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  • gRNAid : a tool for the comparative analysis of RNA secondary structures

    Creator:
    Whitmore, Shannon
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    The secondary structure of a 16S rRNA molecule is a graphical, two dimensional representation used by molecular biologists in determining evolutionary relationships between different organisms. By comparing two secondary structures, scientists can obtain knowledge of how 'related' one species of bacteria may be to another species [OLSE 1986]. To date,...
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    Capstone Project
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    Secondary Structures Shannon Whitmore A research paper Submitted to Oregon State University in

  • The Analysis of First Year Computer Science Design Documents

    Creator:
    Ernst, Shannon S.
    Abstract:
    Computer science is, at its core, about solving problems. The "Carry out the Plan" portion of problem solving is often examined and emphasized in CS 1 and CS 2, forgetting to emphasize the other important aspects of the problem solving process. This study focuses on the other problem-solving steps, which...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Design 4 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Shannon Ernst for

  • Information Theoretical Analysis of Self-Similar Trees

    Creator:
    Chunikhina, Evgenia V.
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    Tree-like patterns are ubiquitous in nature. Botanical trees, river networks, and blood systems are the most well-known examples of complex hierarchical systems met in observations. Interestingly, many of such systems exhibit statistical self-similarity. There are two main types of self-similarity: Horton self-similarity and Tokunaga self-similarity. Although there is an increased...
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    Dissertation
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    : Information Theoretical Analysis of Self-Similar Trees Abstract approved: Juan M. Restrepo Tree-like

  • Generalizing the Idea Garden : Principles and Contexts

    Creator:
    Jernigan, William
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    In previous work, the Idea Garden was created to help those relatively new to programming overcome their barriers in CoScripter. The goal of this thesis was to generalize the Idea Garden's success to other users and environments. We present a set of principles on how to help EUPs like this...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Margaret M. Burnett

  • Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Teaching Inclusive Design

    Creator:
    Oleson, Alannah L.
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    Inclusive design is important in today's software industry, but there is little research about how to teach it. In collaboration with 9 teacher-researchers across 8 U.S. universities and more than 400 computer and information science students, we embarked upon an Action Research investigation to gather insights into the pedagogical content...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    , Chris, Amber, Claudia, Zoe, Shannon, Christopher, and Susmita – I look forward to all the great things

  • Mental Models of Mere Mortals with Explanations of Reinforcement Learning

    Creator:
    Anderson, Andrew A.
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    How should reinforcement learning (RL) agents explain themselves to humans not trained in AI? To gain insights into this question, we conducted a 124 participant, four-treatment experiment to compare participants’ mental models of an RL agent in the context of a simple Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game. The four treatments isolated...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Mere Mortals with Explanations of Reinforcement Learning Abstract approved: Margaret M. Burnett How

  • The InclusiveMag Method: A Start Towards More Inclusive Software for Diverse Populations

    Creator:
    Mendez, Christopher
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    How can software practitioners assess whether their software supports diverse users? Although there are empirical processes that can be used to find “inclusivity bugs” piecemeal, what is often needed is a systematic inspection method to assess software’s support for diverse populations. To help fill this gap, this thesis introduces InclusiveMag,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Margaret M. Burnett

  • Understanding and supporting end-user debugging strategies

    Creator:
    Grigoreanu, Valentina I.
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    End users' programs are fraught with errors, costing companies millions of dollars. One reason may be that researchers and tool designers have not yet focused on end-user debugging strategies. To investigate this possibility, this dissertation presents eight empirical studies and a new strategy-based end-user debugging tool for Excel, called StratCel....
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    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ Margaret M. Burnett End users’ programs are fraught with errors, costing companies millions

  • SocioEconomicMag Meets a Platform for SES-Diverse College Students: A Case Study

    Creator:
    Agarwal, Puja
    Abstract:
    Emerging research shows that individual differences in how people use technology sometimes cluster by socioeconomic status (SES) and that when technology is not socioeconomically inclusive, low-SES individuals may abandon it. To understand how to improve technology’s SES-inclusivity, we present a multi-phase case study on SocioEconomicMag (SESMag), an emerging inspection method...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Margaret M Burnett Anita Sarma

  • MARLA : a chess playing program

    Creator:
    Rood, Andrew Lloyd
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    MARLA is a collection of FORTRAN routines which implements the Shannon-type-chess program with alphabeta cutoffs occurring dynamically. Board positions are updated incrementally. Also involved in position analysis is a production system which models the human chess player's advice-taking, theme, and chess learning in a general sense. Interfacing these two sections,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    is a collection of FORTRAN routines which implements the Shannon-type-chess program with alpha