Notes – Jiajing is Procrastinating

Cool papers about information visualization

These days I read some cool papers about information visualization, especially in scientific study. Balancing Systematic and Flexible Exploration of Social Networks Summary: This paper discusses a system called SocialAction, which allows users to systematically analyze social networks. SocialAction allows users to use a variety of techniques, such as attribute ranking, filtering, and graphing, to better visual and understand large and complex networks of data. The purpose of this system

Why Condorcet Jury Theorem is faulty in collective decision making?

This is a summary of the article by David Austin-smith and Jeffrey S.Banks, Information Aggregation, Rationality, and the Condorcet Jury Theorem (see reference at the bottom). We were encouraged to read it before Monday’s course. Of course I had a painful time reading it and the summary may not accurately convey the article’s intention. What is Condorcet Jury theorem? The Condorcet Jury theorem states that under certain conditions, the probability

Does type of modified output correspond to learner noticing of feedback?

For the poster presentation of the course Language and Cognition, I read this paper Does type of modified output correspond to learner noticing of feedback? A closer look in face-to-face and computer-mediated task-based interaction written by Laura Gurzynski-Weiss and Melissa Baralt on Applied Psycholinguistics. Abstract This study examines if the types learners modify output differentially demonstrates that they notice the feedback and whether or not this relationship holds both in face-to-face(FTF)

The Future of Cultural Heritage: Digital, Immersion and Interaction

Marshall McLuhan claimed that “Media is the extensions of man”, which forms and structures how we perceive and understand the world. Indeed, as the techno-determinism espoused that the key challenge of communication and media in the 21st century is the disappearance of media [3]. And Mark Deuze emphasized that we live in, rather than with media. We have got accustomed to the technology around us which shapes our life and

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