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  • CycleTalk: Dialogue Technology for Supporting Simulation Based Learning

    In the CycleTalk project, we are developing a new collaborative learning support approach that makes use of tutorial dialogue technology in th...

  • Supporting Virtual Math Teams with Language Technologies

    In collaboration with Gerry Stahl and the Math Forum at Drexel University, this project seeks to develop a technological augmentation to avail...

  • Digital Bridges: On-Line Education Fostering Partnerships for Research and Teaching

    The key idea of the Digital Bridges project is to extend existing resources for technology-based education to create a vibrant environment for...

  • Dynamic Support for Computer-Mediated Intercultural Communication

    This project seeks to provide a new integration of theories and methods from the fields of CSCW and CSCL that will advance both areas individu...

  • ACT-R

    The ACT-R project focuses on developing a robust and general cognitive architecture and applying it to the modeling of human interaction with ...

  • Technologies About the Self

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  • Design Research in HCI

    This project investigates the role of Design and Design Thinking in HCI research and practice. On the research side, the work investigates how...

  • Sonic Flashlight

    Our objective is to permit in situ visualization of ultrasound images so that direct hand-eye coordination can be employed during invasive pro...

  • The Product Ecology Theory

    The product ecology is a way to understand and design for different social relationships and experiences that people develop with intelligent ...

  • The SenseChair

    The SenseChair provides comfort and support for elders who spend long periods of time seated in the same chair, restoring independence and dig...

  • Usability and Software Architecture

    The usability analyses or user test data are in; the development team is poised to respond. When the usability problems are presented, someone...

  • Natural Programming

    The goal of the Natural Programming project is to make computer programming more accessible to novice, professional and end-user programmers. ...

  • User-Constructed Workflows

    This project develops mixed-initiative interfaces designed to allow administrators to construct their own workflows and train agents to perfor...

  • DigitalSelf

    This project explores product opportunities for scaffolding the social role transition experienced by teens as they shed their high school ide...

  • Supporting Trust Decisions

    People are increasingly being asked to make trust decisions online: should I open this email? Should I click on this link? Should I enter in m...

  • Conversation With the Immaterial Material of Software

    Designers creatively investigate many possible solution by engaging in reflective conversations with materials. For example, industrial design...

  • Pebbles

    The Pebbles project is exploring how Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), such as the Palm Handheld or a device running the Microsoft Windows C...

  • Scalable Cognitive Modeling Through Compositional Reuse

    Cognitive modeling can scale affordably, and be routinely and efficiently applied to large complex tasks, only if it becomes an exercise of co...

  • The Hug

    The Hug, a soft, huggable robot that uses sensing technology and wireless telephony, was designed to provide social and emotional support for ...

  • Informedia Digital Video Library

    Informedia is applying automated video and audio indexing and video portal development in support of oral history collections, based on pionee...