Asymptotic Waveform Evaluation (AWE) is a new method to analyze linear(ized) circuits. It employs a form of Pad~ approximation rather than numerical integration to approximate the behavior of linear(ized) circuits in either the time or the frequency domain. An efficient method for calculating the sensitivities of the poles and zeros found by AWE has been developed. Using the adjoint sensitivity...

The two official sources for aviation weather reports both require the pilot to mentally visualize the provided information. In contrast, our system, Aviation Weather Environment (AWE) presents aviation specific weather available to pilots in an easy to visualize form. We start with a computer-generated textual briefing for a specific area. We map this briefing onto a grid specific to the pilot...

Automated essay scoring tools are often criticized on the basis of construct validity. Specifically, it has been argued that computational scoring algorithms may be unaligned to higher-level indicators of quality writing, such as writers’ demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the essay topics. In this paper, we consider how and whether the scoring algorithms within an intelligent writing ...

Since the rst papers on asymptotic waveform evaluation (AWE), reduced order models have become standard for improving interconnect simulation ee-ciency, and very recent work has demonstrated that bi-orthogonalization algorithms can be used to robustly generate AWE-style macromodels. In this paper we describe using block Arnoldi-based orthogo-nalization methods to generate reduced order models f...

When do people feel as if they are rich in time? Not often, research and daily experience suggest. However, three experiments showed that participants who felt awe, relative to other emotions, felt they had more time available (Experiments 1 and 3) and were less impatient (Experiment 2). Participants who experienced awe also were more willing to volunteer their time to help other people (Experi...

No significant body of research examines writing achievement and the specific skills and knowledge in the writing domain for postsecondary (college) students in the U.S., even though many at-risk students lack the prerequisite writing skills required to persist in their education. This paper addresses this gap through a novel exploratory study examining how automated writing evaluation (AWE) ca...

Automated essay scoring (AWE) software, which uses artificial intelligence to evaluate essays and generate feedback, has been seen as both a boon and a bane in the struggle to improve writing instruction. We used interviews, surveys, and classroom observations to study teachers and students using AWE software in 4 secondary schools. We found AWE to be a modest addition to the arsenal of teachin...

When do people feel as if they are rich in time? Not often, research and daily experience suggest. However, three experiments showed that participants who felt awe, relative to other emotions, felt they had more time available (Experiments 1 and 3) and were less impatient (Experiment 2). Participants who experienced awe also were more willing to volunteer their time to help other people (Experi...