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  • 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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    Christopher Mendez for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science presented on March 2, 2020

  • The Effect of Canopy Cover and Wildfire Smoke on Near-Surface Temperatures

    Creator:
    Brackett, Amanda
    Abstract:
    Recent shifts from clearcutting to partial retention harvesting on many ownerships and the importance of microclimate dynamics on biotic responses to regional climate highlight the need to understand how microclimate conditions in forest understories differ across gradients of partial overstories. This study compares below-canopy near-surface temperatures at 2cm above ground...
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    approved: ___________________________________________________ Klaus J. Puettmann & Christopher J. Still

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

    Creator:
    Agarwal, Puja
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    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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    push myself beyond my limits every day. I would thank Prof. Christopher Hundhausen and Prof. J Nicole

  • Science Takes Flight: Detection of Black Leg on Turnip Gray Mold on Hemp

    Creator:
    Bates, Taylor A.
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    Disease detection through traditional techniques such as scouting fields on foot, molecular assays, or morphological identification of plant pathogens is time consuming and costly. Disease diagnosis in the field can be extremely subjective, and largely depends on the experience and knowledge of pathogen identification and disease quantification. This thesis provides...
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    , camera, and software. I would like to thank Dr. Christopher Still for being my graduate representative

  • 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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    . CONTRIBUTION OF AUTHORS Christopher Perdriau, Zoe Steine-Hanson, Larissa Letaw and Jillian Emard assisted

  • GenderMag’s Socio-Technical Artifacts “Grow up” To Expand GenderMag’s Impact

    Creator:
    Bhuva, Brijesh H.
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    This project report presents an implementation of a GenderMag Recorder's Assistant from a semi-working state to a fully working Chrome web store application. In addition, this project report also discusses the persona customization option and limitations and how the persona tool eases the process of persona customization. For results, we...
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    every piece on the project. Special thanks to Christopher Mendez for providing the tool and the Socio

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

    Creator:
    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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    the barriers identified previ- ously (Steinmacher et al., 2015b), Mendez et al. (2018) found that

  • 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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    shout-out to Christopher Mendez who took me under his wing when I first joined Dr. Burnett’s team, and

  • Characterizing the Accuracy of Phylogenetic Analyses that Leverage 16S rRNA Sequencing Data

    Creator:
    Humphreys, Ian R.
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    Investigations of 16S rRNA gene sequences hallmark modern microbiology. These sequences provide culture-independent insight into the abundance and distribution of microbiota and serve as a principle resource through which microbial community diversity is measured. Consequently, researchers rely on 16S gene sequences to test hypotheses rooted in ecology, evolution, and disease....
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    enjoyed working in. I owe a special thanks to Dr. Christopher Gaulke for his technical assistance

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

    Creator:
    Hill, Charles
    Abstract:
    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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    Oleson, Amber Horvath, Chris Mendez, and Anita Sarma. Their hard work and insights have helped shape