James Schaffer

We build upon a hybrid probabilistic graphical model and develop an approach to generate real-time recommendations along with personalized explanations for hybrid recommender systems. Expand

We describe a hybrid recommender system built on a probabilistic programming language, and discuss the benefits and challenges of explaining its recommendations to users. Expand

Intelligent assistants, such as navigation, recommender, and expert systems, are most helpful in situations where users lack domain knowledge. Expand

We perform a visual comparative analysis of two different MOOC courses to analyze the impacts of course structure differences and demonstrate the benefits of visual network analysis in this context. Expand

We show how varying levels of information support affects behavior (cooperation vs. defection) in a social dilemma, a user interface (UI) was developed and an online experiment (N=901) was conducted. Expand

We present a new methodology for the measurement of choice satisfaction. Expand

Sports Journalism: An Introduction to Reporting and Writing Kathryn T. Schaffer, Brian A. Stofer, James R. Rosenthal Sports Journalism introduces students to sports reporting careers and to the writing style sports writers and media relations professionals use. Expand