CSDL - Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC

Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, IEEE Symposium on (2006)

Brighton, United Kingdom

Sept. 4, 2006 to Sept. 8, 2006

ISBN: 0-7695-2586-5

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Preface (PDF)

pp. x

Extra reviewers (PDF)

pp. xii

Introduction

Program Committee (PDF)

pp. xi

EU Development

Pair Collaboration in End-User Debugging (Abstract)

Thippaya Chintakovid , Drexel University

Margaret Burnett , Oregon State University

Valentina Grigoreanu , Oregon State University

Susan Wiedenbeck , Drexel University

pp. 3-10

Code Thumbnails: Using Spatial Memory to Navigate Source Code (Abstract)

George Robertson , Microsoft Research, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, USA

Steven Drucker , Microsoft Research, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, USA

Brian Meyers , Microsoft Research, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, USA

Gina Venolia , Microsoft Research, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, USA

Robert DeLine , Microsoft Research, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, USA

Mary Czerwinski , Microsoft Research, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, USA

pp. 11-18

Gender Differences in End-User Debugging, Revisited: What the Miners Found (Abstract)

Margaret Burnett , Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

Vaishnavi Narayanan , Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

Sherry Yang , Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, Oregon

Xiaoli Fern , Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

Chaitanya Komireddy , Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

Curtis Cook , Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

Laura Beckwith , Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

Valentina Grigoreanu , Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

pp. 19-26

AgentCubes: Raising the Ceiling of End-User Development in Education through Incremental 3D (Abstract)

Alexander Repenning , University of Colorado

Andri Ioannidou , AgentSheets Inc.

pp. 27-34

Testing

Sharing reasoning about faults in spreadsheets: An empirical study (Abstract)

Joseph Lawrance , Oregon State University

Robin Abraham , Oregon State University

Margaret Burnett , Oregon State University

Martin Erwig , Oregon State University

pp. 35-42

AutoTest: A Tool for Automatic Test Case Generation in Spreadsheets (Abstract)

Robin Abraham , School of EECS, Oregon State University

Martin Erwig , School of EECS, Oregon State University

pp. 43-50

Using Visual Momentum to Explain Disorientation in the Eclipse IDE (Abstract)

Gail C. Murphy , University of British Columbia

Brian de Alwis , University of British Columbia

pp. 51-54

VizEval: An Experimental System for the Study of Program Visualization Quality (Abstract)

Philippa Rhodes , University of Georgia

Sujith Thomas , University of Georgia

Matthew Ross , University of Georgia

Keith Main , Georgia Institute of Technology

Ashley Hamilton-Taylor , University of Georgia

Elizabeth Davis , Georgia Institute of Technology

Eileen Kraemer , University of Georgia

Kenneth Hailston , Georgia Institute of Technology

pp. 55-58

A Pattern-driven Development Process for Quality Standard-conforming Business Process Models (Abstract)

pp. 135-142

Visual Languages

Specification and Construction of Control Flow Semantics (Abstract)

Harmen Kastenberg , University of Twente, The Netherlands

Ruben Smelik , University of Twente, The Netherlands

Arend Rensink , University of Twente, The Netherlands

pp. 65-72

An Agent-Based Framework for Context-Driven Interpretation of Symbols in Diagrammatic Sketches (Abstract)

Maurizio Martelli , Universit? di Genova, Italy

Giovanni Casella , Universit? di Genova, Italy

Viviana Mascardi , Universit? di Genova, Italy

Vincenzo Deufemia , Universit? di Salerno, Italy

Gennaro Costagliola , Universit? di Salerno, Italy

pp. 73-80

MOSL: Composing a Visual Language for a Metamodeling Framework (Abstract)

Tobias Rotschke , Darmstadt University of Technology

Alexander Konigs , Darmstadt University of Technology

Carsten Amelunxen , Darmstadt University of Technology

pp. 81-84

Constraining Concrete Syntax via Metamodel Information (Abstract)

Paolo Bottoni , University of Rome

Paolo Quattrocchi , University of Rome

Domenico Ventriglia , Kataweb - Divisione Internet Elemedia Spa, Italy

pp. 85-88

Guided Model Creation: A Task-Driven Approach (Abstract)

Kai Koskimies , Tampere University of Technology

Imed Hammouda , Tampere University of Technology

Samuel Lahtinen , Tampere University of Technology

Jari Peltonen , Tampere University of Technology

pp. 89-94

Interaction

Sketching with Conceptual Metaphors to Explain Computational Processes (Abstract)

David G. Hendry , University of Washington, Seattle, WA

pp. 95-102

A Multi-layer Parsing Strategy for On-line Recognition of Hand-drawn Diagrams (Abstract)

Michele Risi , Universit? di Salerno, Italy

Gennaro Costagliola , Universit? di Salerno, Italy

Vincenzo Deufemia , Universit? di Salerno, Italy

pp. 103-110

Inking in the IDE: Experiences with Pen-based Design and Annotatio (Abstract)

John Hosking , University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019 Auckland, New Zealand

Beryl Plimmer , University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019 Auckland, New Zealand

John Grundy , University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019 Auckland, New Zealand

Richard Priest , University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019 Auckland, New Zealand

pp. 111-115

An Assessment of a Speech-Based Programming Environment (Abstract)

Andrew Begel , Microsoft Research One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA

Susan L. Graham , University of California, Berkeley

pp. 116-120

Languages, tasks and roles: modeling interaction through resources. (Abstract)

Stefano Levialdi , University of Rome

Paolo Bottoni , University of Rome

pp. 121-126

Process

A Linguistic Analysis of How People Describe Software Problems (Abstract)

Duen Horng Chau , Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA

Andrew J. Ko , Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA

Brad A. Myers , Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA

pp. 127-134

A Pattern-driven Development Process for Quality Standard-conforming Business Process Models (Abstract)

Alexander Forster , University of Paderborn

Gregor Engels , University of Paderborn

Ragnhild Van Der Straeten , Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Tim Schattkowsky , University of Paderborn

pp. 135-142

Comparing a text- and visual-based interface presenting social information in an online environment (Abstract)

Luciane Maria Fadel , University of Reading

Mary C. Dyson , University of Reading

pp. 143-146

DAE: a Visualization-Based System for Data Analysis (Abstract)

Rosa Lanzilotti , Universita di Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy

Maria Francesca Costabile , Universita di Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy

Antonio Piccinno , Universita di Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy

Paolo Buono , Universita di Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy

Carmelo Ardito , Universita di Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy

pp. 147-150

Work, Play, and In-Between: Exploring the Role of Work Context for Informal Web Developers (Abstract)

Sue Kase , Penn State University

Mary Beth Rosson , Penn State University

pp. 151-156

Learning Programming

Can Direct Manipulation Lower the Barriers to Programming and Promote Positive Transfer to Textual Programming? An Experimental Study (Abstract)

Sean Farley , Washington State University

Christopher D. Hundhausen , Washington State University

Jonathan Lee Brown , Washington State University

pp. 157-164

Lessons Learned from Designing a Programming System to Support Middle School Girls Creating Animated Stories (Abstract)

Caitlin Kelleher , Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA

Randy Pausch , Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA

pp. 165-172

Representing Parallelism in a Control Language Designed for Young Children (Abstract)

Peter Whalley , KMi, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK

pp. 173-176

From Webspace to Workspace and Back Again: Seamless Instantiation, Composition, and Use of Interactive Project Objects (Abstract)

Dejin Zhao , Penn State University

Mary Beth Rosson , Penn State University

pp. 177-180

Script Cards: A Visual Programming Language for Games Authoring by Young People (Abstract)

Judy Robertson , Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

Katherine Howland , University of Sussex, UK

Judith Good , University of Sussex, UK

pp. 181-186

Visualization

Relo: Helping Users Manage Context during Interactive Exploratory Visualization of Large Codebases (Abstract)

Rob Miller , MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

David Karger , MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Vineet Sinha , MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

pp. 187-194

Mica: A Web-Search Tool for Finding API Components and Examples (Abstract)

Jeffrey Stylos , Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA

Brad A. Myers , Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA

pp. 195-202

The Visula programming language and environment (Abstract)

Calum Grant , visula.org

pp. 203-206

Visual Communication in Virtual 3D Learning Environments (Abstract)

Caterina Poggi , Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Nicoletta Di Blas , Politecnico di Milano, Italy

pp. 207-211

Visual Snippet Editor - Success With Less (Abstract)

K. McGuire , IBM Ottawa Labs

G. Adams , IBM Ottawa Labs

H. Hoffman , IBM Ottawa Labs

P.R. Giffen , IBM Ottawa Labs

R. Tsui , IBM Ottawa Labs

pp. 212-218

Graduate Student Symposium

Universal Information Access Through Multimodal Interaction: Graduate Student Consortium (Abstract)

John Pane , RAND Corporation

pp. 219-221

Multiple Structure Analysis To Support Multi-Level User Feedback (Abstract)

Robin Abraham , School of EECS, Oregon State Univer

pp. 220-221

Visual Querying on Human Motion for the Disabled (Abstract)

Kevin L. Ates , University of Texas at Dallas

Kang Zhang , University of Texas at Dallas

B. Prabhakaran , University of Texas at Dallas

pp. 222-223

Code Collage: A Visual Meta-Language for Knowledge Structure Discovery (Abstract)

Jonathan L. Brown , Washington State University

pp. 224-225

Lorisa Dubuc (Abstract)

Lorisa Dubuc , University of Cambridge

pp. 226-227

Darren Edge (Abstract)

Darren Edge , University of Cambridge

pp. 228-229

Pragmatic Lighting Transition Design for Virtual Environments (Abstract)

Joshua B. Gross , University Park, PA 16801, U.S.A.

pp. 230-231

Infinite Infants (Abstract)

Katina Hazelden , University of Plymouth, UK.

pp. 232-233

Crossmodal Interaction with Mobile Devices (Abstract)

Eve E. Hoggan , University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK

Stephen A. Brewster , University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK

pp. 234-235

A flexible architecture for multimodal applications using federated devices (Abstract)

Kay Kadner , Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany

pp. 236-237

Using Programming by Demonstration to Reorganize User Interfaces (Abstract)

Joseph Lawrance , Oregon State University

pp. 238-239

Composition of Communication Services in a Visual Programming Language (Abstract)

Tyler Robison , University of Washington

pp. 240-241

A Lightweight Model for End Users? Domain-Specific Data (Abstract)

Christopher Scaffidi , Carnegie Mellon University

pp. 242-243

A Visual Language for Programming Reality-Based Interaction (Abstract)

Orit Shaer , Tufts University

Robert J.K. Jacob , Tufts University

pp. 244-245

Informing API Design through Usability Studies of API Design Choices: A Research Abstract (Abstract)

Jeffrey Stylos , Carnegie Mellon University

pp. 246-247

Multimedia, Multimodal Effects, and Universally Designed Instruction (Abstract)

Jesse S. Zolna , Georgia Institute of Technology

pp. 248-250

Author Index

Author Index (PDF)

pp. 251