Contact

Steve Tanimoto
CSE 638
206-543-4848
tanimotocs.washington.edu
Artificial Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction & Accessible Technology
Areas of interest: 

Liveness in programming environments, programming for virtual reality, educational technology, collaborative problem-solving environments

The Creativity Game: A Game for Teaching First Steps of Theoretical Creativity

S. Tanimoto, N. Inie, ACM Creativity & Cognition 2023, Association for Computing Machinery, 2023.

Five Futures with AI Coding Agents

S.L. Tanimoto, 2023.

Three Tiers of Gamification in a College Course on Problem Solving for Global Challenges

S.L. Tanimoto, Interaction Design and Architecture (IxD&A):53 (Special Issue on "Gamification of the Learning Process"), 2022.

Programming in an fMRI Scanner: A Report from the Field

S. Tanimoto, 2022.

Peer-to-peer Syncing and Live Editing of Shared Virtual 3D Spaces: Challenges and Opportunities

E. Misback, 2021.  Proceedings of LIVE 2021.

Integrating a Live Programming Role into Games

K. Jain, S.L. Tanimoto, 2020.

Multiagent Live Programming Systems: Models and Prospects for Critical Applications

S.L. Tanimoto, PX/20: The 6th Programming Experience Workshop, ACM, 2020.

Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC)

M. Homer (Editor), F. Hermans (Editor), S. Tanimoto (Editor), C. Anslow (Editor), IEEE Computer Society, 2020.

Patterns of Blocks Programming: Insights into Novices' Learning Behavior

R.H. Thompson, S.L. Tanimoto, S.T. Kerr, 2020.

Collaborative Problem-Solving Technologies: A Taxonomy of Issues

S.L. Tanimoto, S.B. Fan, 2018.  Proc. of the Workshop on Designing Technologies to Support Human Problem Solving, Lisbon Portugal, 2018.

Challenges for Livecoding via Acoustic Pianos

S.L. Tanimoto, 3rd International Conference on Live Coding, 2017.  ICLC 2017, Morelia, Mexico.

Effective instruction for persisting dyslexia in upper grades: Adding hope stories and computer coding to explicit literacy instruction

R. Thompson, S. Tanimoto, R.Dawn Lyman, K. Geselowitz, K.Kawena Begay, K. Nielsen, W. Nagy, R. Abbott, M. Raskind, V. Berninger, Education and information technologies 23, 2017.

Liveness becomes Entelechy - A scheme for L6

L. Church, E. Söderberg, G. Bracha, S. Tanimoto, Second International Conference on Live Coding, 2016.

Children’s Storytelling and Coding: Literature Review and Future Potential

R.H. Thompson, S.L. Tanimoto, Psychology of Programming Interest Group 2016 Meeting, 2016.

Coding, Reading and Writing: Integrated Instruction in Written Language

R.H. Thompson, S.L. Tanimoto, V.W. Berninger, W. Nagy, Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing 2016, IEEE Computer Society, 2016.

Relationships between Language Input and Letter Output Modes in Writing Notes and Summaries for Students in Grades 4 to 9 with Persisting Writing Disabilities

R. Thompson, S. Tanimoto, R. Abbott, K. Nielsen, R.Dawn Lyman, K. Geselowitz, K. Habermann, T. Mickail, M. Raskind, S. Peverly, W. Nagy, V. Berninger, Assistive Technology, 2016.

Idea units in notes and summaries for read texts by keyboard and pencil in middle childhood students with specific learning disabilities: Cognitive and brain findings

T. Richards, S. Peverly, A. Wolf, R. Abbott, S. Tanimoto, R. Thompson, V. Berninger, Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 2016.

Computerized Instruction in Translation Strategies for Students in Upper Elementary and Middle School Grades With Persisting Learning Disabilities in Written Language

J. Niedo, S. Tanimoto, R.H. Thompson, R.D. Abbott, V.W. Berninger, Learning Disabilities, A Multidisciplinary Journal 21:2, 2016.

Computerized writing and reading instruction for students in grades 4 to 9 with specific learning disabilities affecting written language.

S. Tanimoto, R. Thompson, V. Berninger, W. Nagy, R. Abbott, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning 31:6, 2015.

Solving problems by drawing solution paths (recipient of the Best Showpiece Award)

S.L. Tanimoto, Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), 2015 IEEE Symposium on, IEEE Computer Society, 2015.

Livesolving: Enabling collaborative problem solvers to perform at full capacity

S.L. Tanimoto, International Conference on Live Coding, 2015.

Design Studies for Stylus and Finger-Based Interaction in Writing Instruction on Tablets

R. Thompson, S. Tanimoto, V. Berninger, W. Nagy, Workshop on the Impact of Pen and Touch Technologies in Education, Springer, 2015.

Computer Instruction in Handwriting, Spelling, and Composing for Students with Specific Learning Disabilities in Grades 4 to 9.

V.W. Berninger, W. Nagy, S. Tanimoto, R. Thompson, R.D. Abbott, Comput Educ 81, 2015.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25378768?dopt=Abstract

Should Your 8-year-old Learn Coding?

C. Duncan, T. Bell, S. Tanimoto, Proceedings of the 9th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, ACM, 2014.

A Perspective on the Evolution of Live Programming (Keynote)

S.L. Tanimoto, Proc. LIVE 2013, Workshop on Live Programming, IEEE Computer Society, 2013.

CoSolve: A System for Engaging Users in Computer-Supported Collaborative Problem Solving

S.B. Fan, T. Robison, S.L. Tanimoto, Int'l. Symp. on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, 2012.

An Interdisciplinary Introduction to Image Processing: Pixels, Numbers and Programs

S. Tanimoto, MIT Press, 2012.  Publisher's page

Seeing and Hearing Design: Exploring How Visual Representations and Sound Tracks Could Be Used to Teach Design

C.J. Atman,  Borgford-Parnell, Z. Goist, K. Deibel, J. Blair, C. Bodle, V. Kumar, A. Roesler, S. Tanimoto, M. Zachry, Proceedings of Design Thinking and Research Symposium 8, 2010.

Analyzing a Process of Collaborative Game Design Involving Online Tools

S.B. Fan, B.R. Johnson, Y.E. Liu, T. Robison, R. Schmidt, S.L. Tanimoto, Int'l Symp. On Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, IEEE, 2010.

A game-building environment for research in collaborative design

S. Tanimoto, T. Robison, S. Fan, Int'l Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in Games, IEEE, 2009.

Student consistency and implications for feedback in online assessment systems

T. Madhyastha, S. Tanimoto, Int'l Conf. on Educational Data Mining, 2009.

Faring with Facets: Building and Using Databases of Student Misconceptions

T. Madhyastha, S. Tanimoto, Journal of Interactive Multimedia in Education, The Open University, 2009.

Welcome Message

S. Tanimoto, IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies 1:1, 2008.

Enhancing state-space tree diagrams for collaborative problem solving

S. Tanimoto, DIAGRAMS 2008, 2008.

The Etruscan Room: Querying the Internet with images.

C. Bernardelli, S. Tanimoto, Crossings 5, 2007.

Application of a transparent interface methodology to image processing

L. Cinque, S.S. Canizares, S. Tanimoto, J. Visual Languages and Computing 15:5, 2007.

Towards a shared language for problem solving in design

S. Tanimoto, Symposium on the Science of Design, 2007.

Sequential input graphical model assessment diagrams for analysis of student activity data

S. Tanimoto, N. Evans, A. Carlson, Int'l Conf. on Advanced Learning Technologie, IEEE, 2007.

Improving the Prospects for Educational Data Mining

S. Tanimoto, Workshop on Educational Data Mining, 2007.

A Framework for Automated Diagram Assessment in Online Learning

S.B. Fan, S.L. Tanimoto, Int'l Conf. on Advanced Learning Technologies, IEEE, 2007.

A transparent interface to statespace search programs

S. Tanimoto, S. Levialdi, ACM Symposium on Software Visualization (SoftVis 2006), Assoc. Comput. Machin., 2006.

Introduction to Python for Arti cial Intelligence

S. Tanimoto, Ready Notes, IEEE Computer Society, 2005.

Text classification rule induction in the presence of domain-specific expression forms

A. Carlson, S. Tanimoto, workshop on Mixed Language Explanations in Learning Environments, 2005.

Dimensions of transparency in open learner models

S. Tanimoto, workshop on Learner Modelling for Reflection, to Support Learner Control, Metacognition and Improved Communication between Teachers and Learners, 2005.

Automatic textual feedback for guided inquiry learning

S. Tanimoto, S. Hubbard, W. Winn, AIED 2005, 2005.

Programming in a Data Factory

S. Tanimoto, Int'l Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, IEEE, 2003.

Text forum features for small group discussions with facet-based pedagogy

S. Tanimoto, A. Carlson, J. Husted, E. Hunt, J. Larsson, D. Madigan, J. Minstrell, Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2002.

Distributed Transcripts for Online Learning: Design Issues

S.L. Tanimoto, Journal of Interactive Media in Education:3, 2001.

Retrieval of Images Using Rich Region Descriptions

L. Cinque, L. F., S. Levialdi, S. Tanimoto, J. Visual Languages and Computing 11:3, 2000.

A Parallel Algorithm for Graph Matching and Its MasPar Implementation

R. Allen, L. Cinque, S. Tanimoto, L.G. Shapiro, D. Yasuda, IEEE Trans. Parallel Distrib. Syst., IEEE Press 8:5, 1997.

The Elements of Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction Using Lisp

S. Tanimoto, Principles of Computer Science, Computer Science Press, 1987.