Writing well-performing parallel programs is challenging in the multicore processor era. In addition to achieving good per-thread performance, which in itself is a balancing act between instruction-level parallelism, pipeline effects and good memory performance, multi-threaded programs complicate matters even further. These programs require synchronization, and are affected by the interactions ...

In our previous studies into web design, we found that pens, paper, walls, and tables were often used for explaining, developing, and communicating ideas during the early phases of design. These wall-scale paper-based design practices inspired The Designers’ Outpost, a tangible user interface that combines the affordances of paper and large physical workspaces with the advantages of electronic ...

In both business training and higher professional education there is a clear shift towards competencybased learning to cope with fast technological and societal changes. Competencies can be construed as abilities that enable learners to recognize and define new problems in their domain of study and future work as well as solve these problems (Kirschner, van Vilsteren, Hummel, & Wigman, 1997). A...

This paper replies to the call for more agile-stage-gate hybrid methods in context of physical innovations. By showing how some characteristics conventional linear stage-gate and agile approaches can be integrated, we propose test a new form method product development process (NPD). Distinguishing itself from NPD practices, biased towards alignments between companies consumers as key market suc...

Sources of difficulty in insight problem-solving have been identified, but current theories are less successful at explaining discovery solution ideas. Here, we explore the role expertise promoting insight. In Experiment 1, experienced designers and financiers solved visual verbal problems. Expertise did not influence rates for problems, more problems than financiers, despite similar incorrect ...

Abstract This paper discusses the challenges and impacts of luminance calculation method for roadway lighting applications recommends a novel illuminance as most suitable Roadway Lighting Applications. change would reduce costs design without increasing risks, which will benefit society profession. Luminance calculations are complicated take approximately five times longer than new method, prov...

The discovery of a creative solution occasionally corresponds to the sudden attainment of a mental insight. Our purpose is to formally describe this phenomenon and the cognitive mechanisms that lead to it. The approach is based on the replicability of just such an insight which underlies the solution to a well known puzzle: the nine-dot puzzle. The insight coincides with the realization that th...