6,104 research outputs found
Natural Notation for the Domestic Internet of Things
This study explores the use of natural language to give instructions that
might be interpreted by Internet of Things (IoT) devices in a domestic `smart
home' environment. We start from the proposition that reminders can be
considered as a type of end-user programming, in which the executed actions
might be performed either by an automated agent or by the author of the
reminder. We conducted an experiment in which people wrote sticky notes
specifying future actions in their home. In different conditions, these notes
were addressed to themselves, to others, or to a computer agent.We analyse the
linguistic features and strategies that are used to achieve these tasks,
including the use of graphical resources as an informal visual language. The
findings provide a basis for design guidance related to end-user development
for the Internet of Things.Comment: Proceedings of the 5th International symposium on End-User
Development (IS-EUD), Madrid, Spain, May, 201
Greater Control and Transparency in Personal Data Processing
Although the European General Data Protection Regulation affords data subjects more control over how their
personal data is stored and processed, there is a need for technical solutions to support these legal rights.
In this position paper we assess the level of control, transparency and compliance offered by three different
approaches (i.e., defacto standard, SPECIAL, Solid). We propose a layered decentralised architecture based on
combining SPECIAL and Solid. Finally, we introduce our usage control framework, which we use to compare
and contrast the level of control and compliance offered by the four different approaches
Where are your Manners? Sharing Best Community Practices in the Web 2.0
The Web 2.0 fosters the creation of communities by offering users a wide
array of social software tools. While the success of these tools is based on
their ability to support different interaction patterns among users by imposing
as few limitations as possible, the communities they support are not free of
rules (just think about the posting rules in a community forum or the editing
rules in a thematic wiki). In this paper we propose a framework for the sharing
of best community practices in the form of a (potentially rule-based)
annotation layer that can be integrated with existing Web 2.0 community tools
(with specific focus on wikis). This solution is characterized by minimal
intrusiveness and plays nicely within the open spirit of the Web 2.0 by
providing users with behavioral hints rather than by enforcing the strict
adherence to a set of rules.Comment: ACM symposium on Applied Computing, Honolulu : \'Etats-Unis
d'Am\'erique (2009
The Use of Sticky Notes towards The Improvement of Students’ English Vocabulary Mastery at SMPN 11 Maros Baru
The findings showed that both experimental and controlled class’ students
can improve English vocabulary. It was measured by the increasing’ mean
score of the students score in pre-test to post-test. The mean score of the
students in experimental class was 69.5 to 81. Meanwhile, the mean score of
the students in controlled class was 69 to 71.5. After measuring the students’
mean score, the researcher found that the use of Sticky Notes in experimental
class significantly improved the students’ vocabulary mastery. It can be seen by
the value of t-test and t-table which the t-test (2.159) was higher than the t-table
(2.042)
Exponential Lower Bounds and Separation for Query Rewriting
We establish connections between the size of circuits and formulas computing
monotone Boolean functions and the size of first-order and nonrecursive Datalog
rewritings for conjunctive queries over OWL 2 QL ontologies. We use known lower
bounds and separation results from circuit complexity to prove similar results
for the size of rewritings that do not use non-signature constants. For
example, we show that, in the worst case, positive existential and nonrecursive
Datalog rewritings are exponentially longer than the original queries;
nonrecursive Datalog rewritings are in general exponentially more succinct than
positive existential rewritings; while first-order rewritings can be
superpolynomially more succinct than positive existential rewritings
- …