The design, development, and deployment of a tabletop interface for collaborative exploration of genomic data

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 746-764

  Shaer, O ^a   Strait, M ^b   Valdes, C ^a   Wang, H ^a   Feng, T ^a   Lintz, M ^c   Ferreirae, M ^a   Grote, C ^a   Tempel, K ^a   Liu, S ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRANKLIN W OLIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Collaborative learning; Genome browser; Multi touch interaction; Reality based interaction; Tabletop interaction

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; GENOME BROWSERS; MULTI-TOUCH INTERACTIONS; REALITY-BASED INTERACTION; TABLETOP INTERACTION;

BIOINFORMATICS; GENES; USER INTERFACES;

DESIGN;

EID: 84865225821     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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