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Author:

Soares, Andrey

Title:

Towards Ontology-Driven Information Systems: Guidelines to the creation of new methodologies to build ontologies

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Ontology-Driven Information Systems
Ontology
Information Systems
Methodologies
Scenarios

File:

Download Andrey_Dissertation_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Frederico T Fonseca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frederico T Fonseca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
David J Hall, Committee Member
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member

Author:

Blodgett, Bridget Marie

Title:

Collective Action Situated in Virtual Worlds

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Protest
Virtual Worlds
IBM
Second Life
EVE Online

File:

Download BBlodgett_Dissertation_Collective_Action_Situated_in_Virtual_Worlds_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrea H Tapia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Angsana Techatassanasoontorn, Committee Member
John David Mccarthy, Committee Member

Author:

Convertino, Gregorio

Title:

AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN COLLABORATIVE COMPUTING: EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

HCI
human-computer interaction
CSCW
computer-supported cooperative work
awareness
common ground
knowledge sharing
research method
experimental method
laboratory method
measure
process
groupware

File:

Download Convertino_PhdThesis_20080815.pdf

Committee Members:

John Millar Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Xiaolong Zhang, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Committee Member
Thomas Moran, Committee Member

Author:

Mentis, Helena M.

Title:

Emotion Awareness and Invisibility in an Emergency Room: A Socio-technical Dilemma

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

emotion expression
affective computing
emotional design
medical informatics

File:

Download Mentis_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Madhu Reddy, Committee Member
Alicia Grandey, Committee Member
Brian K Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Du, Honglu

Title:

“I FELT LIKE A CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF THE CLASS”: INCREASING CLASS PARTICIPATION WITH CLASSCOMMONS

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Class Participation
Sense of Community

File:

Download Master_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Millar Carroll, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jiang, Hao

Title:

Social Identity, Social Ties and Social Capital A Study in Gaming Context

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Social Capital
Social Ties
Social Network
Social Identity
Cooperation

File:

Download Dissertation_HaoJiang.pdf

Committee Members:

John Millar Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Member
David P Baker, Committee Member

Author:

Remmel, Ian

Title:

The Insight Project: Serverless Synchronization of Data for Personal Information Management Software

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

data synchronization
personal information management

File:

Download thesis_remmel_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

O'Brien, James Anthony

Title:

A Framework for Representing, Manipulating , and Reasoning with Geographic Semantics

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

geographic information systems
geographic information science
expert systems
representation
semantics
visualization

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Gahegan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Paul Desanker, Committee Member

Author:

Zupko, Joseph Aaron

Title:

SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED INTERACTIVE LIGHTING

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Experimental Instruments
Video Games
Interaction
Lighting
Design Tools

File:

Download jzupko_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Brian Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian K Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Magy Seif El Nasr, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David J Hall, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Matthew C Kenyon, Committee Member

Author:

Gross, Joshua B

Title:

USING DERIVED SOCIAL CLUSTERS IN EMAIL TO SUPPORT HIGH-THROUGHPUT USERS IN MESSAGE MANAGEMENT

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

artificial intelligence
social networks
human computer interaction
email
clustering

File:

Download diss-thesisOffice-jbg-2.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Edward Ritter, Committee Member
John Millar Carroll, Committee Member
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
John Yen, Committee Member

Author:

McCauley, Jennifer Colleen

Title:

A Digital Library Initiative for Scholarly Monographs: An Activity Theory Analysis

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

socio-technology
digital library
activity theory
qualitative
scholarly communication
organizational

File:

Download McCauleyFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Abraham, Joanna

Title:

META-COORDINATION ACTIVITIES: EXPLORING ARTICULATION WORK IN HOSPITALS

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Articulation Work
Patient Transfers
Coordination

File:

Download JoannaAbraham_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Madhu Reddy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Madhu Reddy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Mc Neese, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Michelle E Day, Committee Member

Author:

Almeida, Luis Camillo

Title:

THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF USER-DESIGN IN GIFTED RURAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHEN DESIGNING THEIR OWN GAME

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

Constructionism
User-Design
Freire
Power

File:

Download dissertation_eTD22.pdf

Committee Members:

Alison Alene Carr Chellman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Member
Brian Smith, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member

Author:

Xiao, Lu

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF RATIONALE AWARENESS IN HYBRID COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

rationale awareness
rationale sharing
computer-supported collaborative learning
reflective thinking

File:

Download Thesis_LuXiao_IST.pdf

Committee Members:

John Millar Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xiaolong Zhang, Committee Member
Dorothy H Evensen, Committee Member
Shawn Clark, Committee Member

Author:

Cohen, Mark A

Title:

A THEORY-BASED ENVIRONMENT FOR CREATING REUSABLE COGNITIVE MODELS

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

software engineering
cognitive modeling
cognitive dimension
integrated development environment
end-user programming

File:

Download CohenDissertation-FinalDraft.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Edward Ritter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Raymond Haynes, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member

Author:

Zang, Nan

Title:

Mashups for the Web-Active End User

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

web development
end-user programming
mashups

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bach, Paula M

Title:

SUPPORTING THE USER EXPERIENCE IN FREE/LIBRE/OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Free/Libre/Open Source Software
user experience
activity awareness
open source usability
usability
open source
FLOSS
Human Computer Interaction
Computer Supported Cooperative Work

File:

Download dissertationDraft3.pdf

Committee Members:

John Millar Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Millar Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Member
Steven Raymond Haynes, Committee Member
Alison Alene Carr Chellman, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Roderick Lamar

Title:

AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING COLLECTIVE ACTION, SOCIAL CAPITAL, AND GROUP DEVELOPMENT IN THIRD SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS: A LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDY

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Social capital
social networks
group development
user-centered design
group effectiveness
case study

File:

Download dissrlee.pdf

Committee Members:

John Millar Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Brian K Smith, Committee Member
Gerald Susman, Committee Member

Author:

Paul, Sharoda Aurushi

Title:

Understanding Together: Sensemaking in Collaborative Information Seeking

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

sensemaking
collaborative information seeking
collaboration
healthcare
emergency department
collaborative Web search

File:

Download spaul_Thesis_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Madhu Reddy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Madhu C Reddy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Christopher N Sciamanna, Committee Member
Bernard James Jansen, Committee Member

Author:

Kase, Sue Ellen

Title:

Parallel genetic algorithm optimization of a cognitive model: investigating group and individual performance on a math stressor task

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

high-performance computing
genetic algorithm
cognitive modeling
cognitive science
stress
mathematics anxiety

File:

Download KaseThesis9-1.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Edward Ritter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Suzanne Michelle Shontz, Committee Member
Laura Klein, Committee Member
Xiaolong Zhang, Committee Member