Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces Commons™
Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 4 of 4
Full-Text Articles in Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces
Powersearch: Augmenting Mobile Phone Search Through Personalization, Xiangyu Liu
Powersearch: Augmenting Mobile Phone Search Through Personalization, Xiangyu Liu
Computer Science and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses
Cell phone has become a fundamental element of people's life. People use it to call each other, browse websites, send text messages, etc. Among all the functionalities, the most important and frequently used is the search functionality. Based on ComScore, in July 2008, Google was estimated to host 235 millions searches per day. However, unlike the search on desktop, the search on cell phone has one critical constrain: battery. Cell phone performing a normal Google search, the battery drains very fast. The reason is that when sending a query to and fetching the results from Google, cell phone keeps communicating …
Defining, Executing And Visualizing Representative Workflows In A Retail Domain, May Zeineldin
Defining, Executing And Visualizing Representative Workflows In A Retail Domain, May Zeineldin
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Our lives are filled with routine activities that we do more or less on auto-pilot such as driving to work and cooking. This thesis explores a workflow representation as a way to represent such activities of daily living. The domain of a retail store environment is used. Workflows are initially expressed in a structured English representation, then translated into a Petri net notation and implemented in mix of Petri nets, Lua, and C so that the resulting workflows can be displayed as the actions of collections of avatarbots (avatars controlled by programs) in a 3D virtual world, Second Life. One …
Webtailor: Internet Service For Salient And Automatic User Interest Profiles, John Anderson
Webtailor: Internet Service For Salient And Automatic User Interest Profiles, John Anderson
Computer Science and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses
Website personalization systems seek to give users unique, tailored content and experiences on the Internet. A key feature of these systems is a user profile that represents each user in a way that distinguishes them from others. In current personalization systems, the data used to create these profiles is extremely limited, which leads to a host of problems and ineffectual personalization. The main goal of this thesis is to improve these personalization systems by addressing their lack of data and its poor quality, breadth, and depth. This is accomplished by analyzing and classifying the content of each user's Internet browsing …
Making An Impact On The Obesity Epidemic By Deploying A Mobile Fitness Suite On The Android Market, Chad Richards
Making An Impact On The Obesity Epidemic By Deploying A Mobile Fitness Suite On The Android Market, Chad Richards
Computer Science and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses
The Mobile Fitness Suite aims to make an impact on the obesity epidemic by deploying a set of mobile fitness applications on the Android Market. The thesis details the health and financial issues with the obesity epidemic, along with its causes, and how a set of fitness applications can aid with the obesity epidemic. It also explains the reasons for releasing the program on the Android Market and details each step in the process of deploying a mobile application to the Android Market. Further, it discusses the design and architecture that went into the development of the Mobile Fitness Suite …