Ana Casali

Bio: Ana Casali is an academic researcher from National University of Rosario. The author has contributed to research in topics: Agent architecture & Multi-agent system. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 90 publications receiving 1060 citations. Previous affiliations of Ana Casali include University of Chile.

Development of Computational Thinking Skills through Unplugged Activities in Primary School

Abstract: Computational thinking is nowadays being widely adopted and investigated. Educators and researchers are using two main approaches to teach these skills in schools: with computer programming exercises, and with unplugged activities that do not require the use of digital devices or any kind of specific hardware. While the former is the mainstream approach, the latter is especially important for schools that do not have proper technology resources, Internet connections or even electrical power. However, there is a lack of investigations that prove the effectiveness of the unplugged activities in the development of computational thinking skills, particularly for primary schools. This paper, which summarizes a quasi-experiment carried out in two primary schools in Spain, tries to shed some light on this regard. The results show that students in the experimental groups, who took part in the unplugged activities, enhanced their computational thinking skills significantly more than their peers in the control groups who did not participate during the classes, proving that the unplugged approach may be effective for the development of this ability.

Graded BDI models for agent architectures

Abstract: In the recent past, an increasing number of multiagent systems (MAS) have been designed and implemented to engineer complex distributed systems. Several previous works have proposed theories and architectures to give these systems a formal support. Among them, one of the most widely used is the BDI agent architecture presented by Rao and Georgeff. We consider that in order to apply agents in real domains, it is important for the formal models to incorporate a model to represent and reason under uncertainty. With that aim we introduce in this paper a general model for graded BDI agents, and an architecture, based on multi-context systems, able to model these graded mental attitudes. This architecture serves as a blueprint to design different kinds of particular agents. We illustrate the design process by formalising a simple travel assistant agent.

전자/제조업의 Collaboration 전략

Abstract: Mental health issues often co-occur with other problems such as substance abuse, and they can take an enormous toll on individuals and impact a college or university in many ways. There are staff and departments both onand off-campus who are concerned about the well-being of students and the impact of mental health issues, so partnerships around mental health promotion and suicide prevention make good sense.

User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction

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Computational Thinking 計算論的思考

Abstract: It represents a universally applicable attitude and skill set everyone, not just computer scientists, would be eager to learn and use.