Let's Be Realistic - A Deep Dive into How Games Are Selling on Steam
Explore Steam game sales data and marketplace dynamics to gain realistic insights for PC game developers, helping inform business strategies and expectations.
Data Driven Investigation in Defense of Human Rights
Exploring data-driven methods for exposing human rights abuses, combining code, design, and analysis to develop new investigative techniques and foster interdisciplinary collaborations.
Slay the Spire - Metrics Driven Design and Balance
Explore metrics-driven design and balancing techniques used in Slay the Spire's development, enhancing game design skills and understanding of data-driven decision making.
NOTICE ME - The Grind Behind the $272K Funding Success of Boyfriend Dungeon
Victoria Tran reveals the strategies and data behind Boyfriend Dungeon's successful Kickstarter campaign, offering insights into indie game marketing, community building, and crowdfunding techniques for aspiring developers.
Tackling Cheating in Gaming
Explore data-driven strategies and community insights to combat cheating in gaming, enhancing fair play and improving player experiences.
Simulating Execution in Malicious Text Detection
Innovative approach to malicious text detection using simulated execution, combining static and dynamic analysis techniques for improved accuracy and efficiency in identifying obfuscated threats.
Exploring Disconnects between Reliability Practitioners and Management
Insights into perception gaps between reliability practitioners and management based on The SRE Report, offering strategies to bridge differences and improve organizational alignment.
Performance and User Experience of Touchscreen and Gesture Keyboards in a Lab Setting and in the Wild
Comparative study of Smart Touch and Smart Gesture Keyboards, analyzing performance, error rates, and user preferences in lab and real-world settings over multiple sessions and weeks.
Making the Best of Imperfect Data - Reflections on an Ideal World
Exploring challenges in game design data collection and envisioning future improvements in Games User Research methodologies, bias reduction, and expanded investigative capabilities.
Interpreting the Diversity in Subjective Judgments
Explore improved methods for analyzing diverse user experience judgments, including VARCLUS clustering and its integration into ILLMO for interactive statistical analysis.
Managing Multimorbidity - Identifying Design Requirements for a Digital Self-Management Tool to Support Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions
Explores design requirements for a digital tool to support older adults with multiple chronic conditions in self-management, based on a qualitative study with 125 participants across two European countries.
When People and Algorithms Meet - User-Reported Problems in Intelligent Everyday Applications
Análisis de problemas reportados por usuarios en aplicaciones inteligentes cotidianas, revelando desafíos en contenido, algoritmos, elección del usuario y retroalimentación, con implicaciones para el diseño de sistemas de apoyo.
ImWeb - Cross-Platform Immersive Web Browsing for Online 3D Neuron Database Exploration
Explore 3D neuron databases using augmented reality for enhanced web browsing, data analysis, and comparison. ImWeb enables immersive analytics across multiple platforms for efficient exploration of large-scale datasets.
The Context of College Students’ Facebook Use and Academic Performance - An Empirical Study
Empirical study reveals frequent Facebook use doesn't negatively impact GPAs. High-performing students have shorter sessions, often after studying. Problematic use linked to leisure activities, not study time.
Dynamic Demographics - Lessons from a Large-Scale Census of Performative Possibilities in Games
Explores representation in games through a census of 200 titles, revealing the complex nature of character portrayal and the need for nuanced research approaches in game studies.
Drunk User Interfaces - Determining Blood Alcohol Level through Everyday Smartphone Tasks
Innovative smartphone interfaces measure blood alcohol levels through user performance, offering a potential alternative to breathalyzers for assessing inebriation in everyday scenarios.
Feel the Movement - Real Motion Influences Responses to Take-over Requests in Highly Automated Vehicles
Investigates how real motion affects driver responses to take-over requests in automated vehicles, revealing the importance of road context in designing effective alerts for resuming vehicle control.
A Data-Driven Analysis of Workers' Earnings on Amazon Mechanical Turk
Explores wage distribution and factors affecting earnings on Amazon Mechanical Turk, revealing low median wages and discussing ways to improve conditions for crowd workers.
Playing with Streakiness in Online Games - How Players Perceive and React to Winning and Losing Streaks in League of Legends
Explore player perceptions and reactions to winning and losing streaks in League of Legends, examining impacts on player experience and strategies for managing streakiness.
Conversations in the Eye of the Storm - At-Scale Features of Conversational Structure in a High-Tempo, High-Stakes Microblogging Environment
Analyzing Twitter conversations during Hurricane Sandy reveals expanded interactions and slower-paced exchanges during peak emergency, suggesting increased reliance on online relationships amid uncertainty.
Data, Design and Civics - An Exploratory Study of Civic Tech
Exploratory study examining how civic leaders conceptualize civic tech, focusing on intersections of data, design, and civics. Identifies key issues and proposes guiding questions for advancing the field.