://doi.org/10.1145/3446871.3469748

Students’ sense of belonging has been found to be connected to student retention in higher education. In computing education, prior studies suggest that a hostile culture and a feeling of non-belonging can lead women, Black, Latinx, Native American, and ...

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A Quantitative Analysis of Study Habits Among Lower- and Higher-Performing Students in CS1

Soohyun Nam Liao
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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Kartik Shah
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Leo Porter
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

June 2021pp 366-372 https://doi.org/10.1145/3430665.3456350

Our prior work found differences in study habits between high- and low-performers in a small-scale qualitative study, and this work seeks to verify and extend these findings by examining the study habits of a larger population of CS1 students. To do ...

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Proficiency in Basic Data Structures among Various Subpopulations of Students at Different Stages in a CS Program

Sander Valstar
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Sophia Krause-Levy
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Adrian Salguero
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Leo Porter
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

June 2021pp 429-435 https://doi.org/10.1145/3430665.3456337

Previous studies show that CS students may not learn as much from their courses as we might expect. This could have ramifications on how students succeed in their future careers and may explain why researchers report a gap between industry expectations ...

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Exploring Student Experiences in Early Computing Courses during Emergency Remote Teaching

McKenna Lewis
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Zhanchong Deng
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Sophia Krause-Levy
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Adrian Salguero
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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William G. Griswold
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Leo Porter
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Christine Alvarado
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

June 2021pp 88-94 https://doi.org/10.1145/3430665.3456315

Spring 2020 brought enormous change to student learning, as universities scrambled to put into place support structures to aid students' learning in a remote context. Computer science education was both well-positioned for this change and faced unique ...

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A Quantitative Study of Faculty Views on the Goals of an Undergraduate CS Program and Preparing Students for Industry

Sander Valstar
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Caroline Sih
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Sophia Krause-Levy
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Leo Porter
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

August 2020pp 113-123 https://doi.org/10.1145/3372782.3406277

Although elements of the academia-industry gap have been studied extensively, these studies have mostly ignored the primary stakeholder for changing academia: faculty. Building on a recent qualitative study that revealed a wide range of faculty views on ...

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Using DevContainers to Standardize Student Development Environments: An Experience Report

Sander Valstar
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Leo Porter
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

June 2020pp 377-383 https://doi.org/10.1145/3341525.3387424

In computer science classes it can be a challenge to ensure every student has a functioning development environment. Running pre-configured servers that provide students with remote access can help mitigate most of these setup issues, however they can ...

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Exploring the Link Between Prerequisites and Performance in Advanced Data Structures

Sophia Krause-Levy
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Sander Valstar
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Leo Porter
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

February 2020pp 386-392 https://doi.org/10.1145/3328778.3366867

Recent work has identified a mismatch between instructor expectations of students' mastery of prerequisite course content and their actual ability. This invites the question of why this mismatch exists. We first examined grades in prerequisite courses ...

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Faculty Views on the Goals of an Undergraduate CS Education and the Academia-Industry Gap

Sander Valstar
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Sophia Krause-Levy
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Alexandra Macedo
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Leo Porter
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

February 2020pp 577-583 https://doi.org/10.1145/3328778.3366834

Previous work has found that recent computer science graduates often experience difficulty transitioning into their new roles in industry due to a significant gap between their academic experiences and industry's expectations. Although multiple studies ...

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Behaviors of Higher and Lower Performing Students in CS1

Soohyun Nam Liao
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Sander Valstar
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Kevin Thai
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Christine Alvarado
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Daniel Zingaro
University of Toronto, Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Leo Porter
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

July 2019pp 196-202 https://doi.org/10.1145/3304221.3319740

Although recent work in computing has discovered multiple techniques to identify low-performing students in a course, it is unclear what factors contribute to those students' difficulties. If we were able to better understand the characteristics of such ...

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The Relationship between Prerequisite Proficiency and Student Performance in an Upper-Division Computing Course

Sander Valstar
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Leo Porter
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

February 2019pp 794-800 https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3287419

While it is widely believed that taking a class's prerequisites is critical for success, less is known about how proficiency with the prerequisite knowledge from those courses affects performance in later courses. Specifically, it is unclear how well ...

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Exploring the Value of Different Data Sources for Predicting Student Performance in Multiple CS Courses

Soohyun Nam Liao
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Daniel Zingaro
University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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Christine Alvarado
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Leo Porter
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

February 2019pp 112-118 https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3287407

A number of recent studies in computer science education have explored the value of various data sources for early prediction of students' overall course performance. These data sources include responses to clicker questions, prerequisite knowledge, ...

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A Robust Machine Learning Technique to Predict Low-performing Students

Soohyun Nam Liao
University of California, San Diego, USA
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Daniel Zingaro
University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada
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Kevin Thai
University of California, San Diego, USA
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Christine Alvarado
University of California, San Diego, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, USA
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Leo Porter
University of California, San Diego, USA

January 2019pp 1-19 https://doi.org/10.1145/3277569

As enrollments and class sizes in postsecondary institutions have increased, instructors have sought automated and lightweight means to identify students who are at risk of performing poorly in a course. This identification must be performed early ...

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Classroom experience report on jigsaw learning

Soohyun Nam Liao
University of California at San Diego, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California at San Diego, USA
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Leo Porter
University of California at San Diego, USA

July 2018pp 302-307 https://doi.org/10.1145/3197091.3197118

Jigsaw learning is a cooperative learning technique enabling students to teach and learn from their peers. Although prior studies investigated the efficacy of Jigsaw learning in computing education by measuring student performance after Jigsaw ...

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ANEL: robust mobile network programming using a declarative language

Xinxin Jin
University of California
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William G. Griswold
University of California
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Yuanyuan Zhou
University of California

May 2018pp 202-213 https://doi.org/10.1145/3197231.3197237

The dynamics of mobile networks make it difficult for mobile apps to deliver a seamless user experience. In particular, intermittent connections and weak signals pose challenges for app developers. While recent network libraries have simplified network ...

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Inferring Loop Invariants through Gamification

Dimitar Bounov
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Anthony DeRossi
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Massimiliano Menarini
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Sorin Lerner
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

April 2018pp 1-13 https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173805

In today's modern world, bugs in software systems incur significant costs. One promising approach to improve software quality is automated software verification. In this approach, an automated tool tries to prove the software correct once and for all. ...

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Impact of Class Size on Student Evaluations for Traditional and Peer Instruction Classrooms

Soohyun Nam Liao
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Leo Porter
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

March 2017pp 375-380 https://doi.org/10.1145/3017680.3017764

As student enrollments in computer science increase, there is a growing need for pedagogies that scale. Recent evidence has shown Peer Instruction (PI) to be an effective in-class pedagogy that reports high student satisfaction even with large classes. ...

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Lightweight, Early Identification of At-Risk CS1 Students

Soohyun Nam Liao
University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Daniel Zingaro
University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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Michael A. Laurenzano
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Leo Porter
University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

August 2016pp 123-131 https://doi.org/10.1145/2960310.2960315

Being able to identify low-performing students early in the term may help instructors intervene or differently allocate course resources. Prior work in CS1 has demonstrated that clicker correctness in Peer Instruction courses correlates with exam ...

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Managing the Energy-Delay Tradeoff in Mobile Applications with Tempus

Nima Nikzad
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego
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Marjan Radi
Department of Computer Science, University of Iowa
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Octav Chipara
Department of Computer Science, University of Iowa
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William G. Griswold
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego

November 2015pp 259-270 https://doi.org/10.1145/2814576.2814803

Energy-efficiency is a critical concern in continuously-running mobile applications, such as those for health and context monitoring. An attractive approach to saving energy in such applications is to defer the execution of delay-tolerant operations ...

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Polymorphic Blocks: Formalism-Inspired UI for Structured Connectors

Sorin Lerner
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Stephen R. Foster
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

April 2015pp 3063-3072 https://doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702302

We present a novel block-based UI called Polymorphic Blocks, in which a connector's shape visually represents the structure of the data being passed through the connector. We use Polymorphic Blocks to add visual type information to block-based ...

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CodeSpells: bridging educational language features with industry-standard languages

Sarah Esper
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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Stephen R. Foster
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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Carlos Herrera
Mesa College, San Diego, CA
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Wyatt Snyder
Mesa College, San Diego, CA

November 2014pp 05-14 https://doi.org/10.1145/2674683.2674684

K-12 Computer Science Education has been an increasingly popular topic worldwide. Additionally, with K-12 standardized testing moving online, students are being required to improve their computer skills, which, among other factors, has also motivated ...

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APE: an annotation language and middleware for energy-efficient mobile application development

Nima Nikzad
University of California at San Diego, USA
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Octav Chipara
University of Iowa, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California at San Diego, USA

May 2014pp 515-526 https://doi.org/10.1145/2568225.2568288

Energy-efficiency is a key concern in continuously-running mobile applications, such as those for health and context monitoring. Unfortunately, developers must implement complex and customized power-management policies for each application. This ...

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GRAPEVINE: hybrid cooperative opportunistic routing for challenged wireless networks using fountain coding

Anders Nilsson Plymoth
Calit2, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Per Johansson
Calit2, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Rene L. Cruz
ECE Department, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Octav Chipara
CS Department, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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William G. Griswold
CSE Department, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

July 2013pp 61-70 https://doi.org/10.1145/2502935.2502947

This paper present Grapevine, a wireless networking protocol designed to be used in challenged environments such an emergency response network. These environments typically experience a lot of noise, interference, disconnections and high mobility ...

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CodeSpells: embodying the metaphor of wizardry for programming

Sarah Esper
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Stephen R. Foster
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

July 2013pp 249-254 https://doi.org/10.1145/2462476.2465593

This paper addresses how CodeSpells uses the metaphor of wizardry, along with an embodied API to engage students in learning to program in Java. Giving novice programmers a concrete representation of code has been encouraged and shown to help students ...

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From competition to metacognition: designing diverse, sustainable educational games

Stephen R. Foster
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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Sarah Esper
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

April 2013pp 99-108 https://doi.org/10.1145/2470654.2470669

We investigate the unique educational benefits of 1-on-1 competitive games, arguing that such games can be just as easy to design as single-player educational games, while yielding a more diverse and sustainable learning experience. We present a study ...

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On the nature of fires and how to spark them when you're not there

Sarah Esper
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Stephen R. Foster
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

March 2013pp 305-310 https://doi.org/10.1145/2445196.2445290

Traditionally, computer science education research contributes new tools, techniques, and theories to improve institutionalized learning spaces e.g. classrooms. However, we take the position that the study and improvement of computer science learning ...

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CitiSense: improving geospatial environmental assessment of air quality using a wireless personal exposure monitoring system

Nima Nikzad
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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Nakul Verma
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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Celal Ziftci
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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Elizabeth Bales
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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Nichole Quick
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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Piero Zappi
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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Kevin Patrick
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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Sanjoy Dasgupta
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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Ingolf Krueger
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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Tajana Šimunić Rosing
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

October 2012pp 1-8 https://doi.org/10.1145/2448096.2448107

Environmental exposures are a critical component in the development of chronic conditions such as asthma and cancer. Yet, medical and public health practitioners typically must depend on sparse regional measurements of the environment that provide macro-...

demonstration

Citisense: mobile air quality sensing for individuals and communities

Celal Ziftci
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Nima Nikzad
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Nakul Verma
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Piero Zappi
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Elizabeth Bales
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Ingolf Krueger
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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William Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

October 2012pp 23-24 https://doi.org/10.1145/2384716.2384728

Air quality has great impact on individual and community health. In this demonstration, we present Citisense: a mobile air quality system that enables users to track their personal air quality exposure for discovery, self-reflection, and sharing within ...

research-article

GRAPEVINE: hybrid cooperative opportunistic routing for challenged wireless networks using fountain coding

Anders Nilsson Plymoth
UCSD, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Per Johansson
UCSD, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Rene L. Cruz
UCSD, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Octav Chipara
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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William G. Griswold
UCSD, La Jolla, CA, USA

August 2012pp 13-20 https://doi.org/10.1145/2348714.2348718

This paper present Grapevine, a wireless networking protocol designed to be used in challenged environments such an emergency response network. These environments typically experience a lot of noise, interference, disconnections and high mobility ...

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A framework for the checking and refactoring of crosscutting concepts

Macneil Shonle
University of Texas at San Antonio
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego
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Sorin Lerner
University of California, San Diego

July 2012pp 1-47 https://doi.org/10.1145/2211616.2211618

Programmers employ crosscutting concepts, such as design patterns and other programming idioms, when their design ideas cannot be efficiently or effectively modularized in the underlying programming language. As a result, implementations of these ...

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WIISARD: a measurement study of network properties and protocol reliability during an emergency response

Octav Chipara
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
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Anders N. Plymoth
University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
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Ricky Huang
University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
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Fang Liu
University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
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Per Johansson
University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
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Ramesh Rao
University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
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Theodore Chan
University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
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Colleen Buono
University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA

June 2012pp 407-420 https://doi.org/10.1145/2307636.2307674

This paper describes the design, deployment, and empirical evaluation of WIISARD - a novel emergency response system that provides reliable communication in dynamic wireless environments without extensive communication infrastructure. The main ...

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Using metaphors from natural discussion to improve the design of arcum

Macneil Shonle
The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Sorin Lerner
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

October 2011pp 39-44 https://doi.org/10.1145/2089155.2089165

In this paper we present an exploratory pair-programming study aimed at investigating how programmers use a tool and language designed for performing crosscutting change tasks. Through a qualitative analysis of the pairs' discussions, we identify the ...

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Ubiquitous sketching for social media

Lisa G. Cowan
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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Nadir Weibel
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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Laura R. Pina
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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James D. Hollan
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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William G. Griswold
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

August 2011pp 395-404 https://doi.org/10.1145/2037373.2037433

Digital social media have transformed how we communicate and manage our relationships. Despite its portability, sketching as a social medium has been largely left behind. Given sketching's unique affordances for visual communication this absence is a ...

abstract

Interpersonal informatics: making social influence visible

Elizabeth Bales
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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William Griswold
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

May 2011pp 2227-2232 https://doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979924

Recent research in social network science has found that that what we do and say flows through our social network, impacting our friends, our friends' friends, and beyond. Likewise, our own personal choices are also the influenced by the social networks ...

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CoupleVIBE: mobile implicit communication to improve awareness for (long-distance) couples

Elizabeth Bales
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Kevin A. Li
AT&T Labs Research, Florham Park, NJ, USA
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William Griwsold
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

March 2011pp 65-74 https://doi.org/10.1145/1958824.1958835

Long-distance couples face considerable communication challenges in their relationships. Unlike collocated couples, long-distance couples lack awareness cues associated with physical proximity and must use technologies such as SMS or telephony to stay ...

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Case study: faculty professional development workshops for innovation diffusion

Beth Simon
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Elizabeth Bales
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Stephen Cooper
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

March 2011pp 673-678 https://doi.org/10.1145/1953163.1953350

Part of computer science education research focuses on the design of new technologies and techniques for improving educational experiences. However, for these systems and techniques to be truly impactful, their use must be disseminated to the larger ...

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Understanding context: creating a lasting impact in experimental software engineering research

Emerson Murphy-Hill
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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Gail C. Murphy
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

November 2010pp 255-258 https://doi.org/10.1145/1882362.1882415

Software is developed for and in a vast number of contexts. Some software systems are small in size; some large. Some systems are developed by small teams; some large. Some projects are sensitive to schedule, others to safety of the users. In this ...

demonstration

Enabling social interactions through real-time sketch-based communication

Nadir Weibel
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
,
Lisa G. Cowan
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
,
Laura R. Pina
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
,
William G. Griswold
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
,
James D. Hollan
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

October 2010pp 405-406 https://doi.org/10.1145/1866218.1866242

We present UbiSketch, a tool for ubiquitous real-time sketch-based communication. We describe the UbiSketch system, which enables people to create doodles, drawings, and notes with digital pens and paper and publish them quickly and easily via their ...

tutorial

PerEd 2010: the third workshop on pervasive computing education

Sebastian Bader
Rostock University, Rostock, Germany
,
Thomas Kirste
Rostock University, Rostock, Germany
,
William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
,
Alke Martens
Rostock University, Rostock, Germany

September 2010pp 531-534 https://doi.org/10.1145/1864431.1864506

Research in ubiquitous and pervasive computing is multidisciplinary by nature. Whereas this is clear in the context of bringing different sciences together to construct and conduct new environments on the hardware, software and engineering level, there ...

research-article

Modular aspect-oriented design with XPIs

Kevin Sullivan
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, VA
,
William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego
,
Hridesh Rajan
Iowa State University, Ames, Ames, IA
,
Yuanyuan Song
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
,
Yuanfang Cai
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
,
Macneil Shonle
University of California, San Diego
,
Nishit Tewari
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, VA

September 2010pp 1-42 https://doi.org/10.1145/1824760.1824762

The emergence of aspect-oriented programming (AOP) languages has provided software designers with new mechanisms and strategies for decomposing programs into modules and composing modules into systems. What we do not yet fully understand is how best to ...

research-article

Addressing common crosscutting problems with Arcum

Macneil Shonle
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
William G. Griswold
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Sorin Lerner
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA

November 2008pp 64-69 https://doi.org/10.1145/1512475.1512489

Crosscutting is an inherent part of software development and can typically be managed through modularization: A module's stable properties are defined in an interface while its likely-to-change properties are encapsulated within the module [19]. The ...

research-article

When refactoring acts like modularity: keeping options open with persistent condition checking

Macneil Shonle
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
William G. Griswold
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Sorin Lerner
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA

October 2008pp 1-4 https://doi.org/10.1145/1636642.1636645

Oftentimes the changes required to improve the design of code are crosscutting in nature and thus easier to perform with the assistance of automated refactoring tools. However, the developers of such refactoring tools cannot anticipate every practical ...

research-article

Tapping and rubbing: exploring new dimensions of tactile feedback with voice coil motors

Kevin A. Li
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
,
Patrick Baudisch
Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA, USA
,
William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
,
James D. Hollan
University of California, San Diego, La Joll, CA, USA

October 2008pp 181-190 https://doi.org/10.1145/1449715.1449744

Tactile feedback allows devices to communicate with users when visual and auditory feedback are inappropriate. Unfortunately, current vibrotactile feedback is abstract and not related to the content of the message. This often clash-es with the nature of ...

research-article

Peopletones: a system for the detection and notification of buddy proximity on mobile phones

Kevin A. Li
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
,
Timothy Y. Sohn
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
,
Steven Huang
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
,
William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

June 2008pp 160-173 https://doi.org/10.1145/1378600.1378619

Mobile phones have the potential to be useful agents for their owners by detecting and reporting situations that are of interest. Several challenges emerge in the case of detecting and reporting nice to know situations. Being alerted of these events may ...

research-article

A diary study of mobile information needs

Timothy Sohn
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
,
Kevin A. Li
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
,
William G. Griswold
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
,
James D. Hollan
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

April 2008pp 433-442 https://doi.org/10.1145/1357054.1357125

Being mobile influences not only the types of information people seek but also the ways they attempt to access it. Mobile contexts present challenges of changing location and social context, restricted time for information access, and the need to share ...

research-article

Noteblogging: taking note taking public

Beth Simon
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
,
Krista Davis
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
,
William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
,
Michael Kelly
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
,
Roshni Malani
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

March 2008pp 417-421 https://doi.org/10.1145/1352135.1352278

Classroom note taking tends to be a private activity, hiding a wealth of knowledge in both content and method. With the advent of the web, whose technology and culture seemingly invites everyone to share everything, we are prompted to ask how making ...

chapter

Beyond refactoring: a framework for modular maintenance of crosscutting design idioms

Macneil Shonle
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
William G. Griswold
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Sorin Lerner
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA

September 2007pp 175-184 https://doi.org/10.1145/1287624.1287650

Despite the automated refactoring support provided by today's IDEs many program transformations that are easy to conceptualize--such as improving the implementation of a design pattern--are not supported and are hence hard to perform. We propose an ...

chapter

Exploring the potential of mobile phones for active learning in the classroom

David Lindquist
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Tamara Denning
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Michael Kelly
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Roshni Malani
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Beth Simon
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

March 2007pp 384-388 https://doi.org/10.1145/1227310.1227445

Research has shown that educational technology can broaden and enhance the use of active learning in large classrooms. An educational technology platform often relies on students to bring laptops or specialized wireless devices like clickers to interact ...

chapter

Lightweight preliminary peer review: does in-class peer review make sense?

Tamara Denning
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Michael Kelly
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
David Lindquist
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Roshni Malani
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Beth Simon
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

March 2007pp 266-270 https://doi.org/10.1145/1227310.1227406

Peer review is widely recognized for advancing student learning, in particular for developing reflective processes like critical thinking. The classroom is ripe for peer review because the subject matter is fresh and in-depth interactivity is possible. ...

chapter

Ubiquitous presenter: fast, scalable active learning for the whole classroom

William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Beth Simon
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

June 2006pp 358-358 https://doi.org/10.1145/1140124.1140268

In this demonstration participants will experience the potential for fast, scalable active learning in the classroom using standard web technology. Ubiquitous Presenter (UP) enables students with web-enabled devices (computers, laptops, Tablet PCs, cell ...

chapter

Experiences with place lab: an open source toolkit for location-aware computing

Timothy Sohn
University of California, San Diego
,
William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego
,
James Scott
Intel Research Cambridge
,
Anthony LaMarca
Intel Research Seattle
,
Yatin Chawathe
Intel Research Seattle
,
Ian Smith
Intel Research Seattle
,
Mike Chen
Intel Research Seattle

May 2006pp 462-471 https://doi.org/10.1145/1134285.1134351

Location-based computing (LBC) is becoming increasing important in both industry and academia. A key challenge is the pervasive deployment of LBC technologies; to be effective they must run on a wide variety of client platforms, including laptops, PDAs, ...

chapter

PmEB: a mobile phone application for monitoring caloric balance

Gunny Lee
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Chris Tsai
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
William G. Griswold
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Fred Raab
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Kevin Patrick
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA

April 2006pp 1013-1018 https://doi.org/10.1145/1125451.1125645

In this paper, we present PmEB, an application for mobile phones that allows users to monitor their caloric balance as a part of weight management. PmEB allows users to track their caloric balance by recording food intake and physical activity on their ...

chapter

Multimodal communication in the classroom: what does it mean for us?

Tamara Denning
University of California, San La Jolla, CA
,
William G. Griswold
University of California, San La Jolla, CA
,
Beth Simon
University of California, San La Jolla, CA
,
Michelle Wilkerson
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

March 2006pp 219-223 https://doi.org/10.1145/1121341.1121410

Experimentation has shown that in-class educational technologies, by permitting anonymous, authored participation, can dramatically alter student communications in the classroom. Now, the appearance of dual pen-and-keyboard computing devices in the ...

chapter

Star diagram with automated refactorings for Eclipse

Alexis O'Connor
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Macneil Shonle
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
William Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

October 2005pp 16-20 https://doi.org/10.1145/1117696.1117700

One of the powerful features of the Eclipse JDT plug-in is its refactoring feature. Yet, because many refactorings are global and architectural in nature, the textual presentation of refactorings presents challenges for designers. We have designed and ...

chapter

Information hiding interfaces for aspect-oriented design

Kevin Sullivan
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
,
William G. Griswold
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Yuanyuan Song
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
,
Yuanfang Cai
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
,
Macneil Shonle
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Nishit Tewari
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
,
Hridesh Rajan
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

September 2005pp 166-175 https://doi.org/10.1145/1081706.1081734

The growing popularity of aspect-oriented languages, such as AspectJ, and of corresponding design approaches, makes it important to learn how best to modularize programs in which aspect-oriented composition mechanisms are used. We contribute an approach ...

chapter

A systems architecture for ubiquitous video

Neil J. McCurdy
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

June 2005pp 1-14 https://doi.org/10.1145/1067170.1067172

Realityflythrough is a telepresence/tele-reality system that works in the dynamic, uncalibrated environments typically associated with ubiquitous computing. By harnessing networked mobile video cameras, it allows a user to remotely and immersively ...

chapter

Introduction to Research Papers

William Griswold
University of California, San Diego, USA
,
Bashar Nuseibeh
The Open University, UK

May 2005pp 48-48 https://doi.org/10.1145/1062455.1062480

At the heart of the ICSE-2005 program are the 44 research papers selected by the Program Committee (PC) from the 313 submissions to the conference. All submissions were rigorously reviewed by the PC -- each submission received reviews from at least ...

chapter

Harnessing mobile ubiquitous video

Neil J. McCurdy
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Jennifer N. Carlisle
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

April 2005pp 1645-1648 https://doi.org/10.1145/1056808.1056987

Realityflythrough is a telepresence/tele-reality system that works in the dynamic, uncalibrated environments typically associated with ubiquitous computing. By opportunistically harnessing networked mobile video cameras, it allows a user to remotely and ...

chapter

Ubiquitous presenter: increasing student access and control in a digital lecturing environment

Michelle Wilkerson
University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
,
William G. Griswold
University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
,
Beth Simon
University of San Diego, San Diego, CA

February 2005pp 116-120 https://doi.org/10.1145/1047344.1047394

The University of Washington's Classroom Presenter lecturing system enables an active lecturing environment by combining a standard electronic slide presentation format with the capability for extemporaneous ink annotations by instructors and students ...

chapter

Digital backchannels in shared physical spaces: attention, intention and contention

Joseph F. McCarthy
Intel Research Seattle, Seattle, WA
,
danah boyd
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
,
Elizabeth F. Churchill
Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, CA
,
William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Elizabeth Lawley
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
,
Melora Zaner
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA

November 2004pp 550-553 https://doi.org/10.1145/1031607.1031700

There are a variety of digital tools for enabling people who are separated by time and space to communicate and collaborate on shared interests and tasks. The widespread use of some of these tools, such as instant messaging and group chat, coupled with ...

chapter

AspectBrowser for Eclipse: a case study in plug-in retargeting

Macneil Shonle
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Jonathan Neddenriep
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
William Griswold
UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA

October 2004pp 78-82 https://doi.org/10.1145/1066129.1066145

A powerful feature of Eclipse is its plug-in architecture for incorporating third-party tools. An important source of plug-ins is standalone tools that were developed prior to the release of Eclipse. However, such tools inevitably incorporate features ...

chapter

Challenge: ubiquitous location-aware computing and the "place lab" initiative

Bill N. Schilit
Intel Research Seattle, Seattle, WA
,
Anthony LaMarca
Intel Research Seattle, Seattle, WA
,
Gaetano Borriello
Intel Research Seattle, Seattle, WA and University of Washington, Seattle, WA
,
William G. Griswold
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
David McDonald
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
,
Edward Lazowska
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
,
Anand Balachandran
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Jason Hong
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
,
Vaughn Iverson
Intel Corporation, Seattle, WA

September 2003pp 29-35 https://doi.org/10.1145/941326.941331

To be widely adopted, location-aware computing must be as effortless, familiar and rewarding as web search tools like Google. We envisage the global scale Place Lab, consisting of an open software base and a community building activity as a way to ...

article

Teaching Software Engineering in a Compiler Project Course

William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego

December 2002pp 3-es https://doi.org/10.1145/949257.949260

A compiler course with a long-term project is a staple of many undergraduate computer science curricula, and often a cornerstone of a program's applied-engineering component. Software engineering expertise can help a student complete such a course, yet ...

article

Getting started with ASPECTJ

Gregor Kiczales
University of British Columbia, Canada
,
Erik Hilsdale
Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, CA
,
Jim Hugunin
Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, CA
,
Mik Kersten
Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, CA
,
Jeffrey Palm
Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, CA
,
William Griswold
University of California, San Diego, CA

October 2001pp 59-65 https://doi.org/10.1145/383845.383858

chapter

The structure and value of modularity in software design

Kevin J. Sullivan
University of Virginia, Department of Computer Science, Charlottesville, VA
,
William G. Griswold
University of California, San Diego, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, San Diego, CA
,
Yuanfang Cai
University of Virginia, Department of Computer Science, Charlottesville, VA
,
Ben Hallen
University of Virginia, Department of Computer Science, Charlottesville, VA

September 2001pp 99-108 https://doi.org/10.1145/503209.503224

The concept of information hiding modularity is a cornerstone of modern software design thought, but its formulation remains casual and its emphasis on changeability is imperfectly related to the goal of creating added value in a given context. We need ...

chapter

Making slicing practical: the final mile

William G. Griswold
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

June 2001pp 1 https://doi.org/10.1145/379605.379625

Much progress has been made in the precision and performance of program slicers, but many challenges remain, such as cost-effective implementation and finding a role for slicing in software development.

chapter

Quickly detecting relevant program invariants

Michael D. Ernst
Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Box 352350, Seattle WA
,
Adam Czeisler
Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Box 352350, Seattle WA
,
William G. Griswold
Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, University of California San Diego, 0114, La Jolla, CA
,
David Notkin
Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Box 352350, Seattle WA

June 2000pp 449-458 https://doi.org/10.1145/337180.337240

Explicitly stated program invariants can help programmers by characterizing certain aspects of program execution and identifying program properties that must be preserved when modifying code. Unfortunately, these invariants are usually absent from code. ...

chapter

Component design of retargetable program analysis tools that reuse intermediate representations

James Hayes
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
William G. Griswold
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Stuart Moskovics
Motorola, BCS, 6450 Sequence Drive, San Diego, CA

June 2000pp 356-365 https://doi.org/10.1145/337180.337221

Interactive program analysis tools are often tailored to one particular representation of programs, making adaptation to a new language costly. One way to ease adaptability is to introduce an intermediate abstraction—an adaptation layer—between an ...

chapter

Dynamically discovering likely program invariants to support program evolution

Michael D. Ernst
Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Box 352350, Seattle WA
,
Jake Cockrell
Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Box 352350, Seattle WA
,
William G. Griswold
Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, University of California San Diego, 0114, La Jolla, CA
,
David Notkin
Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Box 352350, Seattle WA

May 1999pp 213-224 https://doi.org/10.1145/302405.302467

chapter

Effective whole-program analysis in the presence of pointers

Darren C. Atkinson
Department of Computer Science & Engineering, 0114, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
,
William G. Griswold
Department of Computer Science & Engineering, 0114, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA

November 1998pp 46-55 https://doi.org/10.1145/288195.288217

Understanding large software systems is difficult. Traditionally, automated tools are used to assist program understanding. However, the representations constructed by these tools often require prohibitive time and space. Demand-driven techniques can be ...

article

An empirical study of static call graph extractors

Gail C. Murphy
Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
,
David Notkin
Univ. of Washington, Seattle
,
William G. Griswold
Univ. of California, San Diego, San Diego
,
Erica S. Lan
Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA

April 1998pp 158-191 https://doi.org/10.1145/279310.279314

Informally, a call graph represents calls between entities in a given program. The call graphs that compilers compute to determine the applicability of an optimization must typically be conservative: a call may be omitted only if it can never occur in ...

article

Supporting the restructuring of data abstractions through manipulation of a program visualization

Robert W. Bowdidge
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY
,
William G. Griswold
Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla

April 1998pp 109-157 https://doi.org/10.1145/279310.279312

With a meaning-preserving restructuring tool, a software engineer can change a program's structure to ease future modifications. However, deciding how to restructure the program requires a global understanding of the program's structure, which cannot be ...

article

Programming language requirements for the next millennium

William G. Griswold
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Richard Wolski
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Scott B. Baden
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Stephen J. Fink
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Scott R. Kohn
Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

December 1996pp 194-es https://doi.org/10.1145/242224.242475

chapter

Just-in-time architecture: planning software in an uncertain world

William G. Griswold
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

October 1996pp 8-11 https://doi.org/10.1145/243327.243336

chapter

Tool support for planning the restructuring of data abstractions in large systems

William G. Griswold
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
Morison I. Chen
GDE Systems, Inc., 16250 Technology Dr, San Diego, CA
,
Robert W. Bowdidge
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, P.O. Box 704, Yorktown Heithts NY
,
J. David Morgenthaler
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

October 1996pp 33-45 https://doi.org/10.1145/239098.239107

Restructuring software to improve its design can lower software maintenance costs. One problem in carrying out such a restructuring is planning the new detailed design. The star diagram manipulable visualization can help a programmer redesign a program ...

chapter

Automated support for encapsulating abstract data types

Robert W. Bowdidge
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
,
William G. Griswold
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

December 1994pp 97-110 https://doi.org/10.1145/193173.195298

A software engineer can use a meaning-preserving program restructuring tool during maintenance to change a program's structure to ease modification. One common restructuring action is to create a new abstract data type by encapsulating an existing data ...

chapter

Direct update of data flow representations for a meaning-preserving program restructuring tool

William G. Griswold

December 1993pp 42-55 https://doi.org/10.1145/256428.167063

Automated assistance for meaning-preserving global restructuring is an approach for helping software engineers improve the structure of programs, thus lowering the costs of maintenance. The consturction of a restructuing tool encounters many conflicting ...

article

Automated assistance for program restructuring

William G. Griswold
Univ. of California, San Diego
,
David Notkin
Univ. of Washington, Seattle

July 1993pp 228-269 https://doi.org/10.1145/152388.152389

Maintenance tends to degrade the structure of software, ultimately making maintenance more costly. At times, then, it is worthwhile to manipulate the structure of a system to make changes easier. However, manual restructuring is an error-prone and ...

article

Computer-aided vs. manual program restructuring

William G. Griswold
Univ. of California, San Diego
,
David Notkin
Univ. of Washington, Seattle

January 1992pp 33-41 https://doi.org/10.1145/134292.134294

Restructuring a software system as it evolves promises to reduce associated maintenance costs. To simplify restructuring, we have developed a tool that preserves the meaning of a program as the engineer applies structural transformations. To help ...

article

Experiences with poker

David Notkin
Department of Computer Science, FR-35, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
,
Lawrence Snyder
Department of Computer Science, FR-35, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
,
David Socha
Department of Computer Science, FR-35, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
,
Mary L. Bailey
Department of Computer Science, FR-35, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
,
Bruce Forstall
Department of Computer Science, FR-35, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
,
Kevin Gates
Department of Computer Science, FR-35, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
,
Ray Greenlaw
Department of Computer Science, FR-35, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
,
Willian G. Griswold
Department of Computer Science, FR-35, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
,
Thomas J. Holman
Department of Computer Science, FR-35, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
,
Richard Korry
Department of Computer Science, FR-35, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
,
Gemini Lasswell
Department of Computer Science, FR-35, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
,
Robert Mitchell
Department of Computer Science, FR-35, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
,
Philip A. Nelson
Department of Computer Science, FR-35, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

January 1988pp 10-20 https://doi.org/10.1145/62116.62118

Experience from over five years of building nonshared memory parallel programs using the Poker Parallel Programming Environment has positioned us to evaluate our approach to defining and developing parallel programs. This paper presents the more ...

chapter

Enhancement through extension: the extension interpreter

D. Notkin
Department of Computer Science, FR-3 5, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
,
W. G. Griswold
Department of Computer Science, FR-3 5, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

July 1987pp 45-55 https://doi.org/10.1145/29650.29655

The ability to extend programs dynamically has clear advantages. However, providing efficient yet sufficiently flexible support for such capabilities system-wide presents significant challenges. We describe a design and implementation of an extension ...

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