A Framework for Scientific Discovery through Video Games
ACM Books
Editor in Chief
M. Tamer Özsu, University of Waterloo
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This book by Seth Cooper is a revised version of the dissertation that won the 2011 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award. Other books in the series include those listed below.
A Framework for Scientific Discovery through Video Games
Seth Cooper, University of Washington
2014
Trust Extension as a Mechanism for Secure Code Execution on Commodity Computers
Bryan Jeffrey Parno, Microsoft Research
2014
Embracing Interference in Wireless Systems
Shyamnath Gollakota, University of Washington
2014
A Framework for Scientific Discovery through Video Games
Seth Cooper
University of Washington
ACM Books #3
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A Framework for Scientific Discovery through Video Games
Seth Cooper
ISBN: 978-1-62705-504-8 print
ISBN: 978-1-62705-505-5 ebook
ISBN: 978-1-62705-506-2 ePub
Series ISSN: (to come)
DOIs: 10.1145/2625848 Book
10.1145/2625848.2625849 Preface
10.1145/2625848.2625850 Chapter 1
10.1145/2625848.2625851 Chapter 2
10.1145/2625848.2625852 Chapter 3
10.1145/2625848.2625853 Chapter 4
10.1145/2625848.2625854 Chapter 5
10.1145/2625848.2625855 Chapter 6
10.1145/2625848.2625856 Chapter 7
10.1145/2625848.2625857 Bibliography
A publication in the ACM Books series, #3
Editor in Chief: M. Tamer Özsu, University of Waterloo
First Edition
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To my parents, Harris and Beth Cooper
Contents
1.2.2 Biochemistry Discovery Problem
2.1 Volunteer Computing and Human Computation
2.2 Serious Games and Gamification
2.3 Computational Biochemistry