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Hook, Martyn Richard, and martyn hook@rmit edu au. "The act of reflective practice; the emergence of iredale pedersen hook architects." RMIT University. Architecture and Design, 2009. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20100209.150125.
Full textPedersen, Finn Tingleff, and p@iredalepedersenhook com. "Remotely Sustainable." RMIT University. Architecture & Design, 2009. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20090506.140845.
Full textRank, Stephen. "A reflective architecture to support dynamic software evolution." Thesis, Durham University, 2002. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/3748/.
Full textSingh, Pushpinder 1972-2006. "EM-ONE : an architecture for reflective commonsense thinking." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33926.
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This thesis describes EM-ONE, an architecture for commonsense thinking capable of reflective reasoning about situations involving physical, social, and mental dimensions. EM-ONE uses as its knowledge base a library of commonsense narratives, each describing the physical, social, and mental activity that occurs during an interaction between several actors. EM-ONE reasons with these narratives by applying "mental critics," procedures that debug problems that exist in the outside world or within EM- ONE itself. Mental critics draw upon commonsense narratives to suggest courses of action, methods for deliberating about the circumstances and consequences of those actions, and--when things go wrong-ways to reflect upon and debug the activity of previously invoked mental critics. Mental critics are arranged into six layers, the reactive, deliberative, reflective, self-reflective, self-conscious, and self-ideals layers. The selection of mental critics within these six layers is itself guided by a separate collection of meta-level critics that recognize what overall problem-type presently confronts the system. EM-ONE was developed and tested within an artificial life domain where simulated robotic actors face concrete physical and social problems.
(cont.) A detailed scenario is presented where EM-ONE enables two such actors to work together to build a table by engaging reactive, deliberative, and reflective processes operating across the physical, social, and mental realms.
by Push Singh.
Ph.D.
Iredale, Adrian Steven, and i@iredalepedersenhook com. "Constructed Isolation." RMIT University. Architecture & Design, 2009. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20090505.155318.
Full textMoreira, Rui Jorge da Silva. "FORMAware : framework of reflective components for managing architecture adaptation." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.418440.
Full textBirk, Klaus. "Building experiences : a reflective design process for media architecture." Thesis, University of the Arts London, 2017. http://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/12392/.
Full textSolander, Carl A. 1977. "Reflecting the instant : information, image, architecture." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30222.
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A response to the growing importance of designing in an environment that is composed both of physical and non-physical characteristics, this thesis explores a process whereby information is given a visual form through image so that it can be rendered as a site for architectural design. Sited in Times Square, the proposed building responds to the unseen forces of the site, forces which are latent in its physical and visual form, and which are embedded in our experience of the site, but can only be directly grasped in their totality through an armature information. The project is directed by my interpretation of Henri Bergson's notion of virtuality- that is, a notion of the totality of possibility as something that surrounds the actual, but is accessible to our minds as mere fragments. The initial stage of the project uses this notion to translate information about the physical site into virtual images: images which depict a full range of potentials simultaneously, graphically retaining a rich complexity akin to real experience. Emerging out of this process, the proposed building is a mechanism for visualizing virtual characteristics of Times Square in the form of image.
by Carl A. Solander.
M.Arch.
Ouko, Luke Odhiambo. "Documentation : a reflective practice approach." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/31175.
Full textIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 107-112).
The Center for Reflective Community Practice in MIT's Department of Urban studies is involved in projects helping community organizers working on social change. In order to foster reflection, they are currently utilizing what they refer to as "Critical Moments Reflection". This method entails the identification and naming of key shifts or turning points (critical moments) in the process of the community organizers' work. To drive learning through reflection, they use stories relevant to the turning points, they then analyze those moments using a pre-specified genre of poignant questions. I have created an application, the CMReflector, that aids in the process of Critical Moments Reflection. It will facilitate the process of documentation by utilizing some of the rich computational tools that we now have access to. Since the learning that people acquire through their work stays largely under the surface, there is need to systematically examine the lessons learned and articulate the knowledge and questions that have come out of such work. The application provides an organizational structure and taxonomy around which to compile tacit knowledge and its representation, allowing for exploration of such knowledge in a richer fashion. In order to leverage the use of archived materials, tools such as TalkTV (an application that re-sequeces television content) have been used to augment my application allowing for a "low floor" entry to multiple media editing by the users. It is envisaged that these tools aid in bringing forth the intrinsic "ifs" and "thens," as well as generating the potential for serendipitous learning experiences. All this is very useful in bringing some form of rigor into the practice of reflective inquiry.
by Luke Odhiambo Ouko.
S.M.
Rosenbaum, Eric (Eric Ross). "Jots : cultivating reflective learning in scratch." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55197.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-123).
This thesis introduces the Jots system, a new technology designed to engage children in reflective learning as they work on design projects. Jots enables children to create brief updates, or "jots," describing their frustrations, achievements and other thoughts and feelings while creating projects in the Scratch programming environment. Later children can look back at their jots to reflect on their own design and learning processes. This thesis introduces an approach to reflective learning in four facets: cognitive, emotional, social and temporal. The design of the Jots system, as well as its development over time, are discussed. An empirical study with three middle school students who used jots in a facilitated context is analyzed in case studies and categorizations. The results of the study are examined in terms of the four aspects of reflection, and ideas for future work are presented.
by Eric Rosenbaum.
S.M.
Navarro, Edwina Portocarrero. "Inside/out : mirrors for reflective, creative thinking." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69810.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-98).
In this document I present three tools for reflective, creative thinking: Pillow-Talk, the NeverEnding Drawing Machine and Calliope. These tools make use of the "distorted mirror" metaphor for self-reflection. They are designed to debunk myths of creativity as an acquired faculty and instead promote creative apperception and flexible thinking. Pillow-Talk is designed to prime dream recall and facilitate capture through voice recording. Considering the dream an aesthetic experience we all undertake, where the dreamer is free to test knowledge liberated from physical and moral constraints, its aim is to promote flexibility in levels of thought. The NeverEnding Drawing Machine and Calliope endorse flexibility in vehicles of thought through co-creative and collaborative play. One can incorporate any object found in the environment as a tool or material, thus making contextualized and personalized creations. They promote cross-cultural and cross-generational co-creation as the echo from which to recenter perception.
by Edwina Portocarrero.
S.M.
Krantz, Eric P. (Eric Paul). "Optics for reflection holographic stereogram systems." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75524.
Full textLopes, Joao Antonio Correia. "An architecture for the compilation of persistent polymorphic reflective higher-order languages." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.360127.
Full textSILVA, OTAVIO REZENDE DA. "A REFLECTIVE TUPLESPACE-BASED ARCHITECTURE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2002. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=3848@1.
Full textA tecnologia de software está passando por uma transição de arquiteturas monolíticas e coesas para arquiteturas compostas por agentes e sistemas multiagentes semi-autônomos e heterogêneos. Estas arquiteturas são marcadas pela existência de propriedades adicionais no nível do sistema, como comunicação, coordenação, mobilidade, adaptabilidade e persistência. No entanto, o gerenciamento e controle destas propriedades e dos diferentes agentes de software não é uma tarefa simples e exige uma abordagem mais sofisticada desde a fase arquitetural deste tipo de sistema. Neste contexto, neste trabalho, propomos a definição de um padrão arquitetural, denominado Reflective Blackboard. Este padrão é o resultado da composição de dois outros padrões arquiteturais bem conhecidos: o padrão Blackboard e o padrão Reflection. Através da utilização do padrão, uma melhor separação de responsabilidades é atingida pelo tratamento separado, por meio de técnicas de reflexão computacional, das diferentes estratégias de controle incorporadas no sistema. De forma complementar à definição do padrão foi desenvolvida uma infra-estrutura para o desenvolvimento de sistemas multi-agentes que utilizam a arquitetura proposta pelo padrão apresentado. Esta infra- estrutura, além de funcionar como uma implementação do padrão Reflective Blackboard, provê suporte a diferentes propriedades do nível do sistema como mobilidade, comunicação, coordenação e persistência. A utilização do padrão e da infraestrutura desenvolvida foi aplicada em uma aplicação de Marketplace com o objetivo de validar os conceitos propostos.
Software technology is undergoing a transition from monolithic architectures, constructed according to a single overall design, into open architectures composed of conglomerates of collaborative, heterogeneous, and independently designed agents and multi-agent systems (MAS). These architectures are driven by additional system- wide properties, such as communication, coordination, adaptability, mobility and persistence. However, controlling these properties and managing different application agents is not an easy task, requiring a more sophisticated software architectural approach. In this context, we propose the Reflective Blackboard architectural pattern, which is the result of the composition of tho other well-known architectural patterns: the Blackboard pattern and the Reflection pattern. The pattern allows a better separation of concerns, supporting the separate handling of control strategies, by means of the computational reflection technique. An infrastructure, which implements the proposed pattern and provides support to multiple system-level properties, such as mobility, communication, coordination and persistence, was also developed. The Reflective Blackboard pattern was applied together with this infrastructure to the development of a Marketplace application in order to validate de concepts proposed in this work.
Jones, Birago (Birago Korayga). "Reflective Interfaces : assisting teens with stressful situations online." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76519.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-78).
This thesis presents the concept of Reflective Interfaces, a novel approach to user experience design that promotes positive behavioral norms. Traditional interface design methodologies such as User Centered Design are oriented towards efficient satisfaction of short-term interface goals, but may not serve the best interests of the user in the long term. Reflective Interfaces encourage the user to think about the space of possible choices they can make, reasons for making those choices, and consequences of their interactions for themselves and others. The problem of Cyberbullying is a serious problem, threatening the viability of social networks for youth today, as spam once threatened email in the early days of the Internet. We explore the design of several Reflective Interfaces for helping teens in distress over social network interactions. First, we implemented a fictitious, but fully functional social network, Fakebook, that provides just-in-time and just-in-place help when potentially bullying interactions are detected. Laboratory tests of the Fakebook interface showed encouraging results. Second, we collaborated with MTV on their site, A Thin Line, which finds stories analogous to a users' particular situation and helps reduce feelings of isolation. We are also working on TimeOut, a dashboard for social network providers that alerts them to situations where outbreaks of bullying might escalate in a community. By putting users in a reflective state, Reflective Interfaces can help them self-correct toward an implicit goal of the community, the interface, the application, or reaffirm the user's own stated goals. These principles can be applied across a wide variety of interfaces for social interaction and other domains.
by Birago Jones.
S.M.
Walker, Julie L. "In situ color control for reflection holography." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/14908.
Full textMcGuire, Molly E. "A system for optimizing interior daylight distribution using reflective Venetian blinds with independent blind angle control." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34487.
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An operational algorithm for blind angle control is developed to optimize the daylighting performance of a system of reflective Venetian blinds. Numerical modeling and experiment confirm that independent control of alternating blinds yields adequate visual comfort and daylight distribution to a distance of 10 m from the window under most clear sunny and overcast sky types. Under overcast sky conditions, all blinds are set to a uniform angle which optimizes light redirection to 10 m. For cases of direct solar incidence, alternating blinds are used for shading and light redirection and adjusted with changing solar position. For low solar angles, a set of blind angle configurations is developed utilizing blind-blind reflections to maximize light penetration.
by Molly E. McGuire.
S.M.
NIESE, BRENT EDWARD. "CATHOLICISM COMPLETED THROUGH PERSONAL REFLECTION." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1053538955.
Full textHlubinka, Michelle Iva 1972. "Behind the screens : digital storytelling as a tool for reflective practice." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61548.
Full textIncludes bibliographical references (p. 179-182).
Too often, learners in constructionist learning environments stop too early in their design process. They imagine what is possible and then realize their vision, but they don't reflect on the results-that is, they don't take a step back from their work to get a deeper understanding of how and why they do what they do. Without reflection learners miss out on many important opportunities to improve their creations, discover new things, and share their ideas with others. In this thesis I describe and discuss Behind the Screens, a workshop which I developed to foster the practice of reflection among young people engaged in a constructionist learning environment. Over three months, twenty teenagers aged 12 to 18 at two Computer Clubhouse afterschool centers constructed digital videos about themselves or their "learning stories." I describe the set of tools, activities, and contexts used, and I examine the successes and challenges the workshops presented. Through analysis of the resulting stories, individual interviews, and transcripts of workshop discussions, I propose strategies for spreading the use of digital storytelling for reflective practice to other constructionist environments, especially among adolescents. More broadly, I also consider the role of mentoring and its relationship to the activities of the Clubhouse. I conclude with design suggestions for new software tools, activities, and contexts for creating, editing, and sharing digital video stories.These support the development of a culture of reflection among constructionist learners by promoting the creation of short digital video pieces produced by and for these youth.
by Michelle Iva Hlubinka.
S.M.
Klein, Arno. "Dispersion compensation for reflection holography." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29124.
Full textTyagi, Satyam. "Extensions to Jinni Mobile Agent Architecture." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2001. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2773/.
Full textLocke, Kellie. "Unknown Encounters: Surrealist Thought Examined for Provoking Self-Reflection in Architecture." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491313682122901.
Full textWong, Wai-leung Danny. "Hong Kong Central Library : a place of action and reflection /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B2595331x.
Full textSadi, Sajid H. (Sajid Hassan). "ReflectOns : mental prostheses for self-reflection." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79306.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-118).
Since the time of the first philosophers, logic and observed human behavior have stood somewhat in contradiction. More recently, scientist have started to delve into decision making to understand why the way we act differs from rational choice, and indeed from our own desires. We believe that it is possible to use just-in-time feedback drawn from machine-observable behavior to help align behavior with personal goals. This dissertation presents mental prosthetics, a model for distributed, embodied, design-embedded, just-in-time interfaces that augment the human judgment process. Drawing information from the activity of the user around them, mental prostheses analyze behavioral patterns in a way orthogonal to human cognition. Unlike persuasive interfaces, mental prostheses attempt to align choices with personal goals by cueing the user with just-in-time information. Lastly, these devices provide calm yet understandable feedback to draw the user's attention at the correct time to the information available to them. This dissertation provides several prototypes and design explorations as a means of sampling the various approaches to data collection, synthesis, and feedback. Focusing on self-reflection, these sample designs form a subclass of mental prostheses that we term reflectOns. We show through the studies carried out in the course of this dissertation that these systems are effective in changing behavior to be better aligned with user goals. Lastly, this dissertation provides a set of design guidelines that assist in the creation of new mental prostheses. While we discuss a variety of scenarios in this work, it is only the beginning of the exploration. The design guidelines provide insight into both the critical aspects of the design of such systems, as well as possible input and feedback methodologies. These guidelines, together with the reflectOns themselves, provide a basis for future work in this area.
by Sajid Sadi.
Ph.D.
Gayeski, Nicholas (Nicholas Thomas). "New methods for measuring spectral bi-directional transmission and reflection using digital cameras." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39254.
Full textThis electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-201).
Advanced fenestration systems are increasingly being used to distribute solar radiation purposefully in buildings. Distribution of visible light and near infrared radiation can be optimized to enhance daylighting and reduce thermal loads. Light redirecting window systems are one of many innovative fenestration systems available for improving the daylighting and thermal performance of buildings. Many emerging and existing light redirecting systems have both spectrally and angularly selective optical properties. To study these properties, a device that measures the spectral, bi-directional transmission and reflection distribution functions of complex fenestration systems is being developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This device, a goniophotometer, will measure photometric and radiometric BT(R)DFs for radiation of 380 to 1700 nanometer wavelengths, encompassing much of the solar spectrum. The device incorporates spectroradiometrically calibrated digital cameras and absorption filters to gather quasi-spectral information about reflection and transmission by complex fenestration systems. It relies on a half-mirrored, aluminum coated acrylic hemi-ellipsoid to project reflected or transmitted light towards a digital camera.
(cont.) The device will be able to characterize BT(R)DFs for a variety of fenestration system materials, assemblies, and building materials. The goal of this research is to support the development of innovative, spectrally and angularly selective window systems that can improve daylighting and comfort and/or reduce cooling and heating loads in buildings. This thesis focuses on calibrating digital cameras to measure radiances with unknown spectra, developing the hemi-ellipsoid for the new goniophotometer, and developing methods for constructing quasi-spectral BT(R)DFs using this new device. The calibrated cameras also have potential for use in other applications, for example, as radiometers and photometers in rooms with light of known spectra.
by Nicholas Gayeski.
S.M.
Weber, Aaron Benjamin 1975. "An autostereoscopic display using reflection Edgelit holograms." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62955.
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by Aaron Benjamin Weber.
S.M.
Xie, Fangyuan. "Spatial Phenomenon of Reflection Effect in Landscape Design." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1385979430.
Full textHananto, Nugroho. "Architecture and Evolution of North Sumatra Subduction Zone based on long Offset Seismic Reflection and Wide Angle Seismic Refraction / Reflection Data." Institut de physique du globe (Paris), 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011GLOB1203.
Full textWong, Wai-leung Danny, and 黃偉良. "Hong Kong Central Library: a place of action and reflection." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31984277.
Full textKim, Kyunghee S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Affect reflection technology in face-to-face service encounters." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55195.
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This thesis examines the role of facial expressions in dyadic interactions between a banking service provider and customer. We conduct experiments in which service providers manipulate their facial expressions while interacting with customers in one of three conditions: In the neutral condition the banker tried to maintain a neutral facial expression; in the smiling condition the banker tried to smile throughout the interaction; in the empathetic condition the banker tried to respond with the same or complementary facial expressions. Results show that the customers (n=46) were more satisfied with the interaction when they perceived the service provider was empathetic. More significantly, the service provider and customer shared synchronized facial expressions with many prolonged smiles, when customers said the service provider was empathetic. We suggested three different criteria to investigate customer satisfaction as follows; according to what the service provider tried to convey, what the customer perceived and what was actually detected in their interactions. According to the analysis of the interactions, smiling bankers who shared smiles were evaluated as the best while smiling bankers who did not share smiles with customers were appraised similar to non-smiling bankers.
by Kyunghee Kim.
S.M.
Romer-Jordan, Zachary L. "The Threshold of Experience: A Journey Toward Inward Reflection." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1275667134.
Full textCosta, Fabio Moreira. "Combining meta information management and reflection in an architecture for configurable and reconfigurable middleware." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2001. http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/11947/.
Full textGraeff, Erhardt (Erhardt Charles). "Action path : a location-based tool for civic reflection and engagement." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95604.
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Many platforms for civic engagement, whether online or offline, require that citizens leave the places they normally inhabit physically or virtually and commit to a separate space and set of processes. Examples include town hall meetings, occurring during specific times and in specific places, and online forums, where deliberation occurs within profile-based websites for which you need to sign up and to regularly return. This thesis responds to the design challenge and research question: How do you address barriers to minimum effective engagement in community projects, and ensure that all citizens can contribute their input on how to improve their local communities? In order to raise levels of participation in community projects and expand the range of voices heard in governmental decision-making, there is a need for a civic engagement platform that is lightweight and compelling enough to enjoy continued use. To this end, I have developed a theoretical basis for effective citizenship through monitorial actions aided by mobile computing, finding connections between various theories of citizenship and learning to fill a gap in the literature and in terms of civic technology design. My argument and design goals for such a system are reinforced by findings from a needs assessment of Boston-area municipalities that confirmed a desire to use new technologies to elicit feedback on community issues from a more diverse demographic than those who currently attend public meetings. Based my analysis of the literature and the distilled design goals, I built and completed early-stage user testing of a prototype smartphone app-based civic engagement platform called Action Path, which uses location-awareness in the form of geo-fences along with push notifications to prompt users to respond to one-item surveys dotting their urban landscape. Interviews with users suggest Action Path might help people see their communities as filled with opportunities for civic intervention, and might increase their sense of efficacy. Additionally, workshops about geo-fence design and curricular design with potential stakeholders showed how Action Path might be effectively deployed through civic technologists and in schools.
by Erhardt Graeff.
S.M.
Robbins, Robert Wayne. "Facilitating intelligent media space collaboration via RASCAL: The reflectively adaptive synchronous coordination architectural framework." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/8991.
Full textBednar, Michael Andrew. "Memory and Intuition: An Uncovering of Sensibilities." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/73498.
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Kleinberger, Rébecca (Rébecca Henrietta Marie Franca). "Singing about singing : using the voice as a tool for self-reflection." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95607.
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Our voice is an important part of our individuality. From the voice of others, we are able to understand a wealth of non-linguistic information, such as identity, social-cultural clues and emotional state. But the relationship we have with our own voice is less obvious. We don't hear it the same way others do, and our brain treats it differently from any other sound we hear. Yet its sonority is highly linked to our body and mind, and is deeply connected with how we are perceived by society and how we see ourselves. This thesis defends the idea that experiences and situations that make us hear, see and touch our voice differently have the potential to help us learn about ourselves in new and creative ways. We present a novel approach for designing self-reflective experiences based on the voice. After defining the theoretical basis, we present four design projects that inform the development of a framework for Self-Reflective Vocal Experiences. The main objective of this work is to provide a new lens for people to look at their voice, and to help people gain introspection and reflection upon their mental and physical state. Beyond this first goal, the methods presented here also have extended applications in the everyday use of technology, such as personalization of media content, gaming and computer-mediated communication. The framework and devices built for this thesis can also find a use in subclinical treatment of depression, tool design for the deaf community, and the design of human-computer interfaces for speech disorder treatment and prosody acquisition.
by Rébecca Kleinberger.
S.M.
Murphy, Mark A. "Implementation of telerobotic control architecture including force-reflection and the naturally-transitioning rate-to-force controller." Ohio : Ohio University, 1998. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1176407520.
Full textGursoy, Benay. "The Cognitive Aspects Of Model-making In Architectural Design." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12611677/index.pdf.
Full textYuncu, Onur. "Research By Design In Architectural Design Education." Phd thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610061/index.pdf.
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The main discussion of reflective practice is primarily methodological rather than epistemological. Although it provides methodological insights, it is not sufficient to constitute an epistemological basis for research by design. Thus, the epistemological basis of research by design has not yet been adequately defined. In this study, the notion of &ldquo
reflective practice&rdquo
is investigated in a broader context relating it to its sources in the concepts of &ldquo
tacit knowledge&rdquo
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action research.&rdquo
A conceptual framework for research by design is constructed by relating these concepts with the discussions on research by design and with practical philosophy, the implications of which has remained rather uninvestigated in this context. Aristotle&rsquo
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sis (practical knowledge, prudence, or practical wisdom) constitute the underpinning of this conceptual framework. The conceptual framework that is constructed on the basis of the key concepts in practical philosophy is discussed in the context of architectural design education. When architectural design education is formulated as a process of research by design within this framework, knowledge generated in the educational design processes promises not only to improve the particular educational context and architectural education but eventually to contribute to architectural knowledge.
Chanda, Brian Thomas. "Color, Texture and The Space In-Between: An Architectural Intervention of Stained Glass." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71682.
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Pietsch, Christopher Alexander. "Reflections of Color and Light." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50419.
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Gravel, Ryan Austin. "Belt line - Atlanta design of infrastructure as a reflection of public policy /." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999. http://www.smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/7400/2/Beltline-2005addendum.pdf.
Full textAl-Hassan, Ameera. "Environmental architecture education : a comparative study between the curricula of Kuwait University and Newcastle University with reflection on policy making and end users." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/1867.
Full textWang, Chia-Hao. "Context Awareness." Thesis, Konstfack, Inredningsarkitektur & Möbeldesign, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-5870.
Full textSpacek, Petr. "Conception et mise en oeuvre d'un langage réflexif de modélisation et programmation par composants." Thesis, Montpellier 2, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013MON20156/document.
Full textComponent-based Software Engineering (CBSE), to produce software by connecting of the shelf ready-to-use components, promises costs reduction during the development, the maintenance and the evolution of a software.The recent period has seen the production of a very important set of new results in this field.As the term "component" is very general, it encompasses many researches having different objectives and offering various kind of abstractions and mechanisms.However one main overall accepted idea is to model software with components organized into architectures and to generate code from such abstract descriptions.This is a good idea but the question arise to know which languages are good candidate for the generated code.In the current practice the design phase happens in the component world and the programming phase occurs in the object-oriented world.It appears that languages and technologies used to achieve component-based development are only partially component-based.Our first claim is that to use component-based languages to write the executable code is primarily important just because the original component-based designs (eg requirements, architectures) do not vanish at run-time, making programs more understandable and reversible. By doing this, it is then possible to imagine that design (modeling) and programming can be done at the same conceptual level and why not using the same language.Usually, objects are most always chosen to implements component-based designs.It is true that an object is certainly the existing executable thing the closest to a component as they are understood today; close but not exactly the same.Our second claim is then that it is possible to achieve component-programming languages by smoothly modifying object-oriented ones.Following these ideas, we present in this thesis an example of a new pure component-based programming and modeling language, named Compo incorporating, in a simple and uniform way, core concepts and mechanisms necessary for the description and implementation of components and of component-based architectures: component, port, service, connection and the following mechanisms: instantiation, service invocation, composition and substitution.We also claim that describing components, their architectures (structures) and their services (behavior) would benefit (as objects descriptions do) from an inheritance-based differential description.In consequence we propose a specification and implementation of an inheritance system taking requirements into account on a covariant specialization policy base and with a corresponding dedicated substitution mechanism.We finally claim that making such a language fully reflective will open an interesting new alternative (in the component's context) for any king of model or program checking or transformation.We revisit some standard solutions to achieve an original component-oriented reification of concepts to build up an executable meta-model designed on the idea of "everything is a component".A complete prototype implementation of the Compo language has been achieved and is described in this thesis
Daniels, John Dennis II. "Edifying Design-Build: Towards a Practice and Place based Architectural Education." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/82553.
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Tao, Bo. "Feature Modeling For Adaptive Computing." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Mathematics and Systems Engineering, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-2405.
Full textThis report presents the results of a thesis project that surveys and designs about the issue “Feature Model for Adaptive Computing”. In this project, there are two main issues, first one is about the Feature Modeling, and the second is how to use this Feature Modeling for adaptive computing.
In this thesis report, at the beginning, we present the problem we expected to solve and introduce some background information, including the knowledge of feature model and adaptive computing. Then we explain our solution and evaluate this solution. At the end of this report, we give a short conclusion about our thesis project and feature work.
Teixeira, Carla Fernanda Barbosa. "Comportamento térmico de coberturas de fibrocimento em Campinas, SP: aplicação de técnicas passivas." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFS, 2006. http://ri.ufs.br/handle/123456789/1719.
Full textChen, Karen Y. "Constructing Historical Truth: An Examination of the Chinese Art Market As A Reflection of China’s Concerted but Conflicted Contemporary Reconciliation with its Problematic Past." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2014. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/877.
Full textTeixeira, Carla Fernanda Barbosa 1977. "Comportamento termico de coberturas de fibrocimento em Campinas, SP : aplicação de tecnicas passivas." [s.n.], 2006. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/257746.
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Resumo: O Brasil possui a maior parte de suas terras em clima tropical. Sendo a cobertura o elemento construtivo mais exposto à radiação solar direta, toma-se um desafio aos pesquisadores e projetistas, atenuar as temperaturas nas coberturas das edificações e contribuir para o uso racional de energia. O objetivo desta pesquisa é monitorar o desempenho térmico de coberturas de fibrocimento em_ células-teste na cidade de Campinas, SP, com aplicação de técnicas passivas de resmamento. Utilizaram-se quatro células-teste: uma célula-teste de referência, e outras três com os sistemas: evaporativo, radiante e reflexivo, respectivamente, e monitoramento das temperaturas superficiais internas das telhas (TT' s) e temperaturas do ar dos áticos (T AA' s), no período de 21 de janeiro a 9 de fevereiro de 2006. Para o sistema de resmamento evaporativo foram utilizados ciclos de aspersão com diferentes intervalos no período todo. Entre as técnicas monitoradas, o melhor comportamento térmico foi verificado no 2° período (de 26 a 30/jan com aspersão contínua) na temperatura da superficie interna da telha do sistema evaporativo (TTevap = 23,2°C) apresentando um decréscimo de 1,3°C em relação a célulateste de referência e um acréscimo de 0,1 °C em relação as médias da temperatura do ar para o período. Nas médias da temperatura do ar dos áticos, o 2° período apresentou os menores valores para os sistemas: reflexivo (TAArefl =23,4°C) e evaporativo (TAAevap = 23,5°C), apresentando uma atenuação de 0,5°C e 0,4°C em relação a célula de referência respectivamente, além de uma elevação de 0,3°C em relação as médias da temperatura do ar externo. Os resultados, analisados através de tratamento estatístico, demonstram a viabilidade do uso do sistema evaporativo em condições climáticas de elevada umidade relativa do ar, contribuindo para atenuar os efeitos das hostilidades climáticas em coberturas das edificações
Abstract: In Brazil, the tropical climate is predominant in most of regions. Roofing is the building component with the highest exposition to direct solar radiation. The challenge for researchers and designers is to achieve cornfort in the built environrnent and to contribute to energy saving, proposing roofing systems with good thermal insulation, and consequently lesser internal surface temperatures. The objective of this research is to monitor the thermal behavior of fiber-cement roofing and to present a discussion about the results obtained in cell-tests in the city of Campinas, SP, through passive cooling techniques. Four cell-tests were used: one cell-test was adopted as reference, and the other three were analyzed with evaporative, radiative and reflective systems, respectively. The evaporative system was tested with different aspersion cycles through spraying systems and intervals. The monitored parameters were the internal surface temperatures of the roofing tiles (TT s) and attic air temperatures (TAA's) in the period of January 21st to February 9th of2006. Among the monitored passive techniques, the best thermal behavior was observed in the 2nd period (iTom January 26th to 30th, corresponding to continue spraying), related to the internal surface temperature with the evaporative system (TTevap = 23,2°C). A reduction of 1,3°C was observed, as compared to the reference test-cell and and an increase of 0,1 °C in comparison with the average air temperature. In relation to the average of attic air temperature, the 2nd period presented the lowest temperature for reflexive system (T AArefl = 23,4°C) and evaporative system (TAAevap = 23,5°C); a reduction of 0,5°C and 0,4°C in relation of the reference test-cell respectively was observed; also, it showed an increase of 0,3°C as compared with air temperature. The results presented through statistical analyses demonstrated that the use of the evaporative system in climatic conditions with high relative humidity is viable, contributing, therefore, to attenuate the effects of climatic hostilities in the roofing buildings
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