The Colloquium series presents talks from a variety of experts in Computer
Science and related disciplines. All full-time graduate students are
expected to attend. Colloquia are usually held on Fridays at 11 a.m. during the term. The start
of the Fall Semester is reserved for Research Bytes. For a list of all upcoming dates, see the department's planning calendar.
September 2006
Andy Hunt - Refactoring Your Wetware
Friday, 9/29/2006 11:15 AM-12:15 PM
Fuller Laboratories, FL 320
Software development happens in your head; not in an editor, IDE, or design tool. We're well educated on how to work with software and hardware, but what about wetware -- our own brains?
Join Andy Hunt for a look at how the brain really works (hint: it's a dual-processor, shared bus design) and how to use the best tool for the job by learning to think differently about thinking.
For more information, e-mail csevents@cs.wpi.edu.
October 2006
Research Bytes I
Friday, 10/6/2006 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Fuller Laboratories, FL 320
Presented by: Emmanuel Agu, Dave Brown, Mike Ciaraldi, Rob Lindeman, Elke Rundensteiner, George Heineman
For more information, e-mail csevents@cs.wpi.edu.
Research Bytes II
Friday, 10/13/2006 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Fuller Laboratories, FL 320
Presented by: Carolina Ruiz, Neil Heffernan, Dan Dougherty, Micha Hofri, Bob Kinicki, Matt Ward
For more information, e-mail csevents@cs.wpi.edu.
Research Bytes III
Friday, 10/20/2006 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Fuller Laboratories, FL 320
Presented by: Murali Mani, Gary Pollice, Mike Gennert, Stanley Selkow, Craig Wills, Mark Claypool
For more information, e-mail csevents@cs.wpi.edu.
December 2006
Glenn Blank: A Tutoring System for Novices Learning Object-Oriented Design
Friday, 12/1/2006 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Fuller Laboratories, FL 320
Learning object-oriented design and programming is a challenging task for many beginning students. The DesignFirst-ITS (intelligent tutoring system) supports a novel curriculum for CS1 courses, subsuming an "objects first" approach into lessons that also introduce object-oriented analysis and design, using elements of UML before implementing any code. The ITS coordinates student learning in two different client programs: web-based multimedia courseware and a UML plug-in for the Eclipse IDE, each of which post student interactions to a server-based databases. Also on the server, the Expert Evaluator analyzes student work in the IDE, comparing novice with expert solutions. The Student Model combines knowledge from the expert evaluator and the multimedia in "Atomic" Bayesian networks that guarantee real time analysis of students' current and developing understanding of object-oriented concepts as well as problem-solving strategies. Finally, the Pedagogical Advisor, guided by updates from the student model as well as a learning styles inventory, interacts with the learner by selecting from several possible tutorial strategies.
For more information, e-mail csevents@cs.wpi.edu.
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September 2006
Andy Hunt - Refactoring Your Wetware
Friday, 9/29/2006 11:15 AM-12:15 PM
Fuller Laboratories, FL 320
Software development happens in your head; not in an editor, IDE, or design tool. We're well educated on how to work with software and hardware, but what about wetware -- our own brains?
Join Andy Hunt for a look at how the brain really works (hint: it's a dual-processor, shared bus design) and how to use the best tool for the job by learning to think differently about thinking.
For more information, e-mail csevents@cs.wpi.edu.
October 2006
Research Bytes I
Friday, 10/6/2006 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Fuller Laboratories, FL 320
Presented by: Emmanuel Agu, Dave Brown, Mike Ciaraldi, Rob Lindeman, Elke Rundensteiner, George Heineman
For more information, e-mail csevents@cs.wpi.edu.
Research Bytes II
Friday, 10/13/2006 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Fuller Laboratories, FL 320
Presented by: Carolina Ruiz, Neil Heffernan, Dan Dougherty, Micha Hofri, Bob Kinicki, Matt Ward
For more information, e-mail csevents@cs.wpi.edu.
Research Bytes III
Friday, 10/20/2006 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Fuller Laboratories, FL 320
Presented by: Murali Mani, Gary Pollice, Mike Gennert, Stanley Selkow, Craig Wills, Mark Claypool
For more information, e-mail csevents@cs.wpi.edu.
December 2006
Glenn Blank: A Tutoring System for Novices Learning Object-Oriented Design
Friday, 12/1/2006 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Fuller Laboratories, FL 320
Learning object-oriented design and programming is a challenging task for many beginning students. The DesignFirst-ITS (intelligent tutoring system) supports a novel curriculum for CS1 courses, subsuming an "objects first" approach into lessons that also introduce object-oriented analysis and design, using elements of UML before implementing any code. The ITS coordinates student learning in two different client programs: web-based multimedia courseware and a UML plug-in for the Eclipse IDE, each of which post student interactions to a server-based databases. Also on the server, the Expert Evaluator analyzes student work in the IDE, comparing novice with expert solutions. The Student Model combines knowledge from the expert evaluator and the multimedia in "Atomic" Bayesian networks that guarantee real time analysis of students' current and developing understanding of object-oriented concepts as well as problem-solving strategies. Finally, the Pedagogical Advisor, guided by updates from the student model as well as a learning styles inventory, interacts with the learner by selecting from several possible tutorial strategies.
For more information, e-mail csevents@cs.wpi.edu.
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