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  • Complex patterns in gender HCI : a data mining study of factors leading to end-user debugging success for females and males

    Creator:
    Grigoreanu, Valentina I.
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    Most of the work so far in the subfield of Gender HCI has followed a theory-driven approach. Established theories, however, do not take into account specific issues that arise in end-user debugging. We suspected that there may be important information that we were overlooking. We therefore employed a methodology change:...
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    OF THE THESIS OF Valentina Grigoreanu for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science

  • Addressing Emerging Issues in Tropical Ecohydrology : A Combined Hydrometric and Isotopic Approach to Evaluate the Origin and Age of Water in a High-Elevation Tropical Ecosystem

    Creator:
    Mosquera, Giovanny M.
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    This thesis focuses on the identification of ecohydrological processes in nested system of catchments in a tropical alpine (the wet Andean páramo) ecosystem. We accomplish this by conducting a water stable isotopic characterization of water sources, an evaluation of the mean transit time (MTT) of streams waters, and the investigation...
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    -Elevation Tropical Ecosystem Abstract approved: Kellie B. Vaché Steven S. Perakis This thesis

  • Gender differences in robot teleoperation

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    Showkat, Dilruba
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    Gender issues have recently received increased attention in human robot interaction (HRI). Because robots are becoming part of our homes and daily lives, it is important to understand how different groups of people use them. To the best of our knowledge, almost no research has been done that investigates gender...
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    ) Page B Post-task Session Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 C Handout

  • Gender differences in end-user debugging strategies

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    Narayanan, Vaishnavi
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    There has been little prior research reporting strategy usage in end-user problem solving, and even less using gender as a factor. Without this type of information, enduser programming systems cannot know the “target” at which to aim, if they are to support male and female end-user programmers’ debugging. As a...
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    . Laura Beckwith, Neeraja Subrahmaniyan, Valentina Grigoreanu, Joey Lawrance and Flora Tan for their

  • The sum of its parts : investigating the component pieces of GenderMag

    Creator:
    Hill, Charles
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    Previous work introduced the GenderMag method, a software inspection method used to help software creators identify features within their software that are not gender-inclusive. Inclusiveness of software (gender or otherwise) matters because supporting diversity matters—it is well-known that the more diverse a group of problem-solvers, the higher the quality of...
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    [67]. Reasons cited for these benefits are: (a) that personas focus issues [45], (b) they provide

  • Practices for Engineering Gender-Inclusivity into Software

    Creator:
    Hilderbrand, Claudia
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    Although the need for gender-inclusivity in software itself is gaining attention among both SE researchers and SE practitioners, and methods have been published to help, little has been reported on how to make such methods work in real-world settings. For example, how do busy software practitioners use such methods in...
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    Information for instructors and students about B Unknown Interface for an AI product C 5 Analytics and

  • Newcomers’ Barriers. . . Is That All? An Analysis of Mentors’ and Newcomers’ Barriers in OSS Projects

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    Balali, Sogol
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    Newcomers’ seamless onboarding is important for open collaboration communi- ties, particularly those that leverage outsiders’ contributions to remain sustainable. Nevertheless, previous work shows that OSS newcomers often face several barriers to contribute, which lead them to lose motivation and even give up on contributing. A well-known way to help newcomers...
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    involved in mentoring newcomers to your team, project, or company? 2.a What made you become a mentor? 2.b

  • An Agent-Based Simulation for Emergency Warning Dissemination in a Multiplex Social Network

    Creator:
    Koll, Charles D.
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    The variety of natural disasters provide different sets of characteristics and properties with unique challenges. One significant difference between hazard types is prewarning lead time, the amount of time individuals have from a potential warning to the disaster occurring. Rapid onset disasters may not provide an official warning about a...
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    indicates how Figure 2.1 could be represented as a multigraph. Layer 3 A B CD E A B CD E A B CD E

  • Toward end-user debugging of machine-learned programs

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    Kulesza, Todd
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    The results of a machine learning from user behavior can be thought of as a program, and like all programs, it may need to be debugged. Providing ways for the user to debug it matters because without the ability to fix errors, users may find that the learned program’s errors...
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    have been similarly supportive, both in and out of the lab. In particular, Chris Bogart, Valentina

  • Scientists' perspectives on the importance of scientific communication in natural resource decision-making

    Creator:
    Shaw, Christine Michelle
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    Natural resource decisions require consideration at many levels, ranging from how one invertebrate will be affected by a nearby road, to how an entire watershed will be transformed by a massive clearcut. Considerations reach farther than just the local ecological community-human communities, economies, and future impacts on the communities and...
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    progressed through this program with me. Laura White, Jim Wilton, Valentina Fomenko, Sally Duncan, Chad

  • Supporting end-user debugging

    Creator:
    Kissinger, Cory
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    Although researchers have begun to explicitly support end-user programmers’ debugging by providing information to help them find bugs, there is little research addressing the right content to communicate to these users. The specific semantic content of these debugging communications matters because, if the users are not actually seeking the information...
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    Subrahmaniyan and Dr. Sherry Yang. I would also like to thank Valentina Grigoreanu and Vaishnavi Narayanan for

  • Genetic Diversity and Antimicrobial Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes within Produce Handling and Processing Environments

    Creator:
    Bland, Rebecca N.
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    Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen frequently associated with food processing environments. Its presence is particularly concerning in facilities handling minimally processed and ready-to-eat foods. Recent outbreaks associated with fresh produce, such as packaged salads and mushrooms, highlight the need to better understand and control these pathogens in environments that...
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    exposed to sanitizers. b. Contextualize variables and results within this field so that results can be

  • Flow-Solute : A Tool for Exploring the Effects of Nitrogen Management in Alternative Future Scenarios

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    Wentworth, Andrew Michael
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    Surface water quality is a growing concern in the Willamette River Basin and elsewhere. The region's growing population is dependent on the availability of clean water for drinking water, irrigation, wastewater dilution, and wildlife habitat. Watershed management to produce economic goods and environmental services requires an understanding of basic hydrologic...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Kellie B. Vaché Surface water quality is a growing concern in the Willamette River Basin

  • How does AAR/AI Support Problem Solvers with Diverse Behaviors and Cognitive Styles?

    Creator:
    Dikkala, Rupika
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    "What’s wrong with this AI?" Explainable AI (XAI) researchers are moving beyond explaining an AI’s actions, to helping users detect an AI’s failures. However this detection may not be enough—for actionability, we often need to pinpoint which part failed. We investigate how AAR/AI, a structured assessment process, supports users with...
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    and described Fault D. Red boxes denote: (a) Screenshot of the game at that DP (Section 3.1.1); (b

  • Spatiotemporal Phytohormone Distributions in Developing Pinot Noir Berries and the Effects of Two Viticulture Practices Thereon

    Creator:
    Schmidt, Joseph A.
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    In recent years, many studies have focused on the molecular and biochemical mechanisms regulating the development of wine grapes. The course of grape berry development is directed by genetic design and is mediated by phytohormones, which regulate grape berry growth and development by orchestrating a complex network of interacting genes,...
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    ABA-GE – Abscisic acid glycol ester ABA-OH – ABA-8’HYDROXSYLASE B – blue-yellowness BD – berry

  • Explaining debugging strategies to end-user programmers

    Creator:
    Subrahmaniyan, Neeraja
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    There has been little research into how end-user programming environments can provide explanations that could fill a critical information gap for end-user debuggers – help with debugging strategy. To address this need, we designed and prototyped a video-based approach for explaining debugging strategy, and accompanied it with a text-only approach....
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    . My warm gratitude to all my research colleagues—Laura Beckwith, Valentina Grigoreanu, Joey