ABSTRACT Clinical decision-making is challenging mainly because of two factors: (1) patient conditions are often complicated with partial and changing information; (2) people have cognitive biases …
ICT AND STEM EDUCATION AT THE COLONIAL BORDER: A POSTCOLONIAL COMPUTING PERSPECTIVE OF INDIGENOUS CULTURAL INTEGRATION INTO ICT AND STEM OUTREACH IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
ABSTRACT Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have achieved a global reach, particularly in social groups within the ‘Global North,’ such as those within the province of British …
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON DECEPTIVE ONLINE POST-TRANSACTION MARKETING OFFERS
ABSTRACT Post-transaction marketing offers are often designed to mislead consumers into purchasing products that are only tangentially related to their primary purchase. These products are …
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IDENTIFYING PRIVATE DATA LEAKAGE THREATS IN WEB BROWSERS
ABSTRACT Modern web browsers now provide more customizations to improve the usability and their competitiveness. Browser extensions and private browsing mode (PBM) are arguably two most popular …
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IMPACT OF RFID ON RETAIL VALUE CHAIN: A MIXED METHOD STUDY
ABSTRACT Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) mandates by large retailers and various government agencies have driven a large number of organizations to roll out the technology. Despite these …
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IMPACTS OF USER SENTIMENT ON INFORMATION RECALL, INTRINSIC MOTIVATION, AND ENGAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEMS
ABSTRACT Socrates once stated: “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” Intelligent tutoring systems use computational models to efficiently “fill the vessel.” However, …
IMPATIENCE IN DYNAMIC DECISION-MAKING: ITS MODERATION, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR USER INTERFACE DESIGN
Abstract Decisions on when to act are critical in many real life situations. Examples include several health care, safety and security situations, where acting early or late can both result in …
IMPROVING DIGITAL LIBRARY RANKING WITH EXPERT INFORMATION
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to investigate whether expert information can improve the ranking function of academic search engines. We chose CiteSeerX as the testbed which …
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IMPROVING RELEVANCE RANKING FOR UNDERSPECIFIED QUERIES
Abstract Search engines have become an indispensable gateway to the sheer amount of information on the Web. Due to the large number of webpages available on any given topic, search results …
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INCREASING REGULATORY CAPACITY: THE ROLE OF THE REGION IN SHAPING NATIONAL ICT POLICY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
Abstract Since the 1990s regional economic communities (RECs) are increasingly developing model information and communication technology (ICT) policies and regulations in cooperation with …
INCREMENTAL PLANNING AND BUFFERING IN LANGUAGE PRODUCTION: MODELING LARGE-SCALE CORPUS DATA
ABSTRACT This dissertation sheds light on some of the representations used in human language production. Language production consists of several distinct stages; in particular, we focus on the …
INFORMAL WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION – WHAT ROLES CAN MICROBLOGGING PLAY IN IT?
ABSTRACT Informal communication, e.g., unplanned “water-cooler” conversations, has been suggested to play important roles in collaborative work and organizational innovation. It provides …
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