Dr. MAPQ

ACM Publications

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Visualizing Progress in Broadening Participation in Computing: The Value of Context
- Valerie Barr
  Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
  ,
- Carla E. Brodley
  Northeastern University, Boston, MA
  ,
- Manuel Pérez-Quiñones
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
July 2024pp 46-55 https://doi.org/10.1145/3635471

To improve diversity and BPC analysis and assessment, institutions should examine cohort-based data, report intersectional data as a norm, and consider university demographic context.
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Transforming Grading Practices in the Computing Education Community
- Adrienne Decker
  Engineering Education, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
  ,
- Stephen H. Edwards
  Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Brian M. McSkimming
  Engineering Pathways, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
  ,
- Bob Edmison
  Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Audrey Rorrer
  Computer Science, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez Quiñones
  Software and Information Systems, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
March 2024pp 276-282 https://doi.org/10.1145/3626252.3630953

It is often the case that computer science classrooms use traditional grading practices where points are allocated to assignments, mistakes result in point deductions, and assignment scores are combined using some form of weighted averaging to determine ...
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The Correctness of the Mental Model of Arrays After Instruction for CS1 Students
- Syeda Fatema Mazumder
  Software and Information Systems, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez Quiñones
  Software and Information Systems, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
March 2024pp 806-811 https://doi.org/10.1145/3626252.3630943

Researchers stipulate that a mental model of a system comprises two types of sub-components: parts andstate changes. CS education researchers have noted that state changes in a program are some of the most troublesome concepts to understand. Furthermore, ...
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K-12 Teacher Experiences from Online Professional Development for Teaching APCSA
- Nicole Shanley
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
  ,
- Florence Martin
  North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
  ,
- David Pugalee
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
  ,
- Lynn Ahlgrim-Delzell
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
  ,
- Ellen Hart
  North Carolina Virtual Public School, Raleigh, NC, USA
March 2023pp 1001-1006 https://doi.org/10.1145/3545945.3569827

Online computer science courses, such as those run by virtual public high schools, can help reach students in schools where funding constraints limit student opportunity. Many schools cannot afford computer science teachers, but with virtual course ...
panel
Trajectory of Hispanic Women Professionals: Challenges and Strategies
- Adriana Alvarado Garcia
  IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
  ,
- Karla Badillo-Urquiola
  University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, USA
  ,
- Brianna Posadas
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
March 2023pp 1208-1209 https://doi.org/10.1145/3545947.3569601

By virtue of being underrepresented in computing, Hispanic women completing a Ph.D. face additional challenges starting their new careers. Completing the dissertation, applying for jobs, interviewing, and negotiating job offers are made more difficult by ...
abstract
Engaging with Identity, Inclusion, & Intersectionality: Videos that Spark Conversations
- Brianna Blaser
  University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
  ,
- Christopher Lynnly Hovey
  University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
  ,
- Vidushi Ojha
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez Quiñones
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
March 2023pp 1214-1215 https://doi.org/10.1145/3545947.3569595

This session will help educators, staff, and administrators gain understanding and confidence in using inclusive language to refer to identities and demographic groups. Using human-centered terminology for identities based on characteristics like race, ...
poster
Developing Online Professional Development for High School Teachers to Teach Computer Science Online
- Florence Martin
  UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
  ,
- Nicole E. Shanley
  UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
  ,
- Nicole Hite
  UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
  ,
- David Pugalee
  UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
  ,
- Ellen Hart
  North Carolina Virtual Public School, Raleigh, NC, USA
July 2022pp 616-616 https://doi.org/10.1145/3502717.3532174

Creating effective professional development is critical to support high school teachers who teach computer science (CS) online. The context of this study is based on a current Research to Practice Partnership (RPP) between the University of North ...
panel
How and Why to Create a Departmental BPC Plan
- Allyson Kennedy
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, USA
  ,
- Colleen M. Lewis
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
  ,
- Michelle Rogers
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, USA
  ,
- Burçin Tamer
  Computing Research Association, Washington, DC, USA
  ,
- Luther Tychonievich
  University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
March 2022pp 1059-1060 https://doi.org/10.1145/3478432.3499251

Broadening participation in computing (BPC) requires our individual and collective effort. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is leading an effort in the USA to encourage NSF grant awardees and all computing departments to create BPC plans. Panelists ...
abstract
Piecing Together the Next 15 Years of Computing Education Research Workshop Report
- Adrienne Decker
  University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
  ,
- Mark Allen Weiss
  Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
  ,
- Brett A. Becker
  University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
  ,
- John P. Dougherty
  Haverford College, Haverford, PA, USA
  ,
- Stephen H. Edwards
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Joanna Goode
  University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
  ,
- Amy J. Ko
  University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
  ,
- Monica M. McGill
  CSEdResearch.org, Peoria, IL, USA
  ,
- Briana B. Morrison
  University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
  ,
- Manuel Pérez-Quiñones
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
  ,
- Yolanda A. Rankin
  Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
  ,
- Monique Ross
  Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
  ,
- Jan Vahrenhold
  Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
  ,
- David Weintrop
  University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
  ,
- Aman Yadav
  Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
March 2022pp 1051-1052 https://doi.org/10.1145/3478432.3499037

The session will present an overview of findings of a recently funded NSF workshop that set out to examine the pressing issues for computing education research for the next 15 years. Based on dialogs for scholars working in this area, the workshop ...
research-article
Common membership across SIGs
- Manuel Pérez-Quiñones
May 2021pp 3-3 https://doi.org/10.1145/3466995.3466996

Conferences allow for sharing of knowledge in a particular domain, computing education for us. Many of us tend to participate in different conferences. CS Educators, after all, teach CS covering all areas of CS. This means that many of us are also ...
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How the ideology of monolingualism drives us to monolingual interaction
- Manuel Pérez-Quiñones
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  ,
- Consuelo Carr Salas
  San Diego State University
April 2021pp 66-69 https://doi.org/10.1145/3457871

Community + Culture features practitioner perspectives on designing technologies for and with communities. We highlight compelling projects and provocative points of view that speak to both community technology practice and the interaction design field ...
abstract
Eliciting A Novice Programmer's Mental Model of Arrays
- Syeda Fatema Mazumder
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University of North Carolina a, NC, USA
March 2021pp 1302-1302 https://doi.org/10.1145/3408877.3439647

A mental model is a knowledge structure that reflects a learner's understanding, action, and behavior about a device in the real world. Novice programmers have been found to have inconsistent and flawed mental models of very basic programming concepts. ...
abstract
Microteaching: Semantics, Definition of a Computer, Running Times, Fractal Trees, Classes as Encapsulation, and P vs NP
- Colleen M. Lewis
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
  ,
- Kathi Fisler
  Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
  ,
- Jenny Hinz
  Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL, USA
  ,
- David J. Malan
  Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
  ,
- Joshua E. Paley
  Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto, CA, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
  ,
- Shikha Singh
  Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA
March 2021pp 766-767 https://doi.org/10.1145/3408877.3432582

SIGCSE is packed with teaching insights and inspiration. However, we get these insights and inspiration from hearing our colleagues talk about their teaching. Why not just watch them teach? This session does exactly that. Six exceptional educators will ...
panel
Where Should We Go From Here?: Eliminating Inequities In CS Education, Featuring Guests From The CS-Ed Podcast
- Kristin Stephens-Martinez
  Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
  ,
- Nicki Washington
  Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
  ,
- Leigh Ann DeLyser
  CSforAll, New York, NY, USA
March 2021pp 315-316 https://doi.org/10.1145/3408877.3432566

The CS-Ed Podcast's theme for season 2 is "Where should we go from here?" Three of the episodes focused on equity. This panel consists of all the podcast guests that spoke on this topic and the podcast host will serve as the moderator. In their episode, ...
abstract
How Can Computer Science Education Address Inequities
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
August 2020pp 3581-3581 https://doi.org/10.1145/3394486.3411063

The 2019 global pandemic and the social protests in support of Black Lives Matter has made it clear that society has yet to eradicate systemic racism. Can computing education help? Academics, particularly in STEM fields, are often shielded from these ...
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As a CS educator, how do you think we can address inequity issues that exist in the field?
- Jeffrey Miller
  SIGCSE
  ,
- Karen C. Davis
  SIGCSE
  ,
- Brandeis Marshall,
- Nicki Washington,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones,
- Leo Porter,
- Juan E. Gilbert
August 2020pp 7-10 https://doi.org/10.1145/3419040.3419046

We asked several CS education researchers to offer brief remarks (about 200 words) to spark discussion and provide ideas for actions we can all take to address inequity issues. Five responses are included below.
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Diagramming Encouragement in CS1 Textbooks
- Syeda Fatema Mazumder
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
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- Celine Latulipe
  University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MAN, Canada
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
June 2020pp 554-554 https://doi.org/10.1145/3341525.3393976

Drawing is an effective learning tool, incorporating engagement, increasing recall, and improving problem-solving skills. However, it is not widely practiced by computer science educators. This poster reports an analysis of 15 commonly used CS1 ...
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Are Variable, Array and Object Diagrams in Java Textbooks Explanative?
- Syeda Fatema Mazumder
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
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- Celine Latulipe
  University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
June 2020pp 425-431 https://doi.org/10.1145/3341525.3387368

Diagrams in textbooks are an essential tool to explain concepts. Aneffective diagram should help a novice learner to build a runnable mental model, increase recall, and improve problem-solving skills. Richard Mayer and others suggest that to have an ...
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Are Variable, Array, and Object Diagrams in Introductory Java Textbooks Explanative?
- Syeda Fatema Mazumder
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
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- Celine Latulipe
  University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MAN, Canada
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
February 2020pp 1383-1383 https://doi.org/10.1145/3328778.3372660

Diagrams in textbooks are essential tools in explaining concepts. An effective diagram helps a novice learner build a runnable mental model, increase recall and improve problem-solving skills. Richard Mayer suggests that for a diagram to be effective, ...
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SIGCE technical symposium programming languages mentions by decade
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  SIGCSE 2019 General Co-Chair
April 2019pp 4-5 https://doi.org/10.1145/3329103.3329105

We created a visualization for the languages mentioned in the SIGCSE Technical Symposia abstracts by decade. There is no distinction between papers, posters, special sessions, and other types of submissions archived in the digital library. We included ...
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SIGCSE technical symposium 2019 report
- Elizabeth K. Hawthorne
  SIGCSE 2019 General Co-Chair
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  SIGCSE 2019 General Co-Chair
  ,
- Sarah Heckman
  SIGCSE 2019 Program Co-Chair
  ,
- Jian Zhang
  SIGCSE 2019 Program Co-Chair
April 2019pp 2-4 https://doi.org/10.1145/3329103.3329104

SIGCSE celebrated its 50th Technical Symposium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA from February 27 to March 2, 2019. We were delighted to have served as Symposium and Program co-chairs of the symposium. In spite of the historic 30.4 inches of record ...
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Smoothing the path to computing: pondering uses for big data
- Mary Hall
  University of Utah
  ,
- Richard Ladner
  University of Washington
  ,
- Diane Levitt
  Cornell Tech
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez Quiñones
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  ,
- Saurabh Bagchi
  CRISP
February 2019pp 8-9 https://doi.org/10.1145/3303708

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SIGCSE 2019 preview
- Elizabeth K. Hawthorne
  SIGCSE 2019 General Co-chair
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  SIGCSE 2019 General Co-chair
January 2019pp 2-2 https://doi.org/10.1145/3310216.3310217

The SIGCSE 2019 Organizing and Program Committees are thrilled to invite you to join us in Minneapolis, Minnesota from February 28 to March 2, 2019, for the Celebration of the 50th SIGCSE Technical Symposium! Our program celebrates successes and growth ...
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Peer Review in CS2: Conceptual Learning and High-Level Thinking
- Scott Alexander Turner
  University of Wisconsin—Stout, Menomonie, USA
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- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, USA
  ,
- Stephen H. Edwards
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA
September 2018pp 1-37 https://doi.org/10.1145/3152715

In computer science, students could benefit from exposure to critical programming concepts from multiple perspectives. Peer review is one method to allow students to experience authentic uses of the concepts in an activity that is not itself ...
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What is a SIGCSE symposium paper?
- Sarah Heckman
  SIGCSE 2019 Program Co-Chair
  ,
- Jian Zhang
  SIGCSE 2019 Program Co-Chair
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  SIGCSE 2019 General Co-Chair
  ,
- Elizabeth K. Hawthorne
  SIGCSE 2019 General Co-Chair
July 2018pp 3-3 https://doi.org/10.1145/3243071.3243073
abstract
Computer-Human Interaction Mentoring (CHIMe) 2018
- Robin Brewer
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  ,
- Marvin Andujar
  University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
  ,
- Sheena Erete
  DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA
  ,
- Ronald A. Metoyer
  University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Perez-Quinones
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
  ,
- Yolanda Rankin
  Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
April 2018pp 1-4 https://doi.org/10.1145/3170427.3173460

HCI is a field where diversity should be considered in the systems we build and study. As such, it is important to cultivate a growing group of diverse researchers with a range of experiences to contribute to difficult design, research, and ...
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Multiple paper types for SIGCSE 2018
- Manuel A. Perez-Quinones,
- Elizabeth K. Hawthorne
July 2017pp 7-7 https://doi.org/10.1145/3129166.3129172

Exciting program changes are ahead for the 2018 SIGCSE Technical Symposium!
panel
Beyond Autograding: Advances in Student Feedback Platforms
- John DeNero
  University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
  ,
- Sumukh Sridhara
  University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
  ,
- Manuel Pérez-Quiñones
  University of North Carolina -- Charlotte, Blackburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Aatish Nayak
  Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  ,
- Ben Leong
  National University of Singapore, Singapore, UNK, Singapore
March 2017pp 651-652 https://doi.org/10.1145/3017680.3017686
opinion
Manuel A. Pérez Quiñones
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  George Washington University
February 2017pp 14-15 https://doi.org/10.1145/3044715
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Using Spectrum-Based Fault Location and Heatmaps to Express Debugging Suggestions to Student Programmers
- Bob Edmison
  Virginia Tech, Department of Computer Science, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Stephen H. Edwards
  Virginia Tech, Department of Computer Science, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  University of North Carolina Charlotte, College of Computing and Informatics, Charlotte, NC, USA
January 2017pp 48-54 https://doi.org/10.1145/3013499.3013509

Automated grading systems are useful for conveying debugging feedback to students, but the manner in which this feedback is displayed can be problematic for students. Automated systems usually report failures in student code, whether it be the results ...
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The Impact of the Encoding View in Location-Based Reminders: Improving Prospective Remembering
- Yao Wang
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Mark Schlager
  Samsung Research America, San Francisco, CA, USA
  ,
- Manuel Pérez-Quinones
  University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
May 2016pp 2406-2416 https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858197

Proliferation of small computing-enabled devices coupled with the richness of communication infrastructure has made location-based computing a reality. Location-based reminders (LBRs) provide alarms and notices to users based on their location. These ...
other
Teaching low-fidelity interactive prototyping using handhelds
- Manuel A. Pérez Quiñones
  University of North Carolina, Charlotte
November 2015pp 52-53 https://doi.org/10.1145/2822906
wip
TaskAmbient: A Study in Personal Task Management Visualization
- Sheriff Jolaoso
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Perez-Quinones
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
April 2015pp 1797-1802 https://doi.org/10.1145/2702613.2732890

In the lifecycle of a personal to-do, the task is susceptible to failure at various stages. One of these stages is the intention retention stage, in which a person has to stay vigilant of the task and recognize when it can be carried out. Within the ...
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Beyond "Geofencing": Specifying Location in Location-Based Reminder Applications
- Yao Wang
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Perez-Quinones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
April 2015pp 1767-1772 https://doi.org/10.1145/2702613.2732780

Location-based reminders (LBRs) use people's physical location to trigger reminders. Today's advanced mobile technology has made LBRs commonplace.In this paper we report of a short study to evaluate the specification of location in a commercially ...
research-article
"For Telling" the Present: Using the Delphi Method to Understand Personal Information Management Practices
- William Jones
  The Information School, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
  ,
- Robert Capra
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
  ,
- Anne Diekema
  Utah State University, Logan, USA
  ,
- Jaime Teevan
  Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA, USA
  ,
- Manuel Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Jesse David Dinneen
  McGill University, Montreal, Canada
  ,
- Bradley Hemminger
  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
April 2015pp 3513-3522 https://doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702523

Researchers have been studying personal information management (PIM) for many years, but little exists by way of practical advice for how individuals should manage their own information. We employed the Delphi Method to engage PIM researchers with ...
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Lost in Email: Pulling Users Down a Path of Interaction
- Benjamin V. Hanrahan
  Xerox Research Center Europe, Meylan, France
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
April 2015pp 3981-3984 https://doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702351

In this paper we describe a study exploring why users spend more time in email than originally intended, which we call getting lost in email. To study this phenomenon, we implemented an IMAP logger that also dispatched diary entries to collect data for ...
panel
Technology We Can't Live Without!
- Daniel D. Garcia
  University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
  ,
- Eric Allatta
  Academy for Software Engineering, New York, NY, USA
  ,
- Manuel Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blackburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Jeff Solin
  Lane Tech College Prep High School, Chicago, IL, USA
February 2015pp 597-598 https://doi.org/10.1145/2676723.2677336

The pace of technology for use in computing education is staggering. In the last five years, the following technologies have completely transformed our teaching: Piazza, Google Docs, PandaGrader (now GradeScope), YouTube, Doodle, Skype, Google Hangout, ...
research-article
Exploring the role of prospective memory in location-based reminders
- Yao Wang
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech
September 2014pp 1373-1380 https://doi.org/10.1145/2638728.2641718

Ubiquitous technology has prompted the use of location-based reminders (LBRs) to help people remember to do things while being away from their desks. However LBRs are still not an effective tool for mobile users. Our work explores how to make LBRs ...
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Underrepresented middle school girls: on the path to computer science through paper prototyping
- Ashley Robinson
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
March 2014pp 97-102 https://doi.org/10.1145/2538862.2538951

The computing profession is lacking representation that mirrors the fabric of society in the United States. Most studies show a low percentage of participation for women and minority groups. In this paper, we present our experiences conducting a week-...
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Encouraging civic participation through local news aggregation
- Andrea Kavanaugh
  Center for Human-Computer Interaction, Virginia Tech, Blacksurg, VA
  ,
- Ankit Ahuja
  Center for Human-Computer Interaction, Virginia Tech, Blacksurg, VA
  ,
- Manuel Pérez-Quiñones
  Center for Human-Computer Interaction, Virginia Tech, Blacksurg, VA
  ,
- John Tedesco
  Virginia Tech, Blacksurg, VA
  ,
- Kumbirai Madondo
  Virginia Tech, Blacksurg, VA
June 2013pp 172-179 https://doi.org/10.1145/2479724.2479750

Traditional sources of information for small and rural communities have been disappearing over the past decade. A lot of the information and discussion related to such local geographic areas is now scattered across websites of numerous local ...
panel
Growing female undergraduate enrollments in computer science: some successful approaches
- Wendy M. DuBow
  University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
  ,
- Ignatios Vakalis
  Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Perez-Quinones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Jason T. Black
  Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
March 2013pp 377-378 https://doi.org/10.1145/2445196.2445306

Computing has seen dramatic decreases in the major across the past decade, especially among under-represented populations. Recently, however, some institutions have begun to see an increase. What are these departments doing to reverse this historical ...
poster
Structured authoring meets technical comics in techcommix
- Carlos Evia
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Michael Stewart
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Tim Lockridge
  Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  ,
- Siroberto Scerbo
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Manuel Perez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
October 2012pp 353-354 https://doi.org/10.1145/2379057.2379123

TechCommix is an XML grammar and GUI that allows technical communicators to build comics based on the principles of structured authoring. TechCommix XML uses elements of two markup languages--ComicsML and DITA--the combination of which offers a means of ...
research-article
(Hyper) local news aggregation: designing for social affordances
- Andrea Kavanaugh
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Samah Gad
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Sloane Neidig
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- John Tedesco
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Ankit Ahuja
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Naren Ramakrishnan
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
June 2012pp 30-39 https://doi.org/10.1145/2307729.2307736

Being able to debate, reflect, form opinions, consider counter evidence and make informed decisions is a foundation of civic life in democratic societies. Government benefits from broad participation in collective decision making in terms of sustainable ...
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Using physical-social interactions to support information re-finding
- Blake Sawyer
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
  ,
- Francis Quek
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
  ,
- Wai Choong Wong
  National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
  ,
- Mehul Motani
  National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
  ,
- Sharon Lynn Chu Yew Yee
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
  ,
- Manuel Perez-Quinones
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
May 2012pp 885-910 https://doi.org/10.1145/2212776.2212861

A dominant way in which we organize our world is through social interactions. Much research has made use of social context as a way to support information storage and re-finding. However, they tend to focus only on the virtual side of sociality, and ...
research-article
Use of subimages in fish species identification: a qualitative study
- Uma Murthy
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Lin Tzy Li
  University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
  ,
- Eric Hallerman
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Edward A. Fox
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Perez-Quinones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Lois M. Delcambre
  Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA
  ,
- Ricardo da S. Torres
  University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
June 2011pp 185-194 https://doi.org/10.1145/1998076.1998112

Many scholarly tasks involve working with subdocuments, or contextualized fine-grain information, i.e., with information that is part of some larger unit. A digital library (DL) facilitates management, access, retrieval, and use of collections of data ...
abstract
Evaluating software for communities using social affordances
- Ben Hanrahan
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Sameer Ahuja
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Manuel Perez-Quinones
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Andrea Kavanaugh
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, USA
May 2011pp 1621-1626 https://doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979818

In this paper we discuss the problems faced when building software for communities. In particular, we introduce the formative evaluation method that emerged while developing two social network sites (SNSs). We acknowledge that the success of software ...
research-article
LIFT: taking GUI unit testing to new heights
- Jason Snyder
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Stephen H. Edwards
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
March 2011pp 643-648 https://doi.org/10.1145/1953163.1953343

The Library for Interface Testing (LIFT) supports writing unit tests for Java applications with graphical user interfaces (GUIs). Current frameworks for GUI testing provide the necessary tools, but are complicated and difficult to use for beginners, ...
research-article
Student attitudes and motivation for peer review in CS2
- Scott Turner
  UNC Pembroke, Pembroke, NC, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Stephen Edwards
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Joseph Chase
  Radford University, Radford, VA, USA
March 2011pp 347-352 https://doi.org/10.1145/1953163.1953268

Computer science students need experience with essential concepts and professional activities. Peer review is one way to meet these goals. In this work, we examine the students' attitudes towards and engagement in the peer review process, in early, ...
research-article
Peer review in CS2: conceptual learning
- Scott Turner
  ECPI College of Technology, Hampton, VA, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Stephen Edwards
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Joseph Chase
  Radford University, Radford, VA, USA
March 2010pp 331-335 https://doi.org/10.1145/1734263.1734379

In computer science, students could benefit from exposure to critical programming concepts from multiple perspectives. Peer review is one method to allow students to experience authentic uses of the concepts in a non-programming manner. In this work, we ...
research-article
Comparing effective and ineffective behaviors of student programmers
- Stephen H. Edwards
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Jason Snyder
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Anthony Allevato
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Dongkwan Kim
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Betsy Tretola
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
August 2009pp 3-14 https://doi.org/10.1145/1584322.1584325

This paper reports on a quantitative evaluation of five years of data collected in the first three programming courses at Virginia Tech. The dataset involves a total of 89,879 assignment submissions by 1,101 different students. Assignment results were ...
extended-abstract
You scratch my back and i'll scratch yours: combating email overload collaboratively
- Manas Tungare
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
April 2009pp 4711-4716 https://doi.org/10.1145/1520340.1520725

Email is no longer perceived as a communication marvel, but rather as a constant source of information overload. Several studies have shown that accessing, managing, and archiving email threatens to affect users' productivity. While several strategies ...
extended-abstract
Mental workload in multi-device personal information management
- Manas Tungare
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
April 2009pp 3431-3436 https://doi.org/10.1145/1520340.1520498

Knowledge workers increasingly use multiple devices such as desktop computers, laptops, cell phones, and PDAs for personal information management (PIM) tasks. The use of several of these devices together creates higher task difficulty for users than ...
research-article
Dereferee: exploring pointer mismanagement in student code
- Anthony Allevato
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Stephen H. Edwards
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
March 2009pp 173-177 https://doi.org/10.1145/1508865.1508928

Dynamic memory management and the use of pointers are critical topics in teaching the C++ language. They are also some of the most difficult for students to grasp properly. The responsibility of ensuring that students understand these concepts does not ...
introduction
Introduction to keeping, refinding and sharing personal information
- Deborah Barreau
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  ,
- Robert Capra
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  ,
- Susan Dumais
  Microsoft Corporation
  ,
- William Jones
  University of Washington
  ,
- Manuel Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
October 2008pp 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1145/1402256.1402257
demonstration
Web-CAT: automatically grading programming assignments
- Stephen H. Edwards
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Perez-Quinones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
June 2008pp 328-328 https://doi.org/10.1145/1384271.1384371

This demonstration introduces participants to using Web-CAT, an open-source automated grading system. Web-CAT is customizable and extensible, allowing it to support a wide variety of programming languages and assessment strategies. Web-CAT is most well-...
research-article
Supporting student-written tests of gui programs
- Matthew Thornton
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Stephen H. Edwards
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Roy P. Tan
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
March 2008pp 537-541 https://doi.org/10.1145/1352135.1352316

Tools like JUnit and its relatives are making software testing reachable even for introductory students. At the same time, however, many introductory computer sciences courses use graphical interfaces as an "attention grabber" for students and as a ...
research-article
Misunderstandings about object-oriented design: experiences using code reviews
- Scott A. Turner
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Ricardo Quintana-Castillo
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  ,
- Stephen H. Edwards
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
March 2008pp 97-101 https://doi.org/10.1145/1352135.1352169

In this paper we present our experience using code reviews in a CS2 course. In particular, we highlight a series of misunderstandings of object-oriented (OO) concepts we observed as a by-product of the code review exercise. In our activity, we asked ...
research-article
Toward a model of political participation among young adults: the role of local groups and ICT use
- B. Joon Kim
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
  ,
- Andrea Kavanaugh
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
  ,
- Manuel Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
December 2007pp 205-212 https://doi.org/10.1145/1328057.1328099

Civic engagement in politics and public affairs lies at the heart of participatory models of democracy [26]. Prior studies have found that politically interested citizens use information and communication technology (ICT) to facilitate and sometimes ...
chapter
Automatic syllabus classification
- Xiaoyan Yu
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Manas Tungare
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Weiguo Fan
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Manuel Perez-Quinones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Edward A. Fox
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- William Cameron
  Villanova University, Villanova, PA
  ,
- GuoFang Teng
  Villanova University, Villanova, PA
  ,
- Lillian Cassel
  Villanova University, Villanova, PA
June 2007pp 440-441 https://doi.org/10.1145/1255175.1255265

Syllabi are important educational resources. However, searching for a syllabus on the Web using a generic search engine is an error-prone process and often yields too many non-relevant links. In this paper, we present a syllabus classifier to filter ...
chapter
OSI and ET: originating source of information and evidence traceability
- Robert Ball
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  ,
- Pardha Pyla
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
April 2007pp 2261-2266 https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1240991

Originating Source of Information (OSI) is the idea of following all data, facts, and citations that documents rely on for their arguments back their source. OSI then helps people perform Evidence Traceability (ET), which allows them to understand the ...
chapter
CA³: collaborative annotation of audio in academia
- Ben Congleton
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- John Booker
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Laurian C. Vega
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Meg Kurdziolek
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Lauren Shupp
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
March 2007pp 461-466 https://doi.org/10.1145/1233341.1233424

We present a collaborative tagging tool for audio streams. We discuss two case studies using this tool: The first case study demonstrates the usefulness of simple tags as metadata. The second case study elaborates issues discovered while allowing ...
chapter
UML tools: what is their role in undergraduate computer science courses?
- Dick Gayler
  Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
  ,
- David Klappholz
  Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
  ,
- Valerie J. Harvey
  Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
March 2007pp 129-130 https://doi.org/10.1145/1227310.1227356
chapter
Towards a syllabus repository for computer science courses
- Manas Tungare
  Virginia Tech
  ,
- Xiaoyan Yu
  Virginia Tech
  ,
- William Cameron
  Villanova University
  ,
- GuoFang Teng
  Villanova University
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech
  ,
- Lillian Cassel
  Villanova University
  ,
- Weiguo Fan
  Virginia Tech
  ,
- Edward A. Fox
  Virginia Tech
March 2007pp 55-59 https://doi.org/10.1145/1227310.1227331

A syllabus defines the contents of a course, as well as other information such as resources and assignments. In this paper, we report on our work towards creating a syllabus repository of Computer Science courses across universities in the USA. We ...
chapter
Demonstrating the use of a SenseCam in two domains
- Seungwon Yang
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Ben Congleton
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- George Luc
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-QuiÑones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Edward A. Fox
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
June 2006pp 376-376 https://doi.org/10.1145/1141753.1141872

MyLifeBits is both an application and a framework to manage a personal lifetime of memories. We will demonstrate the use of a small digital library that manages data from two Microsoft SenseCams, used by: 1) students in the Virginia-Maryland Regional ...
chapter
Evaluation of a location-linked notes system
- Manas Tungare
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA
  ,
- Ingrid Burbey
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA
March 2006pp 494-499 https://doi.org/10.1145/1185448.1185557

We present a location-aware messaging system that lets users read and post notes linked to a particular location. We developed multiple clients (designed to run on desktop computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and cell phones) so that users ...
chapter
Variability of user interaction with multi-platform news feeds
- Chandresh Chhatpar
  Conservation Management Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va
March 2006pp 260-264 https://doi.org/10.1145/1185448.1185507

The development of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the proliferation of web enabled devices have allowed various news agencies to enrich their traditional method of distribution of news through TV, radio and print with simultaneous broadcast through the ...
chapter
Designing an adaptive learning module to teach software testing
- Rahul Agarwal
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Stephen H. Edwards
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
March 2006pp 259-263 https://doi.org/10.1145/1121341.1121420

Adaptive learning systems aim to precisely tailor education and training to the individual needs of learners. Such systems use an internal model of a user's current knowledge to adjust the navigational affordances and presentation order of material. The ...
article
Digital memories in an era of ubiquitous computing and abundant storage
- Mary Czerwinski
  Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA
  ,
- Douglas W. Gage
  Arlington, VA
  ,
- Jim Gemmell
  Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA
  ,
- Catherine C. Marshall
  Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Meredith M. Skeels
  University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  ,
- Tiziana Catarci
  University of Rome, Rome, Italy
January 2006pp 44-50 https://doi.org/10.1145/1107458.1107489

A lifetime of digital memories is possible but raises many social, as well as technological, questions.
article
minimUML: A minimalist approach to UML diagramming for early computer science education
- Scott A. Turner
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Stephen H. Edwards
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
December 2005pp 1-es https://doi.org/10.1145/1186639.1186640

In introductory computer science courses, the Unified Modeling Language (UML) is commonly used to teach basic object-oriented design. However, there appears to be a lack of suitable software to support this task. Many of the available programs that ...
chapter
Mobile refinding of web information using a voice interface: an exploratory study
- Robert G. Capra
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
October 2005pp 88-99 https://doi.org/10.1145/1111360.1111369

Refinding information found on the web is a considerable problem for many users, especially when in mobile situations. In this paper, we explore how a voice-controlled service, accessible by telephone, could help to support mobile users' needs for ...
chapter
Automatic language translation for user interfaces
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech
  ,
- Olga I. Padilla-Falto
  Virginia Tech
  ,
- Kathleen McDevitt
  Virginia Tech
October 2005pp 60-63 https://doi.org/10.1145/1095242.1095268

Translations of user interfaces are an essential part of software development for the World Wide Web. Web pages are translated in three ways: by the developer as part of the normal life cyle, by the community that has a vested interest in the domain, ...
chapter
The effects of individual differences on CS2 course performance across universities
- Tracy L. Lewis
  Radford University, Radford, VA
  ,
- J. D. Chase
  Radford University, Radford, VA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Mary Beth Rosson
  Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
February 2005pp 426-430 https://doi.org/10.1145/1047344.1047483

Research is presented that examined the effects of various measures of prior computer science experience and cognitive abilities on overall performance in a CS2 course. Participants selected from the CS2 course at two southeastern state universities ...
chapter
Using peer review in teaching computing
- Edward F. Gehringer
  North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
  ,
- Donald D. Chinn
  University of Washington at Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Mark A. Ardis
  Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN
February 2005pp 321-322 https://doi.org/10.1145/1047344.1047455

For generations, the academic community has relied on peer review as a way of encouraging scholarship and enhancing the knowledge base. Peer review has been widely used in the classroom since at least the 1970s, with hundreds of papers on its use in ...
chapter
Using CITIDEL to develop and share class plans
- Lillian N. Cassel
  Villanova University, Villanova, PA
  ,
- Edward A. Fox
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- JAN Lee
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Deborah Knox
  The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
  ,
- John Impagliazzo
  Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
  ,
- Lee Giles
  Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
June 2004pp 270-270 https://doi.org/10.1145/1007996.1008106

This demonstration will illustrate the use of existing and proposed tools in CITIDEL for finding existing resources to integrate into a course and for developing well structured descriptions of class and laboratory activities for sharing with the ...
chapter
Enhancing usability in CITIDEL: multimodal, multilingual, and interactive visualization interfaces
- Saverio Perugini
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Kathleen McDevitt
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Ryan Richardson
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Rao Shen
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Naren Ramakrishnan
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Chris Williams
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Edward A. Fox
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
June 2004pp 315-324 https://doi.org/10.1145/996350.996424

We describe four usability-enhancing interfaces to CITIDEL aimed at improving the user experience and supporting personalized information access by targeted communities. These comprise: a multimodal interaction facility with capability for out-of-turn ...
chapter
Transitioning to an objects-early three-course introductory sequence: issues and experiences
- M. A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech
  ,
- Steven Edwards
  Virginia Tech
  ,
- Claude Anderson
  Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
  ,
- Doug Baldwin
  SUNY Geneseo
  ,
- James Caristi
  Valparaiso University
  ,
- Paul J. Wagner
  Univerity of Wisconsin- Eau Claire
March 2004pp 499-500 https://doi.org/10.1145/971300.971469
chapter
What do the experts say?: teaching introductory design from an expert's perspective
- Tracy L. Lewis
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Mary Beth Rosson
  Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA
March 2004pp 296-300 https://doi.org/10.1145/971300.971405

This study examined ways to improve students' chances of success learning design concepts through the use of Object-Oriented Programming and Design (OOP&D) patterns by examining potentially effective ways to teach such patterns to novice programmers. ...
chapter
Evaluation of subsetting programming language elements in a novice's programming environment
- Peter DePasquale
  The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
  ,
- John A. N. Lee
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
March 2004pp 260-264 https://doi.org/10.1145/971300.971392

In this paper, we evaluate the effects of applying programming language subsets to the programming environment used by novice (CS1) students in a closed-laboratory setting, as well as reducing the complexity of the user interface for the environment. ...
chapter
Using an education oriented digital library to organize and present classes in computing and information
- Lillian N. Cassel
  Villanova University, Villanova, PA
  ,
- John Impagliazzo
  Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
  ,
- Deborah Knox
  The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
  ,
- C. Lee Giles
  Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
  ,
- Edward A. Fox
  Virginia Tech, Blacksurg, VA
  ,
- JAN Lee
  Virginia Tech, Blacksurg, VA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksurg, VA
June 2003pp 260-260 https://doi.org/10.1145/961511.961621

This demonstration allows conference attendees to gain experience in using the facilities of the NSF National Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Education Digital Library (NSDL) to prepare and present College or university level classes.
chapter
Report on the NSF major educational funding initiative for a National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Digital Library (NSDL) with special emphasis on the Computing Education component
- Lillian N. Cassel
  Villanova University
  ,
- John Impagliazzo
  Hofstra University
  ,
- Ann Lally
  University of Arizona
  ,
- Edward A. Fox
  Virginia Tech
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech
  ,
- Jane Prey
  National Science Foundation
January 2003pp 301-302 https://doi.org/10.1145/611892.611910

The NSDL consists of collections of materials accessible online, as well as many tools and services intended to enhance learning. Tools and services will support students and as well as faculty. This session will provide a status report on the state of ...
chapter
Using task models to generate multi-platform user interfaces while ensuring usability
- Mir Farooq Ali
  VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA
April 2002pp 670-671 https://doi.org/10.1145/506443.506538

The widespread emergence of new computing devices and associated interaction metaphors has necessitated new ways of building User Interfaces (UIs) for these devices. In this paper, we describe our approach of using a Task Model in conjunction with the ...
chapter
Mixed-initiative interaction = mixed computation
- Naren Ramakrishnan
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Robert G. Capra
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA
January 2002pp 119-130 https://doi.org/10.1145/503032.503042

We show that partial evaluation can be usefully viewed as a programming model for realizing mixed-initiative functionality in interactive applications. Mixed-initiative interaction between two participants is one where the parties can take turns at any ...
chapter
WebContext: remote access to shared context
- Robert G. Capra
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  ,
- Naren Ramakrishnan
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
November 2001pp 1-9 https://doi.org/10.1145/971478.971517

In this paper, we describe a system and architecture for building and remotely accessing shared context between a user and a computer. The system is designed to allow a user to browse web pages on a personal computer and then remotely make queries about ...
chapter
Experiences in starting computer engineering programs (panel session)
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
  ,
- Robert Bryant
  Gonzaga University
  ,
- Fred Springsteel
  University of Missouri at Columbia
  ,
- Anne-Louise Radimsky
  California State University, Sacramento
  ,
- Daniel D. McCracken
  City College, City University of New York
March 2000pp 401-402 https://doi.org/10.1145/330908.331895
chapter
HCI education & research at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez
- José A. Borges
  University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  ,
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  ,
- Néstor J. Rodríguez
  University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
March 1997pp 89-90 https://doi.org/10.1145/1120212.1120271

HCI at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) of the University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez (UPRM) has taken center stage in the Computer Engineering program in just three years. This growth has been reflected in the academic programs,...
chapter
Negotiating user-initiated cancellation and interruption requests
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory, Code 5512, Washington, DC
  ,
- John L. Sibert
  Department of EE and CS, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
April 1996pp 267-268 https://doi.org/10.1145/257089.257315
chapter
A collaborative model of feedback in human-computer interaction
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory, Code 5512, Washington, DC
  ,
- John L. Sibert
  Department of EE and CS, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
April 1996pp 316-323 https://doi.org/10.1145/238386.238535
chapter
Conversational dialogue in graphical user interfaces: interaction technique feedback and dialogue structure
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
May 1995pp 71-72 https://doi.org/10.1145/223355.223434
chapter
Focus in graphical user interfaces
- Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
  Human-Computer Interaction Lab, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC
  ,
- John L. Sibert
  Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
February 1993pp 255-257 https://doi.org/10.1145/169891.170022
chapter
Evaluating two aspects of direct manipulation in advanced cockpits
June 1992pp 127-134 https://doi.org/10.1145/142750.142770

Increasing use of automation in computer systems, such as advanced cockpits, presents special challenges in the design of user interfaces. The challenge is particularly difficult when automation is intermittent because the interface must support smooth ...